Le maître du jeu
A French-Canadian adaptation of the Taskmaster format.
Le maître du jeu is a French-language Canadian comedy panel game show that first aired on Noovo in 2022. It is based on the Taskmaster format and is the second adaptation of that format in the Americas. The show features five comedians completing challenges judged by Louis Morissette as the Maître du jeu, assisted by Antoine Vézina.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Comedy; Panel game
- Creator
- Alex Horne
- Director
- Daniel Vigneault; Marc-Olivier Valiquette
- Presenter
- Louis Morissette
- Starring
- Antoine Vézina (assistant)
- Theme music
- The Horne Section
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- French
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Episodes
Filming for the first season took place in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec in early summer 2022, with in-studio tasks filmed from July 31 to August 8. Season 2 filming had begun by May, with in-studio tasks filmed from July 30 to August 15. A holiday special aired December 14, 2023 featuring Pierre Hébert, Mélissa Bédard, Patrice Bélanger, Virginie Fortin, and Pier-Luc Funk. Production for a third season began by May 2024, premiering on Noovo on September 12, 2024. Contestants for one season included Fabiola Nyrva Aladin, Marie Soleil Dion, Phil Laprise, Stéphane Rousseau, and Geneviève Schmidt; another season featured Mégan Brouillard, Danick Martineau, Neev, Marie-Soleil Dion, and José Gaudet.
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