Striscia la notizia
Striscia la notizia is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Founded in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but Striscia also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is directed and produced by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians. Usually Ezio Greggio is assisted by another comedian for the winter season, after which there is a change of guard with the two comedians Ficarra & Picone.
The name of the show literally translates in English as "the news slither". The polysemic term striscia refers to a cartoon strip while its conjugation strisciare is a verb which means "to crawl" or "to slither", thus allegorically referring to a worm or snake which slithers and bores underground digging holes and exposing "cheats".
The Gabibbo
The Gabibbo, an Italian cultural icon, acts as the mascot and is the soul of the show. Gabibbo is a caricature of an Italian layman, a low-income worker who lives near the docks of Genoa. Always loud, braggart but pungent in his naive but straightforward ways, he butts in everywhere he sees new friends to chat to with a childlike enthusiasm always running after the veline, the show's two dancing showgirls. He is, in some ways, like the Cockney type often seen in British comedies.The ''veline''
The term velina is a figurative term in Italian journalism which refers to government-issued propagated news. It is a parody of the news industry during the Fascist era under the Mussolini where the government controlled and heavily censored all news reports and papers.Within Striscia, the veline are two young women in their early twenties who come on stage to hand the "news anchors" their news and perform short dances called stacchetti, always finishing up on the news anchors' desk.
The names of the veline for each season of Striscia are announced after a long beauty pageant during the summer. The program is called Veline. A similar program, "Velone", is a contest for women in their 60s. As in "Veline," the women dance and perform in brief sketches.
The word velina has become a synonym for television presenters's assistant. In 2012 also velinismo became an entry in the Zingarelli dictionary.
The ''veline''
The Reporters
- Max Laudadio - North-West
- Moreno Morello - North-East
- Chiara Squaglia - :it:Toscana|Toscana
- Jimmy Ghione - :it:Lazio|Lazio, animals
- Alessio Giannone - :it:Abruzzo|Abruzzo, :it:Molise|Molise, :it:Puglia|Puglia e :it:Basilicata|Basilicata
- Luca Abete - :it:Campania|Campania
- Erica Cunsolo - :it:Calabria|Calabria
- Stefania Petyx and the :it:Bassotto|bassotto - :it:Sicilia|Sicilia
- Gabibbo - waste and injustice
- Valerio Staffelli - Tapiro d'Oro, injustices and scams
- Vittorio Brumotti - buildings never completed or never entered into operation, contrast to drug dealing and to those who occupy parking spaces reserved for the disabled
- Cristiano Militello - Reports Striscia lo striscione e Striscia il cartellone
- Antonio Casanova - waste and injustice
- Cristina Gabetti - Report Occhio al futuro - 17 globla goals
- Luca Galtieri
- Philippe Daverio - Report MUAGG-IThe free museum
- Fabrizio Fontana
- Davide Rampello - Report Paesi, paesaggi...
- Luca Sardella - Report Speranza verde
- Rajae Bezzaz - immigration and integration
- Riccardo Trombetta - injustices and scams
- Roberto Lipari
- Paolo Marchi - Report Capolavori italiani in cucina
- Marco Camisani Calzolari - digital culture
The ''Tapiro d'Oro''
Subtitles
Each edition of Strip uses a subtitle always different, which reads the voice of-enza.| Year | Edition | Subheading |
| 1988/1989 | 1ª | Giornale Radio |
| 1989/1990 | 2ª | La voce dell'innocenza |
| 1990/1991 | 3ª | La voce dell'incoscienza |
| 1991/1992 | 4ª | La voce dell'impotenza |
| 1992/1993 | 5ª | La voce dell'incontinenza |
| 1993/1994 | 6ª | La voce dell'intenza |
| 1994/1995 | 7ª | La voce dell'insistenza |
| 1995/1996 | 8ª | La voce dell'impenitenza |
| 1996/1997 | 9a | La voce dell'incandescenza |
| 1997/1998 | 10ª | La voce dell'insorgenza |
| 1998/1999 | 11ª | La voce dell'inavvertenza |
| 1999/2000 | 12ª | La voce dell'interferenza |
| 2000/2001 | 13ª | La voce dell'imprudenza |
| 2001/2002 | 14ª | La voce dell'insolenza |
| 2002/2003 | 15ª | La voce della differenza |
| 2003/2004 | 16ª | La voce della renitenza |
| 2004/2005 | 17ª | La voce dell'indipendenza |
| 2005/2006 | 18ª | La voce della divergenza |
| 2006/2007 | 19ª | La voce della turbolenza |
| 2007/2008 | 20ª | La voce della persistenza |
| 2008/2009 | 21ª | La voce della supplenza |
| 2009/2010 | 22ª | La voce dell'influenza |
| 2010/2011 | 23ª | La voce dell'improvvidenza |
| 2011/2012 | 24ª | La voce della contingenza |
| 2012/2013 | 25ª | La voce dell'insolvenza |
| 2013/2014 | 26ª | La voce dell'irruenza |
| 2014/2015 | 27ª | La voce dell'indecenza |
| 2015/2016 | 28ª | La voce dell'invadenza |
| 2016-2017 | 29ª | La voce dell'impudenza |
Listen since 2008
| Editions | Year | Bets | Media plays |
| 21° | 2008–2009 | 221 | 9.315.000 – 34.30% |
| 22° | 2009–2010 | 221 | 7.530.000 – 27.85% |
| 23° | 2010–2011 | 222 | 6.246.000 – 23.49% |
| 24° | 2011–2012 | 223 | 5.928.000 – 20.99% |
| 25° | 2012–2013 | 227 | 5.613.000 – 19.88% |
| 26º | 2013–2014 | 220 | 5.009.000 - 18.29% |
| 27° | 2014-2015 | 221 | 5.353.000 - 19.48% |
Awards and recognition
- Telegatto Best transmission of TV satire – 1990,1991,1995,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003
- Telegatto Transmission of the year – 1999,2000,2001
- Telegatto Platinum Anniversary Special – 2008
- Telegatto Best program ever – 2006,2007,2008
- Royal Television Award Category Top Ten – 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013
- Royal Television Award Oscar diamond – 2008
- Guinness World Records longest running satire television program – 2011
- Celebrity Games Winner – 2012