''Ballando con le Stelle'' is the Italian version of the ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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'' / ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'' franchises.
It was first broadcast on 8 January 2005 on TV station
RAI 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and general ...
. This show is aired in the
prime time
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, usually of saturday evening, and is hosted by
Milly Carlucci
Camilla Patrizia "Milly" Carlucci (born 1 October 1954) is an Italian television presenter, actress and singer. Carlucci played the role of Urania in the 1985 film ''The Adventures of Hercules''. In 1996 she became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIC ...
with
Paolo Belli
Paolo Belli (born 21 March 1962, in Formigine) is an Italian singer and television presenter.http://www.paolobelli.it/pdf/paolo-belli-biografia.pdf
Biography
Singer since 1984, first with Ladri di Biciclette and then as a solo artist, Paolo Be ...
and his orchestra: this is the most important and successful program of RAI.
Overview
References
External links
Official website of ''Ballando con le Stelle''
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2005 Italian television series debuts
RAI original programming