Federica Panicucci

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Federica Panicucci
Born (1967-10-27) 27 October 1967 (age 56)
Cecina, Italy
Occupation(s)Television host, radio personality
Years active1987–present
Spouse Mario Fargetta (2006–2015)
ChildrenSofia
Mattia

Federica Panicucci (born 27 October 1967 in Cecina) is an Italian television host and radio personality.

Contents

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

Films + television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Balliamo e cantiamo con Licia JessicaItalian TV Series
1998Laura non-c'èMrs. BaldiFeature film
2008 I Cesaroni HerselfItalian TV Series
2008, 2017 Buona la prima! VariousItalian variety show

Television

Radio

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References

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