Sandy Heribert

Sandy Héribert (born 25 November 1983) is a French-British TV journalist, show host and presenter who currently works for French media channel France 2 and L'Équipe. A graduate of Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris, she began her career at Eurosport before later moving on to work for several other media outlets, including CNews, My Sports Channel, RTL-TVI, Voyage and France 4.

She has hosted the Ballon d'Or ceremony, along with former Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba, since 2019.

Early life and education Heribert was born in Épinay-sur-Seine

She attended the Lycée Notre-Dame de Bury. She holds a master's degree in marketing. She also holds a master's degree in media marketing from Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris When she began working as a freelancer, she worked for over a year at CNews, L'Équipe and My Sports Channel. Between 2016 and 2017, she moved to Belgium and worked as a presenter for De quoi je me mèle, a daily talk show on RTL-TVI broadcast live from Brussels.

In March 2019, Heribert was the green room host during Destination Eurovision for France 2 alongside main on-stage presenter Garou. She was also joined by André Manoukian as a commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 semi-finals on France 4 in Tel Aviv, Israel and also for the finals alongside Stéphane Bern and Manoukian on France 2. In November 2019, Heribert was also the commentator for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 along with Bern on France 2.

Since September 2019, she has been hosting La Course des champions (the Champions Race) on France 2 alongside Teddy Riner and Olivier Minne at the Stade de France. In September 2019, she participated in the game show Fort Boyard broadcast on France 2.

I was 9 years old. Martine Laroche-Joubert was covering the Gulf War and I said to my parents: “I want to be like the lady, go and tell people's stories. " — Sandy Heribert on what inspired her to go into journalism.