Roberto Meloni (singer)
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Roberto Meloni, born in 1977 in Ardara (Sardinia
, Italy
), is an Italian
singer currently residing in Latvia
.
He has been performing on the stage since he was four, taking part in many events and contest as Una Voce per Sanremo in 1995. He studied at Foreign Languages University and, after getting graduated (110/110 cum laude) he won a scholarship with Socrates project to Riga, Latvia. In February 2004 Roberto took part in TV talent show Talantu Fabrika, a kind of Latvian Stars Academy, reaching the big final, and performing on the stage with big stars as Raimonds Pauls.
Roberto gained popularity in Latvia also because he was the only foreigner to take part in a talent show and he appeared in many covers and magazines. In May 2004 Roberto joined Elizabete Zagorska, a Latvian singer, in the latino duet Elizabet e Roberto. They recorded 13 new songs and they released in march 2008 their CD called Viva el Amor. Elizabet e Roberto took part in many events in Lithuania, Estonia and they shoot two video clips, one in the wonderful Roberto’s motherland Sardinia for the song Il Ballo del Lettone, and one in Egypt at Domina Coral Bay for the song Viva el amor, released both in Italian and Russian languages.
In February 2007 Roberto Meloni is one of the stars of the Latvian TV program Strictly come Dancing, together with Latvian professional dancer and number 13th in world rank Roberto shows his abilities of show man and dancer. In February 2007 Roberto Meloni joined the group Bonaparti.lv to win Latvian Eurovision selection with the ballad Questa Notte. In May 2007 Bonaparti.lv took part in the big ESC final held in Helsinki, reaching the 16th place among 43 countries. From October till December 2007, Roberto Meloni became one of the hosts of Latvian TV program Nakts Sarrunas (Night Chats), where he interviews popular Latvian people as politicians, artists, about different topics.
In December 2007 Roberto Meloni is one of the actors in the musicals West Side Stories and Les Misérables, that were a success of public and critics. From January till June 2008 Roberto Meloni becomes the host of the TV program Sapni Piepildas (Dreams come true), where he realizes the dreams of Latvian children.
In February 2008 Roberto Meloni participates and wins for the second year in a row (first time for an artist in Latvia) Latvian Eurovison selection with the group Pirates of the Sea, getting also the record of votes in Latvian semifinal (12.000 votes). In May 2008 Pirates of the Sea enter to the big final in Belgrade, reaching the 11th place among 43 countries. Pirates of the Sea were awarded by BBC as the best stage costume dressed in the whole ESC. In July 2008 Pirates of the Sea took part in Slaviansky Bazar, an International contest held in Vitepsks, Bielorussia. They performed in Sweden, Lithuania and in October 2008 they have been invited as guests in the popular RAI Uno TV program Carramba che Fortuna, hosted by the world wide popular star Raffaella Carra’ . In December 2008 Roberto created the group „Stelle di Natale”, a project that includes Roberto Meloni, Aleksandra Kurusova (the pirate girl), Laura Kosite (who danced with Roberto in „Strictly come Dancing”) and the Latvian singer Ralfs Rubenis. The project recorded the song Pasca E Nadale, written by Claudio Carente and translated into Latvian as Viss ies uz labu with charity aim to get founds for Children Hospital Music Therapy Room. The song has been on the chart till 9th place on Latvian Airplay top 50. In February 2009 he has been on Sardinian popular TV programs Anninnora and Ammentos where he performed live Questa Notte. In April 2009 Roberto and his group Pirates of the Sea have been performing for three weeks in Malta. Roberto recorded his new single „Love me or leave me”, written by Malta popular artist Claudia Faniello. He is one of the actors of the theatre piece „Kailie Briezi”, a Latvian version of Full Monty, that is going to take part in many Latvian cities starting from May 2009. After representing Latvia at Eurovision Song Contests in 2007 with the pop tenor group Bonaparti.lv and in 2008 as one of the Pirates of the Sea, Roberto Meloni represented for the first time his own country, Italy, at Cesme international festival with the song Sei solo