# L'isola dei famosi

L'isola dei famosi (Italian:; Italian for The Celebrity Island or The island of the famous) is an Italian reality show, first aired on Rai 2 in 2003, before moving to Canale 5 in 2015. This program is the Italian Survivor for celebrities.

## The program

The first eight seasons of the show, broadcast from 2003 to 2011, were aired on Rai 2 and hosted by Simona Ventura: after her departure in June 2011 to Sky Italia the program underwent a big change in the format; starting in the ninth season in 2012, the program had two new hosts, Nicola Savino in the studio of Rai 2 and former winner Vladimir Luxuria from the island; in 2015 both were replaced: Alessia Marcuzzi is the host in the studio, while Alberto "Alvin" Bonato is the host from the island. Alvin was replaced in 2017 by Stefano Bettarini, Ventura's former husband. Bettarini was replaced in 2018 by Stefano De Martino, former husband of Belén Rodríguez, therefore in 2019 De Martino was replaced by Alvin. Following the spread of COVID-19 in the winter of 2020, Mediaset decided to cancel this program due to social distancing rules; in 2021 Marcuzzi, as host in the studio, and Alvin, as host from the island, were replaced by Ilary Blasi and Massimiliano Rosolino. Blasi in 2022 kept her position as host in the studio while Rosolino was replaced by Alvin, who came back, for the fourth time, as host from the island.

### Format

L'isola dei famosi is the Italian version of the international format of Survivor, created by Charlie Parsons. In February 2001, a show with a very similar format, called Survivor, was aired on Italia 1 and hosted by two journalist of TG5, Benedetta Corbi (as host in the studio) and Pietro Suber (as host from the island), but this program failed in TV ratings and was cancelled after one season. The first three seasons of L'isola took place in the Dominican Republic on the Samaná Peninsula. The show moved from the 4th to 6th season to Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. Due to the 2009 Honduran coup, however, the 7th season of the show was held in the Corn Islands, Nicaragua only to return to Honduras from the 8th season.
In L'isola dei famosi, a group of celebrity competitors (and non-celebrity competitors as well, in certain seasons) must survive on a desert island with no facilities. Competitors must build shelter, procure food and water, and find ways to maintain warmth. Candidates have a basic survival kit which, through group efforts, can be enhanced with new objects. Once a week there is a challenge winner, determined through contests of skill, balance, strength, or other factors. The competitor(s) who wins the week's challenge becomes immune from the elimination: a live nomination takes place every week, in which competitors are gradually eliminated. The last remaining contenders compete for the final prize during the season finale. Usually a portion of the final prize is donated to charity. Note that each contestant is paid by the production based on how many weeks he/she participates in the reality show.

