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Maria De Filippi (born 5 December 1961) is an Italian television host and the owner of the television production companyFascino PGT. She is regarded as one of the most popular presenters in Italy.[1]
Biography
De Filippi was born in Milan, Lombardy, but grew up in Pavia where her family moved when she was ten years old.[2] Until his death in 2023, she was married to talk show host Maurizio Costanzo, with whom she had an adopted son.[3][4]
Career
She has hosted numerous talk shows (mostly trashic) broadcast by Mediaset's Canale 5 such as Uomini e donne and C'e posta per te.[5] From 1993 until the present day (2024), she has hosted on Canale 5 the talent showAmici (before was a simply talk show) which changed its name in 2002 to Amici di Maria De Filippi.[6][7] Similar to the American series Fame, it features a school with groups of aspiring young singers and dancers, divided in teams, who compete against the other, performing live before an audience, and a panel of judges and instructors. Albanian-born dancer Kledi Kadiu was a regular performer on the programme.[8]
Among the TV shows supported by Maria de Filippi and Fascino PGT's productions, there are: 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 e Ultima fermata.
