Amadeus leaving Rai? The host might take care of the entertainment on Nove (and Discovery channels) somewhat offering what Rai did, but in a leaner and less bureaucratic dimension than that of public television. The rumor comes from Tvblog. In the package of the program or programs that Amadeus will create for Discovery, it is said that there will be the involvement of the company Endemol, with which he already collaborates for both 'Affari tuoi' and 'Soliti ignoti'. The two programs that have held and are holding the access time of Rai1 and that allow the first network to win the prime time slot by a large margin. In reality, there would then be a fascinating hypothesis, one that would bring Amadeus to Mediaset to do the access time (but this is denied by Cologno) and even the Sanremo Festival.
According to Adnkronos, the decision of the host, whose contract with Rai expires next August 30, is a matter of days. In the conversation had yesterday with Rai's director, Roberto Sergio, the host would have reserved a few more days, until the end of April, for a final reflection on his professional future.
'Affari tuoi' and 'Soliti ignoti' remain on Rai?
Although 'Affari tuoi' is practically secured by Rai (even though the contract extension has not yet been sealed) the fate of 'Soliti ignoti' seems more uncertain. On the famous hidden identity game show, there might be doubts about its future on the first network, so much so that this could be the program that Amadeus could take with him in the access slot of Nove.
The meeting - informal - with Rai
Yesterday, there would have been an encounter, strictly informal, between the host and the top management of Rai, in which Amadeus would have communicated his intention to leave public television. Nothing was communicated officially and definitively (something that might pertain to Discovery) but the former artistic director of the Sanremo Festival would have expressed his intentions about his desire to embark on a new professional journey, in Milan, just like Fazio.
The Successor
Stefano De Martino would be trying to "take advantage" of this stand-by phase to continue his rise in viale Mazzini. The former dancer of 'Amici' by Maria De Filippi, as known, enjoys the trust of the general director Giampaolo Rossi and the Rai management and would be ready to "steal" from Amadeus not only 'Affari tuoi' – a program dominating the Italian TV prime time access ratings – but also the hosting of the Sanremo Festival.
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