Patrick Ray Pugliese

Patrick Ray was born in 1977 in Teheran (Iran). Due to his father's job, he has lived in various parts of the world. In 1978 he moved for one year to Argentina, then he spent one year moving around Italy, then in 1982 he moves with his family and newborn sister Romina Nancy in San Donà di Piave (Veneto, Italy), where he is going to attend Elementary and Middle school. He went on attending the arts college in Venice, but in his last year he had to move again, this time to Padua (Veneto, Italy), where he is eventually going to graduate from high school. Then, he moves again: from Padua to Marbella, from Marbella to San Remo, from San Remo to Ospedaletti (near Bordighera, where his mother is still living). In the meantime, Patrick decided to move to Los Angeles and then to Hawaii to master his English skills and eventually starting to love surfing. Back to San Remo, Patrick follows acting classes and at age 22 he got a job at Montecarlo Sat, subsequently moving to Monte Carlo. In the summer of 2001 he met former fiancée Holly, but their relationship will end in 2003, due to her will of going back to Tennessee. In the same year, Montecarlo Sat closed and their parents decide to split up. Patrick was witnessing his world falling apart, so he decided to auditon for the Italian edition of "Big Brother".