''Amici'' (initially called ''Saranno Famosi'') is an Italian talent show. Created by

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 ...

, the show began in 2001 and has since aired annually. The show is produced by Fascino P.G.T. s.r.l. (owned by

) and is broadcast on

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 ...

. Since the thirteenth edition, daytime and casting have been broadcast on the television network Real Time and on the online streaming platform Witty TV by Fascino. Amici is an academy school involving a class of about 20 youth students (16–30 age), who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers (classical, modern, contemporary, latin and hip-hop). Additional original categories of "actors", "musicians" and "TV presenters" have since been dropped after 2009. Maria De Filippi a Sanremo 2009

Series overview

Singer
Dancer
Actor/Actress
Music Band
"Big" (special contest)

Cast

Singing teachers

*Giuseppe Vessicchio (seasons 1–9) *Luca Pitteri (seasons 1–6) *Maurizio Pica (season 1) *

Nora Orlandi Nora Orlandi (born 28 June 1933; pseudonym: Joan Christian) is an Italian pianist, violinist, soprano vocalist, composer and occasional actress. As the first female film composer of Italian cinema, she composed scores for Spaghetti Westerns, Eur ...

(season 2) *

Grazia Di Michele Grazia Di Michele (born 9 October 1955) is an Italian singer-songwriter. Life and career Born Maria Grazia Di Michele in Rome to parents from Abruzzo, at very young age, she founded with Chiara Scotti and Clelia Lamorgese "L'Ape di Vetro" ("T ...

(seasons 3–14) *Fabrizio Palma (seasons 3–8) *Luca Jurman (seasons 7–8, 10) *Gabriella Scalise (season 8) *Loretta Martinez (season 9) *Charlie Rapino (season 9) *Sergio La Stella (season 9) *Maria Grazia Fontana (season 10) *Dado Parisini (season 10) *Rudy Zerbi (seasons 10–present) *

Mara Maionchi Mara Maionchi (; born 22 April 1941 in Bologna) is an Italian record producer and a TV personality. Biography Mara began her career in 1967, as secretary in the '' Ariston Records'' press office, working with Ornella Vanoni and Mino Reitano. ...

(seasons 11–12) *Carlo Di Francesco (seasons 13–17) *Klaus Bonoldi (season 13) * Francesco Sarcina (season 14) * Marco Maccarini (season 15) *

Fabrizio Moro Fabrizio Mobrici (born 9 April 1975), known by his stage name Fabrizio Moro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 2000 and he achieved commercial success in 2007, after winning the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Musi ...

(seasons 15–16) *Alex Braga (seasons 15–16) * Boosta (season 16) *

Giusy Ferreri Giusy Ferreri (; born Giuseppa Gaetana Ferreri on 17 April 1979) is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 2008, she took part at the first Italian edition of the talent show X Factor, coming in second place. She topped the Italian Singles Chart ...

(season 17) *

Paola Turci Paola Turci (born 12 September 1964 in Rome), is an Italian singer, songwriter, performer and author. 1980s Turci's musical debut was in 1986 when she participated in Sanremo Music Festival with the song "L'uomo di ieri", written by Mario ...

(season 17) *

Alex Britti Alessandro "Alex" Britti (born 23 August 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography When he was 17, he started his first band, playing blues at clubs in Rome, and eventually moved to Milan. In 1989 he established the Alex Br ...

(season 18) * Stash (seasons 18–19) *Anna Pettinelli (seasons 19–21) *

Arisa Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer and actress. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa, Italy. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a villag ...

(season 20, 22–present) *

Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian showgirl, television personality, dancer, singer, and actress. Life and career Born in Rome, at nine years old Cuccarini started to attend the dance school of (choreographer and hu ...

