Best Italian reality series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch reality shows from Italy, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
LOL: Chi ride è fuori 2021
Is a comedy show where ten professional comedians face off for six hours in a row to keep a straight face, while they try to make their opponents laugh. The first time someone laughs the contestant gets warned, the second time, they get eliminated from the game. Whoever manages to resist without laughing all the way through the six hours wins EUR100,000 to turn over to the charity of their choice.
70First Team: Juventus 2018
Follow renowned soccer club Juventus on and off the pitch as they attempt to win a seventh straight Italian title and achieve Champions League glory.
66MasterChef (IT) 2011
Italian adaptation of the MasterChef format. The show features a series of challenges in which contestants must demonstrate their culinary skills. These include knowledge of edible products, exceptional creativity, and mastery of various cooking techniques and recipes. Additionally, contestants are expected to show adaptability in different situations, game strategy, and human charisma.
73Say Yes To The Dress 2007
Delves into the heart of world famous Kleinfeld Bridal where the staff face immense pressure to help each bride find the dress if her dreams. Take a peak at the brides as they try on their dream dresses! It brings us up close and into the dressing room as brides prepare for their big day. Moms, bridesmaids and friends all express their opinions and often frustrate both bride and staff. In the end though, most brides find that "dream dress" and walk down with their grooms into wedded bliss.
58Celebrity Hunted Italy 2020
61Pechino Express 2012
Ten pair of friends will compete in a race along a path of ten thousand miles, in stages that require three days for each trip which have specific goals.
77Drag Race Italy 2021
On the Italian version of RuPaul's Drag Race, drag queens compete for the title of Italy's Next Drag Superstar.
52X Factor (IT) 2008
The Italian version of the British talent show "The X Factor". A competition between judges in charge of different categories of aspiring singers, looking for a new artist who can access a prestigious recording contract.
62Alessandro Borghese - 4 Ristoranti 2015
69Rhythm + Flow Italy 2024
In this music competition show, Fabri Fibra, Geolier and Rose Villain hit the streets of Rome, Naples and Milan to find the next Italian rap superstar.
67Summer Job 2022
They're young, spoiled, lazy and thought they were escaping the Italian winter for their dream vacation — but there's a catch to the luxury.
64Emigratis 2016
73LOL Talent Show: Be Funny and You're In! 2024
Get ready for a barrage of aspiring comedians and an exciting contest hosted by Forest, the magician! Three judges: Elio, Katia Follesa, and Angelo Pintus. Their mission? To find the tenth contestant for LOL 4! They'll travel through Italy and be assisted by a different guest judge on every episode.
57Home at first sight 2023
3 real estate agents are tasked with showing the dream house to prospective buyers in the cities of Milan and Rome.
92Bruno Barbieri - 4 Hotel 2018
The show is a spin-off of the format Alessandro Borghese - 4 Ristoranti, where hotels, rather than restaurants, compete against each other. These hotels belong to the same commercial category and are located in the same geographical area. Each of the four hotel owners takes turns hosting the other three colleagues and Barbieri for a day and a night at their establishment. The hoteliers rate the location, services, rooms, prices, and, starting from the fourth season, the quality of the breakfast, giving scores from 0 to 10.
64Ciao House 2023
Ten rising culinary stars live together in a breathtaking Italian villa and compete against each other as individuals and in teams to prove their mastery of Italian cooking techniques and dishes. Described as "Big Brother" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun," the participants must also navigate alliances and rivalries as they pick their own teams. Each week, the losing team must vote off one of their own. In the end, only the last chef standing wins the life-changing grand prize: an immersive culinary education across Italy, training with renowned Italian master chefs.
70Master of Photography 2016
Sky Arts hosts a competition like no other to find the best European amateur or professional photographic talent. An eight-week, eight-episode trial in which finalists must convince a jury of world-famous photographers and experts of their creativity, instinct and versatility,to become the first Master of Photography. The winner will receive €150,000; a show; and a catalogue.
81Hell's Kitchen Italia 2014
66Ciao Darwin 1998
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.
61Victoria Cabello - Viaggi Pazzeschi 2023
90Sanremo Music Festival 1951
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.
66Il Collegio 2017
58Red Carpet Survival 2025
Herbert Ballerina, Brenda Lodigiani, Antonio Ornano, Awed, Ginevra Fenyes, Pierluca Mariti, Michela Giraud, Gabriele Vagnato, and Francesco Arienzo are the bodyguards in the first edition of "Red Carpet Survival." The best team, at the end of the four episodes, will win the coveted Golden Pigeon. Alessia Marcuzzi will lead the bodyguards. Commenting on it all are the voices of Gialappa's Band.
59Kitchen Nightmares Italia 2013
Italian version of Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares'. Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo visits struggling restaurants and tries to save them.
56Italia Shore 2024
The ingredients of Italia Shore are the ones you know, but obviously in a red, white and green sauce: a group of eccentric and over the top protagonists will live an unforgettable holiday in a breathtaking villa on the Lazio coast.
67The Floor 2024
80Hot Ones Italia 2024
80El Capitán en América 2025
75Italia's Got Talent 2010
Italia's Got Talent is the Italian version of the international Got Talent series.
