Born in Rome, Sabani made his television debut in the late 1970s as an impersonator: his most famous imitations included those of Adriano Celentano and Mike Bongiorno.

From 1983 to 1986 he hosted the Italian version of the show The Price Is Right (OK, il Prezzo è Giusto!)

That was an abrupt halt to a blooming career, that made him from the early 1980s one of the most popular artist of the Italian TV.

[2] On 4 September 2007, just 31 days before he would have turned 55, he died of myocardial infarction while visiting his sister.

His fiancée, actress Raffaella Ponzo, found out days later that she was pregnant with his child.