Federica Panicucci

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

Biography

She debuted in 1987 in ''Portobello'', with Enzo Tortora, as one of the "telephonists". The year after she was in the cast of the daily television game ''Il gioco delle coppie''.

From 1991 to 1996, she was one of the most important presenters of Italian TV channel Italia 1, where she hosted ''Unomania'', ''Twin Clips'', ''Smile'' and the important summer music festival ''Festivalbar''. In the second half of the 1990s, she hosted such shows as ''Arrivano gli uomini'', ''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'', until 2002, and then on the same TV channel other talk shows about love stories like ''Batticuore'' and ''Scherzi d'amore''. From 2003 to 2005 she hosted the hilarious late night show ''Bulldozer'' with Enrico Bertolino 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'' 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. The year after she hosted the pilot ''Mi raccomando'' and the comedy shows ''Candid Camera'' and ''Cupido''.

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. 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.

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

Television

*''Portobello'' (Rai 2, 1987)
*''Il gioco delle coppie'' (Canale 5, Retequattro, 1988–1990)
*''Unomania'' (Italia 1, 1991–1994)
*''Twin clips'' (Italia 1, 1991–1992)
*''Festivalbar – Zona verde'' (Italia 1, 1992)
*''Festivalbar'' (Italia 1, 1993–1995)
*''Smile'' (Italia 1, 1994–1995)
*''Arrivano gli uomini'' (Rai 1, 1996)
*''Capodanno in diretta'' (Italia 1, 1996)
*''Premio Regia Televisiva'' (Rai 1, 1997–1998)
*''Jammin Night'' (Italia 1, 1996–1997)
*''Il ballo delle debuttanti'' (1997)
*''La notte delle muse'' (1997)
*''La partita del cuore'' (Rai 2, 1998)
*''Affari di cuore'' (Rai 2, 2000–2002)
*''Batticuore'' (Rai 2, 2001)
*''Scherzi d'amore'' (Rai 2, 2001)
*''Destinazione Sanremo'' (2002)
*''Bulldozer'' (Rai 2, 2003–2005)
*''Concerto di Natale'' (Rai 2, 2005)
*''Bravo grazie'' (Rai 2, 2005)
*''Comedy Club'' (Italia 1, 2006)
*'' La pupa e il secchione'' (2006)
*''Mi raccomando'' (2007)
*''Candid Camera'' (2007–2008)
*''Cupido'' (2009)
*'' Mattino cinque'' (2009–present)
*''Finale Mediafriends Cup 2010'' (2010)
*'' Domenica cinque'' (2011–2012)

Radio

*''Dear deejay'' (Radio DeeJay, 1996–2003)
*''Super classifiche'' (Radio 101, 2006)
*''La superclassifica'' (Radio 101, 2006–present)

References

External links

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Living people
1967 births
Italian television presenters
Italian women television presenters
Italian radio presenters
Italian women radio presenters
People from Cecina, Tuscany