Rosario Fiorello
Fiorello Rosario Fiorello actually, ( born May 16, 1960 in Catania ) is an Italian showman, entertainer, impersonator, actor and singer.
Radio and TV
Born in Catania, Rosario Fiorello grew up as the son of a originating from the province of Messina family in Augusta. His professional life began in the nearby resort of Brucoli, where he first worked as an assistant cook, then as a bartender and later as an entertainer. Through his friendship with Jovanottis brother, Bernardo Cherubini, Rosario Fiorello arrived at the private radio station Radio DeeJay, where from 1989 he hosted his own show, and since then is known as " Fiorello ".
He made his television debut in 1992 with a karaoke broadcast on the Mediaset channel Italia 1, which he hosted until 1994. This was followed by presentations on various TV shows, including the Sunday afternoon program of Canale 5 "Buona Domenica " and in several editions of " Festivalbar ".
In 2001, Fiorello to state broadcaster Rai, where he worked both as a radio as well as television presenter until 2008. With the entertainment program " Stasera pago io" on Rai Uno and the continuation in the year, " Stasera pago io in euro " Fiorello reached in 2001 and 2002 not only a great audience success, but proved himself as a versatile entertainer. Followed in 2004 with the six-part " Stasera pago io revolution ... ", in which Fiorello, including several international guest stars that involved, a further continuation.
At the same time, he hosted on Rai Radio 2 between 2001 and 2008 along with Marco Baldini the radio program " Viva Radio 2 ". Fiorello and Marco Baldini, who had already worked at Radio Deejay, a resulting there idea continued to develop and led the program " Viva Radio2 " one of the most listened to radio broadcasts of Italy. The program had as content, among other everyday topics and gags and especially Fiorello imitations of numerous personalities from film, television, sports, culture and politics. From Viva Radio2 four CDs and a DVD emerged. Moreover, were broadcast in 2006 under the title "Viva Radio2 ... e un po ' anche Rai Uno", two special programs on Rai Uno, each of which was watched by over 10 million viewers. Furthermore, the format was broadcast in January 2008 as a 20-minute television program on Rai Uno.
2008, the television critic Aldo Grasso published under the title " Fenomenologia di Fiorello " a book that deals with the now the phenomenon has become Fiorello.
In January 2009, Fiorello confirmed circulating rumors that he would change from Rai to Rupert Murdoch's pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia. The announced changes made to talk in numerous media reports and television broadcasts. This in particular because Fiorello the first among the big names in Italian show business is that is got out of the de facto duopoly Rai - Mediaset, to switch to a satellite can be received only pay-TV. Fiorello knew the hype around exploit accordingly and created, in allusion to Sky's plans to become a third force in the Italian television market, the term " Skraiset ". Since the spring of 2009, he moderated at the Sky " Fiorello Show".
In 2011 he again worked at the Rai. On November 14, he hosted Il più grande spettacolo dopo il weekend, which in the first episode saw 9.796 million viewers and an audience share of 39.18 % applied. Aired were 4 episodes. Il più grande spettacolo dopo il weekend program ran against Grande Fratello 12, the Italian version of Big Brother. Fiorello scored in his second broadcast an audience rating of 42.60 % with 12.157 million viewers, while the competitor came on Canale 5 only 15.71% with 3.793 million viewers.
Stage, film, theater, music
In addition to his radio and television career is Fiorello regularly with live shows on tour. In addition, it is occasionally also active in acting field as well as a voice actor. At international level, he played a supporting role in the film " The Talented Mr. Ripley ". Among the international productions, gave his dubbing voice for Fiorello, include the Penguins, Garfield - The Movie Garfield and second in the field of music Fiorello published between 1991 and 2005 various singles and albums and, in 1995, part of the Sanremo Festival. Furthermore, Fiorello was hired for various advertising campaigns, including with Marco Baldini Viva Radio2 of Fiat and together with his close friend Mike Bongiorno for the telecom operator Wind.
Awards
During his career, Fiorello has won several awards. Overall, he was awarded from 1993 to 2008, among other things ten times with the Telegatto and five times with the Oscar tv as well as with several individual prices.
Private
Fiorello is married and has one daughter. His younger brother, Giuseppe Fiorello, is a well known actor, while his younger sister, Catena Fiorello, has worked as a journalist and television presenter.