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Drag Race Italia (season 1)
The first season of '' Drag Race Italia'' premiered on November 18, 2021. The cast was announced on October 28, 2021. The winner of the first season of ''Drag Race Italia'' was Elecktra Bionic, becoming the first ever winner in the ''Drag Race'' franchise without any maxi-challenge wins, with Farida Kant and Le Riche as runners-up. Casting occurred in early 2021 with production starting in summer 2021. On June 30, 2021, it was announced that the judges panel will include Italian drag performer Priscilla, actress Chiara Francini and television personality Tommaso Zorzi. The season consisted of six one-hour episodes. Contestants ''Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.'' Contestant progress Lip syncs Legend: Guest judges Listed in chronological order: *Cristina D'Avena, singer and actress *, film director *, actor *Vladimir Luxuria, activist, television personality and actress *Nick Cerioni, stylist *Donatella Rettore, singer * Giancarlo Commare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla (drag Queen)
Mariano Gallo (born December 22, 1976), known by the stage name Priscilla, is an Italian drag performer based in Mykonos, Greece, best known for hosting the drag competition television series '' Drag Race Italia''. Career Priscilla gained notoriety in Italy after being on the talk show ''Al posto tuo'' beginning in 2002. In 2007, she won the Miss Drag Queen Italy pageant. In 2017, she performed on '' Ellada Eheis Talento''. In September 2021, Priscilla was announced as the host of the first season of ''Drag Race Italia.'' Priscilla regularly performs in Mykonos. In 2022, Gallo starred as Cecil Beaton in the musical ''Dive.'' Early and personal life Gallo was born in 1976 in Campania (man), it, Campana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demog .... He is originally from Naples. He is gay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbonia, Sardinia
Carbonia ( ; sc, Crabònia ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy. Along with Iglesias it was a co-capital of the former province of Carbonia-Iglesias, now suppressed. It is located in the south-west of the island, at about an hour by car or train from the regional capital, Cagliari. History Carbonia was founded on the 18 December 1938 by the Fascist regime. Benito Mussolini ordered the building of the city and was present at its inauguration. The city was built to provide housing for the workforce of the nearby mines. The name Carbonia comes from the Italian word for coal, abundant in the area. Vitale Piga was appointed mayor of Carbonia and served in that capacity from September 28, 1939 to April 24, 1942. Piga authored a book on the coalfields of the Sulcis region titled ''Il giacimento carbonifero del Sulcis: Carbonia''. The city has grown since its founding in 1938 due to immigration from elsewhere on the island and from mainland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatella Rettore
Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955, in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Rettore started her singing career in 1973. Her early recordings was oriented towards Italian music. She became successful in 1979 when she recorded the album ''Brivido Divino''. Her most popular hits are ''Splendido Splendente'' (Splendid Shining), ''Kobra'', ''Donatella'', ''Lamette'' (Razor Blades), ''This Time'', ''Io Ho Te'' (I've Got You), ''Amore Stella'' (Love Star) e ''Di Notte Specialmente'' (Especially By Night). The majority of Rettore's albums are a mixture of pop, rock, disco music and ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki .... In the mid-1980s she experienced a slow decline in popularity, and she had to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', he has received List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul, several accolades, including 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Awards, Critics' Choice Television Award, two Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag". Born and raised in San Diego, California, San Diego RuPaul later studied performing arts in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta. He settled in New York City, where he became a popular fixture on the LGBT culture in New York City, LGBT nightclub scene. He achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model. She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many television shows and records. Carrà is the interpreter of very popular songs such as ''A far l'amore comincia tu'' from her album ''Forte forte forte''. Early life Carrà was born on 18 June 1943 in Bologna to Raffaele Pelloni and Angela Iris Dell'Utri (of Sicilian ancestry) and had a brother named Enzo (dead in 2001) her parents, however, separated shortly after the wedding and Carrà spent most of her childhood between her mother's bar and the ice cream shop in Bellaria – Igea Marina. At the latter establishment, she grew up watching the television programme '' Il Musichiere'', learning by heart titles, ballets, and refrains of the songs. When she was only eight years old, she left the Romagna Riviera to continue her studies directl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Valentino
