Viva Radio 2
# Viva Radio 2

Viva Radio 2 was an Italian radio program aired from 2001 to 2008 on Rai Radio 2.

## Content

The show was based on Fiorello's imitations, who is an acclaimed TV star. It is co-hosted with DJ Marco Baldini and music director Enrico Cremonesi. The show was written by Rosario Fiorello, Marco Baldini, Riccardo Cassini, Alberto Di Risio, Francesco Bozzi, and Federico Taddia.

## Partial list of imitated characters

* Roberto Alagna
* Kimi Räikkönen
* prince Albert of Monaco
* Francesco Amadori
* Franco Battiato
* Silvio Berlusconi (always called Cologno's forgetful)
* Tony Blair, English prime minister
* Mike Bongiorno
* Carla Bruni
* Franco Califano
* Andrea Camilleri, author
* Marco Carta
* Antonio Cassano
* Vincent Cassel
* Roberto Cavalli
* Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, former president
* Giuseppe Ciarrapico
* Riccardo Cocciante
* Maurizio Costanzo, TV host
* Pino Daniele, singer
* Umberto Eco, novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician and university professor
* Erdoğan, Turkish Prime minister at the time
* Father Georg Gänswein
* Francesco Guccini, singer
* Kim Jong-il
* Ignazio La Russa, former defence minister
* Carlo Lucarelli
* Don Antonio Mazzi
* fictional lawyer Messina (a parody of Carlo Taormina)
* Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo
* Gianni Minà, journalist
* Federico Moccia, author
* Gianni Morandi, singer
* Massimo Moratti, former owner of FC Internazionale
* Nanni Moretti
* Silvio Muccino
* Giorgio Napolitano, former president
* Nicoletta Orsomando, TV announcer
* Barbara Palombelli
* Romano Prodi, former prime minister
* Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation president
* Quasimodo of Notre Dame
* Vasco Rossi, singer
* Tony Sperandeo
* Oliviero Toscani
* director and host of a fictional calabrese Television who emulate RAI TV programs
* Bruno Vespa, TV host
* Martano Volpi
* Henry John Woodcock, former prosecutor of Potenza

## Viva Radio 2 on TV

Viva Radio 2 was aired on TV on Rai Uno beginning in December 2006, and was broadcast every evening on Rai Uno in weekday access prime time from 21 January 2008 to 2 February 2008 under the name Viva Radio 2... minuti.

