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Telegatto (a composition of ''television'' and ''gatto'', meaning "cat", after the trophy, which is a small statue representing a cat), was an Italian television award first conceived in 1971 following the contest ''Gran Premio internazionale dello Spettacolo'', although the first award ceremony wasn't held until 1984. The ceremonies are known as Telegatti, the plural form of Telegatto. They were sponsored by the weekly magazine '' TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' and broadcast on Canale 5. The prize was a golden cat statue with the network's initials on its face, inspired by a cartoon from the television series ''Super Classifica Show'', a cult show in the 1980s and early 1990s. The award ceremony was cancelled in 2009. On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of a press conference for the photography book dedicated to the event, and a decade after the last edition, the director of ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'', Aldo Vitali, hypothesized the return of the event in Milan for October of the same year, to be hosted by Carlo Conti. The show, however, never resurfaced.


Hosts

* 1984: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Fabrizia Carminati * 1985: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Alessandra Buzzi, Susanna Messaggio, Fiorella Pierobon * 1986: Mike Bongiorno, Milly Carlucci * 1987: Mike Bongiorno, Carol Alt, Renée Simonsen * 1988: Mike Bongiorno, Gabriella Carlucci * 1989: Mike Bongiorno, Heather Parisi * 1990: Corrado, Elisabetta Gardini * 1991: Corrado, Raffaella Carrà * 1992: Corrado, Fabrizio Frizzi and Antonella Elia * 1993: Corrado, Milly Carlucci * 1994: Corrado, Alba Parietti * 1995: Corrado, Mara Venier * 1996: Corrado, Mara Venier * 1997: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci * 1998: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci * 1999: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci * 2000: Paolo Bonolis, Raffaella Carrà * 2001: Gerry Scotti, Maria De Filippi * 2002: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi * 2003: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi * 2004: Gerry Scotti, Raffaella Carrà * 2005: suspended * 2006: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker * 2007: Claudio Bisio, Vanessa Incontrada * 2008: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker


Foreign Telegatto winners

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Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...
– 1973 (special Telegatto) *
Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and activist. He was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman, numerous awards ...
– 1976 *
Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand ( ; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the ...
– 1977 *
John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting in television before transitioning into a leading man in films. List of awards and nominations received by John Travolta, His accolades include a Primetime Em ...
– 1978 (special Telegatto) *
Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memor ...
– 1979 *
Liza Minnelli Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, ...
– 1982 (special Telegatto) *
Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...
– 1983 *
Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in ...
– 1984 * ''
Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
'' – 1984 * Linda Gray – 1984 (portrayal of Sue Ellen Ewing in ''Dallas'') *
Larry Hagman Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American actor, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera ''Dallas'', and the handsome astronaut Major Anthon ...
– 1984 (portrayal of J. R. Ewing in ''Dallas'') * ''Dallas'' – 1985 * ''Dynasty'' – 1985 * '' Quo Vadis?'' – 1985 * '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' – 1985 * ''V – Visitors'' – 1985 (union of '' V'' and ''
V The Final Battle ''V: The Final Battle'' (abbreviated as ''V:TFB'') is a 1984 American TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries ''V'' written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. Johnson parted way ...
'') * ''Dallas'' – 1986 * ''V – Visitors'' – 1986 * Joan Collins for ''Dynasty'' – 1986 *
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...
– 1986 * ''Dallas'' – 1987 * '' North and South'' – 1987 *
Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician. He is known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of The Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the band's songs with lead guitarist Keith Richards; Jagge ...
– 1987 *
Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...
– 1987 * '' Capitol'' – 1987 (special award) * ''Dynasty'' – 1988 * ''
Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio ...
'' – 1988 * ''Dynasty'' – 1989 * '' Fame'' – 1989 (special award) * ''
Happy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...
'' – 1989 (special award) * '' Loving'' – 1989 (special award) *
Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", her vocal prowess, raspy voice, and electrifyin ...
– 1989 * ''
The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...
'' – 1990 (special award) * Eddie Asner for '' Lou Grant'' – 1990 *
Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a Sylvester Stallone filmography, film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received List of awards and nominations received by Syl ...
– 1990 * ''
The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''Th ...
'' – 1991 * ''
Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Surrealist cinema, surrealist Mystery film, mystery-Horror film, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It Pilot (Twin Peaks), premiered on American Broad ...
'' – 1991 *
Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and film producer. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of List of awards and ...
– 1991 * Robert Mitchum – 1991 (Lifetime Achievement Award) * ''
MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the MacGyver (1985 TV series), 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in Mac ...
'' – 1992 * ''
Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, Ricardo "Rico" Tub ...
'' – 1992 *
Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone ( ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, ...
– 1992 *
Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. Governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger, ...
– 1992 (Foreign cinema on TV) * '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1993 * '' Perry Mason'' – 1993 * Michael Douglas – 1993 (Foreign cinema on TV) *
Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for Dustin Hoffman filmography, his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable charac ...
– 1993 (Cinema on TV) * ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1994 * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1994 * ''
Columbo ''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...
'' – 1994 * '' Magnum, P.I.'' – 1994 * ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1995 *
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in '' The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ...
– 1995 (Platinum Award in the "Cult TV" category) *
Steven Seagal Steven Frederic Seagal ( ; born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician. A 7th-Dan (rank), dan Black belt (martial arts), black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instru ...
– 1995 (Special award for Cinema on TV) * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1996 * ''Dallas'' – 1996 * ''
The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to Ma ...
'' – 1996 * Tony Curtis – 1996 (Platinum Award) *
Joe Pesci Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for portraying tough, volatile characters, in a variety of genres, and for his collaborations with his best friend, Robert De Niro in the films ' ...
– 1996 (Platinum Award) * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1997 (Soap opera) * '' ER'' – 1997 (Foreign TV series) *
Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Johnny Depp, multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for ...
– 1997 (Foreign cinema on TV) *
Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach ( ; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a British Aca ...
– 1997 (Platinum Award) * ''
Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...
'' – 1999 * ''
The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...
'' – 2000 * James Coburn – 2000 *
George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Ac ...
– 2000 *
Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...
– 2001 (Lifetime Achievement Award) * Robert Wagner for '' Hart to Hart'' – 2001 (Cult TV award) *
Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to Portrayal of James Bond in film, portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond (literary character), James Bond in motion pic ...
– 2002 (Special award Cinema on TV) * Peter O'Toole – 2002 (Special award Cult TV) * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' – 2003 *
Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine ( ; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perf ...
– 2003 * Susan Sarandon – 2003


References

{{Reflist Italian television awards