Virginia Minnetti (born July 1, 1949 in Canzo), best known by her stage name Viola Valentino, is an Italian singer. Biography Minnetti started her career as a singer in 1968 under the name Virginia and later began to sing with her then husband in a duet named Renzo & Virginia. Some time later Virginia was noticed by Giancarlo Lucariello, a producer of the Italian rock band ''Pooh''. It was he who created an image of a sexy but delicate woman for her as well as her manner to sing with a subdued voice. In 1979, Virginia started singing under the name Viola Valentino. Her first song ''Comprami'' ("Buy Me") made her famous and was sold in a great number of copies in Italy and Spain. In 1980, Viola sang two other songs that also become hits, ''Sei una bomba'' ("You Are a Bomb") and ''Anche noi facciamo pace'' ("We Will Make Peace Too"). In the same year, her first album ''Cinema'' ("Cinema") came out. In 1982, Viola Valentino took part in Festival di Sanremo for the first time wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina D'Avena
Cristina D'Avena (born 6 July 1964) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has sold nearly 7 million copies of her albums. D'Avena was selected to join the prestigious Institute of Antoniano choir, following her debut, Lo Zecchino d'Oro, at age three''.'' In the early 1980s, she sang numerous anime theme songs, which were compiled into several successful albums. Around the same time, D'Avena made her debut as an actress. In 1986, she appeared in '' Love me Licia'', an Italian adaption of the Japanese manga ''Ai Shite Knight''. D'Avena has been performing concerts in Italy since the late 1990s. In 2010, D'Avena returned to recording and releasing music. Her works include the chart-topping album ''Duets,'' which featured several Italian singers and songwriters, notably: J-Ax, Giusy Ferreri, Francesca Michielin, Loredana Bertè, Baby K, Arisa, Annalisa, Emma, Michele Bravi, Elio, Noemi, Benji & Fede, Chiara, and Ermal Meta. D'Avena has also written two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the foundations of the Italian language. The prestige established by the Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent elaboration as the language of culture throughout Italy. It has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti. Tuscany is also known for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Having a strong linguisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arezzo
Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. As of 2022, the population was about 97,000. Known as the city of gold and of the high fashion, Arezzo was home to artists and poets such as Giorgio Vasari, Guido of Arezzo and Guittone d'Arezzo and in its province to Renaissance artist Michelangelo. In the artistic field, the city is famous for the frescoes by Piero della Francesca inside the Basilica of San Francesco, and the crucifix by Cimabue inside the Basilica of San Domenico. The city is also known for the important Giostra del Saracino, a game of chivalry that dates back to the Middle Ages. History Described by Livy as one of the ''Capita Etruriae'' (Etruscan capitals), Arezzo (''Aritim'' in Etruscan) is believed to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Over a fifth of the Italian gross domestic product (GDP) is produced in the region. The Lombardy region is located between the Alps mountain range and tributaries of the Po river, and includes Milan, the largest metropolitan area in the country, and among the largest in the European Union (EU). Of the fifty-eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy, eleven are in Lombardy. Virgil, Pliny the Elder, Ambrose, Gerolamo Cardano, Caravaggio, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Stradivari, Cesare Beccaria, Alessandro Volta and Alessandro Manzoni; and popes Pope John XXIII, John XXIII and Pope Paul VI, Paul VI originated in the area of modern-day Lombardy region. Etymology The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enorma Jean
Enorma Jean is the stage name of Davide Gatto, a drag performer most known for competing on '' Drag Race Italia''. In episode 4, Enorma and Ava Hangar were made to lip sync for the chance to stay in the competition as punishment for swearing at and insulting production staff. Enorma lost the lip sync and was thus disqualified. Filmography Television * '' Drag Race Italia'' (2021) References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Drag Race Italia contestants Italian drag queens Italian television personalities {{Italy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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