Federica Panicucci | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 October 1967 Cecina, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Television host, radio personality |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Mario Fargetta (2006–2015) |
| Children | Sofia Mattia |
Federica Panicucci (born 27 October 1967 in Cecina) is an Italian television host and radio personality.
Biography
She debuted in 1987 in Portobello, with Enzo Tortora, as one of the "telephonists".[1] The year after she was in the cast of the daily television game Il gioco delle coppie.[1]
From 1991 to 1996, she was one of the most important presenters of Italian TV channel Italia 1, where she hosted Unomania,[2] Twin Clips,[1] Smile and the important summer music festival Festivalbar.[3] In the second half of the 1990s, she hosted such shows as Arrivano gli uomini,[4] Jammin Night, Il ballo delle debuttanti, aired by Italia 1 and Rai 1.
In 2000, she started working on Rai 2 hosting the daily programme Affari di cuore,[5] until 2002, and then on the same TV channel other talk shows about love stories like Batticuore and Scherzi d'amore.[1] From 2003 to 2005 she hosted the hilarious late night show Bulldozer with Enrico Bertolino[6] and then the TV events Concerto di Natale and Bravograzie.
In 2006, she married the Italian DJ Fargetta, with whom she has two children. In the same year she came back to Italia 1 where she led an episode of Comedy Club[7] and, in the autumn of the same year, the Italian version of Beauty and the Geek, named La pupa e il secchione, with Enrico Papi, one of her greatest TV successes.[8] The year after she hosted the pilot Mi raccomando[9] and the comedy shows Candid Camera and Cupido.[10]
From September 2009, she moved to Canale 5 to host the morning infotainment show Mattino cinque, with Claudio Brachino (until February 2010) and with Paolo Del Debbio (from February 2010), replacing Barbara D'Urso.[11] From January 2011 to April 2012 Panicucci (with Claudio Brachino until December 2011) replaced d'Urso in another infotainment show, Domenica cinque, on air on Canale 5 on Sunday afternoon.[12]
She added radio hosting to her career in 1996, when she began to host Dear Deejay on Radio Deejay, until 2003. In 2006 she hosted Superclassifiche on R101, followed by La superclassifica, a programme about the Italian music chart which is still on air.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Balliamo e cantiamo con Licia | Jessica | Italian TV Series |
| 1998 | Laura non-c'è | Mrs. Baldi | Feature film |
| 2008 | I Cesaroni | Herself | Italian TV Series |
| 2008, 2017 | Buona la prima! | Various | Italian variety show |
Television
- Portobello (Rai 2, 1987)
- Il gioco delle coppie (Canale 5, Retequattro, 1988–1990)
- Unomania (Italia 1, 1991–1994)
- Twin clips (Italia 1, 1991–1992)
- Festivalbar – Zona verde (Italia 1, 1992)
- Festivalbar (Italia 1, 1993–1995)
- Smile (Italia 1, 1994–1995)
- Arrivano gli uomini (Rai 1, 1996)
- Capodanno in diretta (Italia 1, 1996)
- Premio Regia Televisiva (Rai 1, 1997–1998)
- Jammin Night (Italia 1, 1996–1997)
- Il ballo delle debuttanti (1997)
- La notte delle muse (1997)
- La partita del cuore (Rai 2, 1998)
- Affari di cuore (Rai 2, 2000–2002)
- Batticuore (Rai 2, 2001)
- Scherzi d'amore (Rai 2, 2001)
- Destinazione Sanremo (2002)
- Bulldozer (Rai 2, 2003–2005)
- Concerto di Natale (Rai 2, 2005)
- Bravo grazie (Rai 2, 2005)
- Comedy Club (Italia 1, 2006)
- La pupa e il secchione (2006)
- Mi raccomando (2007)
- Candid Camera (2007–2008)
- Cupido (2009)
- Mattino cinque (2009–present)
- Finale Mediafriends Cup 2010 (2010)
- Domenica cinque (2011–2012)
Radio
- Dear deejay (Radio DeeJay, 1996–2003)
- Super classifiche (Radio 101, 2006)
- La superclassifica (Radio 101, 2006–present)
References
- ^ a b c d "Panicucci's biography on cinetivu.com" (in Italian). 19 January 2011.
- ^ "La Raffai torna a indagare". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. 17 September 1992. p. 33. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Mariolina Iossa (27 July 1993). "Festivalbar 1993, una formula scacciacrisi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 23. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Mario Luzzatto Fegiz (9 May 1996). "Celentano si prende gioco di Pippo Baudo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 33. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Aldo Grasso (9 May 2000). "La Panicucci si inventa i giovani virtuali". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 40. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Aldo Grasso (7 November 2003). ""Bulldozer" un crescendo d'infelicità". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 41. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Renato Franco (16 May 2006). "I comici degli anni '80 professori su Italia 1". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 41. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Maria Volpe (25 October 2006). "La pupa e il secchione: "Ci siamo innamorati"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 50. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Aldo Grasso (7 January 2008). "Quanti bocciati tra i numeri zero". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 53. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Aldo Grasso (8 May 2009). "Le frecce di Cupido hanno fatto flop". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 63. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Chiara Maffioletti (3 March 2010). "Del Debbio sul divano: ma non temo il gossip fa parte della cronaca". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 46. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Panicucci, regina della domenica". TGCom (in Italian). Italy. 24 December 2010. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2011.