Paolo Bonolis

Paolo Bonolis
Born 14 June 1961
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Occupation Television host
Years active 1980 - present
Spouse(s) Diane Zoeller (1983-1988), Sonia Bruganelli (2002-present)
Children Stefano Bonolis
Martina Bonolis
Silvia Bonolis
Davide Bonolis
Adele Bonolis

Paolo Bonolis (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo boˈnɔːlis]) ((June 14, 1961) is an Italian television host on Avanti un Altro! along with Gerry Scotti. He made his debut in 1981 on Tre, due, uno, contatto..., a program for children that aired on Italian national broadcast RAI.

In 1982, he moved to Italia 1 where he hosted Bim bum bam, again a program for children. He anchored Bim Bum Bam until 1990 and then he hosted some variety shows like Urka!, Bulli & pupe, Non è la RAI and Belli freschi. After that, he signed back with RAI and hosted a few prime time shows like I cervelloni, Beato tra le donne and the quiz show Luna park, on air in the evening in Raiuno.

In 1996 he went back to Mediaset, where he successfully hosted Tira & molla and the prime time shows Ciao Darwin e Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?. Beginning in the same year he also hosted on Canale 5 the satyrical news program Striscia la notizia. The program was anchored along with Bonolis's longstanding collaborator, the singer and comic actor Luca Laurenti.

He returned in RAI in 2003, when he presented Domenica In and, later, Affari tuoi, game show that in the early 2004 had a lot of success. After that he presented the Festival di Sanremo 2005, the most important Italian music festival, having a lot of success. He repeated this experience in 2009.

In the second part of the 2000s (decade) he hosted, for Canale 5, programs like Il senso della vita and some new editions of the successful shows Ciao Darwin and Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?.

In 2006 he debuted in the cinemas with the film Commediasexi.

World records

Paolo Bonolis has pronounced 335 words in one minute. The words are a part of the first chapter of The Betrothed (in Italian "I Promessi Sposi").

Advertising

From 2000 to 2011, together with Luca Laurenti, achieved 30 spot as the face Lavazza coffee, replacing Tullio Solenghi in note advertising campaign "Paradise", created in 1995.

Television

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