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'''Jalisse''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] musical duo consisting of Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci, who have been performing together for 14 years, and are still active. |
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] |
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| years_active = 1994–present |
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| current_members = Alessandra Drusian<br/>Fabio Ricci |
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'''Jalisse''' ({{IPA|it|ʒaˈlis}}) is an [[Italians|Italian]] musical duo consisting of spouses '''Alessandra Drusian''' (born 18 May 1969) and '''Fabio Ricci''' (born 5 September 1965). |
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They won the "Big" category of the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1997]] with the song "[[Fiumi di parole]]" and took part in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]], where they ranked 4th. |
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Alessandra is a popular star in TV music and variety shows like Gran Premio, Luna di Miele and Bellezze al Bagno, and sings with top bands. |
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== Career == |
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Fabio had his first album in 1987 with the band Vox Populi. |
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=== Beginnings === |
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In 1997, Jalisse won the [[Festival della canzone italiana|Sanremo Music Festival]] with [[Fiumi di parole]] (Rivers Of Words) and went on to represent [[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest|Italy]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]], where they reached a very respectable 4th place with 114 points. Gigi Vesigna in his book ''Vox Populi'' admitted that RAI, the Italian Nation TV Netowork and its managers, manipulated the votes in order to not make them win because the subsequent event in 1998 in Italy would have meant too much money. Jalisse were 4th in the entire competition with 144. Italy returned to Eurovision only in 2011. Jalisse applied to represent [[San Marino]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] but were not chosen. |
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The two met for the first time in 1990 in the studio of a record company. Drusian in that period competed with numerous victories in musical competitions in [[Veneto]] and [[Friuli–Venezia Giulia]]; Ricci was the singer and keyboardist of a group called Vox Populi, with whom he had released a maxi-single entitled "I'm So Bad" and presented himself as a songwriter to the record companies. |
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From 1990 to 1993 Drusian, after being launched by [[Pippo Baudo]] in the TV program ''Grand Premio'', made a series of appearances on television broadcasts. In 1992 she found herself with Ricci: the two decided to work together and two years later they formed Jalisse, taking their name from a character in the television series ''[[The Cosby Show]]''. The poet Younis Tawfik later revealed ''jalisse'' ({{lang|ar|جليس}} ''jalīs'') in Arabic means "diner who knows how to entertain in the tale of fables and music: sit and listen". |
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== Return of Jalisse == |
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In 2001–2002, Alessandra debuted as an actress in the musical ''Emotions'' under the direction of [[Sergio Japino]]. Her husband, meanwhile, decided to leave the singing entirely to her and dedicate himself to their small label,''Tregatti productions and printed music''. |
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In 1995 the duo participated in ''Sanremo Giovani'' (the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] competition for emerging artists) with the song "Vivo" ("Alive"), finishing third in the second evening and acquiring the right to participate in the Sanremo Festival proper [[Sanremo Music Festival 1996|the following year]], where they ranked sixth in the "New proposals" section with the song "Liberami" ("Set Me Free"). |
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In 2004, she released the single "6 Desiderio" that was innovatively promoted: it became the soundtrack of a Roman [[Taxicab|Taxi]]company that inserted their voices and the bridge of the song in the call-center in addition to a one month promotion in 70 vehicles. Poet and friend [[Norman Zoia]] came up with the statement "A taxi called desire" which contributed to the naming of the "Taxi Music dei Jalisse" enterprise. |
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=== 1997 Sanremo Festival and Eurovision Song Contest=== |
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In spring 2005, the album ''Siedi e ascolta'' ([[Sit and Listen]]), along with the Siebenpunkt.com's release of "Edel", was released in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Austria]]. It contained two unedited songs, and a few completely revised songs from the previous album including a Spanish version of "Fiumi di parole", titled "Rios de palabras", which was dedicated to her South American fans. In Sweden, they won third place in an international competition, the "Baltic Song Contest" in Karlshamn. |
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In [[Sanremo Music Festival 1997|1997]] they participated again at the Festival, once again by right, thanks to the rule, introduced two years before and present for the last time, which allowed the non-winning finalists of the "New Proposals" section of the previous edition to compete for 4 places among the "Champions". The song, "[[Fiumi di parole]]", passed the selection and ranked first in the event, getting the Jalisse two prizes: the Golden Lion as winners of the Festival and the Silver Lion as authors (Alessandra Drusian and Carmen Di Domenico for the lyrics, Fabio Ricci the music). This victory turned out to be among the most debated in the history of the Festival, for the controversial aftermath that followed. The song bore resemblance with "[[Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)|Listen to Your Heart]]" by [[Roxette]], but no actions were taken in this regard because plagiarism was non-existent. |
