Amici di Maria De Filippi

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Amici
Created by	Maria De Filippi
Presented by	(2001) Maria De Filippi (2002-present)
Country of origin	Italy
No. of seasons	20
No. of episodes	192
Production
Producer
Release
Original network	Italia 1 (2001-2003) Canale 5 (2002-present) Real Time (2014-2020, only day-time)
Original release	17 September 2001 (2001-09-17) – present
External links
Website

Amici (initially called Saranno Famosi) is an Italian talent show. Created by Maria De Filippi, the show began in 2001 and has since aired annually.^[1] The show is produced by Fascino P.G.T. s.r.l. (owned by Maria De Filippi) and is broadcast on Canale 5. Since the thirteenth edition, daytime and casting have been broadcast on the television network Real Time and on the online streaming platform Witty TV by Fascino.

Amici is an academy school involving a class of about 20 youth students (18-30 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 after 2009.^[2]

Series overview[]

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

Season	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Critics Award
1	2001-2002	Dennis Fantina	Marianna Scarci	Ermanno Rossi	-
2	2002-2003	Giulia Ottonello	Anbeta Toromani	Timothy Snell	Anbeta Toromani
3	2003-2004	Leon Cino	Sabrina Ghio	Samantha Fantauzzi	Gian De Martini
4	2004-2005	Antonino Spadaccino	Francesco De Simone	Klajdi Selimi	Antonino Spadaccino
5	2005-2006	Ivan D'Andrea	Andrea Dianetti	Rita Comisi	Rita Comisi
6	2006-2007	Federico Angelucci	Agata Reale	Karima Ammar	Karima Ammar
7	2007-2008	Marco Carta	Roberta Bonanno	Pasqualino Maione	Francesco Mariottini
8	2008-2009	Alessandra Amoroso	Valerio Scanu	Luca Napolitano	Alessandra Amoroso
9	2009-2010	Emma Marrone	Loredana Errore	Pierdavide Carone	Pierdavide Carone
10	2010-2011	Denny Lodi	Giulia Pauselli	Vito Conversano	Annalisa Scarrone
		Virginio Simonelli	Annalisa Scarrone	Francesca Nicolì
11	2011-2012	Giuseppe Giofrè	Francesca Dugarte	Nunzio Perricone	Carlo Alberto Di Micco
		Gerardo Pulli	Ottavio De Stefano	Carlo Alberto Di Micco
		Alessandra Amoroso	Emma Marrone	Marco Carta	Annalisa Scarrone
12	2012-2013	Moreno Donadoni[3]	Greta Manuzi	Nicolò Noto	Moreno Donadoni
13	2013-2014	Deborah Iurato	Dear Jack	Vincenzo Durevole	Dear Jack
14	2014-2015	The Kolors	Mattia Briga	Virginia Tomarchio	The Kolors
15	2015-2016	Sergio Sylvestre	Elodie	Lele Esposito	Elodie
16	2016-2017	Andreas Muller	Riccardo Marcuzzo	Federica Carta	Sebastian Melo Taveira
				Sebastian Melo Taveira
17	2017-2018	Irama	Carmen Ferreri	Einar Ortiz	Lauren Celentano
18	2018-2019	Alberto Urso	Giordana Angi	Rafael Quenedit Castro	Giordana Angi
19	2019-2020	Gaia Gozzi	Javier Rojas	Giulia Molino	Javier Rojas
20	2020-2021	Giulia Stabile	Sangiovanni	Alessandro Cavallo	Sangiovanni
				Aka7even
				Deddy

Seasons[]

First season (2001–2002)[]

Initial stage

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)

Final stage

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).

Second season (2002–2003)[]

Initial stage

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) – (actor) – Luca Basto (dancer) – Luca Militello (singer) – Salvatore Andreoli (singer) – Consuelo Varini (singer)

Final stage

Marta Gerbi (singer) – Maria Stefania Di Renzo (dancer) – Enrico Pittari (actor) – Leonardo Di Minno (singer) – Daniele Perrino (singer) – Stefano Bindinelli (dancer) – Augusto "Gugu" Da Graça (dancer) – Danilo Grano (dancer) – Jennifer Iacono (dancer) – Elena Novaresi (dancer) – Samantha Discolpa (singer) – (actress) – Fausto Monteforte (dancer) – Roberta Mengozzi (actress).

