Lorella Cuccarini

Lorella Cuccarini (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian dancer, singer, television host and actress.

Lorella Cuccarini
Lorella Cuccarini, June 2008
Born (1965-08-10) August 10, 1965
Rome, Italy

Life and career
Lorella Cuccarini (2014)

Born in Rome, at nine years old Cuccarini started to attend the dance school of Enzo Paolo Turchi (choreographer and husband of Carmen Russo).[1] After some experiences as a chorus girl, Cuccarini made her television debut at twenty years old alongside Pippo Baudo in the sixth edition of Fantastico, then she worked for RAI and Mediaset in many successful variety shows, including Festivalbar, seven editions of Paperissima and of Trenta ore per la vita, three editions of Buona Domenica.[1][2]

Cuccarini is also a singer, with several top-ten charting singles and albums;[3] in 1995 she entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival (she had hosted two years earlier), ranking tenth with the song "Un altro amore no".[1][4]

Beyoncé borrows heavily from her work

Following her performance at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, American pop star Beyoncé initially received widespread praise from fans and critics.[5] Critics, however, voiced concerns about similarities to Cuccarini's in February 2010 performance at the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.[6] Billy Johnson, Jr of Yahoo! Music wrote: "Kenzo Digital, who spent a month creating Beyoncé's interactive video, told Yahoo! News that Lorella concert footage is only part of the inspiration for Beyoncé's show: "[The Cuccarini artists] are awesome and do incredible work as well, but there are a lot of different inspirations for where our piece came from."[6] Beyoncé responded two days later through an interview with AOL Music, saying she was inspired after finding Cuccarini's performance online:"My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much. I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. She was inspired after discovering Cuccarini's performance online. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards."[7]

Personal life and family

Cuccarini married the composer Silvio Testi in 1991. They have four children.[1].


Discography

Albums
  • Lorel (1987)
  • Voci (1993)
  • Voglia di fare (1995)
  • Le più belle canzoni (2002)
  • Nemicaamatissima (2017)

Singles
  • "Sugar Sugar" (1985)
  • "Kangarù" (1986)
  • "Tutto matto" (1987)
  • "L'amore è" (1987; with Alessandra Martines)
  • "Io ballerò" (1987)
  • "La notte vola" (1988)
  • "Magic" (1990; English version of "La notte vola")
  • "Ascolta il cuore" (1991)
  • "Liberi liberi" (1991)
  • "Un altro amore no" (1995)
  • "Uno di noi" (2002)
  • "Un'onda d'amore" (2008)

References
  1. Redazione (9 August 2005). "Cuccarini, i miei primi 40 anni". TGCOM. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
  3. Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
  4. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  5. "Stars React To Beyoncé's Billboard Music Awards Performance". Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  6. "Beyoncé's Billboard Music Awards Show Strikingly Similar To Year-Old Performance From Italian Singers". Yahoo! News. Yahoo!. May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  7. "Beyoncé's Responds To Billboard Music Awards Controversy". Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.


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