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During the 1997 Sanremo week, the duo's debut album, ''Il cerchio magico del mondo'' ("The Magic Circle of the World"), was released. The result in terms of sales (50,000 copies) was below expectations, but due to the fact that the two had reached the Sanremo victory as unknown artists and with an unreleased album. |
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Their performances around Italy (''Localitour of Italy'') also became an occasion to promote cultural tourism for places where the performances took place, like the [[Lazio|Region Lazio]] in 2004 and 2005. |
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Two months later they took part in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]] in [[Dublin]] with the same song, reaching the fourth place; there were speculations of boycott from the national broadcaster [[RAI]], which revamped in 2009 when Gigi Vesigna, in his book ''Vox Populi'', stated that the defeat of Jalisse at the event had been driven by RAI: if the duo had won, the Italian public TV would have had to organize the 1998 edition, an operation deemed commercially disadvantageous given the scarce interest of the Italian audience for this event. Italy withdrew from the musical competition until 2011. |
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On February 1, 2006, they presented at the Farnesina ([[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic|MFA]]), in the presence of Minister [[Gianfranco Fini]]. They presented their new ''Faith in love (Peter loves Halima)'' for peace in the world with respect to religion and personal belief. The lyrics were the work of the Italian ancestry [[Iraq]]i writer [[Younis Tawfik]], a member of the [[there Islamic]] in Italy. The message was posted to [[embassy|embassies]] worldwide by [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], the [[President of the Italian Republic]], to the highest Italian authorities and [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. On March 28, 2006, they were received by [[Rabbi]] Chief [[Riccardo Di Segni]] of [[Jewish Community of Rome]] . |
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The following year, Jalisse submitted to the Sanremo Festival commission the song "Le cime del Tibet" ("The Tops of Tibet"), written and composed by Maurizio Fabrizio and Guido Morra, but it was discarded. Soon the duo was labeled as a "meteor" in Italy and belittled by the mass media which, among other things, played on the alleged plagiarism of "Fiumi di parole". In fact, thanks to the good placement at the Eurovision Song Contest, they began a series of concerts and tours abroad, including the [[United States of America]] ([[Boston]]), [[Canada]], [[Russia]] ([[Moscow]]) and [[Chile]] ([[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]]). In the meantime, the duo's record was included in the programming of [[United Airlines]] and chosen by [[Fred Bronson]] for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' as one of the most interesting albums of 1997. |
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''The Art is Life'' is their show, set up together with other artists from [[Province of Treviso]]. It aims to show an alternative way of doing [[television]], launching [[peace]] and social messages, and recalling the fundamental values of the family as the basis of life. |
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=== Decline and independent projects === |
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The 2006 tour group (''Localitour d'Italia 2006'') started from Oderzo May 26. In [[autumn]] the tour was interrupted due to the singer's second pregnancy. |
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In 2001–2002 Drusian debuted as an actress in the musical comedy ''Emozioni'' ("Emotions") directed by [[Sergio Japino]]. In the meantime, Ricci decided to leave the vocal parts of the songs to his wife and devoted himself to their small independent label, the Tregatti Produzioni Musicali. |
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In the spring of 2005, the album ''Siedi e ascolta'' ("Sit and Listen") was released in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]], containing two unreleased tracks and some tracks from the previous album totally revisited, including a Spanish version of "Fiumi di parole" titled "Ríos de palabras". The record was promoted in Northern Europe and some extracts from it were included in compilations in [[Bulgaria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Poland]]. In [[Sweden]], they reached third place at the Baltic Song Contest in [[Karlshamn]]. The German magazine ''Für Sie'' distributed 600,000 copies with the compilation attached. |
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In September 2011, Jalisse playing at the international exhibition "Human Rights Tour 50°" for the 50th anniversary of [[Amnesty International]] in [[Monselice]] (PD). On stage with them, also played the guitar player and singer Carlo Zannetti, [[Poetasternote]] in art. Jalisse and Carlo Zannetti played together in several concerts throughout 2011. |
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After the 2007 announcement of [[San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008|San Marino's first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest]] the following year, Jalisse immediately said they were ready to return by representing the country, and subsequently presented a song for internal selection to [[San Marino RTV]], which failed to be selected. The pair also took part in the selections for the [[Sanremo Music Festival 2007]], but their song "Linguaggio universale" ("Universal Language"), inspired by an essay by the Nobel Prize winner [[Rita Levi-Montalcini]], was rejected. In September 2007, they released the album ''Linguaggio universale'' attached to the book ''Istruzione, chiave dello sviluppo'' by the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation, published by [[Baldini & Castoldi]]. |