Third season (2003–2004)[]

Initial stage

Danilo Musci (dancer) – Morena Martini (singer) – Nicola Traversa (singer) – Katia Ancelotti (singer) – Alessia "Ale" Pizzichemi (dancer) – Michael Schermi (actor) – Martina Ardizzoni (singer) – Emanuela Boldetti (dancer) – Maria Letizia Arcudi (dancer) – Raffaella Iavarone (dancer) – Emiliano D'Angelo (dancer)

Final stage

(dancer) - Olti Shaqiri (dancer) – Francesco Capodacqua (singer) – (actress) – Sabatino D'Eustacchio (dancer) – Francesca Dario (dancer) – Alessia Orlandi (singer) – Federica Gargano (dancer) – Salvatore "Salvo" Vinci (singer) – Valerio Di Rocco (singer) – Irene Guglielmi (singer) – Gianluca Merolli (singer) – Simone Benedetti (dancer) – Giorgia "Gio" Minnella (dancer) – Antonio Guida (dancer) – Sarah Jane Olog (singer) – Sara Pamploni (dancer) – Giorgia Galassi (singer) – Ornella Pellegrino (singer) – Rosaria Loconte (dancer) – Laura Piunti (singer) – (actor) – Catello Miotto (dancer).

Fourth season (2004–2005)[]

Initial stage

Claudia "Cla" Gusmano (actress) – Michele Manfredini (dancer) – Mariangela Cafagna (dancer) – Antonio "Tony" Tagnani (singer) – Thomas Grazioso (singer) – Alessandro Rende (dancer) – Salvatore Valerio (singer) – Valentina Campani (dancer) – Alexsandra Fiaschini (singer) – Antonio "Toni" Propato (singer) – Marika Vezzola (singer) – Veronica Montali (singer) – Immacolata "Imma" Allozzi (singer) – Roberta Fiorini (dancer) – Claudia Dongu (dancer)

Final stage

Terenzi (actress) – Marta Di Giulio (dancer) – Tili Lukaj (dancer) – Pietro Napolano (singer) – Piero Romitelli (singer) – Antonello Carozza (singer) – Valeria Belleudi (singer) – Antonio Fiore (dancer) – Massimiliano Pironti (dancer) – Alberto Galetti (dancer) – Alessia Ramazzotti (actress) – Maria Grazia Testaferrata (singer) – Rosanna Cestra (singer) – Simona Annese (dancer).

Fifth season (2005–2006)[]

Initial stage

Luca Borro (singer) – Viviana Filippello (dancer) – Alberto Poletti (dancer) – Giovanni Fusco (dancer) – Sara Telch (dancer) – Brigida Cacciatore (singer) – Giuseppe "Beppe" Forlini (singer) – Antonello Mastrangelo (dancer) – Annavita Romano (dancer) – Filomena "Mena" Cacciapuoti (singer) – Serena Silvani (actress) – Valentina Chisci (actress) – Tania Tuccinardi (singer) – Fabio De Martino (singer) – Vincenzo Pinto (singer)

Final stage

Rita Comisi (singer) - Erion Baze (dancer) – Rossella Lucà (dancer) – Manola Moslehi (singer) – Nicola Gargaglia (singer) – Luana Guidara (dancer) – Roberto Carrozzino (dancer) – Robert Iaboni (actor) – Giuseppe Landi (actor) – Michele Moretti (dancer) – Endri Roshi (dancer) – Roberta Zegretti (dancer) – Erika Mineo (singer) – Matteo Deledda (singer) – Roberto Carrozzino (dancer)

Sixth season (2006–2007)[]

Initial stage

Mihaela "Michi" Pohoata (gymnast) – Alessio Paddeu (singer) – Pamela Buggiani (dancer) – Corinne Marchini (singer) – Stefano Villani (singer) – Emanuel "Ema" Caserio (actor) – Chiara Martegiani (actress)

Final stage

Giulia Franceschini (singer) – Antonino "Tony" Aglianò (dancer) – (singer) – Jessica Villotta (dancer) – Federica Capuano (actress) – Roberta Miolla (dancer) – Salvatore Dello Iacolo (dancer) – Mircea "Bambi" Zamfir (gymnast) – Santo Giuliano (dancer).

