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Piacenza, Italy (2009 – present)

Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 2 February 1980 in Piacenza), better known by her stage name Nina Zilli, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single “50mila”, she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers’ section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010.

In January 2012, Zilli was chosen as one of the participants in the Big Artists section of the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival, performing “Per sempre”. On the final show, she was chosen by juries as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her entry was later revealed to be L’amore è femmina (Out of Love). As Italy is one of the “Big Five”, which provide the most financial funding into the contest, she was automatically allocated in the final and performed 10th. She finished in 9th place scoring 101 points.

She grew up in Gossolengo, nine kilometers southwest of Piacenza. After moving to Ireland, she started performing live and, at the age of thirteen, she started studying opera singing at the conservatory. In 1997 she founded her first band, The Jerks. After completing high school at the Liceo Scientifico Respighi in Piacenza, she spent two years in the United States, living in Chicago and New York.

Between 2000 and 2001 she co-presented Red Ronnie’s TV show Roxy Bar, broadcast in Italy by TMC2. In 2001 she also debuted as a VJ for MTV Italy. In the meanwile, she obtained a recording contract with her new band, Chiara E Gli Scuri, founded in 2000. In 2001 the band released the single “Tutti al mare”. They also started working on an album, but it was never released, due to some disagreements with the recording label.
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