Amici di Maria De Filippi
Amici is an Italian talent show. Created by Maria De Filippi, the show began in 2001 and has since aired annually from October/November until May/June. The show is produced by Fascino P.G.T. s.r.l. and is broadcast on Canale 5. Since the thirteenth edition, daytime and casting have been broadcast on the television network Real Time and on the online streaming platform Witty TV by Fascino.
Amici is an academy school involving a class of about 20 youth students, who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers. Additional original categories of "actors", "musicians" and "TV presenters" have since been dropped in the recent seasons.
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Series overview
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Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Critics Award |
1 | 2001-2002 | Dennis Fantina | Marianna Scarci | Ermanno Rossi | - |
2 | 2002-2003 | Giulia Ottonello | Anbeta Toromani | Timothy Snell | Anbeta Toromani |
3 | 2003-2004 | Leon Cino | Sabrina Ghio | Samantha Fantauzzi | Gian De Martini |
4 | 2004-2005 | Antonino Spadaccino | Francesco De Simone | Klajdi Selimi | Antonino Spadaccino |
5 | 2005-2006 | Ivan D'Andrea | Andrea Dianetti | Rita Comisi | Rita Comisi |
6 | 2006-2007 | Federico Angelucci | Agata Reale | Karima Ammar | Karima Ammar |
7 | 2007-2008 | Marco Carta | Roberta Bonanno | Pasqualino Maione | Francesco Mariottini |
8 | 2008-2009 | Alessandra Amoroso | Valerio Scanu | Luca Napolitano | Alessandra Amoroso |
9 | 2009-2010 | Emma Marrone | Loredana Errore | Pierdavide Carone | Pierdavide Carone |
10 | 2010-2011 | Denny Lodi | Giulia Pauselli | Vito Conversano | Annalisa Scarrone |
10 | 2010-2011 | Virginio Simonelli | Annalisa Scarrone | Francesca Nicolì | Annalisa Scarrone |
11 | 2011-2012 | Giuseppe Giofrè | Francesca Dugarte | Nunzio Perricone | Carlo Alberto Di Micco |
11 | 2011-2012 | Gerardo Pulli | Ottavio De Stefano | Carlo Alberto Di Micco | Carlo Alberto Di Micco |
11 | 2011-2012 | Alessandra Amoroso | Emma Marrone | Marco Carta | Annalisa Scarrone |
12 | 2012-2013 | Moreno Donadoni | Greta Manuzi | Nicolò Noto | Moreno Donadoni |
13 | 2013-2014 | Deborah Iurato | Dear Jack | Vincenzo Durevole | Dear Jack |
14 | 2014-2015 | The Kolors | Mattia Briga | Virginia Tomarchio | The Kolors |
15 | 2015-2016 | Sergio Sylvestre | Elodie | Lele Esposito | Elodie |
16 | 2016-2017 | Andreas Muller | Riccardo Marcuzzo | Federica Carta | Sebastian Melo Taveira |
17 | 2017-2018 | Irama | Carmen Ferreri | Einar Ortiz | Lauren Celentano |
18 | 2018-2019 | Alberto Urso | Giordana Angi | Rafael Quenedit Castro | Giordana Angi |
19 | 2019-2020 | Gaia Gozzi | Javier Rojas | Giulia Molino | Javier Rojas |
Seasons
First season (2001–2002)
;Initial stage:Stefano Veronese – Dalila Timaco – Erika Parisi – Irene Nurzia Humburg – Giuseppe "Joseph" Giannico – Graziano Pimpolari – Gian Marco Careddu – Mario Crocietta – Daniela Romano – Chiara Bigioni – Marco Campanale – Manuele Morrone – Francesca Caselli – Alessandra Piras – Alessia Natale – Zita Fusco – Pierpaolo Astolfi – Gabriele Carbotti – Francesco Giannini – Alfredo Raffaele "Fred" Avitaia – Mirna Brancotti – Marco Maestrelli
;Final stage:
Valeria Monetti – Claudia Mannoni – Antonella Loconsole – Alessandro Vigilante – Maria Pia Pizzolla – Monica Hill – Renato Sannio – Paolo Idolo – Miriam Della Guardia – Gianluigi "Gigi" Garretta – Clementina Giacente – Micheal Calandra – Miriam Castorina.
