''L'isola dei famosi 9'' is the ninth season of the

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L'isola dei famosi ''L'isola dei famosi'' (; Italian for ''The Celebrity Island'' or ''The island of the famous'') is an Italian Reality television, reality show, first aired on Rai 2 in 2003, before moving to Canale 5 in 2015. This program is the Italian ''Survivor ...

'' and the Italian version of the

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franchise ''

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'', aired in

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from 25 January to 5 April 2012, conducted by Nicola Savino, supported in the studio by commentators Diego Passoni, Lucilla Agosti, Laura Barriales (present only for the first two episodes), Nina Morić (present only for the first three episodes) and

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(present from the third episode onwards), and with the participation of the correspondent

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. It lasted 72 days, had 20 castaways and 11 episodes and was held at Cayos Cochinos (

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). The stories of the castaways were broadcast by

with variations on Wednesday evenings (only the first episode), Thursday evenings (episodes 2-3, 5-11 and the special episode entitled ''Galà - La seratona'') and Mondays (only the fourth episode), while the transmission of the daily strips in the day-time was entrusted to

(from Monday to Friday). It was the last edition broadcast by

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, in fact the new executives, not deeming it suitable for the state TV schedule, did not renew the rights, which were then purchased by

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in 2015. The edition ended with the victory of

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, who was awarded the prize money of €200,000.

Contestants

The age of the contestants refers to the time of landing on the island.

Nominations table

Legend

TV Ratings

References

External links

Official site
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