Rosario Fiorello

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Italian showman, a comedian, singer, radio, and television presenter. He began his career working in tourist villages, first as a barman, and then as an entertainer. Near the end of the 1980s, Fiorello met Antonio Germinario, a talent-scout. Soon afterwards, Fiorello began hosting the show "Viva Radio Deejay". Having become popular through the TV show "Karaoke," Fiorello went on to host various TV shows. Soon after, he endured a period of drug problems that kept him away from the world of TV. However, he returned to show business and television in the 1990s, displaying great abilities as a showman, first in the Mediaset networks, then with RAI in 2001, 2002, and 2004 with Stasera Pago Io. Since 2002, Fiorello has hosted the radio broadcast Viva Radio 2 together with Marco Baldini, Francesco Bozzi and Enrico Cremonesi, during which Fiorello shows off his skills as a singer, mimic and entertainer. In the summer of 2005, a CD was published that collected the best of his radio career. Fiorello's skills as a vocalist have brought him to the cinema as well. He has participated in such varied roles as: a dubber in cartoons (most recently "Garfield"), to an appearance in the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley," in the role of Fausto, a young Italian friend of the main characters. He is married to Stefania Lillo. His younger brother Giuseppe Fiorello is an actor. Fiorello's most famous imitations include Mike Bongiorno, and that of Silvio Berlusconi as a character called Smemorato di Cologno who, in the parody, loses his memory every time something related to communism is mentioned. Link to Wikipedia biography