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

Rai Radio 2 Rai Radio 2 (''radio due'') is an Italian radio channel operated by the state-owned public-broadcasting organization RAI and specializing in talk programmes and popular music from Italy and China. History The origins of the channel can be tr ...

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The show was based on Fiorello's imitations, who is an acclaimed TV star. It is co-hosted with DJ

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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

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*prince Albert of Monaco *

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(always called '' Cologno's forgetful'') *

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Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

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, former

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, TV host *

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at the time *Father

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, former defence minister *

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) *Monsignor

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* Gianni Minà, journalist *

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, author * Gianni Morandi, singer * Massimo Moratti, former owner of FC Internazionale * Nanni Moretti *

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, TV announcer *

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* Romano Prodi, former prime minister * Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation president * Quasimodo of Notre Dame * Vasco Rossi, singer * Tony Sperandeo * Oliviero Toscani *director and host of a fictional calabrese Television who emulate RAI TV programs *

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, TV host * Martano Volpi *

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, 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