60Amici di Maria De Filippi 2001
Amici of Maria De Filippi (known simply as Amici) is an Italian talent show aired from 2002, designed and conducted by Maria De Filippi. Amici is the longest-running talent show on Italian television.
58Bake Off Italia 2013
Sixteen competitors united by a single passion, the pastry. A challenge. In the end only one of them will become the best amateur baker of Italy and will fulfill their dream.
58Celebrity MasterChef Italia 2017
55Foodish 2025
Food show con Joe Bastianich
75Too Hot to Handle: Italy 2025
A group of flirty singles mixes in paradise, but to win the cash prize, there's a catch: no sex. Will they resist temptation or let desire take over?
56MasterChef All Stars Italia 2018
60Siffredi Late Night 2016
48Everything is Possible Tonight 2015
Comedians and show business personalities grappling with a series of fun rehearsals and fast-paced games.
62Junior MasterChef Italia 2014
Junior Masterchef Italia is a culinary competition for talented kids between the ages of 8 and 13 who love to cook. The series will give budding cooks the exciting opportunity to showcase their talent, culinary smarts and passion for food through a series of delicious challenges and cook-offs. Bruno Barbieri, Lidia Bastianich and Alessandro Borghese will coach and encourage the promising hopefuls to cook like pros and teach them the tricks of the trade along the way.
52Antonino Chef Academy 2019
Ten very young chefs led by Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo challenge each other to conquer a place at the starred Villa Crespi's stoves.
55Ti spedisco in convento Italia 2021
60Ex on the Beach Italia 2018
55Love Is Blind: Italy 0
A group of singles who want to be loved for who they are will have the opportunity to search for their soulmate without the distractions of the outside world and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them face-to-face. When their wedding day arrives, will real-world realities and external factors push them apart, or will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with?
60Deal With It (IT) 2019
55La Talpa 2024
60Naked Attraction Italy 2021
50This is me 2024
60My Crazy Italian Wedding 2017
In an enchanted valley at the foot of the Volcano stands a fairy-tale place where time seems to have stood still. Is this a fable? No, it’s Don Antonio’s kingdom! We’re in the Province of Naples and here, for over 40 years, Don Antonio has been the Master of every ceremony. Couples from all around, or at least those couples who want to do things on a grand scale, dream about his Castle and how it will crown their visions of love. The Master is supported by his large family, led by his son-in-law Matteo and his wife Imma. With them is an army of chefs, waiters and pastry-makers under the command of the faithful maitre d’ Ferdinando who will take us through this series, more festive than ever.
53From the Barn to the Track 2020
Davide Cironi is an experienced test driver and a reference point for four-wheel enthusiasts. Dealing with ancient glories and old wrecks, he recovers battered cars from remote places with the aim of refurbishing them and bringing them to the track. To carry out each project, he uses the help of the best workshops around the country, because a real restoration does not only require time and dedication, but above all experience and great knowledge of the four wheels.
53Amici - Real Time 2017
53Undressed (IT) 2015
Undressed is the revealing (lazy pun intended) new show where total strangers strip down to their knickers and jump into bed with each other. Inspired by research suggesting you can speed up the attraction process by getting close, physically and emotionally, to another person, Undressed puts the theory to the test.
53Libero 2000
55Alessandro Borghese - 4 Ristoranti Estate 2017
50Temptation Island 2005
50Temptation Island (IT) 2005
Temptation Island is an Italian reality television program broadcasted on Canale 5 in which several couples agreed to live with a group of singles of the opposite sex, in order to test the strength of their relationships.
46I Am Ilary 2025
Follow TV host Ilary Blasi as she defines her life post-divorce, balancing personal growth, career opportunities and a new love.
45Love Island Italy 2021
The format of the program, which will be conducted by Giulia De Lellis , sees single men and women living in a mansion, hoping to find love and thus win a prize in gold tokens. But you know, the path to find love is never easy and between flirting, jealousy and fun it will be up to couples to be able to conquer the public from home and to conquer their partner.
46The Real Housewives di Roma 2024
The lives of six wealthy and charismatic Roman housewives: friends or enemies?
50Dawid Andres z buta 2021
50Matrimonio A Prima Vista Italia 2018
50Big Brother (IT) 2000
"Grande Fratello" is the Italian version of the reality television franchise "Big Brother."
46Untraditional 2016
Filmed in Milan and New York, the series tells the Fabio efforts to find a balance between work and private life and the desire to create their own television project, he cares very much, which would enable him to move with his family to New York. Albeit through the world's most "golden" a star of the world of entertainment, the episodes tell so original and fun of the difficulty for all of us to realize their dreams.
46Temptation Island VIP (IT) 2018
Based on the US format titled Temptation Island, the transmission tells the story, the events, the feelings and the destiny of six couples of popular and well-known unmarried and childless characters, kept for three weeks in a village. The couples, placed in separate groups (men on one side, women on the other), are "tempted" by thirteen single women and thirteen single men respectively. Subsequently, each week the members of the respective couples are called to the bonfire to show videos of the respective partner and get an idea about the decisions to take in the last bonfire where at the end of the 21 days they will decide whether to continue or interrupt their love story.
42La pupa e il secchione e viceversa 2020
40Un giorno in pretura 1988
38Un'ora sola vi vorrei 2020
40Affari tuoi 2003
An Italian game show based upon the internationally popular game show Deal or No Deal.
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