Seventh season (2007–2008)[]

Initial stage

Cristina Da Villanova (dancer) – (dancer) – Valentina "Vale" Mele (dancer) – Gianluca Conversano (dancer) – Alessandra Valenti (dancer) – Vincenzo Mingolla (dancer) – Luca Barbagallo (dancer) – Mattia De Salve (dancer) – Saverio D'Amelio (actor) – Sebastiano Formica (actor)

Final stage

(dancer) – (singer) – (singer) – Giulia Piana (dancer) – Gennaro Siciliano (dancer) – Giuseppe Salsetta (singer) – Simonetta Spiri (singer) – Antonino Lombardo (dancer) – Maria Luigia La Rocca (singer) – Marina Giovanna Marchione (actress)

Eighth season (2008–2009)[]

Initial stage

Leonardo Marki Monteiro (dancer) – Daniele Smeraldi (singer) – Beatrice Zancanaro (dancer) – Pamela Scarponi (singer) – Angelo Marotta (actor) – Piero Campanale (actor) – Serena Carassai (dancer) – Carlo De Martino (dancer) – Francesca Maiozzi (dancer) – Iacopo Di Stefano (singer) – Arturo Caccavale (singer) – Francesco Di Nicola (singer).

Final stage

(dancer) – (singer-songwriter) – (singer) – (dancer) – Silvia Olari (singer) – Domenico Primotici (dancer) – Daniela Stradaioli (dancer) – Jennifer Milan (singer) – Andreina Caracciolo (dancer) – Gianluca Lanzillotta (dancer).

Ninth season (2009–2010)[]

Initial stage

Valeria Valente (singer) – Arianna Mereu (singer) – Antonio Sisca (dancer) – Gabriele Manzo (dancer) – Nicholas Poggiali (dancer) – Nicolò Marchionni (dancer) – (dancer) – William Di Lello (singer) – Riccardo Occhilupo (dancer) – Januaria Carito (singer) – (singer) – Stella Ancona (dancer) – Giorgio Miceli (dancer) – Rosolino Schillaci (singer-songwriter).

Final stage

(dancer) – (dancer) – (dancer) – Enrico Nigiotti (singer-songwriter) – Grazia Striano (dancer) – Michele Barile (dancer) – Borana Qirjazi (dancer) – (singer) – Angelo Iossa (singer) – Anna Altieri (singer) – (singer) (withdrawn)

Tenth season (2010–2011)[]

Initial stage

Giorgia Urrico (singer) – Andrea Condorelli (dancer) – Andrea Vigentini (singer-songwriter) – Arnaldo Santoro (singer) – Gabriella Culletta (singer) – Paolo Cervellera (dancer) – Alessandro Paparusso (singer-songwriter) – Stefan Di Maria Poole (singer-songwriter) – Michelle Vitrano (dancer)

Final stage

Virginio Simonelli (singer-songwriter) - Annalisa Scarrone (singer) - (dancer) - (dancer) - (dancer) - (singer) - Debora Di Giovanni (dancer) - Antonella Lafortezza (singer) - (singer) - Riccardo Riccio (dancer) - Antonio Mungari (singer) - Costantino Imperatore (dancer)

Eleventh season (2011–2012)[]

