Maria Teresa Ruta

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Maria Teresa Ruta
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Ruta in 2000
Born (1960-04-23) 23 April 1960 (age 63)
Turin, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Showgirl and television presenter
Years active1979–present
Spouses
Amedeo Goria
​
(m. 1987⁠–⁠2004)​
Roberto Zappulla
​
(m. 2015)​
ChildrenGuenda Goria, Gianamedeo Goria

Maria Teresa Ruta (born 23 April 1960) is an Italian showgirl and television presenter.

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Biography

Born in Turin, she is the niece of the homonymous Italian television announcer Maria Teresa Ruta. In 1977, aged seventeen, she won the popular Miss Muretto   [ it ] beauty contest [1] and began acting in theatre.

In 1981 she debuted on national TV as a showgirl for the RAI working in shows such as Signorine grandi firme with Carmen Russo. Later she became very famous as a sportscaster and presented the famous show La Domenica Sportiva alongside Sandro Ciotti from 1986 to 1991. [2] Moreover, from 1989 to 1994 she presented the popular children's song competition Zecchino d'Oro alongside Cino Tortorella. [3] In 1992, 1993 and 1997 she was the Italian presenter for Jeux sans frontières . [4] From 1994 to 1996 she presented the most popular Italian morning show, Unomattina , [5] and the game show Sala Giochi.

In 2000, together with Antonella Clerici and Gianfranco Funari, she led the Mediaset talk show A tu per tu but the broadcast had low ratings and it closed after only one season. From the following September she replaced Iva Zanicchi as presenter of the game show OK, Il Prezzo è Giusto! , [6] the Italian version of The Price Is Right .

In 2004 she participated as a contestant in the first edition of the famous reality show L'Isola dei Famosi , [7] finishing in sixth place. In September 2018 she took part, with Patrizia Rossetti, in the seventh season of Pechino Express , the Italian version (aired on Rai 2 and hosted by Costantino della Gherardesca) of the international reality show Peking Express , and in the end the couple won the competition. [8] In September 2020 she participated as a contestant in her third reality show, Grande Fratello VIP , the Italian version of Celebrity Big Brother . She was evicted on 12 February 2021 after spending 148 days in the house. [9]

In 1987 she married the journalist Amedeo Goria, with whom she had two children: Guendalina "Guenda" Goria and Gianamedeo Goria. The couple separated in 1999 and divorced in 2004. Since 2006 Maria Teresa Ruta has been romantically linked to the physiotherapist Roberto Zappulla, whom she married in 2015. [10]

She considers hersef Roman Catholic. [11]

Television

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "Albo d'oro". missmuretto.com (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Maria Teresa Ruta" (in Italian). RAI libri. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Archivio Edizioni". Zecchino d'Oro (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "MARIA TERESA RUTA, présentatrice italienne en 1992, 1993 et 1997". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "GF VIP Maria Teresa Ruta, dai successi in Rai all'oblio". sport.virgilio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ruta, il prezzo è giusto". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Grande Fratello Vip 5, Maria Teresa Ruta ricorda l'Isola dei Famosi: "La rifarei ma devono darmi l'antiprurito"". gossipblog.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "«Pechino Express 2018», vincono le Signore della Tv: «La rivincita delle sessantenni»". Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  9. ↑ ""Grande Fratello Vip 5": i concorrenti, le nomination, gli eliminati e le puntate". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Roberto Zappulla: chi è il marito di Maria Teresa Ruta". timgate.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Giordano, Lucio (19 August 2022). "Da lassù, Lui sa come proteggermi e i Suoi angeli hanno salvato la vita di mia figlia". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 33. pp. 86–89.
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