Several years after leaving W9, Antonin Portal, an emblematic figure in the first seasons of Marseilles is making a comeback in The Apprentice Adventurers. But will this return call for a sequel in the W9 programs?
He was part of the first string of candidates from the Marseilles. Just in his twenties, Antonin Portal, originally from Plan-de-Cuques, embarked on the adventure in Miami with Thibault Garcia, Julien Tanti, Stéphanie Durant and Paga. Very quickly, the jokes and the singing accent of the troublemaker please the public. He went through all the seasons of the franchise until he stopped in 2017. Back on W9 in the company of Barbara, his companion, the now restaurateur indicated the follow-up he wanted to give to his career in television.
“It made me happy to come back to W9“
Today boss of Augustine’s Table in Marseille, a successful restaurant that attracts the biggest stars in the world, the young thirty-year-old seems satisfied. However, he agreed to take time off from work to participate in the difficult survival show of the Nine. “I have a love affair with W9. I was happy to come back to this channel. I hope this return will be great“, he begins before indicating that he no longer watches reality TV because of his work. “I mourned Antonin des Marseilles. I was 20, I’m 32 now“, he nuances before explaining that Barbara, motivated by the idea of surpassing herself, had convinced him to return to the program.
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Antonin Portal (The Apprentice Adventurers 6) explains his future prospects
If he waits to see what he still gives on screen and if his return will be well received, Antonin does not plan to follow on television, nor to return to The people of Marseilles. “I am not at all interested. What am I going to do there? Some of them are not even from Marseilles anymore, they come from Gap, Briançon… (He’s laughing) It’s a very nice program, but it’s not for me anymore“, he admits. No more enthusiasm for participation in a potential new season of Fifty. “I’m not here to do reality TV. I don’t even know the program. I didn’t watch at all“, he concludes, indicating however that he had loved his experience in the show broadcast from February 13 on W9.
