Piero Chiambretti (born 30 May 1956) is an Italian television presenter.

Piero Chiambretti
Born (1956-05-30) 30 May 1956 (age 67)
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active1977–present

Biography edit

Born on 30 May 1956 in Aosta to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in Turin.[1] He later moved to Bologna, where he studied arts, Music and Entertainment.[2] During his studies, Chiambretti also presented some cabaret shows and worked as a tourist resort entertainer.[2]

His first TV appearance was in 1977 when he co-presented the show Non siamo gazzose with Erik Colombardo, aired by Grp, a local TV channel broadcast in Piedmont only.[1] In 1982, he started working in RAI, appearing in some shows for kids.[3] Starting from 1988, he was part of the cast of the TV show Va Pensiero, broadcast by Rai 3. This experience allowed him to receive a Telegatto for Revelation of the Year.[3]

In 1997, Chiambretti was chosen as one of the presenters of the 47th Sanremo Music Festival, along with Mike Bongiorno and Valeria Marini.[4] During the following year, he presented the DopoFestival, a show aired immediately after each night of the Sanremo Music Festival, featuring comments about the televised song contest.[5] In 2002, he created a new TV show, Chiambretti c'è, together with Gianni Boncompagni.[1] After being excluded from RAI, Chiambretti, assisted by the showgirl Sylvie Lubamba, presented the show Markette – tutto fa brodo in tv on the channel La7.[1] After returning to the DopoFestival in 2007, he presented the Sanremo Music Festival once again in 2008, with Pippo Baudo.[6][7]

Chiambretti later started to work for Italian television company Mediaset, presenting shows including Chiambretti Night,[8] Chiambretti Supermarket and Striscia la Notizia.[9][10]

On 17 March 2020 Chiambretti tested positive for coronavirus.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Giorgio Dell’Arti, Simona Furfaro (13 May 2014). "Piero Chiambretti - biografia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Piero Chiambretti". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Biografia Piero Chiambretti" (in Italian). RAI. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ^ Francesco La Spina (28 January 1997). "Tre per Sanremo a caccia di star". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ^ Gloria Pozzi (7 January 1998). "Chiambretti al Dopofestival con Nino D'Angelo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Pierino, un Dopofestival prima maniera. In tv l'unica provocazione è la normalità". la Repubblica (in Italian). 18 January 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Pippo Baudo & Piero Chiambretti: è loro il Festival di Sanremo 2008". La Stampa (in Italian). 23 June 2007.
  8. ^ "Chiambretti Night, sei puntate in più". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 9 March 2011.
  9. ^ Francesco Canino (13 May 2014). "Chiambretti Supermarket, al via da stasera il nuovo show di Italia 1". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Michelle Hunziker e Piero Chiambretti condurranno la prossima edizione di Striscia la Notizia". Libero (in Italian). 27 September 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  11. ^ La Republica: Torino, Piero Chiambretti e la madre positivi al coronavirus, March 17, 2020

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