Stasera on Channel 5 he returns at 9.50pm Zelig with the formula 30: that is 30 years of laughter that revolutionized comedy and television entertainment. For celebrate the program’s birthday – hosted by Claudio Bisio and Vanessa Incontrada –, are 4 episodes are planned with the return of all the show’s historic comedians. From Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo al Forest Wizard up to Max Angioni. For a birthday full of laughter.
Zelig 30 2026 on Canale 5: tonight 12 January the first episode of the comic show
Program born in 1996 in the late evening on Italia 1, Zelig celebrates 30 years of existence this year and, to celebrate the birthday in a big way, they are scheduled from tonight four special episodesin prime time on Canale 5. On stage, super star of Italian comedy as Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo, the Forest Magician and Raul Cremona.
TOThe helm, once again, is the pair of hosts formed by Claudio Bisio and Vanessa Incontrada. During the program, alternating chats, jokes with guests and precious archive footage, they will guide spectators along a journey of laughter and memoryseamlessly. At each step, giving up the stage to the artists for their historic live numbers.
In the studio too the orchestras and musicians who contributed to making the history of Zelig: they will be there tonight Roy Paci and Aretuskawhile in the next episodes they will alternate Elio e le Storie Tese and the Paolo Jannacci band. They will interpret the historical acronyms of the different editions of the program, also involving the hosts in some mini musical: three minute show, created by Rocco Tanica.
Claudio Bisio and Vanessa Incontrada are the hosts of “Zelig”. (Mediaset Press Office)
Historic comedians and tonight’s guests: from Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo to Mago Forest
Historical faces of Zelig, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo are ready to return to the stage to delight viewers with their hilarious sketches. The trio is currently in Italian cinemas with the documentary Aptitudes: none directed by Sophie Chiarello, a film that retraces the stages of their career starting from the origins. When “the trio” didn’t yet exist, but only three individual paths made up of theatre, cabaret and a lot of apprenticeship.
Also in the studio is Magician Forest who, from 1997 to 2001, was part of the permanent cast of the transmission. In a recent interview with The Pressthe host of Gialappashow declared: «Zelig it was my Big Bang. Without it, perhaps, I wouldn’t have even continued. I could have become a minister or director of CERN. In the first episode I will do the trained piraña act and repeat the same lines: then no one laughed, I was too early. We’ll see the reactions today: will they make people laugh or will they seem old?”
In tonight’s episode, the Manera-Penoni duo will also be on stage with the famous sketch on “Polish cinema”, Marco della Noce as Oriano Ferrari, the Ferrari chief mechanic, and Marta and Gianluca with their speed dating sessions. Icing on the cake, Raul Cremona who returns to dress the hilarious role of the Silvano Wizardhere accompanied by his assistant Giovanni.
In the cast of the next episodes of Zelig 30 also Enrico Bertolino and Max Angioni
In the next episodes, another historical face of the comic show will return: Enrico Bertolino. TO Zelig he became famous thanks to his imitations of some politicians (such as Umberto Bossi and Roberto Calderoli) and others character of the bricklayer from BergamoThat comments on life and current events with a language frank and dialectal.
Among the younger faces launched by the program and who we will see again in this celebratory edition is Max Angioni. The host of The Hyenas indeed it has debuted in Zelig: it was 2018 and he presented a roundup of characters immediately became cult. Among the many, Kevin Scannamanna – exuberant twenty-five year old aspiring reality show contestant. Beyond superheroes/pop characters like Aquaman, John Snow, and the Last Jedi-Skybrendnerz.
To further embellish the rich cast of comediansin the next episodes they will take the stage also Paolo Labati, Senso D’OppioFrancesco Migliazza, Virgigno Peppe Iodice and the Samaritans.