L'isola dei famosi 16 is the sixteenth season of the reality television L'isola dei famosi and the Italian version of the reality show franchise Survivor, aired in prime time on Canale 5 from 21 March to 27 June 2022. It was the seventh consecutive edition broadcast by Mediaset, hosted by Ilary Blasi for the second consecutive year, supported in the studio by commentators Nicola Savino and Vladimir Luxuria, and with the participation of the correspondent Alvin. It lasted 99 days, had 32 castaways and 25 episodes and was held in Cayos Cochinos (Honduras). The motto of this edition was L'isola dei famosi 2022: Tutto può cambiare!.
The stories of the castaways were broadcast by Canale 5 in prime time with a double weekly appointment (Mondays and Thursdays up to the eighth episode, followed by the ninth to the twentieth episode on Mondays and Fridays and finally from the twenty-first to the twenty-fifth episode only on Mondays), while the transmission of the daily strips in the day-time was entrusted to Canale 5 and Italia 1 from Monday to Friday. Furthermore, the day-time was broadcast on La5 and Mediaset Extra with the addition of unpublished material with the title of L'isola dei famosi . Extended Edition, the duration of which is 185 minutes.
The edition was won by Nicolas Vaporidis, who was awarded the prize pool of €100,000.
Contestants The age of the contestants refers to the time of landing on the island.
ContestantAgeProfessionBirthplaceDay enteredDay exitedStatusNicolas Vaporidis40Actor, film producer, restaurateurRome199Luca Daffrè26Model, former swimmer, TV personalityTrento5799Carmen Di Pietro56Actress, showgirl, radio host, former modelPotenza199Mercédesz Henger30Actress, TV personalityGyőr, Hungary4799Maria Laura De Vitis24Model, influencer, TV personalityReggio Emilia4799Nick Luciani51Singer, member of the musical group I Cugini di CampagnaRome1599Pamela Petrarolo45Singer, choreographer, TV presenterRome5792Estefanía Bernal26Model, TV personalityBuenos Aires, Argentina192Edoardo Tavassi37Voice actor, video maker, TV personalityVenice1192Gennaro Auletto22ModelNaples5785Marco Cucolo30Model, video maker, TV personalityNaples181Lory Del Santo63Actress, record, TV personalityPovegliano Veronese178Roger Balduino29ModelErechim, Brazil174Marco Maccarini45Radio host, TV presenterTurin5771Fabrizia Santarelli29Model, lawyer, TV personalityBari4768Licia Nunez44ActressBarletta2264Franco "Blind" Rujan22RapperPerugia464Guendalina Tavassi36Influencer, TV personalityRome1164Alessandro Iannoni20University studentRome164Clemente Russo39Boxer, TV personalityCaserta157Laura Maddaloni41Judoka athleteNaples154Ilona Staller70Singer, former pornographic actress, former radio hostBudapest, Hungary143Marco Senise58TV presenterRome2240Gustavo Rodríguez62Former pastor of the Anglican Church in ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Argentina133Jeremias Rodríguez33Influencer, TV personalityBuenos Aires, Argentina129Floriana Secondi44TV personalityRome125Jovana Djordjevic30ModelNovi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia125Roberta Morise36Singer, model, TV presenterCariati418Silvano Michetti75Drummer, founder of the musical group I Cugini di CampagnaRome1517Marco Melandri39Motorcycle riderRavenna115Patrizia Bonetti27Influencer, model, TV personalityHavana, Cuba411Antonio Zequila58Actor, TV personalityAtrani111
Guests in Honduras NameAgeProfessionBirthplaceDurationBeatriz Marino30Model, influencerRio de Janeiro, BrazilDay 40 - 47Federico Perna35Catering managerRomeDay 47Greta Tigani22Nail designerPerugiaDay 61Cloè D'Arcangelo26ModelMilanDay 68Vanessa Perna50SingerRomeDay 85Alessandro Iannoni20University studentRomeDay 99Maurizio Daffrè70RetiredTrentoDay 99Rossana De Vitis50TV personalityReggio EmiliaDay 99
Guest stars NameAgeProfessionBirthplaceDurationSoleil Sorge27Influencer, model, TV personalityLos Angeles, California, United StatesDay 78Vera Gemma51Actress, TV personalityRomeDay 78
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