Gerry Scotti
Italian television presenter (born 1956)
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- Virginio Scotti (born 7 August 1956), known professionally as Gerry Scotti , is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament.
- After giving up studying law, Scotti began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey" at Radio Milano International.
- Scotti also hosted other music programmes such as Festivalbar .
- Since the 1990s, Scotti has been a television presenter, almost exclusively for Canale 5.
- , the Italian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Virginio Scotti (born 7 August 1956), known professionally as Gerry Scotti, is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament.
Early years
Scotti was born Virginio Scotti on 7 August 1956 in the hamlet of Camporinaldo, in Miradolo Terme, Pavia. After giving up studying law, Scotti began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey" at Radio Milano International. In 1982, he moved to Radio DeeJay and a year later became the host of DeeJay Television, the first Italian programme for music videos, broadcast by Italia 1. Scotti also hosted other music programmes such as Festivalbar.
Television career
Scotti was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Socialist Party from 1987 to 1992.
Since the 1990s, Scotti has been a television presenter, almost exclusively for Canale 5. He is known as a quiz show host, having hosted Chi vuol essere milionario?, the Italian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Passaparola, the Italian version of The Alphabet Game,The Money Drop and The Wall. He also directed entertainment programmes such as La sai l'ultima?, La Corrida, Paperissima, Buona Domenica (with Harold Davies), Lo Show dei Record and The Winner Is. He has been one of the co-hosts of the satirical show Striscia la Notizia, and acted in several films and situation comedies.
In 2008, he returned to radio on R101 (the former Radio Milano International), and became deputy-president of Monradio (the radio division of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore).
He was the host of Avanti un Altro! along with Paolo Bonolis in 2014 and 2015.
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