The TV presenter everyone remembers for Sarabanda, the famous music quiz that depopulated Italia 1 in the 1990s, shared a surprising background that pertains precisely to that period. Here’s what it is.
In the 1990’s the music quiz was hugely popular among the most famous and watched television quizzes of the Sarabanda period and Enrico Papi was one of the main faces of Mediaset and certainly one of the best presenters of his generation.
Certainly his panache and sparkling likeability were the qualities that endeared him to the public of the time, and his leadership of Sarabanda is remembered by everyone, not to mention the rivals who have become iconic.
In short, Sarabanda and its host are a TV cult and after the making of this show Enrico Papi was one of the most present conductors in the network.
Other programs we saw running it were other Mediaset cults Newcomers and Meteors, The Game of 9, Blessed Among Women, Distraction, The Wheel of Fortune, Take it or leave it, Transformat.
The background we didn’t expect
After Mediaset, Enrico Papi had an experience at TV 8, which is why we haven’t seen him at Mediaset, at least in the last few years. Recently, however, he “came home” to lead kidding aside other successful program e big show.
But if Sarabanda was a very successful show and everyone still remembers it today, why was it taken off the schedule and all you can find today is clips on the web or in some replicas fished out of the showcases? Mentioning the reasons is Enrico Papi, who reveals an unexpected background.
“No. It didn’t close because of a drop in ratings. It was fine, it was a very successful program. It closed for other reasons, which I don’t want to say here. Who knows, knows. It doesn’t seem the time for To be controversy Let’s assume that the drop in ratings was caused by decisions made in the program.
Undoubtedly, the words of the popes are very sharp and portend uncomfortable decisions to be made on the upper floors. Enrico Papi has not revealed the names of the executives who intervened in the program, which has caused the ratings to drop, but certainly there are managers at the top of Mediaset.
Enrico Papi therefore bears no responsibility for the end of Sarabanda, a musical quiz that everyone still remembers with great affection. And when it went back on the air, it was sure to please everyone, because its Sarabanda program, with its music quizzes and the characters competing each time, was one of the most iconic things on television at the time.
Today Enrico Papi He’s still working on television, but it’s certainly been a long time since you’ve seen any shows like Sarabanda and that’s certainly a shame for the Mediaset schedule.