The new contract multi-year term that will bind Amadeus to Discovery Warner Bros it will be 4 years exclusively. The two sides are finalizing the finishing touches on the engagement.
The official announcement is expected between the evening of Wednesday 17 April and Thursday 18 after the lawyers of Amadeus and Discovery Warner Bros they will have agreed on the final quibbles. On the compensation tight-lipped even if the figure for the 4 years of exclusivity of the former Rai host is between 12 and 15 million euros.
Amadeus, new contract with Discovery: pharaonic salary and farewell to Rai
Therefore, barring sensational twists, in a few hours Amadeus, as widely anticipated, will be a new face of Discovery. Rai was unable to retain him despite their efforts.
The public television, through a press release, has in fact put on paper that it has tried in every way to get the former artistic director of the Sanremo Festival, but that in the end this still made the common decision to abandon.
Viale Mazzini’s version was confirmed by Amadeus himself who added that he chose to leave Rai because he needed new professional stimuli.
The Fiorello case
Meanwhile, the managers of public television are trying not to miss out on Fiorello too. The Sicilian showman, recently speaking on TvTalk, explained that he is not bound to Rai by an exclusive contract.
In particular, ‘Fiore’ revealed that he has never been inseparably linked to a broadcaster and that he has always signed project contracts. And so it was also for VivaRai2!.
The morning show will end on May 10. After that the host will be free to do what he wants. It is not certain that he will decide to continue with the talk show on Rai in the next season too.
Giorgia Meloni’s phone call to Rai top management
According to some rumours, even the prime minister intervened on the matter Giorgia Meloni who would have called the Rai top management ordering them to do anything to avoid missing out on the Sicilian showman.
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