Guest on C à vous on France 5, Anne-Sophie Lapix reflected on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, on the reasons for her departure from the 20H of France 2, which occurred after her last news broadcast (June 26, 2025). She says that this departure "was not a deliberate choice" and describes a news program "extremely structured." Now between M6 and RTL, the former presenter of France 2 talks about the changes from image to voice.
In ‘C à vous’, reflecting on a departure
On the set of C à vous, the images return as one reopens a notebook. Tuesday, December 16, 2025, Anne-Sophie Lapix watches her farewell to the 20H of France 2. The video rolls out a final salute, a restrained smile, and that particular sensation of the end of a show: when the light dims, the machine continues.
Interviewed by Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, the journalist first talks about others. Of a newsroom "truly endearing," she says, and the pride of "delivering public service information." The tribute remains simple: passionate teams and collective work. Moreover, it evokes the memory of evenings when news is laid out on the table for the French.
Then comes the phrase that reframes the story. Why she left the news: "it was not a deliberate choice." She mentions "a separation" under "somewhat complicated circumstances," while recalling having held the position for eight years. In her eyes, it is less a scandal than a shift: a chapter closed, and another opening.
This return to C à vous also has a sense of coming full circle: Anne-Sophie Lapix herself hosted the show from 2013 to 2017. This time, she is no longer the host of the media dinner. She is the guest, and the exercise allows her to say what the 20H of France 2 sometimes makes difficult: the behind-the-scenes, without settling scores.
The 20H, a tight mechanism
When Anne-Sophie Lapix talks about the 20H of France 2, she does not just describe a show. She describes a discipline. On air, she explains, "as soon as you move an ear and say a word wrong, immediately, it has repercussions."
In her words, the structuring is not an abstract complaint. It’s a reality of production: the rhythm, the topics, the writing, the transitions, the tone. The evening news is a heavy object, embedded in habits. It exposes the one who embodies it to rare intensity: mistakes are visible, nuances can be lost, irony clashes with the first reading.
Lapix says it with almost pedagogical precision: "The little joke doesn’t pass, irony really doesn’t pass, even in interviews." In other words: the play space shrinks when the audience expects a liturgy. The 20H of France 2 has its rules, its gravity, its economy of gestures.
The phrase also says something about the French relationship with television news. They are asked to be a compass, a stable appointment. They are criticized, compared, but people continue to find themselves there. The presenter becomes a familiar figure; their diction, tempo, silences end up counting as much as the headlines.
This framework, Lapix inhabited for a long time: arriving at the presentation of the 20H of France 2 in the fall of 2017, she imprinted her style: reputedly demanding interviews, a steady speech, precise work. Thursday, June 26, 2025, she presented her last news broadcast (June 26, 2025).
From public service to a private duo: M6 and RTL, two stages
Since the end of June, her daily life has shifted. Today, the journalist divides her time between M6 and RTL, two stations of the same group. However, these two channels offer two ways of presenting information.
On M6, she hosts a Sunday interview show: Le 20.10. The format, short and tight, revolves around an interview of about ten minutes. Indeed, it highlights a personality of the week.
On RTL, she hosts RTL Soir, a major news segment at the end of the day. The program mixes interviews, analyses, and reports. Moreover, it adopts a radio tempo requiring relaunching and reformulating. Thus, it keeps the listener engaged without the image.
The contrast is striking. On television, Lapix continues to address the eye: a posture, a set, a play of shots. On the radio, she addresses the ear first: a sound presence, a rhythm, a closeness. Same subject, same news, but two languages.
This dual anchoring also tells something about a shifting media landscape. The boundaries between screens and waves are increasingly crossed: television becomes a clip, radio a podcast, the interview a snippet. Programs are adapted, replayed, caught up. Lapix, a historical figure of the small screen, slips into this circulation.
The voice, another pact with the public
On C à vous, the journalist shares a detail that stands out. On television, she says, her children didn’t really watch her. On the radio, however, they listened to her. And they were "a little touched," she confides, because "the voice, ultimately, is something more intimate."
The anecdote remains personal, but it opens up a broader reflection: what radio changes. The voice is not just a technical instrument; it’s a presence. It passes through headphones, accompanies a walk, a kitchen, a car. It slips into daily gestures without requiring one to stop and watch.
Television, on the other hand, imposes a scene. The 20H of France 2 frames everything: the setup, the hierarchy of topics, the style of the narrative. Radio, even when very structured, allows more breathing: one can rephrase a sentence, clarify an idea, leave a pause. The live aspect is heard in the texture.
It is also, perhaps, a way to find a margin. Not total freedom — information remains a demanding material, subject to facts — but a latitude of tone. Where the television news tolerates little deviation, radio can accommodate nuance, a smile, a reformulation.
In this sense, Lapix’s words on the "structuring" of the 20H of France 2 do not sound like a denunciation. They resemble more a professional observation, and an explanation of the choice to rebound: to move where one can speak differently, without betraying the essence.
Practical points: when and where to find her
For those following her news, the appointments are now identified:
- On M6, Le 20.10 is broadcast Sunday evening. Indeed, it is scheduled around 8:10 PM. In this format, the show offers a brief interview with a personality of the week. The program is also available on replay on the group’s platforms.
- On RTL, Anne-Sophie Lapix presents RTL Soir Monday to Thursday, from 6 PM to 8 PM. On Friday, the show is hosted by another presenter, according to the station’s announced organization.
These formats remind of the same intention: to present the news at the level of the listener or viewer, with clear markers, direct questions, and an exchange time that does not stretch.
A media figure changing focus
The story of Anne-Sophie Lapix, as she delivers it, holds in a tension: between image and voice. The image of the 20H of France 2, powerful, collective, ultra-codified. And the voice of the radio, closer, more everyday, sometimes more flexible.
Her appearance on C à vous, in December, functioned as a transition scene: the former presenter of the 8 PM news on France 2, back on the set she knows, recounts a departure she did not "deliberately" wish for, while saluting a profession and teams. She does not rewrite history; she gives the sensation of it.
Ultimately, the journalist does not abandon information: she changes the angle of attack. The 20H of France 2 demands verticality. Radio and the Sunday interview allow for lateral movement: the same news, but approached through conversation.
In a world where attention fragments and formats multiply, this dual presence — M6 on Sunday, RTL during the week — outlines a readable trajectory. A way to stay in touch with reality is necessary. However, one should not believe that a microphone erases the pressure. Moreover, a set does not guarantee distance. And, above all, a way to remind that information is not just a spectacle: it’s a word, a framework, and sometimes a voice that suffices.