Stefano De Martino

Stefano De Martino took his first steps in the dance sector at the age of ten. In 2007, he managed to win a scholarship in New York City, at the Broadway Dance Center, thanks to which he has the opportunity to get in touch with modern and contemporary dance. After working in the Oltre Dance Company with the choreographer Macia Del Prete, in 2009, he participated as a competitor in the ninth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, on Canale 5, being eliminated in the semifinals and finishing first among the dancers. He won a contract with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, which allowed him to take part in a tour that took him to New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii.

Since 2010, he has been back to Amici di Maria De Filippi, this time as a professional dancer. Meanwhile, he works as a dance teacher and choreographer. In 2011, in Luciano Cannito's ballet Cassandra, she played the role of Aeneas alongside Rossella Brescia. In 2015, De Martino became a supporter and host of Amici di Maria De Filippi's daytime. In the same year, he was one of the protagonists of Pequeños gigantes, a program hosted by Belén Rodríguez aired at the beginning of 2016 on Canale 5, captaining the Gli incredibili team. Starting from 2016, he joined the cast of Selfie – Le cose cambiano, conducted by Simona Ventura on Canale 5, in which he is one of the mentors.^[1]

In 2018 he was chosen as correspondent of the thirteenth edition of the reality show broadcast on Canale 5 L'isola dei famosi, hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi.^[2]

Since 2019 he has hosted the comedy programme Made in Sud on Rai 2, supported by Fatima Trotta, with the participation of Elisabetta Gregoraci and Biagio Izzo.^[3] In the same year he always leads on Rai 2 with Belén Rodríguez the Notte della Taranta, the final of the Castrocaro Festival 2019 and, replacing Amadeus, he presents Tonight everything is possible, a program that he will also conduct in the following years always on Rai 2. In 2021, he returned to Amici di Maria De Filippi, with the role of judge, together with Stash and Emanuele Filiberto, to then be confirmed together with them also for the following edition.

Since December 2021 he has hosted his variety entitled Bar Stella in the late evening on Rai 2.^[4]

In the summer of 2022 he hosted Tim Summer Hits in prime time on Rai 2 together with Andrea Delogu.^[5]

On 4 June 2023 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, he hosted Sarò con te – La festa del Napoli, a special for the Napoli championship winner broadcast on Rai 2 in prime time.

On 18 May 2024, De Martino was defined in the Novella 2000 special as the second sexiest man in Italy.^[6]

On 23 May 2024, De Martino signed a multi-year contract with RAI, due to the excellent results achieved in terms of audience success in his television broadcasts.^[7]

On 2 September 2024, he began hosting Affari tuoi, the Italian version of Deal or No Deal. The show was a great success with the public and critics, who appreciated De Martino as a host who entertained with lightness and naturalness.^[8]

De Martino is set to be the artistic director and main presenter of the Sanremo Music Festival 2027.^[9]

In 2009, within the Amici di Maria De Filippi school, he began a relationship with Emma Marrone, which ended in 2012. In the same year, he became engaged to the Argentine showgirl Belén Rodríguez, marrying her on 20 September 2013^[10] and with whom he has a son, Santiago, born on April 9 of the same year. The couple separated in 2015^[11] and then got back together in 2019.^[12] The two broke up again in May 2020^[13] and reunited again in 2022.^[14][15] The couple broke up permanently in 2023.^{[16][17][18][19]} However, De Martino maintains a friendly relationship with his ex-wife for the sake of his son.^[20]

In 2025, De Martino is romantically linked to Caroline Tronelli.^[21] De Martino and his girlfriend were also victims of a hack into her home's surveillance system, which captured videos of them in private, intimate moments.^[22] De Martino and Caroline Tronelli live together in his home in Rome.^[23]