Maria De Filippi

Maria De Filippi (born 5 December 1961) is an Italian television host and the owner of the television production company Fascino PGT. She is regarded as one of the most popular presenters in Italy.

Biography De Filippi was born on 5 December 1961 in Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, but grew up in Pavia, Lombardy, where her family moved when she was ten years old. She was married to talk show host Maurizio Costanzo until his death in 2023, and has an adopted son.

Career De Filippi has hosted numerous shows (mostly talent shows and reality TV) broadcast by Mediaset's Canale 5, such as Uomini e donne and C'è posta per te. Since 2001 she has been a host and producer on the Canale 5 talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, which was originally titled Saranno famosi. Similarly to the American series Fame, it features a school of young aspiring singers and dancers. The artists are divided up in teams, and compete against each other, performing before a live audience and a panel of judges and instructors. Albanian-born dancer Kledi Kadiu was a regular performer on the programme.

In 2001, De Filippi hosted the Telegatto with Gerry Scotti. Since 2009, she has also been one of Italia's Got Talent judges and producers. Marco Carta, Valerio Scanu, and Emma Marrone participated in the programme Amici, which launched their singing careers. All three of them went on to win first place in the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 2009, 2010, and 2012, respectively.

The TV shows supported by De Filippi and Fascino PGT's productions include Amici, Uomini e donne, C'è posta per te, Italia's Got Talent, Coca-Cola Summer Festival, Temptation Island, Tú sí que vales, Pequeños gigantes, Maurizio Costanzo Show, L'intervista, Selfie – Le cose cambiano, House Party and Ultima fermata.

Filmography

Television programmes

Awards 1995 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Amici 1996 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Amici di sera 1997 – Telegatto Personaggio femminile dell'anno 1998 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Accadde domani 2000 – Telegatto Miglior talk show for C'è posta per te 2001 – Telegatto Miglior talk show for C'è posta per te 2002 – Telegatto Miglior reality show for Saranno famosi 2002 – Telegatto Trasmissione dell'anno for Saranno famosi 2003 – Telegatto Personaggio femminile dell'anno 2011 – Wind Music Award Premio Speciale "Arena di Verona" 2021 – Seat Music Award Premio Speciale