Viva Radio 2 Explained

Show Name:	Viva Radio 2
Format:	Comedy / Entertainment
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian
Home Station:	Rai Radio 2
Television:	Rai Uno/Raisat Extra
Starring:	Rosario Fiorello - Marco Baldini
Director:	Marco Lolli
Producer:	Marina Mancini
Website:	http://vivaradio2.rai.it/

Viva Radio 2, an Italian radio program, aired from 2001 to 2008 on Rai Radio 2.

Content

The show was based on Fiorello's imitations. Described by one critic as consisting of "amusing chat, satire, and impersonations", it was co-hosted with DJ Marco Baldini and music director Enrico Cremonesi.^[1] The show was written by Rosario Fiorello, Marco Baldini, Riccardo Cassini, Alberto Di Risio, Francesco Bozzi, and Federico Taddia.

Partial list of imitated characters

• Roberto Alagna
• Kimi Räikkönen
• prince Albert of Monaco
• Francesco Amadori
• Franco Battiato
• Silvio Berlusconi (always called Cologno's forgetful)
• Tony Blair, English prime minister
• Mike Bongiorno
• Carla Bruni
• Franco Califano
• Andrea Camilleri, author
• Marco Carta
• Antonio Cassano
• Vincent Cassel
• Roberto Cavalli
• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, former president
• Giuseppe Ciarrapico
• Riccardo Cocciante
• Maurizio Costanzo, TV host
• Pino Daniele, singer
• Umberto Eco, novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician and university professor
• Erdoğan, Turkish Prime minister at the time
• Father Georg Gänswein
• Francesco Guccini, singer
• Kim Jong-il
• Ignazio La Russa, former defence minister
• Carlo Lucarelli
• Don Antonio Mazzi
• fictional lawyer Messina (a parody of Carlo Taormina)
• Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo
• Gianni Minà, journalist
• Federico Moccia, author
• Gianni Morandi, singer
• Massimo Moratti, former owner of FC Internazionale
• Nanni Moretti
• Silvio Muccino
• Giorgio Napolitano, former president
• Nicoletta Orsomando, TV announcer
• Barbara Palombelli
• Romano Prodi, former prime minister
• Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation president
• Quasimodo of Notre Dame
• Vasco Rossi, singer
• Tony Sperandeo
• Oliviero Toscani
• director and host of a fictional calabrese Television who emulate RAI TV programs
• Bruno Vespa, TV host
• Martano Volpi
• Henry John Woodcock, former prosecutor of Potenza

Viva Radio 2 on TV

Viva Radio 2 was aired on TV on Rai Uno beginning in December 2006, and was broadcast every evening on Rai Uno in weekday access prime time from 21 January 2008 to 2 February 2008 under the name Viva Radio 2... minuti.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whittaker . Andrew . Italy: Be Fluent in Italian Life and Culture . 2010 . Thorogood Publishing . 221 . 978-1-85418-628-7 .