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In November 2009, the duo collaborated with the Greek site ''Oikotimes.com'', analyzing the entries of the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009|Junior Eurovision Song Contest of that year]]. They played the role of themselves in [[Fausto Brizzi]]'s film ''[[Many Kisses Later]]'', performing their signature song "Fiumi di parole". In 2012 they released the single "Tra rose e cielo" ("Between the Roses and the Sky"), written together with the Italian-Iraqi poet Younis Tawfik, who had escaped from the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]]. Two other singles were released later: "E se torna la voce" ("And If Voice Returns") in March 2013 and "Dove sei" ("Where You Are") in June 2013. On 26 March 2014, Drusian presented herself to ''[[The Voice of Italy]]'' but failed to be blind-chosen by any of the coaches. |
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In December 2016, ''The Best of Jalisse'' was released, with all of the duo's singles, and promoted it throughout 2017. |
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In 2018, they were among the competitors of the TV program ''Ora o mai più'', broadcast on [[Rai 1]] and presented by [[Amadeus (presenter)|Amadeus]], where they won the third episode (out of its four) and came second overall. In the autumn of 2018, Alessandra Drusian took part in the eighth edition of ''Tale e quale show'' and the seventh edition, its tournament edition, ranking second in both. |
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On 3 May 2019, the single "Cavallo bianco" ("White Horse") was released, a cover of the 1976 [[Matia Bazar]] song, with the collaboration of Carlo Marrale. Their new album, ''Voglio emozionarmi ancora'', was released on 17 March 2020. |
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In February 2024, they were selected to compete in the final of ''[[Una voce per San Marino 2024]]'', the Sammarinese national selection for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2024 |title=San Marino 2024: 'Una Voce Per San Marino' names released |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/una-voce-san-marino-names |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=Eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]}}</ref> |
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== Discography == |
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=== Studio albums === |
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* ''Il cerchio magico del mondo'' (1997) |
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* ''I'll Fly'' (2000) |
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* ''Siedi e ascolta'' (2006) |
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* ''Linguaggio universale'' (2009) |
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* ''Voglio emozionarmi ancora'' (2020) |
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===Compilations=== |
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* ''The Best of'' (2016) |
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=== Singles === |
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* "Vivo" (1995) |
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* "Liberami" (1996) |
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* "[[Fiumi di parole]]" (1997) |
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* "6 desiderio" (2004) |
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* "Non voglio lavorare" (2009) |
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* "Tra rose e cielo" (2012) |
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* "E se torna la voce" (2013) |
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* "Dove sei" (2013) |
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* "L'alchimista, per sempre tuo cavaliere" (2014) |
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* "Faro de estrellas" (2015) |
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* "Ora" (2018) |
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* "Cavallo bianco" (2019) |
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* "Non aver paura di chiamarlo amore" (2020) |
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* "Voglio emozionarmi ancora" (2020) |
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* "Speranza in un fiore" (2021) |
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== Television == |
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!scope="row"|''[[Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018#Eurovision Song CZ|Eurovision Song CZ]]''<ref name="jurypanel">{{cite web|last=Weaver|first=Jessica|title=Czech Republic: ČT reveals international jury members for 2018 national final|url=http://esctoday.com/157293/czech-republic-ct-reveals-international-jury-members-2018-national-final/|publisher=ESCtoday|website=esctoday.com|date=22 January 2018|access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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|before=[[Enrico Ruggeri]]<br>with "[[Sole d'Europa]]" |
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|title=[[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |
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|years=[[Eurovision Song Contest 1997|1997]] |
|years=[[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997|1997]]<br>'''"[[Fiumi di parole]]"''' |
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|after=[[Raphael Gualazzi]]<br>with |
|after=[[Raphael Gualazzi]]<br>with "[[Follia d'amore]]" |
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{{Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}} |
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{{Eurovision Song Contest 1997|state=collapsed}} |
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{{Sanremo Music Festival winners}} |
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[[Category:Italian Eurovision Song Contest entrants]] |
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[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1997]] |
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[[Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners]] |
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[[Category:Italian musical duos]] |
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[[Category:Participants in Italian reality television series]] |
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Jalisse | |
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Genres | Pop |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Columbia, Tregatti |
Members | Alessandra Drusian Fabio Ricci |
Jalisse (Italian pronunciation: [ʒaˈlis]) is an Italian musical duo consisting of spouses Alessandra Drusian (born 18 May 1969) and Fabio Ricci (born 5 September 1965).
