Excluded. Numbers and letters waives the change to 11 letters

Scheduled for the start of 2023 in Numbers and letters, the change from 10 to 11 letters will not take place. Laurent Romejko explains to Tele-Leisure the reasons for this decline and announces a novelty to come in the game mechanics.

It had to be one of the novelties for the start of the school year in January to Numbers and letters on France 3. As Patrice Laffont had announced to Télé-Loisirs a few months ago on the occasion of the transfer of the cult game on the weekenda small revolution was planned with the passage from 10 to 11 letters for the famous draw of the longest word during which the candidates alternate between “consonants” and “vowels“.”I remember the show initially only allowed six-letter words. This will increase the possibilities of words“, explained the one who has been the producer of the game for more than 20 years and who hosted two new refereesStéphane Crosnier and Blandine Mayor.

“We have abandoned this idea”

But, surprise, as Laurent Romejko announces this time to Tele-Leisurethe change will not take place: “We abandoned this idea. We thought it wouldn’t add much to the show. With 10 letters, we are on a reasonable ceiling“. In office since 1992, the animator has known several evolutions within the framework of the famous test entitled The longest word. “I experienced the passages from 8 to 9 letters and from 9 to 10 letters which were totally justified. But going from 10 to 11 letters would complicate things and would make the game accessible only to super champions. We want the game to remain unifyingso that everyone can play at their level“.

And Laurent Romejko to support his point as follows: “In the current version, finding a 10 letters is a real performance. And all the more so since the draws of letters are random. So don’t try to make the game impossible“.

Numbers and letters :bsoon a novelty to spice up the game

Despite this setback, there will be a lot of change soon in Numbers and letters. “A second sesame (joker, editor’s note) will be put in place in the coming weeks to spice up the game but I can’t say more for the moment. He’s my producer Patrice Laffont who told me about it“, confides Laurent Romejko. On the audience side, the transition to the weekend has so far not succeeded in the game of France 3with lower audiences than the games that occupied the Saturday and Sunday slots, Find the intruder and 8 chances to win it all!. The Saturday, Numbers and letters brings together on average nearly 600,000 viewers (6.2% of the public) and the Sunday, 710,000 fans are there (6.2% market share). “I am not comparing myself to previous programs but to our weekday broadcastassures Laurent Romejko. We have about 80,000 additional people on weekends. The equivalent of a stadium in France!”.