# Denis Brogniart

Denis Brogniart (French:; born 12 June 1967 in Dijon) is a French sport journalist and television host. He presents the show Koh-Lanta since 2002 and Formula One racing on TF1 with Marion Jollès Grosjean.

## Personal life

Married in 2007 with Hortense, Denis Brogniart has four children (born between 2000 and 2007) including three with his current wife. He had twin sisters Lili and Violette, and a son named Dimitri. He has two brothers, one named Francis. His mother is a mathematics teacher and his father works in a bank.
Denis Brogniart was born to a mother who was a professor of mathematics and a father who holds a doctorate in law and a banking executive. He has two brothers: François and Gilles Brogniart.
After a scientific baccalaureate at the Lycée Louis Pergaud in Besançon, he tried for a year and a half to go to medical school. He gave up and started working as a lifeguard and animator at Club Med in Spain and as an SB instructor in Port-des-Barques (with the city of Chennevières). He is in charge of the animation of the pool games2. At the same time, he is studying to become a teacher of physical education and sports. After graduating from the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, he entered the Institut pratique de journalisme (IPJ) in Paris1. His dream has always been to work as a sports journalist.

## Humanitarian and solidarity commitments

Since 2010, Denis Brogniart has been supporting the Foundation of Emergency Architects, of which he has become the sponsor.
Emergency Architects whose purpose is to assist populations affected by natural or human disasters around the world, and who rebuild homes, schools or infrastructure to enable the poorest to regain decent living conditions as soon as possible after a disaster.
For the past two years, he has been the godfather of the war wounded of CABAT, the Army's Wounded Aid Cell. (source: Mindef - CABAT)
Denis Brogniart has also made several trips to the Foundation's activities, in Haiti for example, to testify and put his reputation at the service of this cause.
Since the beginning of 2018, Denis Brogniart has been an ambassador for the ARC Foundation for Cancer Research. He will also be the sponsor of the 5th edition of the Triathlon des Roses, dedicated to breast cancer research.

## Legacy
### Internet parodies

In 2017, Denis Brogniart became an Internet meme due to his interjection during the first episode of Koh-Lanta: Viêtnam aired in September 2010, after Denis asked another contestant, Laurence Pizzocchia what they could do if many men were featured and Laurence answered "they can build a cabin". The interjection has been used on many forums, YouTube poops or remixes such as Khaled Freak.
Denis Brogniart has made many appearances in other media with Huffington Post and Cyprien for explaining his interjection.
French-Belgian actor Franck Dacquin reused this interjection twice for the Bluey character Bandit Heeler in the French version of Hotel when Bluey (French: Nina Ringelheim) asks his dad to "push the bell", and might one of many people refers to Denis Brogniart thanks of his reaction face.

### Popular culture

In October 2022, a statue depicting Denis Brogniart was entered into the Musée Grévin wax museum in Paris.

## TV career

* 2001: Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta (narrator, Thaïlande)
* 2002: Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta (Costa Rica)
* 2003: Fear Factor
* 2003: Koh-Lanta (Panama)
* 2004:
** Koh-Lanta (Panama)
** F1 à la Une
* 2005:
** Koh-Lanta (Nouvelle-Calédonie)
** L'Île de la tentation
* 2006: Koh-Lanta (Vanuatu)
* 2007: Koh-Lanta (Philippines)
* 2008:
** Auto Critiques and Moto Critiques, on Eurosport France
** Téléfoot
** Euro 2008: Le mag
** Koh-Lanta (Philippines)
** Qui peut battre Benjamin Castaldi ?
** Domino Day
* 2009: Koh-Lanta : le retour des héros