(seasons 21–present)

Dance teachers

*Garrison Rochelle (seasons 1–17) ''modern'' *Maura Paparo (seasons 1–8) ''modern'' *Steve La Chance (seasons 2–9) ''modern jazz'' * Rossella Brescia (season 2) ''ballet'' *Alessandra Celentano (seasons 3–present) ''ballet'' *Mauro Astolfi (season 8) ''contemporary'' *Giuseppe Carbone (season 9) ''modern'' *Kris (season 9) ''hip-hop'' *Marco Garofalo (seasons 9–10) ''modern'' *Michela Villanova (seasons 9–10) ''ballet'' *Carl Portal (season 10) ''jazz'' *Luciano Cannito (seasons 10–12) ''neoclassical'' *

Kledi Kadiu Kledi Kadiu (born 7 April 1974) is an Albanians, Albanian-born, naturalized Italian dancer, coreographer, dance teacher, and television personality. He is a regular dancer on the popular talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' (Friends of Mari ...

(seasons 13–16) ''contemporary'' *Veronica Peparini (seasons 13–21) ''contemporary'' *Natalia Titova (seasons 15–16) ''latin'' *Emanuel Lo (season 16, 22–present) ''hip-hop'' *Bill Goodson (season 17) ''contemporary'' *

Timor Steffens Timor Steffens (Roermond, 9 October 1987) is a Dutch dancer. Biography Steffens was born in Roermond, Netherlands. At the age of six he moved to Rotterdam. He took both a hairdressing course and an electrical engineering course, but he did not ...

(seasons 18–19) ''hip-hop'' *

(season 20) ''musical'' *Raimondo Todaro (seasons 21–present) ''latin'' *Elena D'Amario (season 22, only for "Banco del pubblico") ''modern jazz'' *Francesco Porcelluzzi (season 22, only for "Banco del pubblico") ''modern jazz''

Acting teachers

*Fioretta Mari (seasons 1–8) *Claudio Insegno (season 1) *Patrick Rossi (seasons 2–9) *Rino Cassano (seasons 3–4) *Paolo Asso (seasons 6–7)

Non-judging teachers

*Jill Cooper (seasons 1–2) ''fitness'' *

Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini (; born 20 August 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his 15-year playing career with A.S. Roma, and was regarded by supporters as a club symbol, before his ...

(season 2) ''football'' *Martino Vertova (season 2) ''art'' *Paolo Evangelista (seasons 2, 13) ''fitness'' *Marco Castellano (seasons 3–8) ''fitness'' *

Aldo Busi Aldo Busi (born 25 February 1948) is a contemporary Italian writer and translator, famous for his linguistic invention and for his polemic force as well as for some prestigious translations from English, German and ancient Italian that include Jo ...

(seasons 3–7) ''music history'' *

Jury Chechi Jury Dimitri Chechi (; born 11 October 1969) is a retired Italian gymnast. Biography Chechi was named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He won the Olympics title in the rings at Atlanta 1996 and was third at Athens 2004. Chechi's bronze was the r ...

(season 6) ''gymnastics'' *

Pamela Prati Pamela Prati (until 2016 as Paola Pireddu; born 26 November 1958) is an Italian actress, showgirl, model, singer, and television hostess. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes ...

(season 6) ''stage presence'' *Klaus Davi (season 7) ''communication'' *Pino Perris (seasons 7–18) ''singing'' *Mauro Coruzzi (season 9) ''music history'' *Gabriella Scalise (seasons 10–11) ''singing'' *Fabrizio Palma (seasons 10, 12) ''singing'' *Carlo Palmas (seasons 11, 13) ''singing'' *Eric Buffat (season 11) ''singing'' *Antonio Galbiati (season 12) ''singing'' *Nancy Berti (seasons 12–13) ''latin dance'' *Giovanni Lori (seasons 12–13) ''singing'' *Daniele Baldi (seasons 12–14) ''hip-hop dance'' *Dennis Bragatto (seasons 12–16) ''dance'' *Fabrizio Prolli (seasons 12–15) ''dance'' *Federica Angelozzi (seasons 12–15) ''dance'' *

Roberto Vecchioni Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated i ...

(season 13) ''music history'' *Fabio Raspanti (season 13) ''dance'' *Amilcar Golzalez (seasons 13–16) ''dance'' *Raffaella Misiti (seasons 13–present) ''singing'' *Enzo Campagnoli (seasons 14–17) ''singing'' *Danilo Grano (season 14) ''dance'' *Alessandro Merli (seasons 15–16) ''rap'' *Mattia Galante (seasons 15–17) ''dance'' *Roberto Angelini (season 16) ''singing'' *

Annalisa Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985) better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter, Record producer and TV personality. After being part of two bands, ''Elaphe Guttata'' and ''leNoire'' (Ex Malvasia), she became famou ...

