Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi

Born: January 18, 1940
in Ligonchio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Iva Zanicchi (born 18 January 1940) is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as Eagle of Ligonchio".

Iva Zanicchi was born in Ligonchio, in the province of Reggio Emilia to Zefiro (1909–2004) and Elsa Raffaelli (1914–2010). Her career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Music Festival, where she earned third place. She won the Sanremo song festival in 1967 with Non pensare a me, in 1969 with "Zingara" and again in 1974 with "Ciao cara, come stai?". Zanicchi remains the only woman singer to have won that festival's prize three times. In 1969, she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid with "Due grosse lacrime bianche", finishing 13th. She represented Italy in the V Festival Internacional da Canção in Rio with Tu non-sei più innamorato di me in 1970. A concert at the Paris Olympia and a tour (United States, Canada, South America and the Soviet Union) followed. Zanicchi later also toured Australia and Japan. Has worked with Mikis Theodorakis, Charles Aznavour and Luigi Tenco, and has made numerous recordings. Has performed at Madison Square Gardens, New York (1974) and the Teatro Regio (Parma). In total, Zanicchi released 14 albums during the 1970s, including a Christmas-themed, Neapolitan and Spanish language recordings.

From 1987 to 2000 Zanicchi hosted the television game show OK, il Prezzo è Giusto!, the Italian version of The Price Is Right as the only female host in the history of the game show worldwide (since then, other countries have had versions of the show hosted by a woman).

In 2004 she was one of Forza Italia's candidates at the European Parliament elections, polling nearly 35,000 but not enough to be elected. However, as the highest-polling among the candidates failing to be elected, Zanicchi took up her seat in Strasburg in May 2008, representing Forza Italia, when EuroMP Mario Mantovani left to become a PdL senator. She was confirmed in her post at the European elections of June 2009.

In 2009, a band called I VazzaNikki was started, the name being a clear reference and tribute to Iva Zanicchi. The idea of the group came during a conversation between the Italian comedians Valerio Lundini, who is one of the singers and the keyboard player of the band, and Greg, who suggested the name. The objective was to play rock'n'roll and rockabilly music, inspired by the American 1950s. The band characterizes for ironic and nonsense songs, and even performed in the TV broadcast Una pezza di Lundini, hosted by Lundini on Rai Uno.

Source: Article "Iva Zanicchi" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Title: TV Story Superstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Spera Teresa
Title: Spera Teresa
Character: The great Iva
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Teresa is a young disabled singer, determined to become someone in the world of traditional Italian music, despite the difficulties related to her physical condition, the post-earthquake context and the unlikely helpers she surrounds herself with. A mockumentary shot entirely with local actors in a brand new neighborhood created around a container area, after the 2016 earthquake in central Italy.
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W gli sposi
Title: W gli sposi
Character: Maria
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Tú Sí Que Vales
Character: Giudice Popolare
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Inspector Coliandro
Character: Ersilia Karan
Released: August 24, 2006
Type: TV
Italian police inspector Coliandro — an ignorant, boorish, but fundamentally kind-hearted oaf, whose entire worldview is informed by American cop movies — protects the good citizens of Bologna, routinely saving the day and foiling the plans of evildoers of all sorts by a combination of dumb luck and genuine bravery, while always falling hopelessly in love with the woman at the center of the case.
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Title: Caterina e le sue figlie
Character: Liliana
Released: December 4, 2005
Type: TV
Caterina e le sue figlie is an Italian television series that aired from December 4, 2005 to March 3, 2010 on Canale 5. The comedy series follows single mother Catherine as she tries to balance raising three daughters alone and dating.
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Title: Ciao Darwin
Character: Capitana Caste
Released: October 3, 1998
Type: TV
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.
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The Last New Year's Eve
Title: The Last New Year's Eve
Character: Gina Carucci
Released: March 6, 1998
Type: Movie
New year's eve at "The Islands" condos. An aging countess's party is crashed by the soccer team from her gigolo's town. While dressing for a dinner party, the wealthy Guilia discovers her husband's affair with her best friend and vows revenge. Next door, a family prepares their vintage Dodge for a drive through the streets. A call girl ties up a lawyer while, unbeknownst to him, three men await the right moment to break into his office. Across the hall, a woman downs pills in a lonely suicide attempt. Two young men hide out in a bedroom smoking dope; one of them has some dynamite. As midnight approaches, each group draws closer to grotesque tragedy.
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Title: 100 milioni + Iva
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: La sai l'ultima?
Released: July 4, 1992
Type: TV
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The Odyssey
Title: The Odyssey
Character: Giunone
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
An Italian made for television musical comedy.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Regina
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Title: Buona Domenica
Character: Partecipazione
Released: January 6, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Domenica In
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
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28 Minutes for 3 Million Dollars
Title: 28 Minutes for 3 Million Dollars
Character: Nightclub Singer
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: Movie
A billionaire hires a professional thief to steal a famous diamond.
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Una ragazza tutta d'oro
Title: Una ragazza tutta d'oro
Character: Iva Zanelli
Released: August 17, 1967
Type: Movie
A girl with a beautiful voice lives in a little village and dreams of becoming a successful singer. She is discovered by the music maestro Signoretti who tries to have her take part in the music festival of Sanremo, Italy's most famous singing competition.
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Title: Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: TV
A yearly musical contest organized by the municipality of Viña del Mar, Chile which takes place during the last week of February at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater since February 21, 1960.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Sanremo Music Festival
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: January 29, 1951
Type: TV
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Il circo delle meraviglie
Title: Il circo delle meraviglie
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie