Viva Radio 2 was an Italian radio program aired from 2001 to 2008 on Rai Radio 2.

Content

The show was based on Fiorello's

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, who is an acclaimed TV star. It is co-hosted with DJ

Marco Baldini Marco Baldini (born September 1959, in Florence) is an Italian television and radio personality. He is best known for his highly successful partnership with Fiorello on radio and television. Biography After starting at age 21 to work for in T ...

and

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Enrico Cremonesi. The show was written by Rosario Fiorello, Marco Baldini, Riccardo Cassini, Alberto Di Risio, Francesco Bozzi, and Federico Taddia.

Partial list of imitated characters

* Roberto Alagna *

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*prince Albert of Monaco * Francesco Amadori * Franco Battiato * Silvio Berlusconi (always called '' Cologno's forgetful'') * Tony Blair, English prime minister * Mike Bongiorno * Carla Bruni * Franco Califano * Andrea Camilleri, author *

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* Antonio Cassano * Vincent Cassel * Roberto Cavalli * Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, former president *

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* Riccardo Cocciante * Maurizio Costanzo, TV host *

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, singer * Umberto Eco, novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician and university professor * Erdoğan, Turkish Prime minister at the time *Father Georg Gänswein * Francesco Guccini, singer *

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* Ignazio La Russa, former defence minister * Carlo Lucarelli *Don Antonio Mazzi *fictional

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Messina (a parody of

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) *Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo * Gianni Minà, journalist * Federico Moccia, author * Gianni Morandi, singer * Massimo Moratti, former owner of FC Internazionale * Nanni Moretti *

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, former president *

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, TV announcer * Barbara Palombelli * Romano Prodi, former prime minister * Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation president * Quasimodo of

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* Vasco Rossi, singer * Tony Sperandeo * Oliviero Toscani *director and host of a fictional calabrese Television who emulate RAI TV programs *

Bruno Vespa Bruno Paolo Vespa (born 27 May 1944) is an Italian television and newspaper journalist. A former director of the Italian state-owned TV channel Rai Uno's news program TG1, Vespa is the founding host of the program ''Porta a Porta'' (English:"Door ...

, TV host * Martano Volpi * Henry John Woodcock, former prosecutor of

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Viva Radio 2 on TV

Viva Radio 2 was aired on TV on Rai Uno beginning in December 2006, and was broadcast every evening on Rai Uno in weekday access prime time from 21 January 2008 to 2 February 2008 under the name ''Viva Radio 2... minuti''.

References

{{Reflist Italian radio programs