L'Isola dei Famosi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

L'Isola dei Famosi ("The Celebrity Island" or "The Island of the Famous"), is an Italian reality show version of the reality show Celebrity Survivors; which in turn derives from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson conceived by Charlie Parsons in 1997. The Italian version began September 19, 2003 on Rai 2. The first eight editions of the program were conducted by Simona Ventura, while the conductor of the ninth edition was Nicola Savino. Because of budget problems in Rai, the program was canceled by the schedules in 2012. After nine editions broadcast on Rai 2, Mediaset bought the rights to the program by transmitting the tenth edition from February 2, 2015, after three-year break from Italian schedules. The new edition is conducted by Alessia Marcuzzi and is still produced by Magnolia.

Series details

• Title: L'Isola dei Famosi
• Format: Reality
• Language: Italian
• Genres: Drama, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2003-09-19
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Canale 5
• Network country: Italy
• Typical episode runtime: 180 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24920
• IMDb ID: tt0435966
• TVDB ID: 322288

Cast and credited roles

• Simona Ventura — Host
• Alberto 'Alvin' Bonato — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-09-19; final listed air date 2003-09-19.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-01-30; final listed air date 2017-04-03; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-01-24; final listed air date 2019-04-01.
• Season 15: premiered 2021-03-15; final listed air date 2021-06-07.
• Season 16: premiered 2022-03-21; final listed air date 2022-04-11.
• Season 17: premiered 2023-04-17; final listed air date 2023-04-24.

Source and licence

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