Simona Ventura (born 1 April 1965) is an Italian
television presenter
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.
Television career
Ventura was born in
Bentivoglio. She started in
TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on
Rai Uno
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 ...
.
Her love for sport took her into sports reporting: for the Italian
Telemontecarlo
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Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swit ...
she was the correspondent during the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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,
UEFA Euro 1992
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Denmark won the 1992 championship, having qualifi ...
and the
1992 Summer Olympics
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.
At
RAI
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, Ventura appeared 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 ...
on the Sunday afternoon programme "Domenica In" (1991) and then, in 1992, the sports programme "Domenica Sportiva".
She has also been on "Pavarotti International".
Ventura's career continued on
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...
channels hosting variety shows like "Mai dire gol", "Cuori e Denari, "Boom", "Scherzi a parte" (a programme very similar to
Punk'd
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), "
Festivalbar
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", "
Le Iene
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The program
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", "Matricole", Gli indelebili '99, "Cari amici miei", "Zelig - Noi facciamo cabaret", and "Piccole Canaglie". In all, she spent eight years at
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...
.
In 1996 Simona hosted the newcomers' section of the
Sanremo Music Festival
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for
RAI
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.
![Simona Ventura Venice09](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Simona_Ventura_Venice09.jpg)
In 2001 Simona went back to
Rai Due
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to host the seventh edition of the Sunday afternoon show "Quelli che il calcio" and a
prime time
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show called "Quelli che lo smoking". In 2002
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 ...
chose her for the "Dopofestival" (a variety show about the
Sanremo Music Festival
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) and she then presented a
late night television
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show with
Gene Gnocchi
Eugenio Ghiozzi (born 1 March 1955), best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi, is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer.
Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working-class family. He was an aspiring vocalist in a roc ...
called "La grande notte del lunedì sera". She has been presenting the Italian version of
Celebrity Survivor, ''L'Isola Dei Famosi'' since 2003.
In 2004 she was host presenter of San Remo Music Festival.
In 2005 and 2006 she presented ''Music farm'', a show similar to the ''
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'' format, on
Rai Due
Rai 2 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting ''TG2'' news bulletins, talk ...
.
She also had the
Prime Time Access Rule
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on
Rai Uno
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with "Le Tre Scimmiette" and in 2007 appeared in
prime time
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with "Colpo di Genio".
She presented "Quelli che il Calcio" until 2011.
Simona Ventura led the popular reality show
L'isola dei famosi for 8 editions. In the fall of 2009, she abandoned her role as a judge on X-Factor. Working on his two most important programmes, Simona Ventura in May 2011 had some problems with the company. The director of RAI 2 Massimo Liofredi tried not to renew the contract of Simona Ventura for this reason after she signed a contract with
Sky
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.
Simona was a judge in seasons 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Italian
X-Factor
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, winning the fifth one with her act
Francesca Michielin
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.
Simona Ventura signed a contract for two years with satellite platform
Sky
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after almost 10 years spent working at RAI bringing good advertising revenue, becoming the queen of
RAI 2
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, leaving the company to move to the satellite network.
In early 2016 Simona Ventura returned to
Mediaset
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as a contestant of the XI season of the popular reality show
L'isola dei famosi now hosted by
Alessia Marcuzzi
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Career
Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...
with
Alvin
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on
Canale 5
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On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...
and won by
Giacobbe Fragomeni.
In the autumn of 2016
Mariano Di Vaio (in couple with the dancer
Stefano De Martino) is one of the tutors/mentors of the first season of ''
Selfie – Le cose cambiano
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'', the new
talent show
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produced by
Fascino PGT of
Maria De Filippi
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Biography
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and aired by
Canale 5
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On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...
with Simona Ventura as presenter.
Bernardo Corradi
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(in couple
[ with the dancer Stefano De Martino) in May-June 2017 is one of the tutors/mentors][ in the second season of '']Selfie – Le cose cambiano
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'', a talent show
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produced by Fascino PGT of Maria De Filippi
Maria De Filippi (born 5 December 1961) is an Italian television host and the owner of the television production company ''Fascino PGT''. She is one of the most popular presenters.