(season 17) ''singing'' *

Michele Bravi Michele Bravi (born 19 December 1994) is an Italian pop singer, songwriter and actor. He rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the Italian ''X Factor''. His coronation song, "La vita e la felicità", was penned by Tiziano Ferro and r ...

(season 17) ''singing'' *Natalia Titova (seasons 17–19) ''latin dance'' * Giovanni Caccamo (seasons 17, 20) ''singing'' *Emanuel Lo (season 17) ''hip-hop dance'' *Martina Nadalini (seasons 17–18) ''dance'' *

Alfonso Signorini Alfonso Signorini (born 7 April 1964) is an Italian celebrity, television host and journalist. Biography Signorini was born in Milan. He was engaged to Paolo Galimberti. Television *''Chiambretti c'è'' (Rai 2, 2002) *''L'isola dei famosi'' (Rai ...

(seasons 18–19) ''music history'' *Mattia Tuzzolino (seasons 18–19) ''dance'' *Alberto Montesso (seasons 18–present) ''dance'' *Emanuela Cortesi (season 19) ''singing'' *Cecilia Cesario (season 19) ''singing'' *Agnese Valle (season 20) ''singing'' * Alberto Urso (season 20) ''singing'' *Chiara Calderare (season 20–present) ''singing'' *Antonella Cilenti (season 20–present) ''singing'' *Francesco Porcelluzzi (seasons 21–present) ''dance''

Coaches (final stage)

* Emma (seasons 12, 14–16) *

Miguel Bosé Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (19 ...

(seasons 12–13) *

Eleonora Abbagnato Eleonora Abbagnato (; born 30 June 1978) is an Italian ballet dancer, model, and actress. Between 2013 and 2021 she was Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet. Early life and education Born in Palermo, Abbagnato started dancing at 4 years old, ...

(season 12) *

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(season 13) *

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(seasons 14–16) *

J-Ax Alessandro Aleotti (; born 5 August 1972), known as J-Ax (), is an Italian rapper, formerly in the rap group Articolo 31 with his DJ Vito Luca Perrini (DJ Jad). He is the brother of Weedo (also known as Grido from boyband Gemelli DiVersi). On ...

(season 15) *

Nek Filippo Neviani (born 6 January 1972), known by his stage name Nek, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Nek is popular in Italy and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and has performed and released most of his albums in both Italian ...

(season 15) * Morgan (season 16) *

Ricky Martin Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...

(season 18) *

Vittorio Grigolo Vittorio Grigolo (correctly Vittorio Grigòlo, born 19 February 1977) is an Italian operatic tenor. Early life Grigolo was born in Arezzo and raised in Rome. He began singing by the age of four. When he was nine years old he accompanied his mot ...

(season 18) *

Fabio Rovazzi Fabio Piccolrovazzi, known as Fabio Rovazzi, (born 18 January 1994) is an Italian entertainer, who is most notable for his songs "Andiamo a comandare", "Tutto molto interessante" (both of which were certified platinum five times, and two times i ...

(season 18) *Rudy Zerbi (seasons 20–21) *Anna Pettinelli (seasons 20–21) *

(seasons 20–21) *Veronica Peparini (seasons 20–21) *

(season 20) *Alessandra Celentano (seasons 20–21) *Raimondo Todaro (season 21)

Judges (final stage)

Gabry Ponte Gabriele Ponte (; born 20 April 1973) is an Italian DJ, remixer, record producer, and radio personality, best known for his membership in the Italian dance band Eiffel 65. With Eiffel 65's rise to fame in the late 1990s, his celebrity status w ...

(seasons 12–13, 19) *

Luca Argentero Luca Argentero (born 12 April 1978) is an Italian actor, model and television personality. He has appeared in more than 18 films since 2006. Biography Born in Turin to Guido and Agata, Argentero grew up in neighboring Moncalieri. After completin ...

(seasons 12–13) *

Sabrina Ferilli Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theater and film actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in ''Me, Myself and ...

