Wanted: Catch Me If You Can, Michou's new game on M6

Wanted: Catch Me If You Can lands on M6 and M6+ at the start of the 2026 season, with Michou serving as the guard hot on the heels of sixteen escaped celebrities. A large-scale escape game in which the viewers themselves get to join the action.

Wanted: Catch Me If You Can is M6’s new big-event entertainment venture, led by YouTuber Michou and slated to bow in the 2026 season on Six and its streaming service M6+. The channel, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, unveiled the trailer at halftime of the Norway-France match on June 26, 2026, drawing 13.7 million viewers. The concept is simple: sixteen personalities are locked in a fictional prison somewhere in France, attempt an escape, and three guards pursue them.

Wanted on M6: what's the premise of this escape game with Michou?

The concept, adapted from the Dutch format Most Wanted (developed by Talpa Studios), rests on a few simple rules. Split into eight pairs, sixteen celebrities must remain untraceable for four days, without money or mobile phones, on terrain with no geographical limits.

Facing them, three guards (including Michou) are tasked with catching them before they slip away for good. They’re equipped with a vehicle and cutting-edge tech, including drones and GPS trackers, to tighten the net. The show is produced by Studio 89.

An interactive game, viewers can take part in Wanted: Catch Me If You Can!

That's the real innovation of the program: viewers can influence the chase in real time. A phone number announced by M6 during the broadcast lets you choose a side.

Viewers can choose to assist the fugitives by offering a hideout, a meal, or a room to stay, or, conversely, back the guards by slipping them tips on the escapees’ whereabouts. That dynamic keeps every episode unpredictable, under the official hashtag #WantedM6.

Which stars are in the cast of Wanted on M6?

The trailer has revealed part of the faces behind this pursuit. Notably, we can spot among them:

Rayane Bensetti
Christine Bravo
Samuel Étienne
Philippe Lucas
Stomy Bugsy
Jade Lebœuf
Léa François
Danielle Renault and Arthur Lombard (the YouTubers behind the Studio Danielle channel)
Yoan-Louis Sudres, aka Pierre Nin'hair, the Toulouse-based hairdresser and Pierre Niney look-alike

M6 has yet to reveal the names of the sixteen contestants, or the three guards who will accompany Michou on the hunt.

Why does Patrick Balkany appear in the Wanted trailer?

The wink drew a smile: at the end of the trailer (released in an extended version on IDZ Prod's Instagram account), Patrick Balkany steps up to Michou to have his photo taken. "Uh no, sir, I think you’ve come to the wrong place," the videographer tells him.

The former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) is not part of the lineup. In May 2026, he was convicted in two separate cases of embezzling public funds, receiving 15 months and then three years in prison, and he remains free while awaiting his appeal.

When will Wanted air on M6 and be available for streaming?

For now, M6 has not announced a precise air date. The channel only confirms a fall 2026 launch, as part of the 2026-2027 season.

If you’re wondering where to catch it, the program’s schedule is live on M6 on air, followed by streaming on M6+, where episodes will be uploaded after their TV broadcast. The concept was outlined by Le Parisien.

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