Initial stage

Ruben Dos Santos Felizardo (singer) - Chiara Giuli (dancer) - Ilario Frigione (dancer) – Pamela Gueli (singer) – Lidia Caterina Pastorello (singer) – Caterina Licini (dancer) – Lorenzo Tognocchi (singer) – Alessandra Procacci (singer) – Legra Yunieska Sanchez (dancer) – Alessia Di Francesco (singer) – Daniele Sibilli (dancer) – Veronica Paradiso (dancer) – Nicola Di Trapani (singer) – Sergio Nigro (dancer)

Final stage

(dancer) – Claudia Casciaro (singer) – Nunzio Perricone (dancer) – Valeria Romitelli (singer) – Jonathan Dante Gerlo (dancer) – Marco Castelluzzo (singer/songwriter), – Stefano Marletta (singer/songwriter), – Valentin Stoica (dancer) – Francesca Mariani (singer) – Josè Becerra Alvarez (dancer)

Twelfth season (2012–2013)[]

Initial stage

Irene Rausa (singer) - Martina Monaco (singer) – Ruben Mendes (singer) – Amnesia (rapper) – Andrea Attila Felice (dancer) – Cristina Sangiorgio (singer) – Etienne Pezzuto (dancer) – Antonio "Anto" Minini (dancer) – Leonardo Bizzarri (dancer) – Giosuè Amato (singer) – Giacomo Gravini (singer) – Marika Calabrese (singer) – Davide Sacha Carella (singer) – Nicole Marin (dancer) – Nicola Rosafio (singer)

Final stage

Pasquale Di Nuzzo (dancer), Ylenia Morganti (singer), (dancer), Edwyn Roberts (songwriter), Antonio Parisi (breaker), Marta Marino (dancer), Emanuele Corvaglia (songwriter), Angela Semerano (singer), Costanzo Del Pinto (singer), Antonio "Anthony" Donadio (breaker), Andrea Di Giovanni (singer), Chiara Provvidenza (singer)

Thirteenth season (2013–2014)[]

Initial stage

Jacopo Paone (breaker) - Alessio Trimboli (singer) - Human Evolution (crew) - Francesco Bertini (dancer) - Francesca Del Toro (dancer) – Greta Giampietro (dancer) - Giacomo Paci (singer) – Simons (band) – Angelo D'Aiello (dancer) – Cesare Cernigliaro (rapper) – ^[4][5] (dancer) – Exxtra (rappers) – Cristian Lo Presti (dancer) – Gloria Atzeni (singer) – Letizia Rizzoni (dancer) – Valerio Moro (dancer) – Vincenzo Ficicchia (singer) – Emiliano Serra (breaker) – Michael Dakhil (singer)

Final stage

Christian Pace (dancer) - Giada Agasucci (singer) - Nick Casciaro (singer) - Paolo Macagnino (singer) - Lorenzo Del Moro (dancer) - Oscar Valdeès Carmenates (dancer) - Carboidrati (band) - Federica Rigoli (dancer) - Knef (crew) - Denny Lahome (rapper) - Sara Mattei (singer) - Miriam Masala (singer) - Giacomo Castellana (dancer)

Fourteenth season (2014–2015)[]

Initial stage

Itto Urgesi (singer) – Mattia Tuzzolino (dancer) – The Wips (band) – Silvia Boreale (singer) – Luana Fraccalvieri (singer) – Leslie Nkum Sackey (singer) – Simone Baroni (dancer) – Vanessa Guidolin (dancer) – Graziano Di Prima (dancer) – Francesca Miola (singer) – Esteban Morales (singer) – Alice Paba (singer) – Danilo Aiello (dancer) – Davide Mogavero (singer) – Francesco Bax (dancer) – Francesco Porcelluzi (dancer) – Gabriele Tufi (singer) – La Gente (band)

Final stage

Cristian Lo Presti (dancer) – (dancer) – Klaudia Pepa (dancer) – Valentina Tesio (singer) – (rapper) – Davide Morgavero (singer) – Michele Nocca (dancer) – Virginia Tomarchio (dancer) – Giorgio Albanese (dancer) – The Kolors (band) – Paola Marotta (singer) – Luca Tudisca (songwriter)

Fifteenth season (2015–2016)[]

