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Giuseppe Raimondo Vittorio " Pippo" Baudo (7 June 1936 – 16 August 2025) was an Italian television presenter. One of the most notable in his native country, he had a career spanning six decades, which included 13 editions of the Sanremo Music Festivalthe highest number for a single presenter.
Baudo was often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Goof). Baudo was also the artistic director and president of the Teatro Stabile di Catania from 2000 to 2007.
In 1968, Baudo hosted the Sanremo Music Festival for the first time; he eventually hosted the festival 13 times, the last one in 2008, also serving as artistic director in numerous editions. On the opening night of the Sanremo Music Festival 1995, shortly after the beginning of the show a man, Pino Pagano, climbed onto of the gallery of the Teatro Ariston threatening to commit suicide by jumping; he was persuaded to step back by Baudo himself amid the applause of the audience. He also hosted two editions of Canzonissima, six editions of Un disco per l'estate, as well as numerous editions of Domenica in and Fantastico.
Beyond his main activity as a television presenter, Baudo served as artistic director of the Teatro Stabile di Catania from 1989 al 1997, and as its president from 2000 to 2007. He was also a songwriter; among his best known compositions were Nino Ferrer's "Donna Rosa", Gianni Morandi's "Una domenica così", Nino Manfredi's "W le donne", and Sacha Distel's "La quadriglia".Mollica, Vincenzo (1990). "Baudo, Pippo". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. p. 132.
Baudo died at the Campus Bio-Medico in Rome on 16 August 2025, at the age of 89. His funeral was held in his Sicilian hometown of Militello on 20 August, overseen by the Bishop of Caltagirone.
| 1968 | Zum zum zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa | Himself | Cameo appearance |
| 1969 | Zum zum zum n° 2 | ||
| Il suo nome è Donna Rosa | Duke Pippo | ||
| 1970 | W le donne | Colonel Bertoluzzi | |
| 1980 | Delitto in via Telauda | Himself | Television film |
| 1981 | L'esercito più pazzo del mondo | Cameo appearance | |
| 1982 | Casa Cecilia | The presenter | Episode: "Un genio in famiglia" |
| 1983 | Himself | Cameo appearance | |
| 1985 | I Am an ESP | ||
| 1990 | I promessi sposi | Pennellone | TV series; main role |
| 1993 | Himself | Cameo appearance | |
| 2004 | Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio | Documentary film | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | All at Sea | Cameo appearance |
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