Benjamin Castaldi

Benjamin Castaldi
Born	28 March 1970 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	television presenter radio host producer
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Valérie Castaldi (1997-2001) (divorced) (2 children) Flavie Flament (2002–2008) (divorced) (1 child) Vanessa (m.2011)
Children	Julien (b. 1996) (b. 2000) Enzo Castaldi
Parent(s)	Jean-Pierre Castaldi Catherine Allégret Simone Signoret (grandmother), Yves Montant (step grandfather)

Benjamin Castaldi (born 28 March 1970) is a French television personality of Italian origin and the former host of Secret Story, the spinoff of Loft Story which are the French adaptations of Big Brother. He currently host Nouvelle Star, the French adaptation of Pop idol.

He became famous as the host of Loft Story and Secret Story ^[1] He is the son of the actor Jean-Pierre Castaldi^[2] and the actress Catherine Allegret.^[3]

Career

• 1994 : Studio Gabriel on France 2 with Michel Drucker
• 1998 : Vivement Dimanche with Michel Drucker
• 2000 : Radio host on Europe 1
• 2001 : Loft Story on M6 (2 seasons)
• 2003-2006 : Nouvelle Star (French version of American Idol) on M6
• 2006 : Le Grand Bazar on the radio RTL2
• 2007 : 1 vs. 100 on TF1^[4]
• 2007 : Secret Story on TF1
• 2010 : La Ferme Célébrités (3rd season) on TF1 with Jean-Pierre Foucault
• 2012 : Wheel of Fortune on TF1 with Valérie Bègue
• 2014 : Tahiti Quest
• 2014 : The Winner Is
• 2015 : Nouvelle Star (French version of American Idol) on D8

References

1. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/news/a33372/french-pop-idol-host-dropped-midseason.html
2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990446/bio
3. http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=2002296
4. (French) http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-8558-record-d-audience-pour-1-contre-100-mediametrie.html?page=0%2C0%2C0%2C6