(seasons 12–15, 21) *

Francesco Renga Pierfrancesco Renga (born 12 June 1968 in Udine, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2005 with the song ''Angelo''. In 2001 he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival. He also took part in t ...

(season 14) *

Renato Zero Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), known by the stage name Renato Zero (), is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s. Zero is the only artist to have reached the top of th ...

(season 14) *

Loredana Bertè Loredana Bertè (; born 20 September 1950) is an Italian singer and actress. In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her siste ...

(seasons 14–15, 18–19) *

Anna Oxa Anna Hoxha (; born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (), is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter. Oxa has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo ...

(season 15) * Morgan (season 15) *

Ermal Meta Ermal Meta (; born 20 April 1981) is an Italian singer, songwriter, composer, and writer of Albanian origin (he holds double citizenship). Born in Fier and raised in Bari, Meta rose to prominence as one of the lead singers of Ameba 4 and . After ...

(seasons 16–17) *

Ambra Angiolini Ambra Angiolini (born 22 April 1977, in Rome) is an Italian actress and singer. She made her film debut in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Saturn in Opposition'' (2007) for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress as well as the N ...

(season 16) * Daniele Liotti (season 16) *

(season 16) * Emma (season 17) *

Heather Parisi Heather Elizabeth Parisi (born January 27, 1960) is an American-born Italian dancer, singer and television personality. She was one of the most popular personalities of Italian television from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Life and career Born i ...

(season 17) *

Giulia Michelini Giulia Michelini (born 2 June 1985) is an Italian actress. Career Michelini was born in Rome, Italy in 1985. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 in 2002 in the third season of the police drama series "Distretto di Polizia", which was te ...

(season 17) *

Simona Ventura Simona Ventura (born 1 April 1965) is an Italian television presenter. Television career Ventura was born in Bentivoglio. She started in TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on Rai Uno. Her love for sport took her into sports reportin ...

(season 17) *

Marco Bocci Marco Bocci (pseudonym of Marco Bocciolini; born 4 August 1977) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2001. He married fellow actress Laura Chiatti in 2014. They have two sons. Filmography * '' Interference'' (1998) ...

(season 17) *

Alessandra Amoroso Alessandra Amoroso (; born 12 August 1986 in Galatina, Province of Lecce) is an Italian pop/soul singer, songwriter, producer and TV personality. She was the winner of the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi''. S ...

(season 17) *

Michelle Hunziker Michelle Yvonne Hunziker (Swiss , ; born 24 January 1977) is a Swiss-Italian television presenter and former model. Early life Hunziker was born in Sorengo, Lugano, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. Her mother Ineke is Dutch and ...

(season 17) *

Gerry Scotti Gerry Scotti (born Virginio Scotti on 7 August 1956) is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament. Early years Scotti was born Virginio Scotti on 7 August 1956 in Miradolo Terme, Pavia. After giving ...

(season 17) *

Vanessa Incontrada Vanessa Incontrada (born 24 November 1978) is a Spanish-Italian actress and model. She has appeared in more than 25 films and television shows since 2003. She starred in the film '' Il cuore altrove'', which was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film ...

(season 19) *

Christian De Sica Christian De Sica (; born 5 January 1951) is an Italian actor and film director. Life De Sica was born in Rome the second son of Italian director Vittorio De Sica and Spanish actress María Mercader. His first cousin once removed was Ramón M ...

(season 19) *

Alessia Marcuzzi Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host and actress. 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 ...

(season 19) * Stash (seasons 20–21) * Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy (seasons 20–21) * (seasons 20–21)

