# Striscia la notizia

Striscia la notizia (Italian:, "the news slithers") is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Launched in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but Striscia also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is created by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians.
The name of the show literally translates in English as "The News Slither".

## Gabibbo

Gabibbo, an Italian cultural icon, is the red mascot of the TV show, with a strong Genoa accent. Always loud, braggart but pungent in his naive but straightforward ways, it is one of the reporters of the program and it also sings and dances the theme song at the end of every episode. The character appears also in another TV show called Paperissima.

## Veline

The term velina (English: tissue paper) is a figurative term in Italian journalism which refers to government-issued propagated news. It is a parody of the news industry during the Fascist era under Benito Mussolini, where the government controlled and heavily censored all news reports and papers.
Within Striscia, the veline are two young women (one blonde, the other brunette) who perform short dances called stacchetti, always finishing up on the news anchors' desk. Originally, they also came on stage to hand the "news anchors" their news.
Since 2012, the term velina became an entry in Italian dictionaries.

### List of veline

Source:
| Names | Years |
| Cristina Prevosti, Stefania Dall'Olio, Eliette Mariangelo, Micaela Verdiani | 1988 |
| Jordy Gordon, Indra Smith, Simonetta Pravettoni, Terry Sessa, Annalisa Gambi (not all the season) | 1989/1990 |
| Laura Paternoster, Monica Spreafico, Simonetta Pravettoni, Terry Sessa, Sonia Grey, Angela Cavagna (the nurse) | 1990/1991 |
| Ana Laura Ribas, Terry Sessa, Simonetta Pravettoni | 1991/1992 |
| Cecilia Belli, Fanny Cadeo | 1992/1993 |
| Cecilia Belli, Laura Valci, Fanny Cadeo | 1993/1994 |
| Miriana Trevisan, Laura Freddi | 1994/1995 |
| Alessia Merz, Cristina Quaranta | 1995/1996 |
| Roberta Lanfranchi, Marina Graziani | 1996/1997 |
| Alessia Mancini, Marina Graziani | 1997/1998 |
| Roberta Lanfranchi, Marina Graziani | 1998/1999 |
| Maddalena Corvaglia, Elisabetta Canalis | 1999/2002 |
| Giorgia Palmas, Elena Barolo | 2002/2004 |
| Lucia Galeone, Vera Atyushkina | 2004/2005 |
| Melissa Satta, Thais Souza Wiggers | 2005/2007 |
| Melissa Satta, Veridiana Mallman | 2008 |
| Federica Nargi, Costanza Caracciolo | 2008/2012 |
| Alessia Reato, Giulia Calcaterra | 2012/2013 |
| Irene Cioni, Ludovica Frasca | 2013/2017 |
| Shaila Gatta, Mikaela Neaze Silva | 2017/2021 |
| Giulia Pelagatti, Talisa Jade Ravagnani | 2021/2022 |
| Anastasia Ronca, Cosmary Fasanelli | 2022/2023 |

## Golden Tapir

The Tapiro d'Oro (Golden Tapir), a small golden statue, is a special prize usually delivered to big celebrities or politicians who have been humiliated or defeated. Although many personalities take it in front of the cameras in the hope of getting attention for themselves, others run away and Valerio Staffelli, a special correspondent for the show, has to run after them until they finally take it. Some even react aggressively. In 2003, Rai Uno Director Fabrizio Del Noce, cornered by Staffelli, banged his microphone on the reporter's face, breaking Staffelli's nose.

## Subtitles

Each edition of Striscia la notizia uses a different subtitle.

## Ratings since 2001

| Edition | Year | Episodes | Viewers | Share |
| 14ª | 2001-2002 | 208 | 8.530.000 | 32,01% |
| 15ª | 2002-2003 | 204 | 8.803.000 | 32,18% |
| 16ª | 2003-2004 | 220 | 7.473.000 | 27,01% |
| 17ª | 2004-2005 | 207 | 6.712.000 | 24,71% |
| 18ª | 2005-2006 | 212 | 7.706.000 | 28,71% |
| 19ª | 2006-2007 | 216 | 7.390.000 | 28,36% |
| 20ª | 2007-2008 | 215 | 7.022.000 | 26,96% |
| 21ª | 2008-2009 | 221 | 6.975.000 | 26,21% |
| 22ª | 2009-2010 | 221 | 6.633.000 | 25,09% |
| 23ª | 2010-2011 | 222 | 5.812.000 | 21,12% |
| 24ª | 2011-2012 | 223 | 6.186.000 | 21,88% |
| 25ª | 2012-2013 | 227 | 5.613.000 | 19,88% |
| 26ª | 2013-2014 | 220 | 5.009.000 | 18,29% |
| 27ª | 2014-2015 | 221 | 5.353.000 | 19,48% |
| 28ª | 2015-2016 | 226 | 4.831.000 | 18,34% |
| 29ª | 2016-2017 | 221 | 4.747.000 | 18,55% |
| 30ª | 2017-2018 | 222 | 4.774.000 | 18,65% |
| 31ª | 2018-2019 | 221 | 4.684.000 | 18,30% |
| 32ª | 2019-2020 | 239 | 4.420.000 | 17,53% |
| 33ª | 2020-2021 | | | |