They won the "Big" category of the Sanremo Music Festival 1997 with the song "Fiumi di parole" and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, where they ranked 4th.
Career
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]The two met for the first time in 1990 in the studio of a record company. Drusian in that period competed with numerous victories in musical competitions in Veneto and Friuli–Venezia Giulia; Ricci was the singer and keyboardist of a group called Vox Populi, with whom he had released a maxi-single entitled "I'm So Bad" and presented himself as a songwriter to the record companies.
From 1990 to 1993 Drusian, after being launched by Pippo Baudo in the TV program Grand Premio, made a series of appearances on television broadcasts. In 1992 she found herself with Ricci: the two decided to work together and two years later they formed Jalisse, taking their name from a character in the television series The Cosby Show. The poet Younis Tawfik later revealed jalisse (جليس jalīs) in Arabic means "diner who knows how to entertain in the tale of fables and music: sit and listen".
In 1995 the duo participated in Sanremo Giovani (the Sanremo Music Festival competition for emerging artists) with the song "Vivo" ("Alive"), finishing third in the second evening and acquiring the right to participate in the Sanremo Festival proper the following year, where they ranked sixth in the "New proposals" section with the song "Liberami" ("Set Me Free").
1997 Sanremo Festival and Eurovision Song Contest
[edit]In 1997 they participated again at the Festival, once again by right, thanks to the rule, introduced two years before and present for the last time, which allowed the non-winning finalists of the "New Proposals" section of the previous edition to compete for 4 places among the "Champions". The song, "Fiumi di parole", passed the selection and ranked first in the event, getting the Jalisse two prizes: the Golden Lion as winners of the Festival and the Silver Lion as authors (Alessandra Drusian and Carmen Di Domenico for the lyrics, Fabio Ricci the music). This victory turned out to be among the most debated in the history of the Festival, for the controversial aftermath that followed. The song bore resemblance with "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette, but no actions were taken in this regard because plagiarism was non-existent.
During the 1997 Sanremo week, the duo's debut album, Il cerchio magico del mondo ("The Magic Circle of the World"), was released. The result in terms of sales (50,000 copies) was below expectations, but due to the fact that the two had reached the Sanremo victory as unknown artists and with an unreleased album.
Two months later they took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin with the same song, reaching the fourth place; there were speculations of boycott from the national broadcaster RAI, which revamped in 2009 when Gigi Vesigna, in his book Vox Populi, stated that the defeat of Jalisse at the event had been driven by RAI: if the duo had won, the Italian public TV would have had to organize the 1998 edition, an operation deemed commercially disadvantageous given the scarce interest of the Italian audience for this event. Italy withdrew from the musical competition until 2011.
The following year, Jalisse submitted to the Sanremo Festival commission the song "Le cime del Tibet" ("The Tops of Tibet"), written and composed by Maurizio Fabrizio and Guido Morra, but it was discarded. Soon the duo was labeled as a "meteor" in Italy and belittled by the mass media which, among other things, played on the alleged plagiarism of "Fiumi di parole". In fact, thanks to the good placement at the Eurovision Song Contest, they began a series of concerts and tours abroad, including the United States of America (Boston), Canada, Russia (Moscow) and Chile (Viña del Mar International Song Festival). In the meantime, the duo's record was included in the programming of United Airlines and chosen by Fred Bronson for Billboard as one of the most interesting albums of 1997.
