Amedeo Umberto Rita Sebastiani (born 4 September 1962), known professionally as Amadeus (pronounced [amaˈdɛus]), is an Italian television and radio presenter.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (February 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,072 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Amadeus (conduttore televisivo)]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|it|Amadeus (conduttore televisivo)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Quick Facts Born, Occupations ...

Amadeus
Amadeus in 2023
Born	Amedeo Umberto Rita Sebastiani 4 September 1962 (1962-09-04) (age 61) Ravenna, Italy
Occupations	Television presenter radio presenter disc jockey
Employer(s)	Mediaset (2006–2008) RAI (2009–2024)
Spouses	Marisa Di Martino ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2007)​ Giovanna Civitillo ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2

Close

Born in Ravenna to Sicilian parents, Sebastiani grew up in Verona.^[1][2] He started his career in 1979 as a deejay for a small radio station in Verona.^[2]

In 1982, Sebastiani adopted the stage name "Amadeus" and started working for Radio DeeJay; he made his television debut in 1988, appearing in the Radio DeeJay spin-off DeeJay Television on Italia 1.^[2][3]

During his career, Amadeus hosted several high-profile programmes, both for RAI and Mediaset, including Domenica in, five editions of Festivalbar, four seasons of L'eredità, the Sanremo Music Festival (2020 to 2024), L'anno che verrà, and several early evening quiz shows.^[1][2][3]