Giucas Casella
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Giucas Casella (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːkas kaˈsɛlla];[1] born Giuseppe Casella on 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Termini Imerese, Palermo, he started his career at 17 years old, performing in a disco in Alassio.[2] After about 10 years of shows in European casinos, the presenter Pippo Baudo, who had noticed him during an exhibition in an Antenna Sicilia TV-show, launched his career casting him in the 1980 edition of the popular show Domenica in.[2] He is best known for his experiments of hypnotism to people and animals.[2][3]
In 2004, Casella participated to the Rai 1 reality show Il ristorante, ranking fourth,[4] and in 2008 he was a contestant in L'Isola dei famosi (the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor), retiring for health problems.[5] In 2018 he was once again a contestant in L'Isola dei famosi, retiring once again for health problems.[6] In 2021 he competed on the sixth season of Grande Fratello VIP (the Italian version of Celebrity Big Brother) getting evicted on Day 183, finishing in the 6th position.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Giucas Casella lives with actress Valeria Perilli and has a son from another relationship. He considers himself Catholic.[7]
References
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External links
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- Giucas Casella at IMDb
- Giucas Casella at Discogs
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