Decline and independent projects
[edit]In 2001–2002 Drusian debuted as an actress in the musical comedy Emozioni ("Emotions") directed by Sergio Japino. In the meantime, Ricci decided to leave the vocal parts of the songs to his wife and devoted himself to their small independent label, the Tregatti Produzioni Musicali.
In the spring of 2005, the album Siedi e ascolta ("Sit and Listen") was released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, containing two unreleased tracks and some tracks from the previous album totally revisited, including a Spanish version of "Fiumi di parole" titled "Ríos de palabras". The record was promoted in Northern Europe and some extracts from it were included in compilations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. In Sweden, they reached third place at the Baltic Song Contest in Karlshamn. The German magazine Für Sie distributed 600,000 copies with the compilation attached.
After the 2007 announcement of San Marino's first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest the following year, Jalisse immediately said they were ready to return by representing the country, and subsequently presented a song for internal selection to San Marino RTV, which failed to be selected. The pair also took part in the selections for the Sanremo Music Festival 2007, but their song "Linguaggio universale" ("Universal Language"), inspired by an essay by the Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini, was rejected. In September 2007, they released the album Linguaggio universale attached to the book Istruzione, chiave dello sviluppo by the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation, published by Baldini & Castoldi.
In November 2009, the duo collaborated with the Greek site Oikotimes.com, analyzing the entries of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest of that year. They played the role of themselves in Fausto Brizzi's film Many Kisses Later, performing their signature song "Fiumi di parole". In 2012 they released the single "Tra rose e cielo" ("Between the Roses and the Sky"), written together with the Italian-Iraqi poet Younis Tawfik, who had escaped from the regime of Saddam Hussein. Two other singles were released later: "E se torna la voce" ("And If Voice Returns") in March 2013 and "Dove sei" ("Where You Are") in June 2013. On 26 March 2014, Drusian presented herself to The Voice of Italy but failed to be blind-chosen by any of the coaches.
In December 2016, The Best of Jalisse was released, with all of the duo's singles, and promoted it throughout 2017.
In 2018, they were among the competitors of the TV program Ora o mai più, broadcast on Rai 1 and presented by Amadeus, where they won the third episode (out of its four) and came second overall. In the autumn of 2018, Alessandra Drusian took part in the eighth edition of Tale e quale show and the seventh edition, its tournament edition, ranking second in both.
On 3 May 2019, the single "Cavallo bianco" ("White Horse") was released, a cover of the 1976 Matia Bazar song, with the collaboration of Carlo Marrale. Their new album, Voglio emozionarmi ancora, was released on 17 March 2020.
In February 2024, they were selected to compete in the final of Una voce per San Marino 2024, the Sammarinese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[1]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Il cerchio magico del mondo (1997)
- I'll Fly (2000)
- Siedi e ascolta (2006)
- Linguaggio universale (2009)
- Voglio emozionarmi ancora (2020)
Compilations
[edit]- The Best of (2016)
Singles
[edit]- "Vivo" (1995)
- "Liberami" (1996)
- "Fiumi di parole" (1997)
- "6 desiderio" (2004)
- "Non voglio lavorare" (2009)
- "Tra rose e cielo" (2012)
- "E se torna la voce" (2013)
- "Dove sei" (2013)
- "L'alchimista, per sempre tuo cavaliere" (2014)
- "Faro de estrellas" (2015)
- "Ora" (2018)
- "Cavallo bianco" (2019)
- "Non aver paura di chiamarlo amore" (2020)
- "Voglio emozionarmi ancora" (2020)
- "Speranza in un fiore" (2021)
Television
[edit]Title | Year | Notes |
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Eurovision Song CZ[2] | 2018 | International jury member |
References
[edit]- ^ "San Marino 2024: 'Una Voce Per San Marino' names released". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Weaver, Jessica (22 January 2018). "Czech Republic: ČT reveals international jury members for 2018 national final". esctoday.com. ESCtoday. Retrieved 22 January 2018.