Second season (2002–2003)
;Initial stage:Fabio Morici – Giovanna Martini – Sara Donadelli – Fabio Villanis – Andrea Veschini – Antonino Grosso – Ettore Romano – Marcella Di Vita – Francesca Paganucci – Giacomo Milli – Paolo Stella – Luca Basto – Luca Militello – Salvatore Andreoli – Consuelo Varini
;Final stage:
Marta Gerbi – Maria Stefania Di Renzo – Enrico Pittari – Leonardo Di Minno – Daniele Perrino – Stefano Bindinelli – Augusto "Gugu" Da Graça – Danilo Grano – Jennifer Iacono – Elena Novaresi – Samantha Discolpa – Teresa Paternoster – Fausto Monteforte – Roberta Mengozzi.
Third season (2003–2004)
;Initial stage:Danilo Musci – Morena Martini – Nicola Traversa – Katia Ancelotti – Alessia "Ale" Pizzichemi – Michael Schermi – Martina Ardizzoni – Emanuela Boldetti – Maria Letizia Arcudi – Raffaella Iavarone – Emiliano D'Angelo
;Final stage:
Sabrina Ghio - Olti Shaqiri – Francesco Capodacqua – Anna Dalton Piccirillo – Sabatino D'Eustacchio – Francesca Dario – Alessia Orlandi – Federica Gargano – Salvatore "Salvo" Vinci – Valerio Di Rocco – Irene Guglielmi – Gianluca Merolli – Simone Benedetti – Giorgia "Gio" Minnella – Antonio Guida – Sarah Jane Olog – Sara Pamploni – Giorgia Galassi – Ornella Pellegrino – Rosaria Loconte – Laura Piunti – Rocco Pietrantonio – Catello Miotto.
Fourth season (2004–2005)
;Initial stage:Claudia "Cla" Gusmano – Michele Manfredini – Mariangela Cafagna – Antonio "Tony" Tagnani – Thomas Grazioso – Alessandro Rende – Salvatore Valerio – Valentina Campani – Alexsandra Fiaschini – Antonio "Toni" Propato – Marika Vezzola – Veronica Montali – Immacolata "Imma" Allozzi – Roberta Fiorini – Claudia Dongu
;Final stage:
Terenzi – Marta Di Giulio – Tili Lukaj – Pietro Napolano – Piero Romitelli – Antonello Carozza – Valeria Belleudi – Antonio Fiore – Massimiliano Pironti – Alberto Galetti – Alessia Ramazzotti – Maria Grazia Testaferrata – Rosanna Cestra – Simona Annese.
Fifth season (2005–2006)
;Initial stage:Luca Borro – Viviana Filippello – Alberto Poletti – Giovanni Fusco – Sara Telch – Brigida Cacciatore – Giuseppe "Beppe" Forlini – Antonello Mastrangelo – Annavita Romano – Filomena "Mena" Cacciapuoti – Serena Silvani – Valentina Chisci – Tania Tuccinardi – Fabio De Martino – Vincenzo Pinto
;Final stage:
Rita Comisi - Erion Baze – Rossella Lucà – Manola Moslehi – Nicola Gargaglia – Luana Guidara – Roberto Carrozzino – Robert Iaboni – Giuseppe Landi – Michele Moretti – Endri Roshi – Roberta Zegretti – Erika Mineo – Matteo Deledda – Roberto Carrozzino
Sixth season (2006–2007)
;Initial stage:Mihaela "Michi" Pohoata – Alessio Paddeu – Pamela Buggiani – Corinne Marchini – Stefano Villani – Emanuel "Ema" Caserio – Chiara Martegiani
;Final stage:
Giulia Franceschini – Antonino "Tony" Aglianò – Manuel Aspidi – Jessica Villotta – Federica Capuano – Roberta Miolla – Salvatore Dello Iacolo – Mircea "Bambi" Zamfir – Santo Giuliano.
Seventh season (2007–2008)
;Initial stage:Cristina Da Villanova – Valentina Tarsitano – Valentina "Vale" Mele – Gianluca Conversano – Alessandra Valenti – Vincenzo Mingolla – Luca Barbagallo – Mattia De Salve – Saverio D'Amelio – Sebastiano Formica
;Final stage:
Susy Fuccillo – Martha Rossi – Cassandra De Rosa – Giulia Piana – Gennaro Siciliano – Giuseppe Salsetta – Simonetta Spiri – Antonino Lombardo – Maria Luigia La Rocca – Marina Giovanna Marchione
Eighth season (2008–2009)
;Initial stage:Leonardo Marki Monteiro – Daniele Smeraldi – Beatrice Zancanaro – Pamela Scarponi – Angelo Marotta – Piero Campanale – Serena Carassai – Carlo De Martino – Francesca Maiozzi – Iacopo Di Stefano – Arturo Caccavale – Francesco Di Nicola.
