Nino Formicola was a castaway on Island of the Famous in a past edition, more precisely in 2018, the year he also won the reality show. The comedian, who for years played Gaspare in the famous duo with Zuzzurro (Andrea Brambilla), fought against hunger, bad weather, and all the obstacles that made life in Honduras very difficult. In a recent interview given to Tag24, Nino shared some behind-the-scenes details of the program broadcast on Canale 5: from video editing to confessions that, most of the time, were "orchestrated" in such a way as to create more dynamics within the group of contestants.
The interview of Nino Formicola
In his interview with Tag24, Nino Formicola said: «If the edits on the Island of the Famous are directed? Yes, if you are not careful about this, then you risk that in the editing they can put together things according to the direction they intend to take. The trick is trying not to be directed. In the confessions, they ask you questions where your answers then automatically lead to situations. So, if you are an insider, you understand, I had understood. In fact, when they asked me questions, I would say, "Listen guys, one does not rob the thief's house, I do not answer such a question"». «If you win thanks to gossip and dynamics? No, but not only am I the proof of the opposite, because if you think about it, in the end, the Island is always won by the one who behaves in the most normal way. It is never won by the one who has done "the devil a four" to win".
Nino Formicola comments on the drop in ratings
Nino Formicola also commented on the drop in ratings of the Island of the Famous: «The ratings were not great last edition? There should be more attention to the adventures of the castaways and less to the fights, gossip, love entanglements. I personally am against the extraordinary length of the programs. The editions of the Island should be shorter. Then one extravagant thing I can say is that over time a particular mechanism has been created whereby private things are often told, however, let's say that I would have given more space to what happens there instead, because there are many things that people have never seen, the peculiarities of life as a castaway. For example, when deciding to make a tent, seeing the tent being built with discussions is a more interesting fact, compared to the love affairs of one and the other. When confronting each other at the moment of eating, the weekly division of rice... All those things more inherent to the program, more to survival, in my opinion, could interest the public more".
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