His father Emilio Giletti was a racing driver and a industrialist, owner of a textile factory in the Province of Biella.

[2] In 1996 left those programmes and started presenting another show, I fatti vostri, working there until 2002.

From September 2002 he switched to Rai 1 presenting the afternoon show Casa Raiuno, which aired for two seasons.

[7] In the 2000s has also presented the event shows Miss Italia nel Mondo, Sanremo dalla A alla Z, Una voce per Padre Pio, Mare latino and Buon Natale con Frate Indovino.

[8] In March 2021 Giletti made a factually incorrect observation during a popular Rai 1 TV programme (the above-mentioned Domenica in - L'arena) when he stated that the Maltese armed forces shoot African boat people approaching Malta.