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'''Telegatto''' (a composition of ''television'' and ''gatto'', meaning "cat", after the trophy, which is a small statue representing a cat), 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,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tornano i Telegatti: l'annuncio ufficiale |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/tv/news-e-anticipazioni/tornano-telegatti-annuncio-ufficiale/ |magazine=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |date=12 March 2018 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=Telegatti are back: the official announcement}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni: The Telegatti are back. And soon the book about the prize |url=https://www.mondadori.com/media-room/news-and-press-releases/year-2018/tv-sorrisi-e-canzoni-the-telegatti-are-back-and-soon-the-book-about-the-prize |website=mondadori.com |date=12 March 2018 |accessdate=18 March 2020}}</ref>
==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<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascolti TV: 12 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1994/05/11/Spettacolo/ASCOLTO-TV-12-MILIONI-PER-NOTTE-TELEGATTI_170100.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=11 May 1994 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night}}</ref> * 1995: Corrado, Mara Venier * 1996: Corrado, Mara Venier<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascolti TV: 10 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1996/05/08/Spettacolo/ASCOLTI-TV-10-MILIONI-PER-I-TELEGATTI_154900.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=8 May 1996 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night}}</ref> * 1997: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci * 1998: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascolti TV: Oltre 10 Milioni Seguono Il Gala' Dei Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1998/05/06/Spettacolo/ASCOLTI-TV-OLTRE-10-MILIONI-SEGUONO-IL-GALA-DEI-TELEGATTI_130000.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=6 May 1998 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=More than 10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night}}</ref> * 1999: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascolti TV: Quasi 10 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1999/05/05/Spettacolo/ASCOLTI-TV-QUASI-10-MILIONI-PER-I-TELEGATTI_130000.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=5 May 1999 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=Almost 10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night}}</ref> * 2000: Paolo Bonolis, Raffaella Carrà<ref>{{cite web|title=9 Milioni e Mezzo di Spettatori Per Il Telegatto |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2000/05/17/Spettacolo/ASCOLTI-TV-9-MILIONI-E-MEZZO-DI-SPETTATORI-PER-IL-TELEGATTO_135700.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=17 May 2000 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=9.5 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti}}</ref> * 2001: Gerry Scotti, Maria De Filippi<ref>{{cite web|title=TV: Ascolti, Oltre 8 Milioni di Spettatori per i Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2001/05/23/Spettacolo/Televisione/TV-ASCOLTI-OLTRE-8-MILIONI-DI-SPETTATORI-PER-I-TELEGATTI_124500.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=23 May 2001 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=More than 8 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti}}</ref> * 2002: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi<ref>{{cite web|title=TV: Ascolti, Telegatti Superstar Con Piu' Del 40% Di Share |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2002/05/08/Spettacolo/Televisione/TV-ASCOLTI-TELEGATTI-SUPERSTAR-CON-PIU-DEL-40-DI-SHARE_140000.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=8 May 2002 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=TV Viewers: Telegatti Superstars with more than 40% share |author1=Adnkronos }}</ref> * 2003: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascolti, Per I Telegatti Oltre 7 Milioni di Spettatori |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2003/05/16/Spettacolo/Televisione/TV-ASCOLTI-PER-I-TELEGATTI-OLTRE-7-MILIONI-DI-SPETTATORI_122600.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=16 May 2003 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=TV Viewers: Over 7 Million for Telegatti}}</ref> * 2004: Gerry Scotti, Raffaella Carrà<ref>{{cite web|title=TV: Ascolti, 'Amanti e Segreti Batte I Telegatti |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2004/04/06/Spettacolo/Televisione/TV-ASCOLTI-AMANTI-E-SEGRETI-BATTE-I-TELEGATTI_113300.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=6 April 2004 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=Amanti e Segreti Beats the Telegatti}}</ref> * 2005: suspended * 2006: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker<ref>{{cite web|title=TV: Ascolti, Boom Per I 'Telegatti' Quasi Al 36% Di Share |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2006/01/26/Spettacolo/Televisione/TV-ASCOLTI-BOOM-PER-I-TELEGATTI-QUASI-AL-36-DI-SHARE_112332.php |website=adnkronos.com |date=26 January 2006 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |language=it |trans-title=TV: Boom for Telegatti with Almost 36% Share}}</ref> * 2007: Claudio Bisio, Vanessa Incontrada * 2008: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker
