Piero Chiambretti (born 30 May 1956) is an Italian

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Biography

Born on 30 May 1956 in

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to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in

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. He later moved to

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, where he studied arts, Music and Entertainment. During his studies, Chiambretti also presented some cabaret shows and worked as a tourist resort entertainer. 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

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only. In 1982, he started working in RAI, appearing in some shows for kids. Starting from 1988, he was part of the cast of the TV show ''Va Pensiero'', broadcast by

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. This experience allowed him to receive a

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for Revelation of the Year. In 1997, Chiambretti was chosen as one of the presenters of the 47th

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, along with

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and Valeria Marini. 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. In 2002, he created a new TV show, ''Chiambretti c'è'', together with Gianni Boncompagni. 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. After returning to the ''DopoFestival'' in 2007, he presented the Sanremo Music Festival once again in

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, with Pippo Baudo. Chiambretti later started to work for Italian television company

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, presenting shows including ''Chiambretti Night'', ''Chiambretti Supermarket'' and ''

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''. On 17 March 2020 Chiambretti tested positive for

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.La Republica: Torino, Piero Chiambretti e la madre positivi al coronavirus
March 17, 2020

References

External links

*
Piero Chiambretti
at the online version of the '' Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Treccani''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiambretti, Piero 1956 births Living people Italian television presenters