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Sanremo Music Festival 2010
The Sanremo Music Festival 2010 was the 60th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, during the five nights between 16 February 2010 and 20 February 2010. The show was broadcast by Rai 1 and presented by Antonella Clerici. Its artistic director was Gianmarco Mazzi. As in most of the previous years, the competition was divided in two sections. The "Big Artists Section", including 15 established Italian artists, was won by Valerio Scanu with the song "Per tutte le volte che...", while the "Newcomers Section" was won by Tony Maiello, performing "Il linguaggio della resa". For the first time, the rules of the festival were modified so that songs with lyrics in an Italian dialect or written by non-Italian writers were allowed to compete in the festival. Moreover, the songs performed by the artists competing in the newcomers' section were allowed to be released before the festival's first night. Presenters and personnel On 2 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Clerici
Antonella Clerici (; born in Legnano on 6 December 1963) is an Italian television host and journalist. Biography She debuted in 1985 in Telereporter as a TV announcer. In 1987, she switched to Rai 2 where she presented ''Semaforo giallo'', ''Oggi sport'' and later two popular sports programs, ''Dribbling'' and ''Domenica Sprint''. During the same years she also presented ''Ristorante Italia'' and ''Segreti per voi''. Later she hosted ''Forza Italia'' on Odeon TV with Fabio Fazio and Walter Zenga. Clerici returned to Rai 2 in 1995 with another show about football, ''Telegoal''. From 1996 to 1998, she was one of the presenters of ''Unomattina'', a daily Rai 1 morning show, and she followed the 1998 Fifa World Cup with the depth program ''Occhio al mondiale'', with Giorgio Tosatti and Giampiero Galeazzi. In 1999/2000, she switched to Mediaset where she hosted ''Ma quanto costa?'', aired by Retequattro. She also hosted the daily program ''Telegatti Story'' and the morning show ''A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Di Cioccio
Elena Maria Ida Di Cioccio (born in Milan, 16 September 1974) is an Italian actress, disc jockey, television presenter, television and radio presenter. Daughter of Franz Di Cioccio, drummer of the historic band Premiata Forneria Marconi, PFM, Di Cioccio is passionate about music. After a few years behind the scenes, where she specialized in organizing shows and live concerts, in 2000 her life changed completely as she increasingly devoted herself to her passions: music, drama and entertainment. As she began to take voice lessons, diction, dubbing, acting and alternating between work and study, she lent her voice to radio and TV commercials, spending her evenings as a DJ and performing with her band in local gigs (Kissexy, Italian Kiss cover band). Radio The radio debut came in 2001 on Radio Lupo Solitario, issuer free in the province of Varese and the following year entered the team of Radio RockFM. In 2004 she participated in the revival of Radio Parma and the launch of Radio Mila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Fornaciari
Irene Fornaciari (born 24 December 1983) is an Italian singer-songwriter. She participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2009 in the category "New Proposals" but became famous in the 2010 participating, along with Nomadi, in the category "Artists" with the song '' Il mondo piange''. She has released two albums, seven singles and a collection. She is the daughter of Italian singer Zucchero. Discography Album * 2007 – Vertigini in fiore (en: Dizziness in bloom) * 2009 – Vintage Baby (en:Vintage Baby) * 2012 – Grande mistero (en:great mystery) Collections * 2010 – Irene Fornaciari Singles and music videos * 2006 – '' Mastichi aria'' * 2006 – '' Io non-abito più qua'' * 2007 – '' Un sole dentro'' (with video clips directed by Gaetano Morbioli) * 2007 – '' Un giro in giro'' * 2009 – '' Spiove il sole'' (with video clips directed by Gaetano Morbioli) * 2010 – '' Il mondo piange'' (in collaboration with the Nomadi) * 2010 – '' Messin' with My Head'' (in ... [...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] |
Morgan (singer)
Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer and musician. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synthpop. He has also been a judge for seven seasons in the Italian version of'' The X Factor,'' winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet (series 1 - 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 - 2008–9), Marco Mengoni (series 3 - 2009), Chiara Galiazzo (series 6 - 2012) and Michele Bravi (series 7 - 2013). He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992. Discography Solo *2003: ''Canzoni dell'appartamento'' *2004: ''Il suono della vanità'' *2005: ''Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo'' *2007: ''Da A ad A'' *2008: ''È successo a Morgan'' *2009: ''Italian Songbook Volume 1'' *2010: ''Morganicomio'' *2012: ''Italian Songbook Volume 2'' With Bluvertigo *1995: ''Acidi e basi'' *1997: ''Metallo non metallo'' *1999: ''Zero - o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Grandi
Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer and songwriter. During her career she has sung in Spanish and has performed duets in German, French, Indian and in African languages, selling around 5 million records and earning 9 top-ten albums and 6 top-ten singles of which one number-one on the Italian music charts. She has participated five times at the Sanremo Music Festival gaining the podium in 2000. Grandi has performed for six times at the Festivalbar, conquering twice the platform and winning the Radio Awards. In the 2009 she has won a Wind Music Award, and in 2011 a Sanremo Hit Award. Biography Irene Grandi was born in Florence. She debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival in the category ''New Proposed'' with "Fuori", in 1994, which was later won by Andrea Bocelli, who was also debuting the same year. Her first album, ''Irene Grandi'', contained songs written with Eros Ramazzotti ("Sposati subito") and Jovanotti ("T.V.B."). In 1995, her second album, ''In va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino D'Angelo
