BOLZANO. It was a lucky and moving episode that was staged on Thursday on Affari Tuoi, the Rai1 pre-evening show hosted by Stefano De Martino, whose protagonist was Luca (surnames are never revealed) from San Giacomo di Bolzano, the “Gladiator ”, due to his resemblance to Russell Crowe.
Luca, at his 18th participation, is a purchasing manager in a wood construction company while mother Wilma, competing with him, works in the pediatric intensive care unit of the Bolzano hospital. In the episode he challenged the Doctor with package number 13, then between alternating fortunes and many calls from the most important figures, the exchange offer arrives which Luca and his mother accept.
Luca immediately takes number 11. What was in package 13 that he changed? 10 thousand euros; the Doctor’s new offer is 20 thousand and Luca, with his mother, refuses. Then they have to decide whether to accept a new change but before doing so they explain why they changed to number 11: “He had a sister, my daughter Laura, who is no longer here, she had leukemia and on November 11th Luca told her he donated the marrow to try to save her,” explained mother Wilma.
“Even in the audition we did I had this number, 11 is heart, she is definitely here with us. We move forward.” Luca refuses all the offers, until in the end 5 and 100 thousand euros remain in play and the Doctor offers 35 thousand: “I have a heart with an 11 on a pendant given to me by Laura and on the front it says Together we can do great things. I go ahead with 11, I follow my heart”, explains Luca, who refuses.
In package number 11 of the “Gladiator” there are 100 thousand euros and it is immediately a big party.
2024-10-08 00:51:43