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Aurélie Casse begins a week presenting France 2’s 8pm news
Aurélie Casse is presenting France 2’s 8pm news for the first time on Monday, October 26.
She is filling in for Jean-Baptiste Marteau for a week while he is on vacation.
Casse is already known to viewers as the presenter of France 5’s C dans l’air and Le monde en face.
Marteau took over as the main presenter after Léa Salamé stepped aside following her partner Raphaël Glucksmann’s decision to run for president.
Casse says the 8pm news brings a responsibility shared by the whole newsroom, and she feels pressure because viewers closely scrutinise presenters’ appearance, especially women’s.
She described the role as a new challenge at age 40 and said she has not signed anything, calling it a trial.
Aurélie Casse is presenting France 2’s 8pm news for the first time on Monday, 26 October.
She is filling in for the regular presenter, who is on vacation, for a week.
Casse is a journalist and presenter known for France 5’s C dans l’air and Le monde en face.
She said the high-profile role brings pressure and that presenters’ appearance is closely scrutinised.
She described the 8pm news as a challenge for her 40th year.
- Who
- Aurélie Casse, a journalist and presenter.
- What
- She is presenting France 2’s 8pm news for the first time, as a substitute presenter.
- When
- From Monday, 26 October 2026, for a week.
- Where
- On France 2 in France.
- Why
- She is replacing the regular presenter, who is on vacation.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
France 2’s news management approached Aurélie Casse about presenting the 8pm news.
Casse made her first appearance presenting France 2’s 8pm news.
- Presenter
- Aurélie Casse
- Programme
- France 2’s 8pm news
- First appearance
- 26 October 2026
- Substitution
- One week
- Age
- 40
- Regular presenter
- Articles differ on the spelling of his name: Jean-Baptiste Marteau in Le Parisien and Jean-Baptiste Morteau or Moreau in Midi Libre.
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What people are saying
We are talking about the 8pm news, after all; I enter people’s homes every evening at a peak viewing time. I take on a responsibility that involves an entire newsroom.
You have to have a good face and be well dressed.
Physical appearance is scrutinised, observed and commented on. I don’t feel that men are asked for as much.
I haven’t signed anything; it’s a trial.