tu (It's only you). The event which took place in the beautiful Turkish city of Cesme in June 2009. With several shows this summer with performances throughout Latvia, in September 2009 Roberto Meloni took part in Golden Stag, International Festival that takes place in Brasov, Romania singing his song Sei Solo Tu and the Rumanian hit Say Something by Laurentiu Cazan. He is one of the main actors of Russian version of theatre piece Lady's Night (Orli Striptiza), in Latvia and Lithuania. In December 2009 Roberto started working with Italian recording company . He is collaborating with some Sardinian and foreign artists on his new Cd that will include songs in Italian, English and for the first time in Sardinian language. In May 2010 came out his second single All Alone from his next album in collaboration with Greek producer Yannis Kotsanas and song writer Marios Gligoris. In June 2010 publishing company Feltrinelli published the book "FUORI LUOGO" "Come inventarsi italiani nel mondo" dedicated to 19 Italians who became popular around the world with exotic stories. Roberto's story is one of them! In September 2010 Roberto was one of the judges of TV program "Latvia Got Talent". In October 2010 Roberto has been invited as a guest at the popular talk show of Rai Uno "Se...A casa di Paola" hosted by Paola Perego to talk with some other popular guests about his successful career in Latvia. In January 2011 Roberto Meloni has been invited as a guest at the TV show of Rai Tre "Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro" hosted by Licia Colò.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRwbC-CH0U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPRbgLUlx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNy9qUbBec
He represented Latvia twice in a row in the Eurovision Song Contest
, in 2007 as part of the group Bonaparti.lv
and again in 2008 as part of Pirates of the Sea
. In 2009, he gave the points of Latvia at the 54° ESC
.
Sardinia
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, Italy
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), is an Italian
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singer currently residing in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
.
He has been performing on the stage since he was four, taking part in many events and contest as Una Voce per Sanremo in 1995. He studied at Foreign Languages University and, after getting graduated (110/110 cum laude) he won a scholarship with Socrates project to Riga, Latvia. In February 2004 Roberto took part in TV talent show Talantu Fabrika, a kind of Latvian Stars Academy, reaching the big final, and performing on the stage with big stars as Raimonds Pauls.
Roberto gained popularity in Latvia also because he was the only foreigner to take part in a talent show and he appeared in many covers and magazines. In May 2004 Roberto joined Elizabete Zagorska, a Latvian singer, in the latino duet Elizabet e Roberto. They recorded 13 new songs and they released in march 2008 their CD called Viva el Amor. Elizabet e Roberto took part in many events in Lithuania, Estonia and they shoot two video clips, one in the wonderful Roberto’s motherland Sardinia for the song Il Ballo del Lettone, and one in Egypt at Domina Coral Bay for the song Viva el amor, released both in Italian and Russian languages.
In February 2007 Roberto Meloni is one of the stars of the Latvian TV program Strictly come Dancing, together with Latvian professional dancer and number 13th in world rank Roberto shows his abilities of show man and dancer. In February 2007 Roberto Meloni joined the group Bonaparti.lv to win Latvian Eurovision selection with the ballad Questa Notte. In May 2007 Bonaparti.lv took part in the big ESC final held in Helsinki, reaching the 16th place among 43 countries. From October till December 2007, Roberto Meloni became one of the hosts of Latvian TV program Nakts Sarrunas (Night Chats), where he interviews popular Latvian people as politicians, artists, about different topics.
In December 2007 Roberto Meloni is one of the actors in the musicals West Side Stories and Les Misérables, that were a success of public and critics. From January till June 2008 Roberto Meloni becomes the host of the TV program Sapni Piepildas (Dreams come true), where he realizes the dreams of Latvian children.
