# Maria De Filippi

Maria De Filippi (born 5 December 1961) is an Italian television host and the owner of the television production company Fascino PGT. She is regarded as one of the most popular presenters in Italy.

## Biography

De Filippi was born in Milan, Lombardy, but grew up in Pavia where her family moved when she was ten years old. Until his death in 2023, she was married to talk show host Maurizio Costanzo, with whom she had an adopted son.

## 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. From 1993 until the present day (2024), she has hosted on Canale 5 the talent show Amici (before was a simply talk show) which changed its name in 2002 to Amici di Maria De Filippi. 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.
In 2001 she hosted Telegatto with Gerry Scotti. Since 2009, she has been one of Italia's Got Talent's judges and producers.
Marco Carta, Valerio Scanu and Emma Marrone, three singers whose careers were launched through Amici, all subsequently went on to win first place in the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 2009, 2010, and 2012 respectively.
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.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Christmas on the Nile | Herself | Feature film; cameo appearance |
| 2008 | I Cesaroni | Herself | Italian TV Series; episode: "La posta del cuore" |
| 2011 | Finalmente la felicità | Herself | Feature film; cameo appearance |

## Television programmes

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Amici | 1992–2001 | Presenter | Talk show, presenter from season 2 |
| Amici di sera | 1993–1997 | Presenter | Night version of the talk show Amici |
| Forum | 1995–1996 | Regular guest | Debate procedural program (season 11) |
| Uomini e donne | 1996–present | Presenter | Dating reality show; also creator |
| Buona Domenica | 1997–1998 | Guest | Variety show (season 10) |
| Missione impossibile | 1998 | Presenter | Reality show; also creator |
| Telegatto 2001 | 2001 | Presenter | Annual ceremony |
| Amici di Maria De Filippi | 2001–present | Presenter | Singing and dancing talent show, originally titled Saranno Famosi for its first season |
| Vero Amore | 2005 | Presenter | Reality show (season 1), retitled for season 2 as Temptation Island |
| Striscia la notizia | 2005, 2015 | Guest host | Variety show (season 17 and season 28) |
| Unan1mous | 2006 | Presenter | Reality show; Italian version of the American program Unan1mous |
| Sanremo Music Festival 2009 | 2009 | Co-host | Annual music festival |
| Italia's Got Talent | 2009–2013 | Judge | Talent show (seasons 1–5) |
| Tú sí que vales | 2014–present | Judge | Talent show; also creator |
| House Party | 2016 | Presenter | Variety show (episode 1) with Sabrina Ferilli |
| Rischiatutto | 2016 | Guest | Game show; contestant for one episode |
| Amici Celebrities | 2019 | Presenter | Celebrity version of Amici di Maria De Filippi |
| Amici Specials | 2021 | Presenter | Amazon Prime Video original web show |

## Awards

* 1995 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Amici
* 1996 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Amici di sera
* 1997 – Telegatto Personaggio femminile dell'anno
* 1998 – Telegatto Intrattenimento con ospiti for Accadde domani
* 2000 – Telegatto Miglior talk show for C'è posta per te
* 2001 – Telegatto Miglior talk show for C'è posta per te
* 2002 – Telegatto Miglior reality show for Saranno famosi
* 2002 – Telegatto Trasmissione dell'anno for Saranno famosi
* 2003 – Telegatto Miglior reality show for Amici di Maria De Filippi
* 2003 – Telegatto Personaggio femminile dell'anno
* 2008 – Telegatto TeleRatto Speciale di Amianto for Amici di Maria De Filippi
* 2011 – Wind Music Award Premio Speciale "Arena di Verona"
* 2021 – Seat Music Award Premio Speciale