Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-born Italian social media personality who is the world’s most followed content creator on TikTok, has joined “Italia’s Got Talent” as a juror.
Lame is a former factory worker in Italy who after being laid off from his job in March 2020 launched a TikTok channel in which he performed absurdly comic skits that went wildly viral.
The TikTok star whose comedy bits started with ironic takes on “life hacks” relies on iconic facial expressions and body language in videos delivered without speaking so that the humor is understood universally. The short-form comedy video virtuoso, who has more than 154 million followers on TikTok, will now be making his debut as an Italian TV personality on the hit talent show.
“Italia’s Got Talent,” however, will not mark Lame’s debut as a juror. Lame in 2022 was a member of the Cannes Film Festival’s #TikTokShortFilm jury,...
Lame is a former factory worker in Italy who after being laid off from his job in March 2020 launched a TikTok channel in which he performed absurdly comic skits that went wildly viral.
The TikTok star whose comedy bits started with ironic takes on “life hacks” relies on iconic facial expressions and body language in videos delivered without speaking so that the humor is understood universally. The short-form comedy video virtuoso, who has more than 154 million followers on TikTok, will now be making his debut as an Italian TV personality on the hit talent show.
“Italia’s Got Talent,” however, will not mark Lame’s debut as a juror. Lame in 2022 was a member of the Cannes Film Festival’s #TikTokShortFilm jury,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Discovery continued to expand its footprint in Italy in 2020, and has cracked the country’s top three networks.
The media giant’s linear channels last year commanded an almost 8% average audience share, up 4% compared with 2019, bolstering its standing as the country’s third free-tv player after state broadcaster Rai and private network Mediaset.
Year-end figures for Discovery’s now bolstered linear success in Italy –– where free-tv viewers grew during the pandemic –– are being released just as the company best known globally as a cable player, is rebranding and re-launching its Discovery Plus streaming service across Europe.
Discovery Plus bowed in Italy on Jan. 6 offering originals such as ITN-produced instant doc “What Killed Maradona?,” which is likely to hit a chord in the country where the late great Argentinian soccer icon’s career peaked. Also on the slate is a new show featuring Italian pop singer and influencer Elettra Lamborghini.
The media giant’s linear channels last year commanded an almost 8% average audience share, up 4% compared with 2019, bolstering its standing as the country’s third free-tv player after state broadcaster Rai and private network Mediaset.
Year-end figures for Discovery’s now bolstered linear success in Italy –– where free-tv viewers grew during the pandemic –– are being released just as the company best known globally as a cable player, is rebranding and re-launching its Discovery Plus streaming service across Europe.
Discovery Plus bowed in Italy on Jan. 6 offering originals such as ITN-produced instant doc “What Killed Maradona?,” which is likely to hit a chord in the country where the late great Argentinian soccer icon’s career peaked. Also on the slate is a new show featuring Italian pop singer and influencer Elettra Lamborghini.
- 1/11/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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