Telegatto
Telegatto, was an Italian television award first conceived in 1971 following the contest Gran Premio internazionale dello Spettacolo, although the first award ceremony wasn't held until 1984. The ceremonies are known as Telegatti, the plural form of Telegatto. They were sponsored by the weekly magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and broadcast on Canale 5. The prize was a golden cat statue with the network's initials on its face, inspired by a cartoon from the television series Super Classifica Show, a cult show in the 1980s and early 1990s. The award ceremony was cancelled in 2009.
On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of a press conference for the photography book dedicated to the event, and a decade after the last edition, the director of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, Aldo Vitali, hypothesized the return of the event in Milan for October of the same year, to be hosted by Carlo Conti. The show, however, never resurfaced.
Hosts
- 1984: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Fabrizia Carminati
- 1985: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Alessandra Buzzi, Susanna Messaggio, Fiorella Pierobon
- 1986: Mike Bongiorno, Milly Carlucci
- 1987: Mike Bongiorno, Carol Alt, Renée Simonsen
- 1988: Mike Bongiorno, Gabriella Carlucci
- 1989: Mike Bongiorno, Heather Parisi
- 1990: Corrado, Elisabetta Gardini
- 1991: Corrado, Raffaella Carrà
- 1992: Corrado, Fabrizio Frizzi and Antonella Elia
- 1993: Corrado, Milly Carlucci
- 1994: Corrado, Alba Parietti
- 1995: Corrado, Mara Venier
- 1996: Corrado, Mara Venier
- 1997: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci
- 1998: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci
- 1999: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci
- 2000: Paolo Bonolis, Raffaella Carrà
- 2001: Gerry Scotti, Maria De Filippi
- 2002: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi
- 2003: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi
- 2004: Gerry Scotti, Raffaella Carrà
- 2005: suspended
- 2006: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker
- 2007: Claudio Bisio, Vanessa Incontrada
- 2008: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker
Foreign Telegatto winners
- Elton John – 1973
- Paul Newman – 1976
- Barbra Streisand – 1977
- John Travolta – 1978
- Warren Beatty – 1979
- Liza Minnelli – 1982
- Peter Gabriel – 1983
- Bee Gees – 1984
- Dallas – 1984
- Linda Gray – 1984
- Larry Hagman – 1984
- Dallas – 1985
- Dynasty – 1985
- Quo Vadis? – 1985
- Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1985
- V – Visitors – 1985
- Dallas – 1986
- V – Visitors – 1986
- Joan Collins for Dynasty – 1986
- Paul McCartney – 1986
- Dallas – 1987
- North and South – 1987
- Mick Jagger – 1987
- Stevie Wonder – 1987
- Capitol – 1987
- Dynasty – 1988
- Guiding Light – 1988
- Dynasty – 1989
- Fame – 1989
- Happy Days – 1989
- Loving – 1989
- Tina Turner – 1989
- The Young and the Restless – 1990
- Eddie Asner for Lou Grant – 1990
- Sylvester Stallone – 1990
- The Bold and the Beautiful – 1991
- Twin Peaks – 1991
- Robert De Niro – 1991
- Robert Mitchum – 1991
- MacGyver – 1992
- Miami Vice – 1992
- Madonna – 1992
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – 1992
- Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1993
- Perry Mason – 1993
- Michael Douglas – 1993
- Dustin Hoffman – 1993
- Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1994
- The Bold and the Beautiful – 1994
- Columbo – 1994
- Magnum, P.I. – 1994
- Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1995
- Kirk Douglas – 1995
- Steven Seagal – 1995
- The Bold and the Beautiful – 1996
- Dallas – 1996
- The X-Files – 1996
- Tony Curtis – 1996
- Joe Pesci – 1996
- The Bold and the Beautiful – 1997
- ER – 1997
- Johnny Depp – 1997
- Eli Wallach – 1997
- Murder, She Wrote – 1999
- The Simpsons – 2000
- James Coburn – 2000
- George Clooney – 2000
- Elizabeth Taylor – 2001
- Robert Wagner for Hart to Hart – 2001
- Sean Connery – 2002
- Peter O'Toole – 2002
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – 2003
- Ernest Borgnine – 2003
- Susan Sarandon – 2003