Born in Florence, Conti graduated in accountancy, then he was a bank teller from 1981 to 1986.

[2] He later hosted several successful TV programmes, including Aria fresca, L'eredità, I migliori anni, Tale e Quale Show, Domenica in and five editions of Miss Italia.

[1][2] In 2014, Conti was named the host and artistic director of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015.

In June 2024, he hosted the TIM Summer Hits [it] event alongside Andrea Delogu [it].

[4] On 16 June 2012, he married at the Pieve di Sant'Andrea in Cercina costume designer Francesca Vaccaro, with whom he had had a past relationship.