Eve-Marie Lortie will succeed Gino Chouinard as presenter Hello Hello starting September 2024, ensuring a change in continuity for fans of the TVA morning show.
The host, who has been part of the Salut Bonjour family for 20 years – she started reading the news there – said in an interview with the QMI agency on Tuesday that the planets were perfectly aligned for her at the start of her new challenge. She has gained solid experience as a journalist and presenter over the last 30 years, she is in great shape and, above all, she wanted to take over the management that will put her on the air five days a week instead of two mornings on weekends.
The Salut Bonjour team gave him a warm welcome at the end of the show on Tuesday morning when the news of his appointment was confirmed.
Gino Chouinard gave Eve-Marie Lortie flowers “that smell like summer” on the set of “Salut Bonjour” on Tuesday. She will succeed him at the helm of the TVA morning show starting in September 2024. MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
The main interested party only knew last Thursday that she had the position for which she had expressed her interest last winter, a few months after Gino Chouinard announced at the end of November 2022 that he would be leaving the animation of Hello Hello in June 2024.
A second home in Montreal
Eve-Marie Lortie, who has worked for TVA Group for 27 years, will soon be looking for a base in Montreal as she wants to keep her home in Quebec, where she has hosted the Salut Bonjour weekend for 12 years. She also owns a chalet in L’Anse-Saint-Jean in Saguenay with her partner of the last 15 years.
MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
We don’t know at this point who will replace Ève-Marie Lortie at the helm of the Salut Bonjour weekend. The process has not yet started.
Salut Bonjour has been broadcast on TVA since September 1988. In addition to Gino Chouinard, Claude Saucier and Guy Mongrain also hosted the event.
More details to follow…