Back tonight on Rai 2 Beaststhe program created and hosted by Francesca Fagnani which in recent years has established itself as one of the most recognizable events on Italian television. Face-to-face interviews, direct questions, sometimes sharp tones but also capable of opening more intimate spaces. The new season starts again with three very different guests: Amanda Learan artist who has always been outside the box; Micaela Ramazzottiactress capable of alternating lightness and wounds; Zeudi Di Palmaa young face on TV and social media, who first rose to fame with Miss Italy and then with the Big Brother.
The formula is known. The guests are placed in an uncomfortable yet revealing positioncalled to tell their stories without the protection of the character built for television. Also for this reason the choice of the first episode appears to have been carefully studied. Lear, Ramazzotti and Di Palma do not belong to the same world, but they share a trait: all three, in different ways, they have transformed their public image into a terrain of curiosity, exposure and judgement.
Amanda Lear
The most anticipated presence of the evening is probably that of Amanda Lear, an artist who has crossed music, television and art for decades without ever really allowing herself to be pigeonholed.
Singer, actress, painter and former model, she has built an international career that started from the world of fashion and then developed between music and television, becoming a very well-known face in Italy too. Its origins between Vietnam, France and England help to define a cosmopolitan profile that has fueled over time that aura of mystery and ambiguity that has always accompanied it. More than a simple character, Lear embodies an idea of celebrity built on irony and the freedom of never being completely decipherable. In tonight’s episode, according to previews, the confrontation with Francesca Fagnani will also touch on more personal aspects: from the ties with Salvador Dalí and David Bowie to the painful memory of her husband Alain Philippe, who died in a fire. An interview that promises to be among the most intense and surprising of the evening.
Micaela Ramazzotti
Among the guests of the evening there will also be Micaela Ramazzotti, one of the most recognizable interpreters of Italian cinema in recent years.
Born in Rome in 1979, she established herself on the big screen after very young debuts, until her consecration with The first beautiful thing by Paolo Virzì, which earned her the David di Donatello as best leading actress, as well as several Silver Ribbons over the course of her career. In recent years he has added a new step to his career with his directorial debut Happinessawarded at the Nastri d’Argento 2024 also for his performance. However, he will bring to Belve above all the more personal side of his recent history: she will also face the end of her marriage to Paolo Virzì, alternating irony and more painful moments. His presence is thus placed in that typical border of the program, where the story of his career is intertwined with that of fragilities and private experiences.
Zeudi Di Palma
Completing the trio of the inaugural episode is Zeudi Di Palma, the youngest face of the evening and the one who best describes a new form of celebrity, born between competitions, television and digital visibility.
Neapolitan model, she became known to the general public with her victory at Miss Italia 2021, achieved after reaching the final with the title of Miss Napoli. His election was also read as a sign of redemption for Scampia, the neighborhood in which she grew up. His notoriety then expanded with his participation in the Big Brotherwhich made her known to an even wider and younger audience. In her Beasts intercepts a type of character that is increasingly central to today’s television: figures that are born in the popular imagination, establish themselves in the media and social networks and come to the talk to talk about themselves beyond the constructed image.
The first episode, therefore, does not bring together three guests just to add different notorieties. Rather, it constructs a small story in three chapters: with Amanda Lear the charm of a life outside the box; with Micaela Ramazzotti the weight of an intertwining personal and artistic history; with Zeudi Di Palma the language of a generation that grew up under the continuous gaze of the media.
The first episode of the new season of Belve airs this evening, Tuesday 7 April, in prime time at 9.20pm on Rai 2. The program is also available in live streaming and on demand on RaiPlay.
