Gerry Scotti is an Italian

Italy

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 television presenter, actor

Actor

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 and former member of the Italian Parliament.

Scotti was born Virginio Scotti on August 7, 1956 in Miradolo Terme

Miradolo Terme

Miradolo Terme is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia...

, Pavia

Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...

. After giving up studying law Scotti began his career as a disc jockey at Radio Milano International. In 1982 he moved at Radio DeeJay

Radio DeeJay

Radio DeeJay is an italian radio station. It was founded on 1 February 1982 by the Italian radio and television personality Claudio Cecchetto and was acquired by the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso in 1989 .-Overview:Early personalities on this radio station include: Claudio Cecchetto, Gerry Scotti,...

and a year later he became the host of DeeJay Television, the first Italian program for music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s, broadcast by Italia 1

Italia 1

Italia 1 is an Italian commercial television channel on the Mediaset network. It is oriented especially at young people.Italia 1 was launched in January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival...

. Scotti also hosted other music programs such as Festivalbar.

Scotti was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Italian Chamber of Deputies

The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...

 of the Italian Socialist Party

Italian Socialist Party

The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...

 from 1987 to 1992.

Since the 1990s, Scotti has been a television presenters, almost exclusively for the station of Mediaset

Mediaset

Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...

 Canale 5

Canale 5

Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....

. He is known as a host of quizzes, having moderated Chi vuol essere milionario?, the Italian edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...

, and the quiz Passaparola. In addition, he has directed entertainment programs such as La sai l'ultima?, La Corrida, and Paperissima. He was the co-host of the satirical show Striscia la Notizia

Striscia la notizia

Striscia la notizia is an Italian television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Its name in Italian translates as "the news slithers", a probable parody of the slighting italian journalist, submitted to politicians and overwhelmed with shame...

, and has acted in several films and situation comedies.

In 2008 he returned as radio host on R101 (the former Radio Milano International), and became deputy-president of Monradio (the radio division of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore is the biggest publishing company in Italy.-History:Founded by the 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori in 1907 to publish the magazine titled Luce!, it soon became an important publisher. Its headquarters are in Milan....

).

External links

• Gerry Scotti at Italian Chamber of Deputies
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