Amici di Maria De Filippi

Amici
Created by	Luca Zanforlin Chicco Sfondrin
Presented by	Maria De Filippi
Country of origin	Italy
No. of series	16
Production
Producer(s)	Fascino P.G.T. s.r.l.
Release
Original network	Live show / Final stage Italia 1 (2001-03) Canale 5 (since 2002) Daily pillows Mediaset Premium (2009-10) Witty TV (since 2013) Real Time (since 2014)
Original release	September 17, 2001

Amici (initially called Saranno Famosi) is an Italian talent show. Created by Chicco Sfondrin and Luca Zanforlin, 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. (owned by Maria De Filippi) and is broadcast on Canale 5.

Amici is an academy school involving a class of about 20 youth students (18-25 age), who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers (classical, modern, jazz and hip-hop). Additional original categories of "actors", "musicians" and "TV presenters" have since been dropped in the recent seasons (after 2009).

     Singer
     Dancer
     Actor/Actress
     Music Band
     "Big" (special contest)

Stefano Veronese (dancer) – Dalila Timaco (dancer) – Erika Parisi (dancer) – Irene Nurzia Humburg (actress) – Giuseppe "Joseph" Giannico (singer) – Graziano Pimpolari (musician) – Gian Marco Careddu (musician) – Mario Crocietta (dancer) – Daniela Romano (dancer) – Chiara Bigioni (dancer) – Marco Campanale (singer) – Manuele Morrone (singer) – Francesca Caselli (singer) – Alessandra Piras (dancer) – Alessia Natale (dancer) – Zita Fusco (TV presenter) – Pierpaolo Astolfi (TV presenter) – Gabriele Carbotti (singer) – Francesco Giannini (singer) – Alfredo Raffaele "Fred" Avitaia (TV presenter) – Mirna Brancotti (singer) – Marco Maestrelli (actor)

Valeria Monetti (actress) – Claudia Mannoni (dancer) – Antonella Loconsole (singer) – Alessandro Vigilante (dancer) – Maria Pia Pizzolla (singer) – Monica Hill (singer) – Renato Sannio (actor) – Paolo Idolo (actor) – Miriam Della Guardia (dancer) – Gianluigi "Gigi" Garretta (actor) – Clementina Giacente (dancer) – Micheal Calandra (singer) – Miriam Castorina (singer).

Fabio Morici (actor) – Giovanna Martini (actress) – Sara Donadelli (dancer) – Fabio Villanis (singer) – Andrea Veschini (singer) – Antonino Grosso (singer) – Ettore Romano (singer) – Marcella Di Vita (singer) – Francesca Paganucci (singer) – Giacomo Milli (dancer) – Paolo Stella (actor) – Luca Basto (dancer) – Luca Militello (singer) – Salvatore Andreoli (singer) – Consuelo Varini (singer)

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