Massimo Giletti

Massimo Giletti
Giletti in 2000
Born	Massimo Giletti (1962-03-18) 18 March 1962 (age 62) Turin, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupations	Television presenter television writer journalist producer
Years active	1994 – present
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

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

Biography

He was born in a wealthy family from Piedmont. His father Emilio Giletti was a racing driver and a industrialist, owner of a textile factory in the Province of Biella.^[1]

He started working as a journalist with Giovanni Minoli working in the staff of Rai 2 programme Mixer, for six years.

In 1994 started working as a television host in the daily Rai 2 programmes Mattina in famiglia and Mezzogiorno in famiglia, with Paola Perego.^[2] In 1996 left those programmes and started presenting another show, I fatti vostri, working there until 2002.^[3]

Between the 1990s and 2000s, he also hosted other shows like Il Lotto alle Otto, the charity TV marathon Telethon and the primetime show La grande occasione. From September 2002 he switched to Rai 1 presenting the afternoon show Casa Raiuno, which aired for two seasons.^[4] In summer 2003 he presented the primetime show Beato tra le donne.^[5]

In 2004/2005 he hosted the Sunday afternoon show Domenica in with Mara Venier and Paolo Limiti,^[6] and the year after began presenting just a segment of Domenica in, named Domenica in - L'Arena.^[7]

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 he was in the cast of the primetime show Ciak si... canta!.^[8]

In March 2021 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 Malta.^{[9][10][11][12]} He later retracted his statement.^[13][14][15]

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 (La7, since 2017)

References

1. Rullo, Floriana (5 January 2020). "È morto Emilio Giletti, padre di Massimo: aveva una fabbrica di filati, dove lavorò anche il figlio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
2. "Anche Zichichi in TV con la Perego". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. 28 September 1994. p. 31. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
3. Maria Volpe (28 May 1996). "Giletti si fa "I fatti vostri" e cerca la donna da sposare". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 32. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
4. "Giletti condurrà "Casa Raiuno". Ha "ereditato" lo spazio di Limiti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. 18 June 2002. p. 32. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
5. "Il rimpianto di Giletti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. 30 July 2003. p. 34. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
6. Maria Volpe (26 November 2004). "La Rai blocca la Lecciso. Basta con "Domenica in"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 37. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
7. "Massimo Giletti, la biografia del conduttore di Non è L'arena". True News. (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
8. Aldo Grasso (14 March 2010). "Consoliamoci con le vecchie glorie". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Italy. p. 63. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
9. "Update 2: Italian Ambassador 'surprised' by RAI presenter's claim that Malta shoots at migrants". 27 March 2011.
10. "RAI presenter shoots himself in the foot over Malta claims". 28 March 2011.
11. http://www.di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&NewsId=82108 ^{[dead link‍]}
12. "Archived copy". www.maltamediaonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
13. "Giletti attempts to patch things up with Malta". 3 April 2011.
14. https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-demand-an-official-apology-from-Massimo-Giletti-and-RAI/150630975001801 ^{[user-generated source]}
15. Massimo Giletti Apology interviewed by Jean Paul Mifsud, retrieved 3 December 2019

External links

• Massimo Giletti at IMDb