Carlo Conti

Carlo Conti
Conti at the Sanremo Music Festival 2026
Born
Carlo Natale Marino Conti

(1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 (age 65)
Florence, Italy
OccupationTelevision presenter
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
Francesca Vaccaro
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(m. 2012)​
Children1
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Carlo Natale Marino Conti, simply known as Carlo Conti (born 13 March 1961) is an Italian television presenter.

Early life and career

Born in Florence, Conti graduated in accountancy, then he was a bank teller from 1981 to 1986. After some experiences in radio as a presenter and a DJ, he debuted as a television presenter in 1985, hosting the Rai 1 musical show Discoring.

He later hosted several successful TV programmes, including Aria fresca, L'eredità, I migliori anni, Tale e quale show, Domenica in and five editions of Miss Italia.

In 2014, Conti was named the host and artistic director of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015. He continued in these roles for the 2016 and 2017 editions of the festival, and reprised them for 2025 and 2026.

Conti has been a recurrent host of the TIM Music Awards. In June 2024, he hosted the TIM Summer Hits [it] event alongside Andrea Delogu [it]. In 2025, Conti hosted the Rai 1 talent show competition series Ne vedremo delle belle.

Personal life

Conti is a Roman Catholic. On 16 June 2012, he married at the Pieve di Sant'Andrea in Cercina costume designer Francesca Vaccaro, with whom he had had a past relationship. On 8 February 2014, their son Matteo was born.

On 15 June 2011, the asteroid 78535 Carloconti was named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "Biografia: Carlo Conti - età - Almanacco". www.mondi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo (2008). Catalogo dei viventi 2009: 7247 italiani notevoli con l'indice di tutti i nomi citati (in Italian). Venice: Marsilio. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9..
  3. 1 2 Grasso, Aldo, ed. (1996). Enciclopedia della televisione (in Italian). Milan: Garzanti. ISBN 88-11-50466-X.
  4. ↑ "Carlo Conti alla guida di Sanremo per i prossimi due anni" [Carlo Conti at the helm of Sanremo for the next two years] (in Italian). ANSA. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sanremo 2026, Conti: «Non sarò io a condurre il Festival 2027. Potrei fare scherzi in diretta alla Pausini»" [Sanremo 2026, Conti: "I will not host the 2027 Festival. I might play live jokes on Pausini"]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 23 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Conti, Andrea (26 April 2024). "Tim Summer Hits 2024, Carlo Conti e Andrea Delogu al timone dello show di Rai 1". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Gallo, Giovanna (20 March 2025). "Ne vedremo delle belle, tutto quello che sappiamo sul nuovo show di Rai Uno" [We'll See Some Beautiful Ones, Everything We Know About the New Rai Uno Show]. Elle (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  8. ↑ D'Angelo, Francesca (2016). "La mia fede 'normale' imparata dalla mamma". Credere (in Italian). No. 18. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Chi è Francesca Vaccaro, moglie di Carlo Conti e madre di suo figlio Matteo". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ↑ Anile, Alberto (18 April 2012). "Carlo Conti, ecco il mio nuovo show senza pianti né litigi". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.