Massimo Giletti (born 18 March 1962) is an Italian television presenter and journalist.

Biography

He was born in a wealthy family from Piedmont. His father Emilio Giletti was a

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and a industrialist, owner of a textile factory in the

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. He started working as journalist with Giovanni Minoli working in the staff of

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program ''Mixer'', for six years. In 1994 started working as television host in the daily Rai 2 programs ''Mattina in famiglia'' and ''Mezzogiorno in famiglia'', with Paola Perego. In 1996 left those programs and started presenting another show, ''I fatti vostri'', working there until 2002. Between the 1990s and 2000s he hosted also other shows like ''Il Lotto alle Otto'', the charity TV marathon ''Telethon'' and the primetime show ''La grande occasione''. From September 2002 switched to

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presenting the afternoon show ''Casa Raiuno'', aired for two seasons. In summer 2003 has presented the primetime show ''Beato tra le donne''. In 2004/2005 hosted the Sunday afternoon show ''Domenica in'' with

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and Paolo Limiti, and the year after began presenting just a segment of ''Domenica in'', named ''Domenica in - L'Arena''. In the 2000s has also presented the event shows ''Miss Italia nel Mondo'', ''Sanremo dalla A alla Z'', ''Una voce per Padre Pio'', ''Mare latino'' and ''Buon Natale con Frate Indovino''. In 2009 and 2010 was in the cast of the primetime show ''Ciak si... canta!''. Recently, Giletti made a factually incorrect observation during a popular Rai 1 TV programme (the above-mentioned ''Domenica in - L'arena'') when he stated that the Maltese armed forces shoot African boat people approaching

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. He later retracted his statement.

Television

*''Mattina in famiglia'' (Rai 2, 1994 – 1996) *''Mezzogiorno in famiglia'' (Rai 2, 1994 – 1996) *''I fatti vostri'' (Rai 2, 1996 – 2002) *''Il Lotto alle Otto'' (Rai 2, 2000) *''La grande occasione'' (Rai 2, 2000) *''Casa Raiuno'' (Rai 1, 2002 – 2004) *''Beato tra le donne'' (Rai 1, 2003) *''Domenica in - L'Arena'' (Rai 1, 2004 – 2013) *''Miss Italia nel Mondo'' (Rai 1, 2007, 2010) *''Sanremo dalla A alla Z'' (Rai 1, 2007 – 2008) *''Una voce per Padre Pio'' (Rai 1, 2007 – 2010) *''Mare latino'' (Rai 1, 2009 – 2010) *''Buon Natale con Frate Indovino'' (Rai 1, 2010) *''L'Arena'' (Rai 1, 2013 - 2017) *''Non è l'Arena'' (

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, since 2017)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giletti, Massimo Living people 1962 births Italian television presenters Italian television journalists Mass media people from Turin