Benjamin Castaldi (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ kastaldi]; born 28 March 1970) is a French television host, columnist, radio host and producer. He is the previous host of Secret Story, a spinoff of Loft Story, which he additionally hosted.

Biography
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Family
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Benjamin Castaldi was born into a family of artists, being the son of actress and writer Catherine Allégret and actor Jean-Pierre Castaldi. He has a maternal half-sister, Clémentine Vaudaux and two paternal half-siblings, Giovanni and Paola. He grew up surrounded by his grandmother, actress Simone Signoret, his grandfather, director Yves Allégret, and the adoptive father of his mom, actor and singer Yves Montand. He is of Italian, Polish-Jewish, and Hungarian-Jewish descent.

Research and professional debut
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In the late 1980s, Castaldi, who then aspired to become a businessman, started research in economics at Sorbonne College. Castaldi then turned director of the corporate, which ended up filing bankruptcy. In the meantime, in 1992, he participated as an “nameless” candidate in the game Que le meilleur gagne offered by Nagui on La Cinq. After this failed, in 1993, he returned to Paris. He then applied for a place in a home meal delivery company, the place he was finally hired as a salesperson. Wishing to attempt his luck as a music producer, he moved to the United States where he tried to relaunch the profession of singer Esther Galil.

Private life
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Castaldi married on 22 September 1993 in Saint-Mandé to Valérie Sapienza, the mother of his sons Julien (born 18 September 1996) and Simon (born 20 April 2000). They divorced in 2001. On 21 September 2002, he married the television and radio host Flavie Flament who he met in December 2000 on the show Les P’tits Princes (on TF1). Castaldi has a son together with her, Enzo (born eight February 2004). They separated in December 2006 before divorcing in July 2008. On 24 November 2011, he married journalist and television host Vanessa Broussouloux in Copenhagen, Denmark. They divorced in Could 2016 and on 27 August of the identical year he married an interview director of the corporate Endemol, Aurore Aleman, met in 2015.

His eldest son Julien joined The Mad Magazine on NRJ12 as a columnist in 2017.

On 22 November 2017, he revealed on the plateau of Touche pas à mon poste ! having had a 3-day affair with the French journalist Annie Lemoine.

Motorbike accident
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On 23 June 2012, Castaldi was involved in a motorcycle accident where he suffered a collarbone fracture and two damaged ribs. [1] On the time, he was internet hosting the French reality collection Secret Story which led to the choice that television presenter Nikos Aliagas hosted the present whereas everybody waited for Castaldi’s return. The Voice of Secret Story took over the internet hosting of the present. [1] Castaldi returned on air on 2 July, however normality was soon interrupted. [1] He left the hospital the next day. It turned out that he had six damaged ribs, and his collarbone had not healed properly, he was operated with urgency.

Monetary points
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In 2012, Castaldi discovered that he was ruined and claimed to be a victim of an actual estate scam of the financial consulting company Apollonia. In 2017 he stated he could not purchase Christmas presents or do enjoyable actions with his kids anymore.

In December 2014, he publicly declared himself a victim of a scam that involved a notary, a promoter and a financial institution. He claimed six million euros in court docket for compensation of damages he suffered.

Career
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1994-1997: Studio Gabriel with Michel Drucker / France 2

1997-1998: L’Étoffe des ados / La Cinquième

1997-1998: Drucker’N Co / France 2

1998: Le rendez-vous / La Cinquième

1998: Fous d’humour / France 2

1998-1999: Vivement dimanche with Michel Drucker / France 2

1999: Célébrités / TF1 with Carole Rousseau and Stéphane Bern

2000: Les P’tits Princes / TF1 with Carole Rousseau, Sophie Thalmann, Billy [fr], Frédéric Joly and Flavie Flament

2001-2002: Loft Story (seasons 1-2) / M6

2002: Popstars, spéciale L5 / M6

2002-2003: QI, Le Grand Take a look at (editions 1 – 2) / M6 with Mac Lesggy

2002-2003: Absolument 80, Absolument 70, Absolument Été / M6

2002: Mémoire, Le Grand Test / M6 with Mac Lesggy

2003-2006: Nouvelle Star (seasons 1-4) / M6

2003: Tous les oppose / M6

2003: Culture générale, Le Grand Test / M6 : with Mac Lesggy

2004: Permis de conduire, Le Grand Test / M6 with Mac Lesggy

2004: Le Pensionnat de Chavagnes : Ils disent tout ! / M6 with Mac Lesggy

2005: Totale Impro / M6

2006: Johnny Hallyday, Flashback Tour 2006 in Bercy / TF1

2006: Les 40 couples stars qui ont marqué les Français / TF1 with Flavie Flament

2006-2007: Langues de VIP / TF1

2007-2008: 1 contre 100 /TF1

2007: Les 30 destins de stars les plus incroyables / TF1

2007: Les Rois du Système D / TF1 – with Églantine Éméyé

2007: Incroyables Destins / TF1

2007-2014: Secret Story (seasons 1-8) / TF1

2007-2011: Le Grand Quiz du cerveau (editions 1-5) / TF1 with Carole Rousseau

2007-2008: Le Grand Music Quiz (editions 1-2) / TF1

2008: 9e cérémonie des NRJ Music Awards / TF1

2008: Qui peut battre Benjamin Castaldi ? / TF1 – with Carole Rousseau and Denis Brogniart

2009: Mes mother and father vont t’adorer / NRJ 12

2010: La Ferme Célébrités en Afrique / TF1 – with Jean-Pierre Foucault

2010: Qui peut battre Philippe Lucas ? / TF1

2010: Les Stars se dépassent pour Ela / TF1

2011: La vie de Vynzkozy / NRJ 12

2012: La Roue de la fortune / TF1 with Valérie Bègue

2012: You may Dance / NT1

2014: Tahiti Quest / Gulli

2014: The Winner Is / TF1

2015: Nouvelle Star / D8

2015: L’Académie des neuf / NRJ 12

2015: Super Million Query / NRJ 12

2016: Equidia Life Academy / Equidia Life

2016-current: Touche pas à mon poste ! / C8

2016: Hold Up / C8

2016: Huge Buzz Quiz / C8

2017: TPMP ! Castaldi vs. Delormeau : qui sera le meilleur animateur ? / C8

2017: TPMP ! Les paris sont lancés / C8

2017: Cash Island / C8

2017: TPMP, le jeu : C’est que de l’amour ! / C8

2017: Paris à nous les Jeux ! Le grand concert / C8 : with Hervé Mathoux and Marie Portolano

2017: Household Battle / C8

2017: La Magie selon Guényanimée par Maxime Guény / C8

2018: La Télé même l’été ! / C8

2018: TPMP ! Ouvert à tous / C8

2018: TPMP refait la semaine / C8

2018: TPMP fait son bêtisier ! / C8 with Kelly Vedovelli

2019: TPMP : les 10 plus gros clashs à la télé / C8

2019: TPMP : les 20 émissions préférées des Français / C8

^ a b c “«Secret story» : une clavicule et deux côtes cassées pour Castaldi”. Le Parisien (in French). 24 June 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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