Olivier Galzi Explained

Olivier Galzi
Birth Name:26 October 1971
Birth Place:Tunis, Tunisia
Occupation:Television journalist
Nationality:French
Employer:France 2
i-Télé
LCI

Olivier Galzi (born 26 October 1971) is a French journalist.

He works for the French TV network France 2, a division of France Télévisions. On France 2, Galzi presents news bulletins within Télématin, France 2's morning show presented weekdays at 7:00 and 8:00 CET in Metropolitan France.[1] Galzi is also the regular substitute for David Pujadas on the station's evening news bulletin 20 heures.[2] He sometimes presents the newscasts in Canada on TV5 every 1/2 hour (4 times over 2 hours, starting shortly before the hour and 1/2 past the hour) from 6:00 to 8:00am North American Eastern Time.[3]

In August 2010 Galzi left France Télévisions to run the breakfast show La Matinale de L'Info from 6am to 9am each weekday on i-Télé, alongside the newsreader Amandine Bégot.[4]

On 2011, Denis Girolami joined i-Télé from RTL and replaced Galzi, so he took charge on a new show: L'Édition du Soir every weekend from 6pm to midnight.

From 10/2011 to 9/2012, Galzi presented a magazine about presidential election, called CQFD – Ce qu'il fallait décrypter, every Saturday from 10:15am to 11am.

On 9/2012, he started presenting La Grande Édition from 10pm to midnight each weekday with Maya Lauqué.

From 2016 to 7/2017, he anchors Galzi Jusqu'à Minuit - Le Grand Décryptage, which running Monday–Thursday from 9:00pm to midnight.

On 7/2017, he left CNews.

References

  1. http://telematin.france2.fr/telematin-accueil.php?id_mot=5 France 2 – Télématin – Emission présentée par William Leymergie
  2. News: Olivier Galzi animera "Faut pas rêver" l’année prochaine. Vancutsem. Christophe. 11 June 2009. Le Soir. French. 23 June 2009.
  3. http://www.tv5.ca/television/Telematin.html – TV5 Canada
  4. News: Olivier Galzi quitte France 2 pour i-Télé. French. 13 July 2010. Le Nouvel Observateur.