Paolo Bonolis

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Paolo Bonolis
Bonolis in 2010
Born	(1961-06-14) 14 June 1961 (age 62) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Television host
Years active	1980–present
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouses	Diane Zoeller ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1988)​ Sonia Bruganelli ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	Stefano Bonolis Martina Bonolis Silvia Bonolis Davide Bonolis Adele Bonolis

Paolo Bonolis (Italian: [ˈpaːolo boˈnɔːlis]; born 14 June 1961) is an Italian television host. He made his debut in 1981 on 3, 2, 1... contatto!, a programme for children that aired on Italian national broadcaster RAI.

Biography

In 1982, he moved to Italia 1 where he hosted Bim bum bam, again a programme 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 programme Striscia la notizia. The programme 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, programmes 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.

As of 2023, Paolo Bonolis' net worth is estimated to be around $30 million.^[1] Most of his wealth comes from his work in television and other entertainment businesses.

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").^[2]

Advertising

From 2000 to 2011, together with Luca Laurenti [it], he took part in 30 adverts for Lavazza coffee,^[3] replacing Tullio Solenghi in the advertising campaign "Paradise", created in 1995.

Personal life

Bonolis, who has Romanian roots,^[4] 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.^{[5][better source needed]} Bonolis took part in Inter's official party celebrating the club's fifteenth scudetto and as the speaker for the Inter-Siena match on 17th May 2009, game in which the Nerazzurri lifted their seventeenth Serie A trophy.

Since 1997 he has been romantically linked to Sonia Bruganelli. In April 2023 there appeared rumours that Paolo Bonolis and Sonia Bruganelli are not together anymore - which was not confirmed officially, though.^[6]

Television

• Bim Bum Bam (1982–1990)
• Doppio slalom (1990)
• Urka! (1991)
• Sabato notte live (1992)
• Bulli e pupe (1992)
• Festival internazionale Stelle del circo (1992)
• Non è la RAI (1992–1993)
• Belli freschi (1993)
• Sei un fenomeno (1991)
• Occhio allo specchio (1993)
• I cervelloni (1994–1996)
• Beato tra le donne (1994–1997)
• Miss Italia nel mondo (1994–1996)
• Regalo di Natale (1994)
• La notte degli angeli (1994)
• Luna Park (1995–1996)
• 36° Premio della Regia Televisiva (1996)
• Tira e molla (1996–1998)
• Un disco per l'estate (1997–1998)
• Il gatto e la volpe (1997)
• Ciao Darwin (1998–2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2019)
• Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? (1999–2000, 2009–2010, 2017)
• Striscia la notizia (2000–2003)
• La notte dei Telegatti (2000)
• Italiani (2001)
• Domenica in (2003–2004)
• Affari tuoi (2003–2005)
• 55°edizione del Festival di Sanremo (2005)
• Serie A (2005)
• Il senso della vita (2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2011)
• Fattore C (2006)
• 59th Sanremo Music Festival (2009)
• Avanti un altro! (since 2011)
• Music (2017)

References

External links

• Paolo Bonolis at IMDb

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• Paolo Bonolis: "Sono il farfallone della tv" Interview (in Italian)