Laurie Cholewa
Laurie Cholewa, (born 25 October 1980) is a French television and radio host. Biography. She was born into a family of Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, Cholewa holds a master's degree in Business Law from the Sorbonne. Career. After debuting on Ciné Cinéma, alongside Laurent Weil, Pierre Zeni and Didier Lupfer, she started on Direct 8 in March 2005. On this emerging channel, she presented the shows "TNT Show, Ça tourne" and "L'École des stars". She is also a columnist in the show "Morandini!" In 2010, she joined the France Televisions group, to host of a new  variety program, "Encore une chanson", the first of which was broadcast live in prime time on France 2 on Saturday, 24 April 2010. During this show, guests were Marc Lavoine, Christophe Maé, Mylène Farmer and Calogero. The principle of the show is simple: each artist interprets two titles. If the public (whose votes are solicited by phone or SMS) asks for more, the artist interprets a third song. The program was canceled due to the low audiences (2.74 million viewers, or 14.1% of the audience). Laurie also presented for several weeks the program entitled "In the Universe" produced by Alexia  Laroche-Joubert. During this show, the host traced the life of a guest in songs. Following the cancelation of her show, she created her production company PAT productions, and co-produced a prime-time special "Abba" on France 3 as well as the talent show "Encore une chance "on NRJ 12 bringing together several unlucky TV candidates. "Star Academy, Popstars, New Star "and "X Factor". In April 2012, she hosted the Valenciennes Film Festival 2. As of March 2012, she was trying to stage a "Voices for Hope" event, a multi-artist charity event organized to raise funds for the  fight against pancreatic cancer. On 15 September 2012, the first edition of this charity concert took place. All of the funds were donated to the ARCAD Foundation. Many artists are present to support the cause: Patrick Bruel, Christophe Maé, Dany Brillant, Julie Zenatti, Natasha St Pier, Mickael Miro, and Franck Dubosc.