Silvia Salemi

Silvia Salemi
Silvia Salemi (left), 2012
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
  • 2017 - 23

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"
  • 2009 - "Commessa Commossa"
  • 2012 - "Amore disperato"
  • 2017 - Potrebbe Essere"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
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