TheShow

theShow is an italian YouTube channel founded in 2013 by Alessio Stigliano (born: ) and Alessandro Tenace (born: ). They achieved great popularity in Italy, importing for the first time pranks and social experiments inspired by American videos.
==Career==
The first video of the channel was released on October 6, 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nExt9PWj6Vc, while the first social experiment was released four days later.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm-c4oqcdeM
In 2016 they published their first book, Fallo. Il futuro è nelle tue mani, and also participated as contestants in italian reality show Pechino Express on Rai 2.https://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2016/11/16/i-theshow-pechino-express-esperimento-socialenon-siamo-fenomeni-aiutiamo-persone-ad-avere-coraggio/13cfe964-ac21-11e6-b10d-5f5dceb63e51.shtml
Among 2018 and 2020, other people called players joined theShow. Their names are Aktriz, Lale, Gatto, Jaser and Viaggiatori Ecologici, also, the programming went from one video a week, on Wednesday, to three videos, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Later the programming returned to one video a week.
On December 17, 2019, via their Instagram account, theShow announced that their group became an s.r.l. which literally means (but is not entirely equal to) 'limited liability company' https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LmAPwjkQy/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societ%C3%A0_a_responsabilit%C3%A0_limitata
==theShow+==
On March 29, 2021, through a video published on their YouTube channel, theShow announced the launch of theShow+, a paid membership with four levels. Each level corresponds to a different price range, which unlocks different benefits for members. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUffzJGYRsI&ab_channel=theShow
*Members of the first tier, theShow+, will have access to exclusive theShow badges and emojis. Badges will appear next to comments under the channel's videos and will automatically update over time.
*Members of the second tier, theShow++, in addition to the perks of the previous level, will have access to posts from the YouTube Community tab reserved for members.
*Members of the third tier, theShow+++, in addition to the perks of the previous levels, will have access to theShow+ original productions, such as EEN+, Vita Nova, Due Vecchi Bastardi, and videos previously removed from the channel because they could not go free-to-air on YouTube. Most popular videos from the past are also available without advertising.
*Members of the fourth tier, theShow+FAN, in addition to the perks of the previous levels, will have the opportunity to participate in theShow's live creative meetings.
==Hacked channel==
On the evening of January 7, 2022, theShow's YouTube channel was hacked. The channel's name was changed to "MicroStrategy USA" and live streams about cryptocurrencies were broadcast in order to obtain money, as well as live streams in which pornographic videos were broadcast and the deletion of many videos on the channel. The second channel, deSciò, was also hacked and its name was changed to "Ethereum [ETH]". On January 11, 2022, through a post in the Community section, theShow announced that their channel was back online and that all of the channel's content was being restored by Google. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYZ3uwiIy1LrwrAywLeQSlQ/community?lb=UgkxQ-RXVOzVTUg-G9_bnRaxW9o6ufVnZP4P https://www.fanpage.it/innovazione/tecnologia/hanno-hackerato-il-canale-youtube-dei-theshow/
==Trivia==
*They have a secondary channel, deSciò, where they upload extra videos and vlogs
*Before creating theShow+, in 2017, they had a Patreon account, each member would receive a t-shirt with theShow logo and a greeting video, they closed it in later 2018 after 21 people did not receive their shirts due to a series of errors, they apologized to them and assured that the shirts were sent back.
**Greeting videos were published on a third channel, theShow Premium
==Subscriber Milestones==
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
*200 Subscribers: October 28, 2013
*1000 Subscribers: November 19, 2013
*10,000 Subscribers: December 28, 2013
*50,000 Subscribers: January 30, 2014
*100,000 Subscribers: March 2, 2014
*200,000 Subscribers: May 20, 2014
*500,000 Subscribers: April 12, 2015
*700,000 Subscribers: July 29, 2015
*1,000,000 Subscribers: December 27, 2015
*1,500,000 Subscribers: December 3, 2016
*2,000,000 Subscribers: December 21, 2017
*2,500,000 Subscribers: December 12, 2018
*3,000,000 Subscribers: January 7, 2020
*3,500,000 Subscribers: February 23, 2021
*4,000,000 Subscribers: November 12, 2023
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