In February 2008 Roberto Meloni participates and wins for the second year in a row (first time for an artist in Latvia) Latvian Eurovison selection with the group Pirates of the Sea, getting also the record of votes in Latvian semifinal (12.000 votes). In May 2008 Pirates of the Sea enter to the big final in Belgrade, reaching the 11th place among 43 countries. Pirates of the Sea were awarded by BBC as the best stage costume dressed in the whole ESC. In July 2008 Pirates of the Sea took part in Slaviansky Bazar, an International contest held in Vitepsks, Bielorussia. They performed in Sweden, Lithuania and in October 2008 they have been invited as guests in the popular RAI Uno TV program Carramba che Fortuna, hosted by the world wide popular star Raffaella Carra’ . In December 2008 Roberto created the group „Stelle di Natale”, a project that includes Roberto Meloni, Aleksandra Kurusova (the pirate girl), Laura Kosite (who danced with Roberto in „Strictly come Dancing”) and the Latvian singer Ralfs Rubenis. The project recorded the song Pasca E Nadale, written by Claudio Carente and translated into Latvian as Viss ies uz labu with charity aim to get founds for Children Hospital Music Therapy Room. The song has been on the chart till 9th place on Latvian Airplay top 50. In February 2009 he has been on Sardinian popular TV programs Anninnora and Ammentos where he performed live Questa Notte. In April 2009 Roberto and his group Pirates of the Sea have been performing for three weeks in Malta. Roberto recorded his new single „Love me or leave me”, written by Malta popular artist Claudia Faniello. He is one of the actors of the theatre piece „Kailie Briezi”, a Latvian version of Full Monty, that is going to take part in many Latvian cities starting from May 2009. After representing Latvia at Eurovision Song Contests in 2007 with the pop tenor group Bonaparti.lv and in 2008 as one of the Pirates of the Sea, Roberto Meloni represented for the first time his own country, Italy, at Cesme international festival with the song Sei solo tu (It's only you). The event which took place in the beautiful Turkish city of Cesme in June 2009. With several shows this summer with performances throughout Latvia, in September 2009 Roberto Meloni took part in Golden Stag, International Festival that takes place in Brasov, Romania singing his song Sei Solo Tu and the Rumanian hit Say Something by Laurentiu Cazan. He is one of the main actors of Russian version of theatre piece Lady's Night (Orli Striptiza), in Latvia and Lithuania. In December 2009 Roberto started working with Italian recording company . He is collaborating with some Sardinian and foreign artists on his new Cd that will include songs in Italian, English and for the first time in Sardinian language. In May 2010 came out his second single All Alone from his next album in collaboration with Greek producer Yannis Kotsanas and song writer Marios Gligoris. In June 2010 publishing company Feltrinelli published the book "FUORI LUOGO" "Come inventarsi italiani nel mondo" dedicated to 19 Italians who became popular around the world with exotic stories. Roberto's story is one of them! In September 2010 Roberto was one of the judges of TV program "Latvia Got Talent". In October 2010 Roberto has been invited as a guest at the popular talk show of Rai Uno "Se...A casa di Paola" hosted by Paola Perego to talk with some other popular guests about his successful career in Latvia. In January 2011 Roberto Meloni has been invited as a guest at the TV show of Rai Tre "Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro" hosted by Licia Colò.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRwbC-CH0U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPRbgLUlx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNy9qUbBec
He represented Latvia twice in a row in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, in 2007 as part of the group Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the...
and again in 2008 as part of Pirates of the Sea
Pirates of the Sea
Pirates of the Sea is a musical project that represented Latvia in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with their song "Wolves of the Sea". It consists of three members: Italian singer Roberto Meloni who is living in Latvia, dancer Aleksandra Kurusova as well as the TV and radio person Jānis Vaišļa...
. In 2009, he gave the points of Latvia at the 54° ESC
ESC
-As an abbreviation:* Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, a business school in the French system of "Grandes Ecoles"* Edison State College* Edmonton Ski Club* Electronic stability control* Electronic Systems Center* Electronic speed control...
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