Luisella Costamagna

Italian journalist and television presenter
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Luisella Costamagna
Born (1968-12-16) 16 December 1968 (age 55)
Turin, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Journalist and television presenter
Years active1995–present
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PartnerDario Buzzolan
ChildrenDavide Buzzolan

Luisella Costamagna (born 16 December 1968) is an Italian journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Born in Turin, she graduated in Philosophy and became journalist. From 1996 to 1999, she worked as an investigative journalist for Michele Santoro's show "Moby Dick". In the same years she hosted Studio Aperto, the news program of Italia 1. In the following years, she still collaborated with Santoro in some shows broadcast by RAI and she hosted Omnibus on La7.

In 2008, she was one of the authors of the TV show AnnoZero. From June 2010 to September 2011, she hosted on La7 the journalistic broadcast "In Onda", together with Luca Telese. In 2011, the broadcaster replaced Costamagna with the journalist Nicola Porro. Costamagna and Telese argued through interviews, and she defined her replacement as "an injustice", accusing the network of male chauvinism.[1][2] Two months later, Costamagna was hired by Rai 3, where she hosted the prime-time show "Robinson".[3] She was also columnist for the magazines "Diva e donna" and "Il salvagente".

In 2014, she hosted a political news broadcast on Agon Channel and later became a columnist for the newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Verità. From September 2020 to September 2022, she hosted the daily program Agorà on Rai 3.

From October to December 2022, she participated as a contestant in the seventeenth edition of the famous reality show Ballando con le stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars, partnering with Pasquale La Rocca. After six weeks, they announced their withdrawal from the competition for health reasons, after an injury suffered by Luisella.[4] However, in the tenth week of programming, Luisella and Pasquale competed for a repechage together with the other couples eliminated from the game and they were voted back by the audience.[5] In the final episode of the show, Luisella and Pasquale were voted as the winners of the contest.[6]

She is an atheist.[7]

Television

  • Moby Dick (Italia 1, 1996–1999)
  • Studio Aperto (Italia 1, 1999–2000)
  • Il raggio verde (Rai 2, 2000–2001)
  • Sciuscià (Rai 1, 2000; Rai 2, 2001–2002)
  • Donne (Rai 2, 2002)
  • Maurizio Costanzo Show – Raccontando (Canale 5, 2004–2005)
  • Tutte le mattine (Canale 5, 2004–2006)
  • Omnibus (La7, 2007–2010)
  • Così stanno le cose (La7, 2007)
  • In Onda (La7, 2010–2011)
  • Robinson (Rai 3, 2012)
  • Servizio pubblico (La7, 2012–2013)
  • Giovani a rischio (Crime + Investigation, 2014)
  • Lei non-sa chi sono io (Agon Channel, 2014–2015)
  • Ieri oggi italiani (Rete 4, 2018)
  • Fuori dal coro (Rete 4, 2018–2020) – Panelist
  • Agorà (Rai 3, 2020–2022)
  • Ballando con le Stelle 17 (Rai 1, 2022) – Winner

References

  1. ^ "In Onda riparte senza la Costamagna Veleno a distanza tra Telese e Luisella". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 17 September 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Costamagna: Telese dice falsità Maschilismo anche su di me". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 19 September 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Luisella Costamagna con Robinson da venerdì 9 marzo in prima serata su Rai3". TvBlog (in Italian). 16 February 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Ballando, Luisella Costamagna si ritira per infortunio. Social scatenati: «Era una delle coppie più forti»". Il Mattino (in Italian). 12 November 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Luisella Costamagna e Pasquale La Rocca, grazie al ripescaggio in finale a 'Ballando con le stelle'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Luisella Costamagna and Pasquale La Rocca are the winners of Dancing with the Stars 2022". The Nation View. 24 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  7. ^ Giordano, Lucio (3 February 2023). "Io non credo in Dio, ma dico che ci vuole forza per vivere senza fede". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 5. pp. 86–89.
  • Luisella Costamagna at IMDb