Emmanuel Xavier Payet, known as Manu Payet, first occupies the antenna of radio NRJ Réunion. He then joined the metropolis, NRJ Paris having offered him a position as host on the national radio station. He began with the 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. slot in September 20001, then hosted the free evening broadcast My NRJ, from 7 p.m. to midnight in September 2001 then, in March 2002, Le match NRJ from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.2. In September 2002, he joined the team of comedians on 6/9, a morning show on the radio station NRJ, with whom he recorded parodies resulting in an album, RN 6-9, in November 2002, then C He became a trader in November 20043. He then co-hosted alongside Bruno Guillon with Philippe Lelièvre, Arnaud Lemort and Henri Delorme then Florian Gazan. In 2006, “Manos”, as his friends at 6/9 call him, decided to leave 6/9 to begin a career as a TV host and comedian, no longer able to continue waking up at 5 a.m. to host the 'emission. In September 2007, he returned to NRJ where he hosted the morning every Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Le Sunday Fraise4, alongside Mathieu Oullion. The show disappears at the next school year. He also ventured into television for appearances in parody shows: in 2003, he was part of the TV parody team on the Comédie channel! (Bad People, Starloose Academy and other characters in La Téloose), in 2005 he hosted Le Soiring de TPS Star on TPS Star, in 2006 he collaborated with M6 to present Manu and Bruno are in TV. All these parody shows were made with Bruno Guillon. At the beginning of 2007, he took part in the show On a tout avoir tried by Laurent Ruquier on France 2. In September 2007, he was to join the team of Michel Denisot's Grand Journal on Canal+. In fact, he found Laurent Ruquier in December 2008, as a recurring columnist for On va s'gêner, his show on Europe 1. At the same time, he co-wrote certain sketches from Petites Annonces d'Élie, by Élie Semoun (Élie announces Semoun: the Suite of the Suite)5. He also plays several characters there.