Gaetano "Nino" D'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, film director, screenwriter and author. He was born to a poor family in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples, and dropped out of school, taking jobs like ice cream vendor and wedding singer. His first album, ''A storia mia'' (Neapolitan: "My Story") was received very well, especially in Sicily. In 1979 he married Annamaria with whom he had two sons. He started a career as an actor in '' sceneggiate'' musical dramas, a genre native to Naples, and later as a cinema actor. His first film was ''Celebrità'', released in 1981, a star vehicle written around his singing and the first of five films he acted in that was directed or produced by Ninì Grassia. In 1982 he released the album ''Un jeans e una maglietta'' ("Jeans and a T-shirt") and a film with the same title. The album sold over one million copies and the film surpassed the Hollywood movie ''Flashdance'' at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia with the song " Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both lyrics and music. Biography Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Lunigiana, (Tuscany), to a Sicilian father from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and a homemaker mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria). He began his musical career as a drummer, and later formed an Italo disco band together with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli called Albatros. He also started a career as songwriter, contributing some of French-American singer Joe Dassin most well-known songs such as '' L'été indien'', '' Et si tu n'existais pas'' and ''Le Jardin du Luxembourg'' (written with Vito Pallavicini). He also co-wrote Dalida's '' Monda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Cristicchi
Simone Cristicchi (born 5 February 1977 in Rome) is an Italian singer and composer. Biography Cristicchi won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival in 2007 and also the Mia Martini Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ; 20 September 1947 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.James Christopher MongerMia Martini allmusic.com won due to extremely high marks received from the festival staff (96/100) and popular vote. The lyrics to the song are taken from papers he found that were written by a man who was in a mental hospital for most of his life. It is a sad tale of the man's struggle with being away from the woman he loves and being exiled for being mentally ill. The song has so far reached number 3 on the official Italian charts and number 1 on the official downloads chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malika Ayane
Malika Ayane (; born 31 January 1984) is an Italian pop singer. Early life Malika Ayane was born in Milan, Italy, on 31 January 1984, to a Moroccan father, Ahmed, and an Italian mother. She grew up in the Zone 2 of Milan, the most multi-ethnic area of the city. In 1995, she entered the White Voices Choir at the Teatro alla Scala in her hometown, where she sang for seven years. In the meanwhile, she started studying cello at the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, where she graduated in 2001. Career During the mid 2000s, Ayane recorded songs for some TV spots, including a cover of " Over the Rainbow" for the campaign of Italian food company Yomo in 2005, and the original track "Soul Waver", performed in 2007 for Swedish car manufacturer Saab. In 2007, Ayane met Italian record producer and former singer Caterina Caselli, which granted her a deal with independent label Sugar Music. As a result, "Soul Waver" was released as her debut single. The song was also re-released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisa
Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer and actress. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa, Italy. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a village a few kilometres from Potenza. (in Italian) Her stage name is an acronym of her family members' names: A from her father, Antonio; R from her own name, Rosalba; I and S from her sisters, Isabella and Sabrina; and A from her mother, Assunta. In 1999, she won first prize in the Cantacavallo competition in Teggiano for her singing ability. The president of the jury, journalist and writer Bianca Fasano, personally delivered the cup. Career Arisa rose to fame after her participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2009. She placed first in the newcomers' section and won the Mia Martini Critics Award with her entry, "Sincerità". In early 2009, she released her first album, also titled ''Sincerità''. In January 2010 she released her second alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the Italian albums chart seven consecutive times and entering the Top 10 Italian Singles Chart fifteen times. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and again in 2023. His 2009 debut extended play, '' Dove si vola'', was preceded by the single with the same title, which reached the top spot of the Italian Top Digital Downloads chart and also served as his coronation song. In February 2010, Mengoni competed in the 60th Sanremo Music Festival with the song " Credimi ancora", placing third in a field of fifteen. The song was included in his second extended play, '' Re matto'', which debuted at number one in Italy. The EP was promoted through an Italian tour, which yielded the live album ''Re matto live''. Mengoni's first full-length studio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