;Final stage:
Pedro Batista Gonzalez – Mario Nunziante – Martina Stavolo – Adriano Bettinelli – Silvia Olari – Domenico Primotici – Daniela Stradaioli – Jennifer Milan – Andreina Caracciolo – Gianluca Lanzillotta.
Ninth season (2009–2010)
;Initial stage:Valeria Valente – Arianna Mereu – Antonio Sisca – Gabriele Manzo – Nicholas Poggiali – Nicolò Marchionni – Maddalena Malizia – William Di Lello – Riccardo Occhilupo – Januaria Carito – Denis Mascia – Stella Ancona – Giorgio Miceli – Rosolino Schillaci.
;Final stage:
Stefano De Martino – Elena D'Amario – Rodrigo Almarales Gonzales – Enrico Nigiotti – Grazia Striano – Michele Barile – Borana Qirjazi – Stefano "Stefanino" Maiuolo – Angelo Iossa – Anna Altieri – Davide Flauto
Tenth season (2010–2011)
;Initial stage:Giorgia Urrico – Andrea Condorelli – Andrea Vigentini – Arnaldo Santoro – Gabriella Culletta – Paolo Cervellera – Alessandro Paparusso – Stefan Di Maria Poole – Michelle Vitrano
;Final stage:
Virginio Simonelli - Annalisa Scarrone - Denny Lodi - Giulia Pauselli - Vito Conversano - Francesca Nicolì - Debora Di Giovanni - Antonella Lafortezza - Diana Del Bufalo - Riccardo Riccio - Antonio Mungari - Costantino Imperatore
Eleventh season (2011–2012)
;Initial stage:Ruben Dos Santos Felizardo - Chiara Giuli - Ilario Frigione – Pamela Gueli – Lidia Caterina Pastorello – Caterina Licini – Lorenzo Tognocchi – Alessandra Procacci – Legra Yunieska Sanchez – Alessia Di Francesco – Daniele Sibilli – Veronica Paradiso – Nicola Di Trapani – Sergio Nigro
;Final stage:
Francesca Dugarte – Claudia Casciaro – Nunzio Perricone – Valeria Romitelli – Jonathan Dante Gerlo – Marco Castelluzzo, – Stefano Marletta, – Valentin Stoica – Francesca Mariani – Josè Becerra Alvarez
Twelfth season (2012–2013)
;Initial stage:Irene Rausa - Martina Monaco – Ruben Mendes – Amnesia – Andrea Attila Felice – Cristina Sangiorgio – Etienne Pezzuto – Antonio "Anto" Minini – Leonardo Bizzarri – Giosuè Amato – Giacomo Gravini – Marika Calabrese – Davide Sacha Carella – Nicole Marin – Nicola Rosafio
;Final stage:
Pasquale Di Nuzzo, Ylenia Morganti, Lorella Boccia, Edwyn Roberts, Antonio Parisi, Marta Marino, Emanuele Corvaglia, Angela Semerano, Costanzo Del Pinto, Antonio "Anthony" Donadio, Andrea Di Giovanni, Chiara Provvidenza
Thirteenth season (2013–2014)
;Initial stage:Jacopo Paone - Alessio Trimboli - Human Evolution - Francesco Bertini - Francesca Del Toro – Greta Giampietro - Giacomo Paci – Simons – Angelo D'Aiello – Cesare Cernigliaro – Naomi Mele – Exxtra – Cristian Lo Presti – Gloria Atzeni – Letizia Rizzoni – Valerio Moro – Vincenzo Ficicchia – Emiliano Serra – Michael Dakhil
;Final stage:
Christian Pace - Giada Agasucci - Nick Casciaro - Paolo Macagnino - Lorenzo Del Moro - Oscar Valdeès Carmenates - Carboidrati - Federica Rigoli - Knef - Denny Lahome - Sara Mattei - Miriam Masala - Giacomo Castellana
Fourteenth season (2014–2015)
;Initial stage: Itto Urgesi – Mattia Tuzzolino – The Wips – Silvia Boreale – Luana Fraccalvieri – Leslie Nkum Sackey – Simone Baroni – Vanessa Guidolin – Graziano Di Prima – Francesca Miola – Esteban Morales – Alice Paba – Danilo Aiello – Davide Mogavero – Francesco Bax – Francesco Porcelluzi – Gabriele Tufi – La Gente;Final stage: Cristian Lo Presti – Shaila Gatta – Klaudia Pepa – Valentina Tesio – Mattia Briga – Davide Morgavero – Michele Nocca – Virginia Tomarchio – Giorgio Albanese – The Kolors – Paola Marotta – Luca Tudisca
