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Has the NYE show on France 2 always been pre-recorded?

The last time they were live was on the Millennium. France 2 aired its 24-hour extravaganza to compete with TF1's exclusive coverage of 2000 Today (which they named Le Millénium). Their coverage was presented by Jean-Luc Delarue and Michel Drucker.

France 2's plans not only involved showing exclusive coverage of the first New Year's Eve celebrations in the territories nearing Wallis and Futuna (a French overseas collectivity), but also would feature global coverage provided by the Millennium Television Network, an effort formed by Hal Uplinger and backed by ITN, ITV and Nine Network Australia. As the plans collapsed just two days before due broadcast, France 2 worked with some of the broadcasters involved in the MTN consortium to share resources to air live footage and fill the global feed slots. Their studio segments were done in their own HQ studios, lacking any studio audiences and having a more serious tone.

TF1's effort was also the last time they made live coverage of the events. Executive produced and realisée by Renaud Le Van Kim, it mixed the international signal with lots of chat done the French way, including a live studio audience, popular entertainers and the participation of many of TF1's stars as presenters, including Jean-Claude Narcy and Christophe Dechavanne during the early evening, Arthur for a prime time music special (which he would do until 2005), and Patrick Poivre D'Arbor and Claire Chazal during the midnight fireworks. The station built a massive studio at the Grand Hall of the Chaillot National Dance Theatre to serve as HQ for the broadcast, overlooking the Eiffel Tower; it also aired its normal 13h and 20h news that day, but in a sour note due to the unexpected death of Alain Gillot-Petré, who was tapped to do the first weather forecast of 2000 (as well as the final of 1999). Nevertheless, the show went on, and additionally TF1 launched its PUB 3D-laden look that day.

Back to France 2, the last few years, their pre-recorded shows have been musical concerts featuring French popular acts; these have been filmed in well-known French patrimonial landmark sites, and have had Stéphane Bern as presenter. Michel Drucker also did stints as New Year's Eve emcee in their respective variety evenings, mostly shot in studio. Over at TF1, it has been a mixed bag: Arthur returned for special New Year's Eve versions of Les Enfants de la Télé and Vendredi tout est permis for a couple of years, but they have now given up and just do outtake compilations during the night.

Even BFM TV makes a better job and does a live special on the night, not only airing the Paris fireworks, but also serving as a roundtable discussion of the year's main news stories and some other lighter/filler content related to the occasion, including live shots.