Initial stage

Joshua Jack (singer) – Arianna Di Francesco (dancer) – Nevenera (band) – Benedetta Orlandini (dancer) – Andreas Müller (dancer) – Nick Zaramella (singer) – Luca Favilla (dancer) – Carmela Senatore (singer) – Francesco Crimi (dancer) – Yvonne Tocci (singer) – Paolo Barbonaglia (dancer) – Luca D'Arbenzio (singer) – Raft (band) – Gessica Taghetti (dancer) – Daniela Ribezzo (dancer) – Floriana Poma (singer) – Metrò (band) – Aula 39 (vocal group)

Final stage

Sergio Sylvestre (singer) – Elodie Di Patrizi (singer) – Gabriele Esposito (dancer) – Lele Esposito (singer) – Alessio Gaudino (dancer) – La Rua (band) – Chiara Grispo (singer) – Alessio La Padula (dancer) – Michele Lanzeroti (dancer) – Cristiano Cosa (singer) – Patrizio Ratto (dancer) – Emanuele Caruso (dancer)

Sixteenth season (2016-2017)[]

Initial stage

Giulia Pelagatti (dancer) – Marta Mason (singer) – Eric Locatelli (dancer) – Francesco Parrino (singer) – Marc Lee (singer) – Elisa Vismara (singer) – Rafaella swafsco (dancer) – Giada Pilloni (singer) – Alessio Mininni (singer) – Valentina Giardullo (singer) – Simone Frazzeta (dancer) – Serena De Bari (singer) – Rosario Canale (singer)

Final Stage

Thomas Bocchimpani (singer) – Federica Carta (singer) – Lo Strego (singer) – Andreas Muller (dancer) – Vittoria Markov (dancer) – Shady Fadin Cherkaoui (singer) – Mike Bird (singer) – Michele Pernoia (singer) – Cosimo Barra (dancer) – Riccardo Marcuzzo (singer) – Sebastian Melo Taveira (dancer) – Oliviero Bifulco (dancer)

Seventeenth season (2017-2018)[]

Initial stage

Grace Cambria (singer) – Nicole Vergani (singer) – The Jab (band) – Luca Vismara (singer) – Orion Pico (dancer) – Vittorio Ardovino (dancer) – Black Soul Trio (band) – Claudia Manto (dancer) – Yaser Ramadan (singer) – Nicolas De Souza (dancer) – Mose (rapper) – Emanuele Avino (singer) – Federico Baroni (singer) – Audjah Syarifam Rachmi (singer) – Silvia Belluco (singer) – Elliot Horne (singer) – Paola De Filippis (dancer)

Final Stage

Irama (singer) – Carmen Ferreri (singer) – Einar Ortiz (singer) – Lauren Celentano (dancer) – Emma Muscat (singer) – Biondo (rapper) – Bryan Ramirez (dancer) – Luca Capomaggi (dancer) – Zic (singer) – Matteo Cazzato (singer) – Valentina Verdecchi (dancer) – Sephora Ferrillo (dancer) – Daniele Rommelli (dancer) – Filippo Di Crosta (dancer)

Eighteenth season (2018-2019)[]

Initial stage

Miguel Chavez (dancer), Federica Marinari (singer), Federico Milan (dancer), Alessandro Casillo (singer), Samuel Santarelli (Latinist), Ahlana (singer), Daniel Piccirillo (singer), Gianmarco Galati (Latinist), Marco Alimenti (dancer), Mimmi (dancer), Giacomo Eva (singer), Arianna Forte (dancer), Giusy Romaldi (dancer)

Final Stage

Alberto Urso (lyrics) - Giordana Angi (singer) - Rafael Quenedit Castro (dancer) - Vincenzo Di Primo (dancer) - Tish (singer) - Umberto Gaudino (Latinist) - Mameli (singer) - Valentina Vernia (dancer) - Alvis (trapper) - Jefeo (trapper) - Ludovica Caniglia (singer) - Mowgly (breaker)

Nineteenth season (2019-2020)[]

