Yehonatan Kashanian (born 15 January 1981), known professionally as Jonathan Kashanian, is an Israeli–Italian television personality and actor.

Biography

Kashanian was born in

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, the son of

Iranian Jewish Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ایرانی, ''yahudiān-e-Irāni''; he, יהודים פרסים ''Yəhūdīm Parsīm'') are the descendants of Jews who were historically associated with the Persian Empire, whose successor s ...

parents, and grandson of Uzbekistani grandparents, who emigrated to

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when he was three years old. In the early 2000s he chose the path of fashion; after graduating as a designer, he worked between fashion shows and showrooms.

Career

In 2004, on Channel 5, Kashanian participated in the fifth edition of

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and won the reality show with 38% of the vote. In 2005 he was in the jury of Sei un mito on

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. For three years (2005-08), Kashanian was a host of ''Modeland'', a fashion segment on . From 2006 to 2016 he appeared on Verissimo, first as a regular guest, then later as an envoy, columnist, fashion expert, stylist and makeover designer. In 2007 he takes part in the film by 2061: An Exceptional Year. He moved to

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as a commentator on Pietro Chiambretti's talkshow, ''Markette - Tutto fa brodo in TV'', which was succeeded in 2009 by on

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. In 2010 he participated in a cameo in the film ''A Natale mi sposo'' directed by

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. In 2018 he participated as a contestant in the thirteenth edition of '' L'isola dei famosi'', hosted by

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and aired on Canale 5, ranking fifth, being eliminated with 70% of the votes. He is currently a radio host for

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. In 2022 he participated in Back to School, a program hosted by

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. In the same year, he was among the jurors of

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and co-hosted the final night of ''Una voce per San Marino'', a national final to select the Sammarinese representative at the

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References

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