Silvia Salemi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silvia Salemi
Born (1978-04-02) 2 April 1978
Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, Sicily
Occupation singer-songwriter

Silvia Salemi (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter and television personality.

Life and career

Born in Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, in 1995 Salemi won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the song "Con questo sentimento".[1]

In 1996 she entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Quando il cuore", ranking at fifth place in the "Newcomers" section.[1] A year later she returned to Sanremo Festival, this time entering the "Big Artists" section, with the song "A casa di Luca", ranking fourth and obtaining both a critical and commercial success.[1] She entered into the Sanremo Festival two more times, in 1998 with the song "Pathos" and in 2003 with "Il cuore delle donne".[1]

In 1998 Salemi co-hosted, alongside Pippo Baudo, the Canale 5 variety show Il gran ballo delle debuttanti.[2] In 1999, she hosted the Rai 3 religious themed program Viaggi nei luoghi del sacro.[3] In 2004 she took part to the Rai 2 reality show Music Farm.[4] In 2013, she was cast in Tale e Quale Show, the Italian version of the Your Face Sounds Familiar franchise.[5]

Discography

Album

  • 1996 - Silvia Salemi
  • 1997 - Caotica
  • 1998 - Pathos
  • 2000 - L'arancia
  • 2003 - Gioco del Duende
  • 2007 - Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro

Selected singles

  • 1996 - "Nessuno mi può giudicare"
  • 1996 - "Quando il cuore"
  • 1997 - "A casa di Luca"
  • 1997 - "Stai con me stanotte"
  • 1998 - "Pathos"
  • 1998 - "Odiami perché"
  • 2000 - "La parola amore"
  • 2000 - "E ci batteva il sole"
  • 2002 - "J'adore"
  • 2003 - "Nel cuore delle donne"
  • 2003 - "Dimenticami"
  • 2007 - "Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro"
  • 2007 - "Ormai"
  • 2012 - "Amore disperato"

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291. 
  2. Maria Volpe (13 June 1998). "Baudo lancia la Salemi showgirl". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  3. "ascolti tv: 'viaggio nei luoghi del sacro' oltre 6 pc di share". Adnkronos. 31 July 1999. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  4. Mariella Tanzarella (8 April 2004). "I cantanti si sfidano in beauty farm tra musica, diete e cure di bellezza". La Repubblica. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  5. Silvia Fumarola (2 November 2013). ""Tale e quale", lo show senza rivali: boom di ascolti, e due puntate in più". La Repubblica. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.