Dfter the great critical and audience response of the past season, starts again this evening at 9.30pm on Tv8 the 2026 edition of GialappaShowthe program of Gialappa’s Band with (the voices of) Marco Santin and Giorgio Gherarducci, also in simulcast on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW. Wizard Forest confirmed at the helm of the broadcast. Like previous years, he will be joined by a different co-host in each episode: we start with Jovanotti.
GialappaShow 2026 on TV8 tonight episode March 30th new season, time: guest Jovanotti
Between sketches, parodies, columns and sarcastic comments, GialappaShow returns at 9.30pm every Monday on TV8 with all its close-knit cast of comedians. Jovanotti will open the new edition as Forest’s supporter which, from next August, will be protagonist of the highly anticipated summer tour Jova Summer Party 2026. Tonight the singer will also meet his “double”: the comedian Giovanni Vernia.
Also in this new season there will be no shortage of videos commented by Gialappa’s Band that target TV programmes, the new catchphrases of the web and international football soccer matches. The musical part will once again be entrusted to Neri per Caso and to Maestro Vittorio Cosma, with an opening theme dedicated to a different theme each time: we start with the Flintstonesthe legendary Hanna & Barbera cartoon.
Jovanotti and Mago Forest at “Gialappashow 2026”. (Tv8/Julehering)
The cast of Gialappashow 2026 from Brenda Lodigiani to Giulia Vecchio
Among the most famous faces of the cast, Brenda Lodigiani returns as the protagonist in this new edition. The comedian will dress once again the role of “her” Silvia Toffanin in space Very true and, as the first guest, the actor Vinicio Marchioni will be interviewed. Brenda will also return to the Annalaisa’s skimpy clothes but also in those of the briffing Miriam. This season, Brenda will also present a new character: Bereguarda, melancholy singer and aspiring star perpetually dissatisfied.
Giulia Vecchio instead expands the repertoire with an Iva Zanicchi a tad over the top, flanked by the return of already known imitations such as that of Milly Carlucci, Monica Setta and Elettra Lamborghini. The impersonator will also give away the parody of Ema Stokholma together with an unlikely Gino Castaldo. Valentina Barbieri instead it will be Sabrina Ferilli – grappling with unlikely set backstories – while Michela Giraud presents the series A’ Vice Principalset in a slightly out-of-control evening school setting.
The complete cast of “GialappaShow 2026”. (Getty Images)
The news and new entries of the season
Another awaited return is that of Maccio Capatonda that it will give to viewers a new character: Sandro Sgruffa, conductor of Bad storiesa true crime themed podcast where he will retrace crimes of the past through a decidedly unexpected and grotesque lens. Gigi instead he will present Bad visionwith an unexpected version by Roberto Saviano busy telling tales that are anything but innocent. There is also space for the address book Falserrimo with a Fabrizio Corona increasingly “pushed”.
With regard to Rossthe Neapolitan comedian he will step into the shoes of Francesco Gabbaniwith new lyrics based on his famous jokes. Ubaldo Pantani will provide new laughs with his parody of Pier Silvio Berlusconi and the character of Gineprio. Alessandro Betti instead he presents his Amos again, here involved in an unlikely quiz created by Forest.
Among the new features, space also for Group therapywith the psychologist played by Alessandro Tiberi, and the parody of Beijing Express. He leads a caricatural version of Costantino della Gherardesca, with incursions by Victoria Cabello. The new season of Sensuality at court – tonight’s guest star Claudio Santamaria – and the comic forays of Stefano Rapone, Toni Bonij, Edoardo Ferrario and Carlo Amleto.
