Alessandro Cecchi Paone (born 16 September 1961) is an Italian television presenter, journalist, radio and television writer, and politician.

Life and career

Born in

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, Cecchi Paone started his television career while still a teenager, hosting from 1977 to 1980 the

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program ''Trentaminuti Giovani''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni (1996 – 2003). "Cecchi Paone, Alessandro". ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milan. pp. 119-20. . Graduated in

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at the

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, in the 1980s he collaborated as writer to several Rai Radio 3 journalistic and cultural programs and to several documentaries and hosted several shows. In 1991 he became a newscaster of Canale 5 News, and after a few months of

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. For a few years he was a popular personality of

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, where he hosted some successful shows such as ''In famiglia'' and ''La cronaca in diretta''. In 1996, Cecchi Paone returned to Mediaset, where in 1997 he launched his most successful work, the science TV show ''La Macchina del Tempo'', which lasted until 2006 and also generated a satellite thematic channel, . In 2016 he hosted the daily newscast

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. During his career, Cecchi Paone took part in several reality shows, notably three editions of '' L'isola dei famosi'' and the third season of '' Grande Fratello VIP''. He ran in the 2004 and 2014 European Parliament elections with Forza Italia party, not being elected.

Personal life

Previously married and divorced from Cristina Navarro, in 2004 Cecchi Paone

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as a homosexual.

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