{{Short description|Italian hypnotist (born 1949)}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Giucas Casella | image = | caption = | birth_name = Giuseppe Casella | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|15}} | birth_place = Termini Imerese, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Illusionist *hypnotis }} }} '''Giucas Casella''' ({{IPA|it|ˈdʒuːkas kaˈzɛlla}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=casella|title=casella|language=it|website=DiPI Online|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> born '''Giuseppe Casella''' on 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality.
== Life and career == Born in Termini Imerese, Palermo, he started his career at 17 years old, performing in a disco in Alassio.<ref name=Grasso>{{cite book |editor-first=Aldo |editor-last=Grasso |isbn=88-11-50466-X |language=it |location=Milan |pages=121–122 |publisher=Garzanti |title=Enciclopedia della televisione |year=1996}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> After about 10 years of shows in European casinos, the presenter Pippo Baudo, who had noticed him during an exhibition in an Antenna Sicilia TV-show, launched his career casting him in the 1980 edition of the popular show ''Domenica in''.<ref name="Grasso"/> He is best known for his experiments of hypnotism to people and animals.<ref name="Grasso"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Attenti è difficile cadere in trance|language=it|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/02/18/attenti-difficile-cadere-in-trance.html?ref=search|access-date=8 June 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=1995-02-18}}</ref>
In 2004, Casella participated to the Rai 1 reality show ''Il ristorante'', ranking fourth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Rosi manda tutti ko il re del Ristorante è lui|language=it|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/k/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/reality/ristofine/ristofine.html?ref=search|access-date=8 June 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=2004-02-09}}</ref> and in 2008 he was a contestant in ''L'Isola dei famosi'' (the Italian version of ''Celebrity Survivor''), retiring for health problems.<ref>{{cite news|title=Il trionfo dell' Isola dei famosi 'Abbiamo vinto la Champions'|language=it|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/11/25/il-trionfo-dell-isola-dei-famosi-abbiamo.html?ref=search|access-date=8 June 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=2008-11-25}}</ref> In 2018 he was once again a contestant in ''L'Isola dei famosi'', retiring once again for health problems.<ref>{{cite news|title=Giucas Casella ritirato|language=it|url=https://isola.mediaset.it/news/giucas-casella-ritirato_970.shtml|access-date=5 December 2018|publisher=Mediaset|date=2018-02-27}}</ref> In 2021 he competed on the sixth season of ''Grande Fratello VIP'' (the Italian version of ''Celebrity Big Brother'') getting evicted on Day 183, finishing in the 6th position.
== Personal life == Giucas Casella lives with actress Valeria Perilli and has a son from another relationship. He considers himself Catholic.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Lucio|last=Giordano|title=Dicevano: 'Sei posseduto dal demonio', invece Dio è sempre stato al mio fianco|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=17 February 2024|number=6|pages=78–81}}</ref>
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== External links== * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name|0143289}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/1615533-Giucas-Casella Giucas Casella] at Discogs
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Casella, Giucas}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:People from Termini Imerese Category:Hypnotists Category:Participants in Italian reality television series Category:Mass media people from Sicily Category:Italian psychics Category:Italian Roman Catholics