Francesco Facchinetti
Francesco Facchinetti | |
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Francesco Facchinetti in April 2009 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Francesco Facchinetti |
Also known as | Francesco, DJ Francesco |
Born |
Milan, Italy | 2 May 1980
Genres | Pop, pop rap |
Occupations | Singer, TV presenter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2003–2007 |
Labels | Universal Music Italy, Sony BMG |
Francesco Facchinetti, also known under the mononym Francesco or as DJ Francesco, is an Italian TV presenter and former singer. He rose to fame as a singer during the summer of 2003, when he released his debut single, "La canzone del capitano", which became a hit in Italy. Before retiring from his music career in 2007, he released three studio albums, and he competed for three times in the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2004, he was also a contestant of the Italian reality show L'isola dei famosi. Three years later, he became the co-presented of the show. Starting from 2008, Facchinetti presented the first four series of X Factor, the Italian version of the talent show created by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. When RAI decided to discontinue the show, Facchinetti presented Star Academy, which replaced X Factor, but the show was cancelled due to poor ratings.
Early life
Francesco Facchinetti was born in Milan on 2 May 1980, to Italian singer Roby Facchinetti, better known as a member of the pop band Pooh, and Rosaria Longoni.[1][2] His elder sister, Alessandra Facchinetti, is a fashion designer.[3]
Career
Music debut and Bella di padella
After becoming part of a punk band, Facchinetti became a presenter of the Italian satellite television channel Hit Channel 102.5, directed by the record producer and talent scout Claudio Cecchetto.[4] The jingle for his TV programme, "La canzone del capitano", was also used during Canale 5's quiz show Passaparola.[4] After being released as his debut single under the pseudonym DJ Francesco, "La canzone del capitano" became a hit in Italy, peeking at number three on the FIMI Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks and being certified gold.[5][6]
His second single, "Salta", became another top 20 hit in Italy.[7] In October of the same year, DJ Francesco received a nomination for Best Italian Revelation of the Year at the fourth Italian Music Awards.[8] Facchinetti's third single, "Ti adoro", a rap version of Luciano Pavarotti's song with the same title, was released in February 2004.[9] In March of the same year, DJ Francesco competed in the 54th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Era bellissimo", placing 11th in a field of 22.[10] The song was included in his first studio album, Bella di padella, also including DJ Francesco's previous singles, released in March 2004.[11]
L'isola dei famosi and Il mondo di Francesca
In September 2004, DJ Francesco became a contestant of the reality show L'isola dei famosi.[12] He was eliminated on 12 November 2004, during the semi-final of the competition.[13] In March 2005, he competed for the second time in the Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Francesca" as part of the DJ Francesco Band. The song compteded in the category Groups, but it was eliminated after the second round of the competition.[14] The song became the lead single from DJ Francesco's second studio album, Il mondo di Francesca.[15] In the meanwhile, Facchinetti debuted as a voice actor, dubbing Rodney in the Italian version of the computer animated film Robots.[16]
The third studio album and the debut as a TV presenter
In 2006, Facchinetti started to present his own radio programme, Non esco, c'è Francesco, broadcast by RTL 102.5.[17] On 16 June of the same year he released his first single for Sony Music, "Non cado più", under the mononym Francesco. The single, presented during the singing competition Festivalbar, was certified gold in Italy.[17][18]
In February 2007, Facchinetti competed in the 57th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Vivere normale", a duet with his father Roby Facchinetti.[19] The song placed eighth in a field of twenty, and was later included in Francesco's third studio album of the same title.[20] The album also spawned the singles "Amante e regina" and "Superman".[21][22]
On 27 June 2007, Facchinetti presented the 2nd Venive Music Awards, an award ceremony celebrating pop music.[21] In September of the same year, he started to co-present the fifth series of L'isola dei famosi, from the Cayos Cochinos islands, in Honduras.[23] As a result, he received the Premio Regia Televisiva, also known as Oscar TV, for TV Personality Revelation of the Year in March 2008.[24]
X Factor, Star Academy and Rai Boh
In March 2008, Facchinetti became the presenter of the first series of the Italian talent show X Factor.[25] Facchinetti also presented the following three series of the show. In the meanwhile, Facchinetti also presented the musc show Scalo 76, the Italian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2008, and Il più grande (italiano di tutti i tempi).[26][27][28] In 2011, when Rai 2 decided not to confirm X Factor replacing it with Star Academy, Facchinetti was chosen as the presenter of the new show.[29] However, the show received very poor ratings, therefoere it was cancelled after three episodes only.[30] During the same year, he presented the music-based show Ciak si canta with Belén Rodríguez.[31]
In 2012, Facchinetti founded a dance trio, We Are Presidents. The band's first single, "Hello World", was released in November 2012.[32] In January 2013, Facchinetti presented a new late night show, Rai Boh, which experimented with chaos-based interviews. The show was cancelled after the first episode for its poor ratings.[33]
Personal life
During the reality show L'isola dei famosi, Facchinetti started an on-again off-again relationship with fellow contestant and Venezuelan television personality Aída Yéspica. Their relationship lasted until July 2006.[34] In August 2010, Facchinetti started dating Italian TV presenter Alessia Marcuzzi.[35] On 4 September 2011, Marcuzzi gave birth to their first daughter, Mia.[36] In October 2011, the couple announced their separation through a co-written message posted on their Facebook and Twitter official accounts.[37][38]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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ITA [39] | |||
