In 2004, arrived on tiptoe with a new concept integrated into the show, The Grand Journal. A show initially focused on people and current events which will grow and gain popularity to become, from 2010, The Little Journal. Several personalities will make themselves known there, starting with , Martin Weil and even . In 2013, several new faces joined the team, like Maxime Musquawho previously made himself known on YouTube and enjoys great popularity among a young audience.
Every evening, the comedian recently takes up “the Musqua challenge”. As he says in his book, I won’t need alcohol to dance anymore (ed. Robert Laffont, 2025), one of his biggest challenges was suggested to him by Yann Barthès himself. “One day, he suggested that I walk from Lyon to Paris, in homage to the march against racism, which took place thirty years earlier and to echo the film with Jamel Debbouze which was coming out soon”he writes, before admitting some concerns: “A few days before departure, I’m starting to worry about security. (…) What if I came across a weird guy who prevents me from working well?”
Yann Barthès refuses a bodyguard to Maxime Musqua
Faced with doubts, Maxime Musqua goes to see the 50-year-old host to ask him for a favor. “I’m going to see Yann in his office, and I’m uncomfortable asking him the question, but I ask if it’s possible to have someone take care of my security, just in case. It amuses him, he reassures me: everything will be fine. No need for a bodyguard”remembers Maxime Musqua. Unfortunately, an incident will occur on the first day of the challenge, in Lyon, Place Bellecour. “And bam! I don’t understand what’s happening, I have cream all over my face, guys are running away and starting to chase each other. I just got caked. (…) An hour later, production provides me with a bodyguard and Yann sends me a text with a sincere apology”explains the one who lived.
After this incredible walk, the columnist returns to the set of Little Journal with a few guest walkers in the audience. “One of them surprises Yann by asking him if he can host him for the evening. It makes me laugh to see him panic a little, but I avoid trying to joke about my bodyguard that I can lend him…”concludes Maxime Musqua on this story.
