Álex Caniggia

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Alex Caniggia
Born
Alexander Dimitri Paul Caniggia

(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 31) [1]
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years active2010–present
Parent Claudio Caniggia (father)
Relatives Charlotte Caniggia (sister)

Alexander Dimitri Paul Caniggia (born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine model, influencer, singer, actor and media personality. His twin sister is Charlotte Caniggia, also an influencer. [1] He is the son of retired professional footballer Claudio Caniggia with retired model Mariana Nannis. [1]

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Biography

Son of the former soccer player Claudio Caniggia [1] and the media personality Mariana Nannis, [1] twin brother of the actress Charlotte Caniggia [1] and brother of the artist Kevin Axel Caniggia, [2] his grandparents on his father's side were Vicente Hugo Caniggia (died in 2014) [3] and Nélida Tomasa Iglesias de Caniggia (died in 1996). [4] He grew up, due to his father's career, [1] in different parts of the world including Portugal, Italy, Scotland and Spain, [1] more specifically Marbella, where he lived the most of his life in the years of his childhood and adolescence, in 2012 he traveled to Argentina where he currently resides. [5]

Career

His television appearances began in 1998, in different television specials, along with his mother Mariana Nannis. In 2010, when Alex participated, along with his mother and his twin sister Charlotte Caniggia, in Mujeres ricas, a reality show broadcast in 2010 by La Sexta in Spain: although he was not the protagonist of the show, Alex began his taste for exposing himself to cameras showing his various eccentricities. As a singer, Alex released the singles Siempre al top, Quien lo diría, Dancing in the club, Congelé mi corazón, Amiga na’ más, Barats and Charlotte, Champagne, Choripan, although his clips stood out more for the controversies than for the musical. [6] Alex acted in the film Bañeros 5: Lentos y cargosos . [7] [8]

Alex made his first appearance on Argentine television when he went to support his sister, who was participating in Bailando 2012 (hosted by Tinelli). With his eccentric personality, Alex captivated the host Marcelo Tinelli, and entered the competition to take the place of the boxer Maravilla Martinez who voluntarily left. [9] Alex teamed up with Astrid Kadomoto, as a coach, and dancer Sofia Macaggi, as a dancer partner who would later become his romantic partner. After remaining 172 days of competition overcoming seven sentences in which Alex eliminated figures such as Karina Jelinek / María Vázquez and Verónica Perdomo, [10] [11] Alex is eliminated with 40.44% of the votes of the television public against the actress and host Florencia Peña, staying with the 9th position. In theater Alex acted in the theatrical work Despedida de casado in 2013 and also in Escuela de Pijudos in 2020. [12]

Due to his great fury on television, Alex debuted with his sister and a large cast in the theatrical work Despedida de casados in which a scandalous exit of him and his sister would take place due to an alleged debt; [13] in 2013 after 1 year of relationship Alex separates from Sofia Macaggi whom he met in Bailando 2012 . [14] During 2017 to 2019 he participated and starred [15] with his sister in the reality show Caniggia libre, which had three seasons, in which we are presented with their lives as millionaires, their adventures, fights, parties, and his unimputable criteria. [16] In 2019 Alex entered in the Chilean reality show Resistiré, in which all the participants were abandoned in a shelter located in the Andes Mountains, in the middle of nowhere and without beds, indoor bathrooms, prepared food or drinking water supply, but with the half million dollars that corresponds to the final prize: he was the third eliminated after losing the duel against the Colombian Zuleidy Aguilar. [17] A month later Alex returns in this reality, accompanied by his sister, but after 9 days they both left. [18]

In 2020 Alex participated in the television singing contest, [19] hosted by Marcelo Tinelli and in which Alex was the first disqualified, named Cantando 2020, that is the fifth season of the television format Cantando por un Sueño . In 2021 Alex took part in the second season of gastronomy reality show contest MasterChef Celebrity Argentina, hosted by Santiago del Moro and in which Alex obtained the 7th place: in the same year he was a panelist in the humorous program Polémica en el bar, hosted by Mariano Iúdica. In 2022 he was the winner of the first season of El hotel de los famosos , reality show hosted by Pampita and Leandro Leunis. [20]

Filmography

Television

TimeTitleRoleResultNotes
2010 Mujeres ricas Recurring castDoes not appear18 episodes
2012 Showmatch: Bailando 2012 Contestant18th eliminated
2016 Showmatch: Bailando 2016 Guest celebrity by Charlotte Caniggia Saved by the publicRound 14: Family's Merengue
2017–2019 MTV Caniggia libre Lead roleDoes not appear31 episodes
2019 RE$I$TIRÉ Contestant of the Naranjo TeamAbandoned
2020 Cantando 2020 ContestantDisqualified
2021 MasterChef Celebrity Argentina 2 Contestant14th eliminated41 episodes
Polémica en el bar PanelistDoes not appear
2022 El Hotel de los Famosos ContestantWinner89 episodes
2023 El Hotel De Los Famosos (season 2) Special appearanceDoes not appear1 episode
Los desconocidos de siempreHostDoes not appear
Gran Hermano VIP (season 8) HousemateEjected

Theater

Cinema

Discography

Singles

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