Piero Chiambretti (born 30 May 1956) is an Italian
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
.
Biography
Born on 30 May 1956 in
Aosta
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to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in
Turin
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.
He later moved to
Bologna
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, where he studied Arts, Music and Entertainment.
During his studies, Chiambretti also presented some cabaret shows and worked as a tourist resort entertainer.
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His first TV appearance was in 1977, when he co-presented the show ''Non siamo gazzose'' with Erik Colombardo, aired by Grp, a local TV channel broadcast in ]Piedmont
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only.[ In 1982, he started working in ]RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
, appearing in some shows for kids. Starting from 1988, he was part of the cast of the TV show ''Va Pensiero'', broadcast by Rai 3
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. This experience allowed him to receive a Telegatto
Telegatto (a composition of ''television'' and ''gatto'', meaning "cat", after the trophy, which is a little statue representing a cat), was an Italian television award first conceived in 1971 following the contest Gran Premio internazionale dell ...
for Revelation of the Year.[
In 1997, Chiambretti was chosen as one of the presenters of the 47th ]Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
, along with Mike Bongiorno
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was an Italian-American television host. After a few experiences in the US, he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy ...
and Valeria Marini
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. During the following year, he presented the ''DopoFestival'', a show aired immediately after each night of the Sanremo Music Festival, featuring comments about the televised song contest. In 2002, he created a new TV show, ''Chiambretti c'è'', together with Gianni Boncompagni
Giandomenico Boncompagni (13 May 1932 – 16 April 2017), best known as Gianni Boncompagni, was a television and radio presenter, director, writer and a lyricist.
Life and career
Born in Arezzo, at 18 years old Boncompagni moved to Sweden, whe ...
.[ After being excluded from ]RAI
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, Chiambretti, assisted by the showgirl Sylvie Lubamba
Sylvie Lubamba (born ''Renée Sylvie Lubamba'' on 29 February 1972) is an Italian model, showgirl and TV presenter.
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Lubamba was born in Florence to parents from Kinshasa. She studied in a Piarists College and in 1992 was elected '' ...
, presented the show ''Markette – tutto fa brodo in tv'' on the channel La7
La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia.
Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swi ...
.[ After returning to the ''DopoFestival'' in 2007, he presented the Sanremo Music Festival once again in ]2008
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, with Pippo Baudo
Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo (born 7 June 1936), known as Pippo Baudo, is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Go ...
.
Chiambretti later started to work for Italian television company Mediaset
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, presenting shows including ''Chiambretti Night'', ''Chiambretti Supermarket'' and ''Striscia la Notizia
''Striscia la notizia'' () is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Founded in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but ''Striscia'' also satirizes gover ...
''.
On March 17, 2020 Chiambretti tested positive for coronavirus
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the com ...
.La Republica: Torino, Piero Chiambretti e la madre positivi al coronavirus
March 17, 2020
References
External links
*
Piero Chiambretti
at the online version of the '' Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Treccani''.
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1956 births
Living people
Italian television presenters