## Series details

   | Seasons | Network | Presenter | Presenter | Launch date | Finale date | Episodes | Days | Opinionists | Opinionists | Opinionists | Opinionists | Sent | Castaways | Director | Prize | Location | Winner |
   | Seasons | Network | Presenter | Presenter | Launch date | Finale date | Episodes | Days | In the studio | In the studio | In the studio | Connecting | Sent | Castaways | Director | Prize | Location | Winner |
   | 1 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 19 settembre 2003 | 14 novembre 2003 | 9 | 57 | Alfonso Signorini | Pierluigi Diaco | Selvaggia Lucarelli | Not present | Marco Mazzocchi | 11 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Walter Nudo |
   | 1 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 19 settembre 2003 | 14 novembre 2003 | 9 | 57 | Alfonso Signorini | Andrea G. Pinketts | Maria Venturi | Not present | Marco Mazzocchi | 11 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Walter Nudo |
   | 2 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 17 September 2004 | 19 novembre 2004 | 9 | 57 | Alfonso Signorini | Luca Giurato | Antonio Mazzi | Not present | Massimo Caputi | 13 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Sergio Múñiz |
   | 2 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 17 September 2004 | 19 novembre 2004 | 9 | 57 | Alfonso Signorini | Aldo Biscardi | Sandro Mayer | Not present | Massimo Caputi | 13 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Sergio Múñiz |
   | 2 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 17 September 2004 | 19 novembre 2004 | 9 | 57 | Alfonso Signorini | Bruno Vespa | Giada De Blanck | Not present | Massimo Caputi | 13 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Sergio Múñiz |
   | 3 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 21 settembre 2005 | 16 November 2005 | 9 | 57 | Antonella Elia | Antonella Elia | Antonella Elia | Not present | Massimo Caputi | 15 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Samaná (Dominican Republic) | Lory Del Santo |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Michele Cucuzza | Nancy Dell'Olio | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Lory Del Santo | Katia Ricciarelli | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Cesare Cadeo | Elena Santarelli | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Alessandro Meluzzi | Michela Rocco di Torrepadula | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Riccardo Rossi | Antonio Mazza | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Fabio Canino | Maria Giovanna Elmi | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | Luca Calvani ||
   | 4 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 13 September 2006 | 8 November 2006 | 9 | 57 | Nicola Savino | Platinette | Alessandro Rostagno | Not present | Paolo Brosio | 19 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Luca Calvani |
   | 5 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 19 September 2007 | 28 November 2007 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Alfonso Signorini | Sandro Mayer | Not present | Francesco Facchinetti | 18 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Manuela Villa |
   | 5 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 19 September 2007 | 28 November 2007 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Gianluca Nicoletti | Alda D'Eusanio | Not present | Francesco Facchinetti | 18 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Manuela Villa |
   | 6 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 15 September 2008 | 24 November 2008 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Luca Giurato | Pamela Prati | Not present | Filippo Magnini | 23 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Vladimir Luxuria |
   | 7 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 24 February 2010 | 5 May 2010 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Adriano Aragozzini | Antonia Dell'Atte | Not present | Rossano Rubicondi | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Corn Islands (Nicaragua) | Daniele Battaglia |
   | 7 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 24 February 2010 | 5 May 2010 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Gabriella Sassone | Pierluigi Diaco | Not present | Rossano Rubicondi | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Corn Islands (Nicaragua) | Daniele Battaglia |
   | 7 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 24 February 2010 | 5 May 2010 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Rocco Barocco | Monica Setta | Not present | Rossano Rubicondi | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Corn Islands (Nicaragua) | Daniele Battaglia |
   | 7 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 24 February 2010 | 5 May 2010 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Claudio Lippi | Nadège du Bospertus | Not present | Rossano Rubicondi | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Corn Islands (Nicaragua) | Daniele Battaglia |
   | 7 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura | 24 February 2010 | 5 May 2010 | 11 | 71 | Mara Venier | Andrea Pucci | Cristiano Malgioglio | Not present | Francesco Facchinetti | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Corn Islands (Nicaragua) | Daniele Battaglia |
   | 8 | Rai 2 | Simona Ventura | Nicola Savino | 14 February 2011 | 26 April 2011 | 11 | 72 | Vladimir Luxuria | Alba Parietti | Alba Parietti | Not present | Daniele Battaglia | 22 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Giorgia Palmas |
   | 9 | Rai 2 | Nicola Savino | Nicola Savino | 25 January 2012 | 5 April 2012 | 11 | 72 | Diego Passoni | Lucilla Agosti | Laura Barriales | Not present | Vladimir Luxuria | 20 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Antonella Elia |
   | 9 | Rai 2 | Nicola Savino | Nicola Savino | 25 January 2012 | 5 April 2012 | 11 | 72 | Diego Passoni | Nina Morić | Barbara De Rossi | Not present | Vladimir Luxuria | 20 | Egidio Romio | €200,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Antonella Elia |
   | 10 | Canale 5 | Alessia Marcuzzi | Alessia Marcuzzi | 26 January 2015 | 23 March 2015 | 8 | 50 | Mara Venier | Alfonso Signorini | Alfonso Signorini | Not present | Alvin | 14 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Le Donatella (Giulia and Silvia Provvedi) |
   | 11 | Canale 5 | Alessia Marcuzzi | Alessia Marcuzzi | 9 March 2016 | 9 May 2016 | 10 | 62 | Mara Venier | Alfonso Signorini | Alfonso Signorini | Not present | Alvin | 18 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Giacobbe Fragomeni |
   | 12 | Canale 5 | Alessia Marcuzzi | Alessia Marcuzzi | 31 January 2017 | 11 April 2017 | 11 | 73 | Vladimir Luxuria | Vladimir Luxuria | Vladimir Luxuria | Not present | Stefano Bettarini | 14 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Raz Degan |
   | 13 | Canale 5 | Alessia Marcuzzi | Alessia Marcuzzi | 22 January 2018 | 16 April 2018 | 13 | 85 | Mara Venier | Daniele Bossari | Daniele Bossari | Gialappa's Band | Stefano De Martino | 20 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Nino "Gaspare" Formicola |
   | 14 | Canale 5 | Alessia Marcuzzi | Alessia Marcuzzi | 24 January 2019 | 1 April 2019 | 12 | 68 | Alda D'Eusanio | Alba Parietti | Alba Parietti | Gialappa's Band | Alvin | 23 | Paolo Riccadonna | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Marco Maddaloni |
   | 15 | Canale 5 | Ilary Blasi | Ilary Blasi | 15 March 2021 | 7 June 2021 | 22 | 85 | Iva Zanicchi | Elettra Lamborghini | Tommaso Zorzi | Not present | Massimiliano Rosolino | 26 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Simone "Awed" Paciello |
   | 16 | Canale 5 | Ilary Blasi | Ilary Blasi | 21 March 2022 | 27 June 2022 | 25 | 99 | Nicola Savino | Vladimir Luxuria | Vladimir Luxuria | Not present | Alvin | 32 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Nicolas Vaporidis |
   | 17 | Canale 5 | Ilary Blasi | Ilary Blasi | 17 April 2023 | 19 June 2023 | 10 | 64 | Enrico Papi | Vladimir Luxuria | Vladimir Luxuria | Not present | Alvin | 18 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Marco Mazzoli |
   | 18 | Canale 5 | Vladimir Luxuria | Vladimir Luxuria | 8 April 2024 | 5 June 2024 | 14 | 59 | Sonia Bruganelli | Dario Maltese | Dario Maltese | Not present | Elenoire Casalegno | 24 | Roberto Cenci | €100,000 | Cayos Cochinos (Honduras) | Aras Şenol |

## TV ratings

| Season | Average Viewers | Share |
| 1 | 6,357,000 | 26.98% |
| 2 | 7,479,000 | 32.73% |
| 3 | 7,643,000 | 35.25% |
| 4 | 4,972,000 | 25.88% |
| 5 | 5,207,000 | 23.75% |
| 6 | 5,037,000 | 22.39% |
| 7 | 4,391,000 | 19.94% |
| 8 | 3,908,000 | 15.70% |
| 9 | 3,574,000 | 14.52% |
| 10 | 5,256,000 | 25.08% |
| 11 | 4,270,000 | 22.39% |
| 12 | 4,003,000 | 20.96% |
| 13 | 4,456,000 | 24.07% |
| 14 | 2,820,000 | 16.39% |
| 15 | 3,067,000 | 18.30% |
| 16 | 2,489,000 | 18.52% |
| 17 | 2,515,000 | 19.51% |