Closing a long chapter in life is not easy: Fabio Fazio Leaving Rai, the new home will be Discovery, to whom he will be tied with a four-year contract. The future lies in the nine; with him Luciana Littizzetto and the working group. The conductor waited, his contract was not renewed in Viale Mazzini, but his voice did not reveal his feelings: “That’s how it went.” No comments, just thanks for the company where he grew up. “We are very happy to welcome a champion like Fabio Fazio,” he comments Alessandro Araimo, GM Italy & Iberia by Warner Bros. Discovery – and proud that one of the most important and influential faces of Italian television has chosen Warner Bros. Discovery and Canale Nove to continue his extraordinary career. Our goal has always been to attract the best talent and the addition of Fabio and Luciana to our group is the best possible endorsement.
A long farewell announced by Rai to the new government that has changed everything in Viale Mazzini and targeted her. Even if someone hypothesizes that the lack of agreement may be at the hands of Matthew Salviniwho has never hidden his dislike for Fazio.
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In 2020, the conductor had vented: “I suffered 123 attacks from him.” The then interior minister did not miss an opportunity to bring this up at rallies. Be that as it may, the final deal was not signed by Rai’s current ex-CEO Carlo Fuortes. “The attitude of politicians towards me was not insignificant,” he explained three years ago in an interview with Repubblica on the occasion of his return to Rai 3, “but I’m lucky to have a job that is aimed at the public”, counts the one based on appreciation of people. It’s Rai’s thirty-eighth year, substance and maturity count.”
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(agf) Fazio, born in Savona, born in 1964, begins with imitations. He loves TV, is curious, very goal oriented, ambitious and constantly committed. With his working group, he creates innovations. “I came from Savona, Rome was unattainable from a cultural point of view,” he said. “It was like going abroad. I tried a lot, but I was very lucky to have these meetings. Salce drove me wonderfully to the airport by car, I didn’t have the money. I never understood why Rai didn’t refund Taxis. The television was a blank slate in the children’s drawing lessons, you had all the colors and you invented them.”
Fazio with Luciana Littizzetto at the Sanremo Festival 2014 The fundamental meetings on Rai 3: Professor Rossini, then the arrival of Angelo Guglielmi which revives the Third Network thanks to which Fazio had arrived Mario Colangeli. Bruno Voglinoa great talent scout, is his mentor, one of the fathers of variety shows Guido Priest And Antonello Falqui. “I tell stories like I’m a Martian when I was on the radio with Priest in Black out (1982). Luciano Salte, Henry Vaime, Simon Marchini. Thanks to them, I got a master’s degree in taste and language.”
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He explained his love of television and public service well in this long chat in the summer of 2020: “No, I never say ‘Rai’. For me it’s not a company, Rai is part of my genetics. I remember the first time I saw it Gianni Boncompagni in Via Teulada, my heart was pounding when I met Renzo Arbore. I have worked with Loretta Goggi and the Carra and my friends asked me to bring autographs. A wonderful story; It is a privilege to have experienced it as a professional and, to a large extent, as an audience.”
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Then the relationship collapses: the dispute over compensation, politics. “Rai is the sum of the executives you work with, the artists. If you play a little game, nothing happens, if you become the target of the Home Secretary, the role becomes different. Luckily I remember the people who taught me so much: dulbeak, Pavarotti, Morricone, Camilleri. I will never forget lunch in San Remo Julia Churchthe former manager of Rai Mario Maffucci, Gorbachev and Mrs Raisa”.
A young Fabio Fazio on “Quelli che il calcio” year after year, from Those Who Football to Anima Mia, the Sanremo Festival to collaboration with Roberto Savianoat the Memorial Day evening event with the Senator Liliana Segre, Fazio contributes his idea of television. Then Che tempo che fa, which the new management would have liked to change: just entertainment, no more political guests, no discussion of current issues. Taking a step back is impossible, “at the age of almost 59 I traveled my way,” he said some time ago. Proud of the meeting at the Elysée with the President macronand then the interview with Pope Francis.
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Difficult, just for show, for those who discussed what is happening in Italy in the room dedicated to journalists at Che tempo che fa, his Sunday lecture on Rai 3 with increasing ratings. Immigration, war, political decisions. In January, on the eve of the preparation of Binario 21, he had shared how satisfied he was with his work on television and the new energies he had also expended as an entrepreneur for the Lavoratti chocolate factory in Varazze, which he took over together with Davide had Petrine.
He had put together the programs that shaped his career and growth: “The fact that football was the turning point in my life. The first Sanremo Festival in 1999 is, as prescribed, an unrepeatable experience. Then the evening dedicated to Falcone and Borsellino and the evening dedicated to the celebration of April 25 ». But in Viale Mazzini they also waged war against her. “Obviously it was unthinkable that I was on Rai 1. The manager had changed, obedience prevailed. Past water, it’s part of life. Now I’m back to the essentials, I’m fine. ”In October he would have celebrated Rai’s 40th birthday. The collaboration ends abruptly. A new chapter begins on Nine, from where he will bring his entire party Luciana Littizzetto down. A new beginning.