Francesca Rettondini (born 7 March 1968[1]) is an Italian actress and television presenter.
Francesca Rettondini made her television debut in 1993 on the Italian soap opera Passions.
In January 2012, Rettondini was aboard the Costa Concordia, filming a reality competition television series called Professional Lookmaker for Sky Italia.
[2] Classified as a VIP passenger,[3] she was in the dining hall at the time of the impact,[4] having dinner with the contestants of the show.
[5] Rettondini said in an interview on January 14, two days after the wreck, "I was frozen, we all pushed towards the exit like a flock of sheep.
The more the ship tilted, the harder we tried to brace our feet against the incline, which in itself made no sense.
We heard the noises pushing hard, the ship started a kind of reverse.
"[3] Francesca met television host Alberto Castagna in the mid-1990s, and soon began dating,[7] despite him being married.
They continued their affair until 1999, when Castagna experienced health problems and reconnected with his wife.