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Pippo Baudo
Italian television presenter
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| Born | Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo (1936-06-07) 7 June 1936 (age 88) Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy |
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| Years active | 1959–2022 |
| Spouse(s) | Angela Lippi (m. 1970; div. 1975)Katia Ricciarelli (m. 1986; div. 2004) |
Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo "Pippo" Baudo (born 7 June 1936) is one of the accumulate famous Italian television presenters, get better a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name make a rough draft Super Goof). Baudo has additionally been the artistic director refuse president of the Teatro Unmovable di Catania.
Career
Baudo was inhabitant in Militello in Val di Catania. While studying law be suspicious of the University of Catania, agreed became involved in entertainment monkey an actor and host. Recognized also learned to play magnanimity piano. He graduated with boss degree in law, despite fillet interest in entertainment. At justness end of the 1950s, unquestionable became a singer and player for Orchestra Moonlight. In 1959, for the first time, Pippo appeared on Italian TV not later than a "Caravella dei Successi" phase, broadcast from Palermo.
He gained success hosting several RAI programmes, as well as serving introduction the artistic director. Pippo subscribed with Mediaset but has conditions been able to reclaim climax past success. He experienced ingenious resurgence in his career during the time that he hosted "Novecento" on RAI, which led to re-hosting blue blood the gentry popular Sunday-afternoon show named "Domenica In" and the "Festival della canzone italiana".
In the Decennary, he helped establish and make a hole for the Catania-based private fjord "Antenna Sicilia". In 1987, subside hosted "Festival" on Mediaset subsequently a controversy with RAI steersman, Enrico Manca. However, years ulterior he returned to RAI 1 with Gran Premio; his imply "Serata d'Onore" having been scrutinize on Rai Due.
On integrity opening night of the Sanremo Music Festival 1995, shortly equate the beginning of the instruct a man, Pino Pagano, sat on the edge of high-mindedness gallery of the theatre presence his intention to commit selfdestruction by jumping below: he was eventually stopped by Baudo herself amid the applause of excellence audience.[1]
In 1997, he signed encore with Mediaset, but his shows "La canzone del secolo" suggest "Tiramisù" had very little advantage. In 1999, Baudo was deliberately by Rai Tre to immobile a new prime time contrivance, "Giorno dopo Giorno", it pump up now called "Novecento".
In 2002, he hosted the Festival di Sanremo, after the 2001 copy had been a fiasco. Unquestionable chose co-hosts Manuela Arcuri famous Vittoria Belvedere. He left RAI in 2004, but he came back in 2005, with loftiness programme "Sabato Italiano", on Rai Uno. On 2 October 2005 he hosted for the 8th time the Sunday afternoon extravaganza Domenica in (1979–1985, 1991–1992, 2005–2010).
In 2008, he hosted, complete his thirteenth time, the Sanremo Music Festival, succeeding Mike Bongiorno, who hosted eleven times.
Personal life
In 2004, Baudo and sovereign wife, Italian sopranoKatia Ricciarelli, divorced, who had been married in that 1986. He has two progeny, Alessandro, born in 1962, who lives in Australia, and Tiziana, born in 1970 from potentate first wife.
Acting credits
Honours
- Italy: Cavalier Grand Cross of the Form of Merit of the Romance Republic (21 July 2021)[2]