Initial stage

Stefano Farinetti (singer) - Matteo Cogliandro (dancer) - Karina Samoylenko (dancer) - Federico Pietrucci (dancer) - Francesca Sarasso (singer) - Devil Angelo (rapper) - Ayoub Haraka (dancer) - Skioffi (rapper) - Michelangelo Vizzini (singer) - Giuseppe Preziosa (dancer) - Giorgia Lopez (dancer) - Inico (band) - Alioscia Grossi (dancer) - Sofia Di Benedetto (dancer)

Final Stage

Gaia Gozzi (singer) - Javier Rojas (dancer) - Giulia Molino (singer) - Nicolai Gorodiskii (dancer) - Nyv (singer) - Jacopo Ottonello (singer) - Valentin Alexandru Dumitru (latinist) - Talisa Ravagnani (dancer) - Francesco Bertoli (singer) - Martina Beltrami (singer)

Twentieth season (2020-2021)[]

Initial stage

Elisabetta Ivankovich (singer); Evandro (singer); Arianna Gianfelici (singer); Riccardo Guarnaccia (dancer); Kika (singer); Letizia Bertoldi (singer); Giulio Musca (singer)

Final Stage

Aka7even (singer-songwriter); Sangiovanni (singer-songwriter); Giulia Stabile (dancer); Alessandro Cavallo (dancer); Deddy (singer); Serena Marchese (dancer); Tancredi Cantù (singer-songwriter); Samuele Barbetta (dancer); Raffaele Renda (singer); Martina Miliddi (dancer); Enula (singer-songwriter); Rosa Di Grazia (dancer); Tommaso Stanzani (dancer); Leonardo Lamacchia (singer-songwriter); Ibla (singer-songwriter); Esa Abrate (singer); Gaia Di Fusco (singer)

'Final stage' ratings[]

TV Channel	Episodes	Season	Year	Average ratings		Premiere		Finale
				viewers	share	viewers	share	viewers	share
Italia 1	10	1	2001-2002	4.851.000	19,26%	4.623.000	18,34%	5.774.000	24,93%
		2	2002-2003	4.589.000	17,95%	4.619.000	19,75%	5.465.000	24,95%
Canale 5	11	3	2003-2004	5.501.000	25,32%	5.082.000	21,67%	6.934.000	35,88%
		4	2004-2005	5.702.000	26,41%	5.499.000	24,67%	7.092.000	35,31%
	9	5	2005-2006	5.304.000	25,59%	5.191.000	22,68%	6.323.000	35,19%
		6	2006-2007	5.201.000	30,66%	4.588.000	25,10%	6.684.000	39,76%
	11	7	2007-2008	6.151.000	28,62%	5.459.000	26,56%	7.187.000	35,38%
		8	2008-2009	5.499.000	24.73%	5.627.000	26,32%	6.668.000	32.16%
		9	2009-2010	4.763.000	23,11%	4.507.000	23,40%	5.940.000	29,90%
	9	10	2010-2011	4.242.000	20,06%	4.044.000	19,32%	5.206.000	25,67%
		11	2011-2012	4.719.000	22,57%	4.821.000	23,09%	4.956.000	22,96%
		12	2012-2013	5.209.000	24,19%	5.280.000	23,31%	5.726.000	28,75%
	10	13	2013-2014	4.662.000	21,87%	4.600.000	21,17%	5.294.000	24,62%
	9	14	2014-2015	5.111.000	24,88%	5.514.000	25,78%	6.536.000	34,20%
		15	2015-2016	4.665.000	23,31%	4.610.000	22,25%	5.835.000	29,19%
	10	16	2016-2017	4.136.000	21,68%	4.024.000	20,72%	4.822.000	28,54%
		17	2017-2018	4.009.000	21,50%	3.996.000	20,77%	4.872.000	25,10%
	9	18	2018-2019	4.053.000	22,56%	4.096.000	22,23%	4.804.000	27,00%
	6	19	2019-2020	4.227.000	20,16%	3.778.000	19,82%	4.822.000	22,78%
	9	20	2020-2021	5.848.000	28,19%	6.016.000	28,73%	6.667.000	33,49%

