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Italy In The Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Italy hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, having won with "" by Måneskin. Italian broadcaster RAI announced that the winning performer(s) of the Sanremo Music Festival 2022, later turning out to be Mahmood and Blanco with "", would earn the right to represent the nation at the contest. As both the host country and a member of the " Big Five", Italy automatically qualified to the final. Background Prior to the 2022 contest, Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-six times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. Since then, Italy has won the contest on three occasions: in with the song "" performed by Gigliola Cinquetti, in with "" by Toto Cutugno, and in with "" by Måneskin. Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times, with their most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. Italy made its return in , and their entry "Madness of Love", performed by Raphael Gualazzi, placed second—the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 2022
The Sanremo Music Festival 2022 ( it, 72º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2022) was the 72nd edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by RAI. The show was held between 1 and 5 February 2022, and was presented for the third time in a row by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition, alongside a number of co-hosts. It was won by Mahmood and Blanco with "". Format The 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organized by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus, for the third consecutive year. The venue returned to its full capacity during the festival, after the presence of an audience was not allowed in the previous edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters In August 2021, RAI officially confirmed Amadeus as the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael Gualazzi
Raffaele Gualazzi (born 11 November 1981), better known as Raphael Gualazzi, is an Italian singer and pianist. He was born in Urbino. Biography ''Love Outside the Window'' On 16 September 2005, Gualazzi released his first studio album, titled '' Love Outside the Window'' and distributed by Edel Music. In 2008, Gualazzi recorded a cover of "Georgia on My Mind" for the compilation ''Piano Jazz'', released in France by Wagram Music. Sanremo Festival 2011 In September 2010 he released a self-titled digital EP in Italy and Europe. The EP features a cover of Fleetwood Mac's " Don't Stop" and three new songs written by Gualazzi, including his first single, "Reality and Fantasy". The song was later released in a remix version by British/French DJ Gilles Peterson. On 18 February 2011, he won the Sanremo Festival in the Newcomers section, the Critics' "Mia Martini" Award for Newcomers and the "Sala Radio-Tv" Award with the self-penned song "Follia d'amore". The song is included in Gualazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiwibloggs
Wiwibloggs is a fansite and YouTube channel focusing on the Eurovision Song Contest, launched in 2009. It has a seasonal audience, peaking at 250,000 page views per day during the week of Eurovision in May 2016, based on Google Analytics data. History In April 2015, Wiwibloggs won Arts & Culture Blog of the Year at the National UK Blog Awards, recognising it as the top blog in the country across architecture, design, entertainment and music. Later that month, William Lee Adams, a former correspondent at ''Time'' magazine, was the only Eurovision blogger to speak on a panel at the Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary Conference in London. In the official programme for the event, the European Broadcasting Union described Wiwibloggs as the "most popular and innovative" Eurovision website. Adams has judged at national selections for a number of countries, among them Armenia (in 2017), Belarus (in 2020), Finland (every year between 2017 and 2021), Germany (as a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio Moro
Fabrizio Mobrici (born 9 April 1975), known by his stage name Fabrizio Moro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 2000 and he achieved commercial success in 2007, after winning the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Music Festival with his entry "Pensa". The song became a number-one hit in Italy, while the album with the same title was certified gold by the Italian Music Industry Federation. As of 2020, he has released nine studio albums, an extended play and a live album. In 2011, Moro also presented the docu-reality ''Sbarre'', broadcast by Rai 2. He also wrote songs for other artists, including pop rock band Stadio and pop singer Noemi. In a duet with Ermal Meta, he won the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song "Non mi avete fatto niente", and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, reaching 5th place overall. Music career Fabrizio Moro released his debut single, "Per tutta un'altra destinazione", in 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Marrone
Emmanuela "Emma" Marrone (; born 25 May 1984), known professionally as Emma, is an Italian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After working with several bands, she won the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' in March 2010, and signed a contract with record label Universal Music. Since 2010, she has released 7 solo studio albums, 1 extended play and 39 singles, topping the Italian Singles Chart and the Italian Albums Chart four times and selling more than 1.6 million records in Italy. On 18 February 2012, she won the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with her song "Non è l'inferno" and she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "La mia città", finishing 21st. She has worked with international artists like Thirty Seconds to Mars and Álvaro Soler, and Italian artists and songwriters such as Elisa, Alessandra Amoroso, Modà, Fabrizio Moro, Vasco Rossi, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Roberto Casalino. Marrone figured also as a songwriter and produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Ranieri
Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone on 3 May 1951) is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Naples ( at Santa Lucia), the fifth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about four years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock. Singing career Ranieri recorded four songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta. None of the records were successful, primarily because young Gianni's voice was changing. Two years later, he would re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, he made his TV debut singing "Bene Mio". A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama". In 1968, he recorded two more songs: "Da Bambino", Ma L'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera". It was not until 1969 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. Early life Gian Luigi Morandi was born in a little village called Monghidoro on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. His father Renato was active within the Italian Communist Party and Gianni used to help him sell the party newspapers. At an early age Morandi worked as a shoe-shiner, cobbler and as a vendor of sweets in the village's only cinema. His vocal abilities led him to a number of small gigs, some of which were during the Communist Party's activities. Career He made his debut in 1962 and quickly placed high at or won a number of Italian popular song festivals, including the ''Canzonissima'' festival in 1969. In 1962 he was signed by RCA Italiana and achieved national stardom with the song "Fatti mandare dalla mamma", and remained Italy's darling throughout that decade. In 1970, he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with " Occhi di ragazza". His career went into a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Zanicchi
Iva or IVA may refer to: Organizations * Independent Voters Association, a North Dakota U.S. political organization * Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, a Danish university * Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, (Swedish: ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'') * International Volleyball Association, a former co-ed professional volleyball league in the United States Places * Iva, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States * Iva, South Carolina, a town in the United States * Iva, Iran (other), places in Iran * Iva, Samoa, a village Science, medicine and technology *Interactive visual analysis, a methodology for visual exploration and data mining of complex data sets *Intravenous anesthesia, a type of anesthesia *IVA Communications satellite — see List of Intelsat satellites *Intelligent virtual agent in artificial intelligence *Intelligent virtual assistant, a software agent that can perform tasks based on commands or questions Chemical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theater and film actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in ''Me, Myself and Her''), a Globo d'oro, six Ciak d'oros and received four nominations for David di Donatello. In 2013, she was a protagonist of the Oscar-winning film ''La grande bellezza'' directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Early and personal life Ferilli was born in Rome on 28 June 1964. Her father was also from Rome and a spokesman for the Italian Communist Party in the region of Lazio and her mother, who grew up in Fiano Romano, was a housewife and native of Caserta, Southern Italy. She attended the Liceo Clasico Orazio ("Orazio classical high school") in Rome. After having unsuccessfully attempted to enter the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, she began her career as a film actress in secondary parts, acting in '' Sweets from a Stranger'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Chiara Giannetta
Maria Chiara Giannetta (Foggia, 20 May 1992) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the Italian TV series '' Don Matteo'' and ''Blanca''. Biography At the age of 10 Gianetta took part in her first theatrical performance, albeit at an amateur level, in Sant'Agata di Puglia, where she spent her childhood; she began to attend theater workshops. She began studying acting at the Teatro dei Limoni in Foggia and, at the age of 19, entered the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome. In 2014 she played a small role in the twenty-fifth episode of the ninth season of the series '' Don Matteo''. In 2016 she appeared in the miniseries ''Baciato dal sole'', in the role of Angela. The same year she made her film debut with ''Worldly Girl,'' directed by Marco Danieli, in the role of Loretta. In 2017 she played Mariella Santorini in the fourth season of the series ''Un passo dal cielo'' and joined the cast of the fourth season of the series ''Che Dio ci aiuti'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Career Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife''). She has primarily worked in Italian films but made her English-speaking film debut as Princess Aura in ''Flash Gordon'' in 1980. American movies she appeared in include '' Love and Money'' (1982), ''Casanova'' (1987), ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989), '' A Season of Giants'' (1990), ''Oscar'' (1991), '' Once Upon a Crime'' (1992), ''Somewhere in the City'' (1998) and '' To Rome with Love'' (2012). In 2008, Muti introduced her own line of jewelry and subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine ''L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The newspaper first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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