The most episodes of the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' hosted by the same male presenter is 1,593 and belongs to TV presenter Virginio Scotti aka Gerry Scotti (Italy) as certified on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 5 May 2011. Gerry Scotti (born on 7 August 1956 in Miradolo Terme, Pavia, Italy as Virginio Scotti) is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament. Since the 1990s, Gerry Scotti has been one of the most popular Italian television presenters, working almost exclusively for Italian broadcaster Mediaset's Canale 5 channel. He was primarily known as a host of game shows, most notably Chi vuol essere milionario? (Italian edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and the game show Passaparola. In addition, he presented many entertainment programmes such as La sai l'ultima?, La Corrida, Paperissima and co-hosted the satirical show Striscia la Notizia. Scotti also acted in several sitcoms and films. In 2008 he joined R101 (the former Radio Milano International), becoming also deputy president of Monradio (the radio division of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, the most important publishing company in Italy). That same year he also won the Italian television Telegatto prize for his TV work.