Fantastic moment. Watch the video below. I’d love a captioned version so I could follow along, but you’ll get the basics even if you don’t speak French.

From the 9to5Mac article:

The incident was reported by Pure Médias, which says that power was lost for three hours. Emergency lighting kicked in, but the TV cameras were still not able to function, so the decision was made to continue recording using iPhones.

This is reportedly the first time a broadcast TV show has ever been shot on iPhone in the country, though we have of course seen ads, documentaries and even movies shot entirely with iPhones – as well as Apple showing what amateurs can do with the iPhone through its Shot on iPhone campaign.

And from the original French article, translated via Google Translate:

Electricity has finally returned after several hours but not enough to restart all engines, lights and technical equipment necessary for the proper filming of the show. Laurent Ruquier therefore continued interviews filmed … the iPhone to its employees, as seen on this shared image by Nathalie André France 2 on Facebook. The question is whether these videos will be usable for broadcast Saturday night on France 2. Farewell Leah Salame promise to be memorable, they were recorded with a smartphone held by Laurent Ruquier!

And here’s the video.