A love song so beautiful that it gives you chills: Due vite, the winning song performed by Marco Mengoni at the 73nd edition of the Sanremo Festival, is a powerful song about “a relationship of love and conflict, a relationship that opposes consciousness with subconsciousness”, as the singer and songwriter revealed in a video interview. Who is this amazing artist who represented Italy at the ESC in Liverpool? Discover 17 facts about Marco Mengoni.
(This article was first published on 12 February 2023 and updated on 13 May 2023.)
Marco Mengoni was born on 25 December 1988 in Ronciglione (Lazio, Italy). He grew up as an only child.
At the age of 14, he enrolled in a singing course where he became part of a quintet that also performed in piano bars. Two years later, he started his solo career as a singer and songwriter. In 2013, he moved to Milan, the most important city for aspiring singers in Italy.
In December 2009, at the age of 21, he won the talent show X Factor Italy and signed with Sony Music. The same month, he released his first single Dove si vola.
In February 2010, he placed third at the Sanremo Festival with Credimi ancora, a song that he included in his second album Re matto.
In 2013, Marco Mengoni won the Sanremo Festival for the first time with his song L’essenziale and qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest in Amsterdam, where he placed seventh.
To date, the 34-year-old singer has released 6 studio albums, 4 live albums, 33 music videos and 38 singles.
Marco Mengoni is not married and he doesn’t have any children.
Even though he’s one of the most succesful Italian artists, neither journalists nor paparazzi know anything about his love life. All the information on Google is mere speculation. The artist has never confirmed any relationship with a man or a woman.
The Sanremo Festival, which was launched in 1951, is Italy’s most important song contest. It catapults the winners to success in Italy and qualifies them for the European Song Contest. Zitti e buoni, the winning song of the Sanremo Festival 2021, launched Maneskin into a skyrocketing international career.
Marco Mengoni will be on tour in Italy (June and July 2023) and in several European cities (Barcelona, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich and Monaco). Check out his concert tour dates.
On 23 May 2023, Marco released Materia (Prisma), his third album.
Marco Mengoni has 2.4 million followers on Instagram.
PAZZA MUSICA, MARCO MENGONI’S SUMMER SMASH HIT 2023
On 26 May 2023, Marco Mengoni and Elodie, one of the most successful Italian female singers, released their song Pazza Musica (Crazy Music in English). In the first 10 days, the Youtube video got nearly 2 million views. In a radio interview with DeeJay, Marco said that the “Woop, Woop” in the chorus of his new hit is a vague reference to Sound of da Police by KRS-One.
MARCO MENGONI’S WINNING SONG DUE VITE
MARCO MENGONI PERFORMS LET IT BE WITH THE KINGDOM CHOIR
MARCO MENGONI’S VERSACE OUTFIT FOR SANREMO 2023
MARCO MENGONI FINISHES IN THE TOP 4 AT EUROVISION 2023
Marco Mengoni’s performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, the most watched final in the song contest’s history, was rewarded by the jury and the public. Marco Mengoni and his song Due Vite came a glorious fourth place with 350 points.
The ESC was won by Swedish singer Loreen who also made history by becoming the first woman to win the contest twice.
MARCO MENGONI INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH AT EUROVISION 2023
MARCO MENGONI INTERVIEW IN ITALIAN (FEBRUARY 2023)
MUHAMMAD ALI BY MARCO MENGONI (2018)
NO STRESS BY MARCO MENGONI (2022)
MI FIDERÒ BY MARCO MENGONI FEATURING MADAME (2021)
GUERRIERO (WARRIOR) BY MARCO MENGONI (2016)
TI HO VOLUTO BENE VERAMENTE BY MARCO MENGONI (2015)
Photos: Courtesy of Sarah Louise Bennett EBU and Corinne Cumming EBU
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