Biography
De Filippi was born in Milan, Lombardy, but grew up in ...
and aired by Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980.
On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...
with Simona Ventura as presenter.[
]
Other appearances
In 1996 Ventura was the Italian voice of Lola Bunny
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Develop ...
in Space Jam
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.
She acted in the film ''Fratelli Coltelli'' in 1997.
In 2008 Ventura starred in ''La fidanzata di papà
''La fidanzata di papà'' () is a 2008 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini
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Born in La Spezia, in 1966 Enrico Oldoini started attending the Silvio D'Amico Natio ...
'' with Massimo Boldi
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Biography
Boldi was born in Luino on 23 July 1945. In 1955 his family moved to Milan, where he joined evening classes and began working as a window-dresser an ...
and Elisabetta Canalis
Elisabetta Canalis (; born 12 September 1978) is an Italian actress and showgirl.
Early life
Canalis was born in Sassari, Sardinia in Italy. Her father, Cesare, is a radiologist in University of Sassari's clinic, and her mother, Bruna, was a te ...
.
In 2009 Ventura was trolled by English rock band Muse
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in her show "Quelli che.. il Calcio".
In 2010 she had a cameo in Sofia Coppola
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's Somewhere.
In 2012, Ventura provided the voice of the pre-match presenter in the EA Sports
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video game FIFA 13.
Awards
Ventura has won 4 ''Telegatti
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 ...
'' as Best Female Figure of the Year.
Programs
* '' Domani sposi'' (Rai 1
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, 1988)
* ''Domenica In
''Domenica in'' is an Italian Sunday long-running television show broadcast by 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 com ...
'' (Rai 1, 1991–1992)
* '' Pavarotti International'' (Rai 1, 1991)
* '' Domenica Sportiva'' (Rai 1
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, 1992)
* ''Mai dire gol
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'' (Italia 1
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Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, originally, was o ...
, 1994–1997)
* '' Cuori e denari'' (Canale 5
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On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...
, 1995)
* ''Scherzi a parte
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'' (Italia 1,1995; Canale 5,1999)
* ''Boom
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'' (Canale 5, 1998)
* '' Festivalbar 1997'' (Italia 1, 1997)
* '' Gli indelebili '99'' (Italia 1, 1999)
* '' Matricole'' (Italia 1, 1997–2000)
* ''Le Iene
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The program
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'' (Italia 1, 1997–2001)
* '' Comici'' (Italia 1, 2000)
* '' Cari amici miei'' (Italia 1, 2000)
* '' Zelig - Facciamo cabaret'' (Italia 1, 2000–2001)
* '' Piccole Canaglie'' (Italia 1, 2001)
* '' Quelli che... il calcio'' (Rai 2, 2001–2011)
* ''Dopofestival'' (Rai 1, 2002)
* '' La grande notte del lunedì sera'' (Rai 2, 2002)
* '' L'isola dei famosi'' (Rai 2, 2003–2011)
* ''Festival di Sanremo
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'' (Rai 1, 2004)
* ''MTV Europe Music Awards
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'' (MTV
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, 2004)
* '' Le tre scimmiette'' (Rai 1, 2005)
* '' Music Farm'' (Rai 2, 2005–2006)
* ''Children's Party at the Palace
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'' (BBC One
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, 2006)
* '' Colpo di genio'' (Rai 1, 2007)
* ''X Factor
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'' (Rai 2
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, 2008–2009; Sky Uno
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It broadcasts the Italian version of the shows ''The X Factor'', ''Got T ...
, 2011–2013)
* '' Simona Goes to Hollywood'' (Sky Uno, 2012)
* '' Oscar Fashion Night'' (Sky Uno, 2012)
* '' Simona goes to Hollywood – The day after'' (Sky Uno, 2012)
* ''MTV Europe Music Awards
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'' (MTV
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, 2015)
Personal life
Ventura was married to Italian footballer and television personality Stefano Bettarini between 1998 and 2004; they have two children together.
References
External links
Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ventura, Simona
1965 births
Italian television presenters
Italian women television presenters
Living people
Miss Universe 1988 contestants
People from the Province of Bologna