Samira Lui

Born in San Daniele del Friuli to an Italian mother and a Senegalese father whom she never knew, she grew up with her mother in Colloredo di Monte Albano.^[1]

In 2013, at the age of fifteen, she won the Miss Blumare title.^[2][3] After graduating as a surveyor,^[4] she moved to Milan,^[5] working in the meantime as a hostess for conferences and trade fairs.^[6][7]

In 2017, she participated in the Miss Italia pageant, placing third;^[8][9][10] her participation was accompanied by some controversy regarding her multi-ethnic appearance and Senegalese origins.^[11][12]

In September 2021, for two seasons, she played the role of "professor" on the Rai 1 quiz show L'eredità.^[13][14][15] In May 2022, she participated as a hostess at the David di Donatello ceremony, hosted by Carlo Conti and Drusilla Foer.^[16][17] That same year, she was a contestant on the twelfth season of the prime-time talent show Tale e quale show, finishing in ninth place overall.^[18]

In 2023, she participated in the seventeenth season of the Canale 5 reality show Grande Fratello,^[7][19][20] being eliminated during the twelfth episode.^[21]

Since 2024, she has been a hostess and co-host of the game show La ruota della fortuna, hosted primarily by Gerry Scotti, broadcast on Canale 5.^{[17][22][23][24]}

Since 2018 she has been romantically linked to former Neapolitan model and entrepreneur Luigi Punzo.^[25][26]