Giucas Casella
Giucas Casella | |
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| Born | Giuseppe Casella 15 November 1949 Termini Imerese, Italy |
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Giucas Casella (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːkas kaˈsɛlla];[1] born Giuseppe Casella on 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Termini Imerese, Palermo, he started his career at 17 years old, performing in a disco in Alassio.[2] 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.[2] He is best known for his experiments of hypnotism to people and animals.[2][3]
In 2004, Casella participated to the Rai 1 reality show Il ristorante, ranking fourth,[4] and in 2008 he was a contestant in L'Isola dei famosi (the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor), retiring for health problems.[5] In 2018 he was once again a contestant in L'Isola dei famosi, retiring once again for health problems.[6] 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
[edit]Giucas Casella lives with actress Valeria Perilli and has a son from another relationship. He considers himself Catholic.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "casella". DOP (in Italian). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Grasso, Aldo, ed. (1996). Enciclopedia della televisione (in Italian). Milan: Garzanti. pp. 121–122. ISBN 88-11-50466-X.
- ^ "Attenti è difficile cadere in trance". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 February 1995. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Rosi manda tutti ko il re del Ristorante è lui". La Repubblica (in Italian). 9 February 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Il trionfo dell' Isola dei famosi 'Abbiamo vinto la Champions'". La Repubblica (in Italian). 25 November 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Giucas Casella ritirato" (in Italian). Mediaset. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (17 February 2024). "Dicevano: 'Sei posseduto dal demonio', invece Dio è sempre stato al mio fianco". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 6. pp. 78–81.