## Awards

Striscia la notizia is one of the most awarded Italian TV shows ever.
* 1990 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 1990 – Telegatto
* 1991 – Telegatto
* 1995 – Telegatto
* 1995 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 1996 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 1997 – Telegatto
* 1997 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 1998 – Telegatto
* 1998 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 1999 – Telegatto
* 1999 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2000 – Telegatto
* 2000 – Telegatto
* 2000 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2001 – Telegatto
* 2001 – Telegatto
* 2001 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2002 – Telegatto
* 2002 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2003 – Telegatto
* 2003 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2004 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2005 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2006 – Telegatto
* 2006 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2007 – Telegatto
* 2007 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2007 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2008 – Telegatto
* 2008 – Telegatto Special Anniversary
* 2008 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2008 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2008 – Leggio d'oro
* 2009 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2010 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2011 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2011 – Guinness World Records Longest-running satirical news TV programme
* 2012 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2012 – VideoFestival Città di Imperia
* 2012 – Celebrity Games (Winner)
* 2013 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2014 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2015 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2016 – Premio Regia Televisiva
* 2017 – Telegatto Special edition for Striscia la notizia 30th season

## International editions

* Italy portal
* Journalism portal
* Cronica Cârcotașilor (Romania)
* Fiks Fare (Albania)
* Kiks Kosova (Kosovo)
* Gospodari Na Efira (Bulgaria)

## Current Cast

* Gabibbo - Correspondent on waste and injustice (since 1990)
* Valerio Staffelli - Bearer of the Golden Tapir and correspondent on injustices and scams (since 1996)
* Jimmy Ghione - Sent from Lazio and, for a short period, in 2020, also on issues related to the world of animals (since 1998)
* Antonio Casanova - Magical and occasional correspondent on waste and injustice (since 1999)
* Max Laudadio - Sent from the North-West (since 2003)
* Moreno Morello - Sent from the North-East (since 2003)
* Stefania Petyx and the dachshund - Sent from Sicily (since 2004)
* Cristiano Militello - Edits the columns Striscia lo bannere and Striscia il billboard (since 2004)
* Luca Abete - Sent from Campania (since 2005)
* Vittorio Brumotti - Correspondent on waste, injustice and social issues (since 2008)
* Luca Galtieri - Correspondent of Why? of daily life regarding disservices, inconveniences, problems and injustices (since 2010)
* Davide Rampello - Edits the column Paese, landscape... until 2017 called Paese e landscape (since 2013)
* Fabrizio Fontana alias Capitan Ventosa - Correspondent on environmental/acoustic/electromagnetic pollution (since 2014)
* Riccardo Trombetta - Correspondent on injustices and scams in the economic/financial field (since 2015)
* Luca Sardella - Edits the Green Hope column (since 2015)
* Alessio Giannone aka Pinuccio - Sent from Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia and Basilicata (since 2015)
* Rajae Bezzaz - Immigration and integration correspondent (since 2015)
* Chiara Squaglia - Sent from Tuscany (since 2015)
* Leonardo Tiralongo - Edits the Ambiente Ciovani column (since 2019)
* Gabriele Scola - Edits the Ambiente Ciovani column (since 2019)
* Marco Camisani Calzolari (aka MCC ) - Expert in digital culture (since 2017)
* Roberto Lipari (since 18 November 2019, sent mainly from Sicily, and in particular from Palermo ) Paolo Marchi - Edits the column Italian masterpieces in the kitchen [57] (since 2019)
* Serena Mauri - Edits the Ambiente Ciovani column (since 2020)
* Silvia Mauri - Edits the Ambiente Ciovani column (since 2020)
* Giulietta Salmeri - Edits the Ambiente Ciovani column (since 2020)
* Angelica Massera in the role of "Super Cazzolina", " deepfake " by Lucia Azzolina in the 2020-2021 season then curates spaces linked to the figure of Mothers and School (from 2020)
* Andrea Rivera - "Intercom" correspondent (since 2020)
* Giuseppe Longinotti - "The politically correct inspector", "il Senatore Longinotti" (dal 2020), "Senator Longinotti" [59] (from 2020)
* Dario Ballantini:impressionist of Giuseppe Conte, Pope Francis, Anna Maria Cancellieri, Paola Borboni, Roberto Speranza, Angelino Alfano, Michela Vittoria Brambilla, Roberto Maroni, Matteo Renzi, Paolo Gentiloni, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ignazio La Russa, Valentino, Nanni Moretti, Valentino Rossi, Vasco Rossi, Enrico Letta, Gianni Morandi, Susanna Camusso, Ignazio Marino, Matteo Salvini, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, Roberto Cingolani and Luciana Lamorgese (since 2004)
* Giampaolo Fabrizio as Bruno Vespa (since 2005)
* Sergio Friscia as Beppe Grillo (since 2011)
* Valeria Graci as: Peppia Pig (parody of Peppa Pig ), Mariuolo, Luigi Di Maio 's "brother in black", mother of Virginia Raggi, Mancia e Orso (parody of Masha and the Bear ), Barbara D'Urso, Federica Panicucci, Greta Thunberg, Rita Pavone, Paola De Micheli, Jole Santelli, Smurfette Leotta, "little sister" of Diletta Leotta, Ursula von der Leyen (since 2014)
* Francesca Manzini as Mara Venier, Ilary Blasi (since 2019)
* Nando Timoteo as a fake journalist (from 2021) [32] [33]
* Enrico Lucci - Sent to follow the election of the new President of the Republic (from 2022)
* The Samsons - (from 2022)