Paolo Bonolis
Paolo Bonolis (; born 14 June 1961) is an Italian television host. He made his debut in 1981 on "Tre, due, uno, contatto...", a program for children that aired on Italian national broadcaster Mediaset. Biography. 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 RAI. In 1996 he went back to Mediaset, where he successfully hosted "Tira & molla" and the prime time shows "Ciao Darwin" and "Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?". Beginning in the same year he also hosted on Canale 5 the satirical 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", the Italian version of "Deal or No Deal", one of Rai 's most fondly-remembered game shows. 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 with Ivan Olita. 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 movie industry 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, he took part in 30 adverts for Lavazza coffee, replacing Tullio Solenghi in the advertising campaign "Paradise", created in 1995. Personal life. Bonolis, who has Romanian roots, is a devoted fan of Inter Milan. In an interview with the TV Show 'Oggi', his daughter Anna Carollo claimed that Bonolis turned into a 'kid' whenever Inter played, due to his strong passion.