Dance crew

*Marta Angelin (seasons 1–3) * Rossella Brescia (seasons 1, 5–6) *

(seasons 1–2, 4–9) *Ilir Shaqiri (seasons 1–2, 4) *Valerio Pino (seasons 2–3, 5, 9) *Maria Zaffino (seasons 2–8) *Francesca Di Maio (seasons 3–8) *Michele Oliva (season 3) *Massimo Sansottera (season 3) *David Sellings (season 3) *Anbeta Toromani (seasons 3–11) *Josè Perez (seasons 4–11) *Leon Cino (seasons 5–8) *Fabrizio Mainini (seasons 5–6) *Gianni Sperti (seasons 6–8) *Adelaide Seeney (season 7) *Eleonora Scopelliti (seasons 9–13) *Francesco Mariottini (seasons 10–12) *Amilcar Moret Gonzalez (seasons 10–13, 17) *Martina Nadalini (seasons 10–16) *Arduino Beroncello (seasons 10, 16) *Marbelys Zamora (season 10) *Antonio Fiore (season 11) *Michele Viola (season 11) * (seasons 11–13, 16–18) *Hugo Cortes (season 13) *Michele Barile (seasons 14–16) *Santo Giuliano (season 14) *Marcello Sacchetta (seasons 14–20) *Anne Boidin (season 14) *Giada Lini (season 15) *Sacha Storto (season 15) *Simone Nolasco (seasons 15–present) *Gian Maria Giuliattini (seasons 15–18) *Elena D'Amario (seasons 15–present) *Klaudia Pepa (season 15) *Irene Tavassi (season 15) *

Giuseppe Giofrè Giuseppe Giofrè (born January 10, 1993) is an Italian dancer, model, and choreographer based in Los Angeles. He gained popularity after being a student at Amici di Maria De Filippi show, and for being on tour as a dancer for Ariana Grande, Jenn ...

(seasons 15–17, 20) *Francesca Tocca (seasons 15–present) *Lorella Boccia (seasons 16, 18–19) *Federica Panzeri (seasons 16–19) *Andreas Müller (seasons 17–present) *Sebastian Melo Taveira (seasons 17–present) *Giulia Pauselli (seasons 17–present) *Virginia Tomarchio (seasons 17–19) *Gabriele Esposito (seasons 17–18) *Angelo Recchia (seasons 17–18, 21) *Bryan Ramirez (season 18) *Dante Jonathan Gerlo (season 18) *Umberto Gaudino (seasons 19–present) *Alessio La Padula (season 19) *Alberto Del Prete (season 19) *Spillo (seasons 20–present) * Giulia Stabile (seasons 21–present) *Vincenzo Durevole (seasons 21–present) *Michele Esposito (seasons 22–present) *Carlotta Di Monte (seasons 22–present)

Notable guests

*During the seasons a lot of notable guests, including professional actors, musicians, and dancers appeared as guest judges or performers such as

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, Sheppard,

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

and

Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...

'Final stage' ratings

Amici Speciali

''Amici Speciali'' was a spin-off of the talent show ''Amici,'' hosted by

, aired in primetime on

from 15 May 2020 to 5 June 2020, with the intention of financing the Italian Civil Protection during the

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. The talent show included some former competitors from past editions of Amici and from other talent shows, divided into two teams, white and blue. The two teams were judged by professionals from the world of entertainment and television, including

and

Giorgio Panariello Giorgio Panariello (born 30 September 1960 in Florence) is an Italian comedian, film and stage actor, director and television presenter. Biography Born in Florence to a father of Campanian origin, he raised in Cinquale, a seaside town in the pr ...

. The contestant were the singers Alberto Urso,

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Giordana Angi Giordana Angi (born 12 January 1994) is an italian- French singer, songwriter and music producer. She debuted in the "Newcomers" section at the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with the song "Incognita poesia". In 2019 she ended up second in the eight ...

The Kolors The Kolors is an Italian pop rock band founded in 2010 by lead vocalist Stash Fiordispino, drummer Alex Fiordispino and Daniele Mona who plays synthesizers. The group has released three studio albums: ''I Want'' (2014), ''Out'' (2015) and ''You ...

Irama ''Irama'' is the term used for tempo in Indonesian gamelan in Java and Bali. It can be used with elaborating instruments. It is a concept used in Javanese gamelan music, describing melodic tempo and relationships in density between the balungan, ...

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, and the dancers Andreas Müller, Alessio Gaudino, Gabriele Esposito, Javier Rojas, Umberto Gaudino.

Sanremo participation and singers sales

The singers launched by the television program have sold over 18,435,000 copies certified by

Fimi The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously exist ...

combined, becoming the talent show with the highest number of sales in Italy.

References

External links

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