Bella di padella |
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— | |
Il mondo di Francesca |
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1 | |
Vivere normale | 80 | ||
Singles
Single | Year | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album |
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ITA [40] | ||||
"La canzone del capitano" | 2003 | 3 |
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Bella di padella |
"Salta" | 20 | |||
"Ti adoro" (Vs. Luciano Pavarotti) | 2004 | — | ||
"Era bellissimo" | — | |||
"Francesca" | 2005 | 13 | Il mondo di Francesca | |
"Ridere ridere" | — | |||
"Il panettiere" | — | |||
"Non cado più" | 2006 | 13 |
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Vivere normale |
"Vivere normale" (with Roby Facchinetti) | 2007 | — | ||
"Amante e regina" | — | |||
"Superman" | — | |||
"—" denotes singles that did not chart | ||||
References
- ↑ "Chiedilo a Billa". Il Giornalino (in Italian). Edizioni San Paolo. April 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Facchinetti, parla la mamma: Francesco sposerà Alessia Marcuzzi". Oggi. RCS Media Group. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ C. Manfredi (30 June 2011). "Alessandra Facchinetti ritorna alla moda con Pinko". Vanity Fair Italy (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sanremo, tutti i protagonisti". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 19 February 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Nella musica abbondano i figli di papà: adesso c'è anche Giovanni Baglioni". Affaritaliani (in Italian). 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Italian Charts - DJ Francesco - La canzone del capitano (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Italian Charts - DJ Francesco - Salta (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Comunicato Stampa: 'Italian Music Awads', le nomination". Rockol.it. 20 October 2003. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ↑ "DJ Francesco Vs Pavarotti: Ti adoro!" (in Italian). Universal Music Group. 9 February 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sanremo, la classifica finale con il dettaglio dei voti" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 7 March 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Paola Maraone (30 March 2004). "DJ Francesco - Bella di padella" (in Italian). Rockol.it. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Alessandra Vitali (17 September 2004). "Isola dei famosi, inizio rimandato. Stavolta la realtà batte il reality". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Eliminati Dj Francesco e Aida In finale Bedi, Schillaci, Muniz". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 13 November 2004. p. 39. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sanremo 2005: categoria Gruppi, eliminata la DJ Francesco Band" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Paola Maraone (14 June 2005). "Il Mondo di Francesca - DJ Francesco" (in Italian). Rockol.it. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Chiara Ugolini (22 March 2005). "Nel mondo di Robots con Dj Francesco". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Musica: Francesco, ex DJ Francesco, al Festivalbar con il nuovo brano" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 14 June 2006.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Musica: disco d'oro per l'ex DJ Francesco" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sanremo, tornano Dorelli, Milva e Al Bano". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 5 March 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sanremo: vince il matto di Cristicchi" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Comunicato Stampa: Francesco Facchinetti presenta i Venice Music Awards" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Massimo Giuliano" (in Italian). Musicalnews.com. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Luca Dondoni (18 September 2007). "L’Isola dei Famosi diventa beneducata". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Ginanni Micaletto (30 March 2008). "Oscar tv a "Ballarò", Benigni e Facchinetti". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Parte X Factor: Non è Amici, e neanche il Grande Fratello" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Film e programmi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 13 September 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Walter Siti (24 January 2010). "Il più grande uno show che si scusa di esistere". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Luca Benedetti (27 November 2008). "Gli Oscar dei teenager con Facchinetti jr". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Rai: Facchinetti presenta Star Academy". la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Carlo Moretti (19 October 2011). "Giallo sulla chiusura di Star Academy: la Rai rischia il rimborso del televoto". la Repubblica (in Italian).
- ↑ "Belen: tv con Facchinetti e set con Argentero". TGCOM (in Italian). 4 April 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "We Are Presidents: il singolo di debutto è Hello world" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Francesco Canino (31 January 2013). "Rai Boh fa flop. Chiude il programma di Facchinetti". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Aida tradisce Dj: amore naufragato". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Facchinetti-Marcuzzi, è amore". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "E' nata la figlia di Facchinetti e della Marcuzzi" (in Italian). Varesenews.it. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Marcuzzi e Facchinetti: Faremo tutto per preservare la nostra famiglia" (in Italian). LaPresse. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ L. Farnese (9 October 2012). "Marcuzzi e Facchinetti, fine di un amore". Vanity Fair (Italy) (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Peak positions on the Italian albums chart:
- For Il mondo di Francesca: "Classifiche - Archivio - Album - Classifica settimanale WK 18 (dal 25-04-2005 al 01-05-2005)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- For Vivere normale: "Classifiche - Archivio - Album - Classifica settimanale WK 11 (dal 05-03-2007 al 11-03-2007)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Italian Singles Chart - DJ Francesco - Singles". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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