Amici Speciali[]

Amici Speciali was a spin-off of the talent show Amici, hosted by Maria De Filippi, aired in prime time on Canale 5 from May 15, 2020 to June 5, 2020, with the intention of financing the Italian Civil Protection during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] The talent show included some former competitors from past editions of Amici and from other talent shows, divided into two teams, white and blue. The two teams were judged by professionals from the world of entertainment and television, including Sabrina Ferilli, Gerry Scotti, Eleonora Abbagnato and Giorgio Panariello.^[7]

The contestant were the singers Alberto Urso, Gaia, Giordana Angi, The Kolors, Irama, Michele Bravi, Random, and the dancers Andreas Müller, Alessio Gaudino, Gabriele Esposito, Javier Rojas, Umberto Gaudino.^[8]

Sanremo participation and singers sales[]

Artist	Amici's season	Record label(today)	Albums (+ EP + Demo)	Singles	Sales certified (as of 2020)[9]	FestivaldiSanremo Nominations
Alessandra Amoroso	2009	Sony Music/Columbia Records	6 (+ 1 EP)	36	2.600.000+	—
Emma	2010	Universal	6 (+ 1 EP)	35	1.540.000+	2 Art. (Winner 2012)
Irama	2018	Warner Music Italy	3 (+ 1 EP)	11	1.725.000+	2 Art.
Annalisa	2011	Warner Music Italy	7	31	975.000+	4 Art.
Elodie	2016	Universal	3	13	895.000+	2 Art.
Sangiovanni	2021	Sugar/Fascino	1	6	1.010.000+
Riki	2017	Sony Music	1 (+ 1 EP)	19	425.000+	1 Art.
Mara Sattei	2015	Arista Records/Sony Music	(1 EP)	10	630.000+	—
Federica Carta	2017	Universal	3	10	360.000+	1 Art.
The Kolors	2015	Universal/Tempi Duri Records	3	12	360.000+	1 Art.
Marco Carta	2008	Warner Music Italy/Atlantic Records	6 (+ 1 EP)	18	275.000+	1 Art. (Winner 2009)
Briga	2015	Sony Music	4 (+ 1 EP)	11	250.000+	1 Art.
Valerio Scanu	2009	Naty love you srl	7 (+ 2 EP)	19	250.000+	1 Art.
Gaia	2020	Sony Music	1 (+ 1 EP)	4	330.000+	1 Art.
Moreno	2013	Universal/Tempi Duri Records	3	11	205.000+	—
Dear Jack	2014	Baraonda	4	15	170.000+	1 Art.
Aka 7even	2021	Sony Music/Fascino	1	8	330.000+
Enrico Nigiotti	2010	Sony Music	4	10	150.000+	1 Art., 1 NP.
Deddy	2021	Warner Music Italy/Fascino	1	5	175.000+
Pierdavide Carone	2010	Sony Music	4	8	135.000+	1 Art.
Giordana Angi	2019	Virgin Records	1 (+ 1 EP)	5	120.000+	1 Art.
Deborah Iurato	2014	Columbia Records	2 (+ 1 EP)	13	90.000+	1 Art.
Loredana Errore	2010	Sony Music	2 (+ 1 EP)	11	85.000+	—
Sergio Sylvestre	2016	Sony Music	2 (+ 1 EP)	7	75.000+	1 Art.
Luca Napolitano	2009	Warner Music Italy	2 (+ 2 EP)	6	60.000+	—
Virginio	2011	Universal	2 (+ 1 EP)	7	30.000+	1 NP
Alberto Urso	2019	Universal	1	8	25.000+	1 Art.
Greta	2013	Carosello	1 (+ 1 EP + 1 Demo)	5	25.000+	—
Antonino	2005	Non ho l'età	3 (+ 1 EP)	10	15.000+	—
Sanremo category: Art.: category "Artisti/Big" NP: category "Nuove Proposte"

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Italian) http://www.mariadefilippi.mediaset.it/