==Foreign Telegatto winners== {{div col}} * Elton John – 1973 (special Telegatto)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402">{{cite magazine |last=Umbro |first=Elisa |date=2 April 2018 |title=La storia dei Telegatti: gli ospiti e i vincitori stranieri dal 1973 al 2000 |trans-title=The history of Telegatti: guests and foreign winners from 1973 to 2000 |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/tv/la-storia-dei-telegatti-gli-ospiti-e-vincitori-stranieri-dal-1973-al-2000/ |magazine=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |language=it |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref> * Paul Newman – 1976<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Barbra Streisand – 1977<ref name="sorrisi-20180315">{{cite magazine |last=Fiorelli |first=Paolo |date=15 March 2018 |title=Un viaggio nel fantastico mondo dei Telegatti |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/tv/news-e-anticipazioni/un-viaggio-nel-fantastico-mondo-dei-telegatti/ |trans-title=A journey into the fantastic world of Telegatti |magazine=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |language=it |access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> * John Travolta – 1978 (special Telegatto)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Warren Beatty – 1979<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * Liza Minnelli – 1982 (special Telegatto)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Peter Gabriel – 1983<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * Bee Gees – 1984<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * ''Dallas'' – 1984 * Linda Gray – 1984 (portrayal of Sue Ellen Ewing in ''Dallas'')<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Larry Hagman – 1984 (portrayal of J. R. Ewing in ''Dallas'')<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * ''Dallas'' – 1985 * ''Dynasty'' – 1985 * ''Quo Vadis?'' – 1985 * ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' – 1985 * ''V – Visitors'' – 1985 (union of ''V'' and ''V The Final Battle'') * ''Dallas'' – 1986 * ''V – Visitors'' – 1986 * Joan Collins for ''Dynasty'' – 1986<ref>{{cite web |title= Joan Collins vince il Telegatto 1986 per Dynasty | trans-title=Joan Collins wins the 1986 Telegatto for Dynasty |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/joan-collins-vince-il-telegatto-1986-per-dynasty_FD00000000072797 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=21 February 2019}}</ref> * Paul McCartney – 1986<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * ''Dallas'' – 1987 * ''North and South'' – 1987 * Mick Jagger – 1987<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * Stevie Wonder – 1987<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * ''Capitol'' – 1987 (special award) * ''Dynasty'' – 1988 * ''Guiding Light'' – 1988 * ''Dynasty'' – 1989 * ''Fame'' – 1989 (special award) * ''Happy Days'' – 1989 (special award)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * ''Loving'' – 1989 (special award) * Tina Turner – 1989<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * ''The Young and the Restless'' – 1990 (special award) * Eddie Asner for ''Lou Grant'' – 1990 * Sylvester Stallone – 1990<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1991 * ''Twin Peaks'' – 1991 * Robert De Niro – 1991<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Robert Mitchum – 1991 (Lifetime Achievement Award)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Mitchum vince il Telegatto alla carriera nel 1991 | trans-title=Robert Mitchum wins the Telegatto for Lifetime Achievement in 1991 |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/robert-mitchum-vince-il-telegatto-alla-carriera-nel-1991_FD00000000301606 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=5 July 2021}}</ref> * ''MacGyver'' – 1992 * ''Miami Vice'' – 1992 * Madonna – 1992<ref name="sorrisi-20180315" /> * Arnold Schwarzenegger – 1992 (Foreign cinema on TV)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1993 * ''Perry Mason'' – 1993 * Michael Douglas – 1993 (Foreign cinema on TV)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Dustin Hoffman – 1993 (Cinema on TV)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1994 * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1994 * ''Columbo'' – 1994 * ''Magnum, P.I.'' – 1994 * ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' – 1995<ref>{{cite web |title= Luke Perry ritira il Telegatto 1995 per Beverly Hills | trans-title=Luke Perry Collects 1995 Telegatto for Beverly Hills |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/luke-perry-ritira-il-telegatto-1995-per-beverly-hills_FD00000000074400 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=4 March 2019}}</ref> * Kirk Douglas – 1995 (Platinum Award in the "Cult TV" category)<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Steven Seagal – 1995 (Special award for Cinema on TV)<ref>{{cite web |title=Steven Seagal awarded with Telegatto by Mara Venier |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-actor-and-martial-arts-champion-steven-seagal-news-photo/1157938902 |website=Getty Images |date=29 May 2019 |publication-date=24 June 2019 |quote=Special Award for Cinema on TV...May 9th, 1995}}</ref> * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1996 * ''Dallas'' – 1996 * ''The X-Files'' – 1996<ref>{{cite web |title= X Files vince il Telegatto, lo ritira Gillian Anderson |trans-title=X Files wins the Telegatto, Gillian Anderson collects it |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/x-files-vince-il-telegatto-lo-ritira-gillian-anderson_FD00000000076638 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=20 March 2019 |quote=1996, il premio è come il miglior telefilm |trans-quote=1996, the award is like the best TV series}}</ref> * Tony Curtis – 1996 (Platinum Award) * Joe Pesci – 1996 (Platinum Award)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Pesci ritira il Telegatto nel 1996 |trans-title=Joe Pesci collects the Telegatto in 1996 |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/joe-pesci-ritira-il-telegatto-nel-1996_FD00000000112373 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=27 November 2019}}</ref> * ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – 1997 (Soap opera)<ref name="unita19970505" /> * ''ER'' – 1997 (Foreign TV series)<ref name="unita19970505" /> * Johnny Depp – 1997 (Foreign cinema on TV)<ref name="unita19970505">{{cite news |last=Oppo |first=Maria Novella |title=Telegatti senza sorprese, vince sempre lo show |trans-title=Telegatti without surprises, the show always wins |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1997/05/06/page_008.pdf |work=L'Unità |at=Archivio storico digitale (1946-2014) |department=Gli Spettacoli |language=it |date=5 May 1997 |access-date=14 January 2025 |quote=tra i premiati (per il cinema straniero in tv) il bellissimo Johnny Depp |trans-quote=among the award winners (for foreign cinema on TV) the beautiful Johnny Depp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Depp vince il Telegatto 1997 |trans-title=Johnny Depp wins the 1997 Telegatto |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/johnny-depp-vince-il-telegatto-1997_FD00000000076642 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=20 March 2019}}</ref> * Eli Wallach – 1997 (Platinum Award)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonardo Pieraccioni consegna il telegatto a Eli Wallach nel 1997 |trans-title=Leonardo Pieraccioni delivers the telegatto to Eli Wallach in 1997 |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/leonardo-pieraccioni-consegna-il-telegatto-a-eli-wallach-nel-1997_FD00000000127110 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=28 January 2020}}</ref> * ''Murder, She Wrote'' – 1999<ref>{{cite web |title= Angela Lansbury ritira il Telegatto nel 1999 per La Signora in giallo |trans-title=Angela Lansbury collects the Telegatto in 1999 for Murder, She Wrote |url=https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/playcult/angela-lansbury-ritira-il-telegatto-nel-1999-per-la-signora-in-giallo_FD00000000076645 |website=Mediaset Infinity |language=it |date=4 March 2019}}</ref> * ''The Simpsons'' – 2000 * James Coburn – 2000 * George Clooney – 2000<ref name="sorrisi-20180402" /> * Elizabeth Taylor – 2001 (Lifetime Achievement Award)<ref>{{cite news |title=Elizabeth Taylor |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/image-gallery/c00093991bfd7bc475aeb1aa6e445db5 |work=The Australian |access-date=14 January 2025 |quote=at the Telegatti television awards, in Milan, Italy. She received the popularly-voted prize in 2001.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=2001 Telegatti |url=https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/conc/00219/2001/premi/telegatti.html |website=cinemaitaliano.info |language=it |access-date=14 January 2025 |quote=Premio 'Telegatto' alla Carriera: |trans-quote="Telegatto" Lifetime Achievement Award}}</ref> * Robert Wagner for ''Hart to Hart'' – 2001 (Cult TV award)<ref>{{cite news |title=Telegatto choc |trans-title=Telegatto shock |url=https://www.film.it/news/film/dettaglio/art/telegatto-choc-16710/ |work=Film.it |language=it |access-date=15 January 2025 |quote=Premi speciali di questa serata per...Liz Taylor, Robert Wagner (per il telefilm cult Cuore e batticuore) |trans-quote=Special awards this evening for...Liz Taylor, Robert Wagner (for the cult TV series ''Hart to Hart'')}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Robert Wagner |url=https://www.notiziecinema.it/attori/robert-wagner |website=notiziecinema.it |language=it |access-date=15 January 2025 |quote=Telegatto Vinti: Premio Cult TV, (2001) |trans-quote=Telegatto Won: Cult TV Award, (2001)}}</ref> * Sean Connery – 2002 (Special award Cinema on TV)<ref name="imdb2002">{{cite web| title=Telegatto, Italy (2002) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001203/2002/1/ |website=IMDB |access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> * Peter O'Toole – 2002 (Special award Cult TV)<ref name="imdb2002" /> * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' – 2003 * Ernest Borgnine – 2003 * Susan Sarandon – 2003 {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Italian television awards