Fifteenth season (2015–2016)
;Initial stage: Joshua Jack – Arianna Di Francesco – Nevenera – Benedetta Orlandini – Andreas Müller – Nick Zaramella – Luca Favilla – Carmela Senatore – Francesco Crimi – Yvonne Tocci – Paolo Barbonaglia – Luca D'Arbenzio – Raft – Gessica Taghetti – Daniela Ribezzo – Floriana Poma – Metrò – Aula 39;Final stage: Sergio Sylvestre – Elodie Di Patrizi – Gabriele Esposito – Lele Esposito – Alessio Gaudino – La Rua – Chiara Grispo – Alessio La Padula – Michele Lanzeroti – Cristiano Cosa – Patrizio Ratto – Emanuele Caruso
Sixteenth season (2016-2017)
;Initial stage:Giulia Pelagatti – Marta Mason – Eric Locatelli – Francesco Parrino – Marc Lee – Elisa Vismara – Rafaella swafsco – Giada Pilloni – Alessio Mininni – Valentina Giardullo – Simone Frazzeta – Serena De Bari – Rosario Canale
;Final Stage:
Thomas Bocchimpani – Federica Carta – Lo Strego – Andreas Muller – Vittoria Markov – Shady Fadin Cherkaoui – Mike Bird – Michele Pernoia – Cosimo Barra – Riccardo Marcuzzo – Sebastian Melo Taveira – Oliviero Bifulco
Seventeenth season (2017-2018)
;Initial stage:Grace Cambria – Nicole Vergani – The Jab – Luca Vismara – Orion Pico – Vittorio Ardovino – Black Soul Trio – Claudia Manto – Yaser Ramadan – Nicolas De Souza – Mose – Emanuele Avino – Federico Baroni – Audjah Syarifam Rachmi – Silvia Belluco – Elliot Horne – Paola De Filippis
;Final Stage:
Irama – Carmen Ferreri – Einar Ortiz – Lauren Celentano – Emma Muscat – Biondo – Bryan Ramirez – Luca Capomaggi – Zic – Matteo Cazzato – Valentina Verdecchi – Sephora Ferrillo – Daniele Rommelli – Filippo Di Crosta
Eighteenth season (2018-2019)
;Initial stage:Miguel Chavez, Federica Marinari, Federico Milan, Alessandro Casillo, Samuel Santarelli, Ahlana, Daniel Piccirillo, Gianmarco Galati, Marco Alimenti, Mimmi, Giacomo Eva, Arianna Forte, Giusy Romaldi
;Final Stage:
Alberto Urso - Giordana Angi - Rafael Quenedit Castro - Vincenzo Di Primo - Tish - Umberto Gaudino - Mameli - Valentina Vernia - Alvis - Jefeo - Ludovica Caniglia - Mowgly
Nineteenth season (2019-2020)
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Amici Speciali
Amici Speciali was a spin-off of the talent show Amici, hosted by Maria De Filippi, aired in prime time on Canale 5 from May 15, 2020 to June 5, 2020, with the intention of financing the Italian Civil Protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The talent show included some former competitors from past editions of Amici and from other talent shows, divided into two teams, white and blue. The two teams were judged by professionals from the world of entertainment and television, including Sabrina Ferilli, Gerry Scotti, Eleonora Abbagnato and Giorgio Panariello.The contestant were the singers Alberto Urso, Gaia, Giordana Angi, The Kolors, Irama, Michele Bravi, Random, and the dancers Andreas Müller, Alessio Gaudino, Gabriele Esposito, Javier Rojas, Umberto Gaudino.