Alessandro Cecchi Paone

Alessandro Cecchi Paone (born 16 September 1961) is an Italian television presenter, journalist, radio and television writer, and politician.

Alessandro Cecchi Paone
Cecchi Paone in 2007
Born16 September 1961 (1961-09-16) (age 62)
Rome, Italy
OccupationPresenter

Life and career

Born in Rome, Cecchi Paone started his television career while still a teenager, hosting from 1977 to 1980 the RAI program Trentaminuti Giovani.[1] Graduated in political science at the Sapienza University of Rome, in the 1980s he collaborated as writer to several Rai Radio 3 journalistic and cultural programs and to several documentaries and hosted several shows. In 1991 he became a newscaster of Canale 5 News, and after a few months of TG2.[1][2] For a few years he was a popular personality of Rai 2, where he hosted some successful shows such as In famiglia and La cronaca in diretta. In 1996, Cecchi Paone returned to Mediaset, where in 1997 he launched his most successful work, the science TV show La Macchina del Tempo, which lasted until 2006 and also generated a satellite thematic channel, MT Channel.[1] In 2016 he hosted the daily newscast TG4.[3]

During his career, Cecchi Paone took part in several reality shows, notably three editions of L'isola dei famosi and the third season of Grande Fratello VIP.[4][5]

He ran in the 2004 and 2014 European Parliament elections with Forza Italia party, not being elected.[6]

Personal life

Previously married and divorced from Cristina Navarro, in 2004 Cecchi Paone came out as a homosexual.[3][7]

References
  1. Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni (1996 – 2003). "Cecchi Paone, Alessandro". Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milan. pp. 119-20. ISBN 881150466X.
  2. "Cecchi Paone 'Addio al TG5'". La Repubblica (in Italian). 24 December 1991. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. Morvillo, Candida (22 May 2016). "La terza vita di Cecchi Paone «Un Tg4 serio e vero amore»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. "Isola dei Famosi 2023, ecco i 13 concorrenti: dall'ex suor Cristina ai Jalisse". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. "Cecchi Paone al Gf Vip, quando il giornalista nel 2001 si scagliò (pubblicamente) contro il reality". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 23 October 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. "Europee, ecco i nomi degli eletti. Cecchi Paone e Zanicchi senza seggio. E Bonafé ha fatto boom". Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. "Alessandro Cecchi Paone parla del coming out: «Temevo mia moglie»". Ticinonline (in Italian). 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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