Lorella Cuccarini Persili was born on August 10,1965 and is an Italian singer, actress, dancer, and television presenter.
32 Facts About Lorella Cuccarini
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Lorella Cuccarini later gained national recognition in the variety show Fantastico, hosted by Pippo Baudo, in which Cuccarini served as a dancer and performer during the sketches.
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In 1986, Lorella Cuccarini released her debut studio album Lorel under Polydor Records.
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From September 1987 to January 1988, Cuccarini co-hosted Festival, a variety show created by Pippo Baudo which aired on Canale 5.
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Lorella Cuccarini served as a co-host in other shows including Odiens, Ciak 88 and Vota la voce.
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In 1989, Lorella Cuccarini made her music comeback with the single "La notte vola", which reached number 4 on the Italian singles charts and was certified platinum by FIMI.
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From 1990 to 2001, Lorella Cuccarini hosted the sketch comedy show Paperissima alongside Marco Columbro and Ezio Greggio.
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Lorella Cuccarini presented it for seven non-consecutive seasons being replaced by Marisa Laurito for the 1993 edition.
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Lorella Cuccarini hosted Buona Domenica, a Sunday entertainment program for two seasons with Marco Columbro on Canale 5.
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In 1993, Lorella Cuccarini was chosen as the co-host of the Sanremo Music Festival 1993, presented by Pippo Baudo.
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In 1995, Lorella Cuccarini was announced as one of the contestants of the Sanremo Music Festival 1995.
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In 1997, Lorella Cuccarini was cast as Sandy in the first Italian adaptation of the musical Grease.
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Lorella Cuccarini's performance was well received by the critics and audience.
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In 1998, Lorella Cuccarini made a cameo appearance in Jonathan Frakes's Star Trek: Insurrection.
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From 2005 to 2007, Lorella Cuccarini took the role of Charity in Charity: The Musical with Cesare Bocci as the co-lead protagonist.
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In 2009, Lorella Cuccarini voiced Lissi in the German animated film Lissi und der wilde Kaiser and returned to television hosting with the revival-variety program E nata una stella gemella.
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In 2010, Lorella Cuccarini made a standalone performance during the Sanremo Music Festival 2010, with choreographies by Luca Tommassini.
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From 2010 to 2013, Lorella Cuccarini hosted the Sunday-special talk show Domenica in, alongside Massimo Giletti and Sonia Grey.
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In 2011, Lorella Cuccarini serves as a judge on Star Academy, a music talent show based on the Spanish reality of the same name.
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In 2012, Lorella Cuccarini made her radio debut, hosting her first radio talk show Citofonare Cuccarini on Rai Radio 1.
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In 2015, Lorella Cuccarini appeared as a guest judge during the final stage of Amici di Maria De Filippi and was announced as one of the regular judges of Forte forte forte, a talent show created by Raffaella Carra.
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However, her involvement was later scrapped and Lorella Cuccarini was replaced with Asia Argento.
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From October to November 2015, Lorella Cuccarini served as a judge on the singing competition Ti lascio una canzone, hosted by Antonella Clerici.
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In 2016, Lorella Cuccarini hosted and produced the two-night variety event Nemicamatissima, alongside her Fantastico co-star Heather Parisi.
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In 2018, Lorella Cuccarini became a Conad ambassador and testimonial, and returned to television acting in the second season of the Canale 5 drama series L'isola di Pietro.
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Lorella Cuccarini will take the role for one season only being removed the following year due to conflicts with her co-host Matano.
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In 2020, Lorella Cuccarini was announced as one of the new dance teachers of the twentieth season of Amici di Maria De Filippi.
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In 2021, Lorella Cuccarini collaborated with the Italian EDM group Il Pagante for the Christmas single "Un pacco per te", which entered the Italian singles charts at number 81.
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In 2022, Lorella Cuccarini guest hosted Striscia la notizia for a 4-episodes-arc alongside Gerry Scotti and reprised her role as Mother Gothel in the revival show of Rapunzel: The Musical.
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In 2023, Lorella Cuccarini was announced as one of the guest artist of the duets night at the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.
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Lorella Cuccarini performed a remixed version of her 1989 smash hit "La notte vola" with Olly.
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In 2024, Lorella Cuccarini returned as a co-host during the fourth night at Sanremo Music Festival 2024, presented by Amadeus.