Fabrizio Faniello

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Fabrizio Faniello (born April 27, 1981 in Valletta ) is a Maltese pop singer. He represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006.

family

Faniello has two younger sisters, Claudia and Miriana. Claudia is also a singer and represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 .

Career

Faniello discovered his passion for singing in school. His teacher recommended that the parents take Faniello singing lessons. However, he was not only interested in music, but also in football. Faniello played in the Maltese national youth team and faced Israel and Cyprus in two UEFA games. In 1997 he played in Turin for a year . However, at the age of sixteen Faniello decided that he would rather make music professionally and returned to Malta.

Eurovision

In 1998 Faniello took part for the first time in the Maltese preliminary decision Malta Song for Europe for the Eurovision Song Contest . With the title More than Just a Game , he took second place. In 1999 he entered another Maltese competition with the title Sa L-Ahhar . In the Maltese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Faniello participated with the song Change of Heart .

With Another Summer Night Faniello finally won the Maltese preliminary round Malta Song for Europe and thus took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen , Denmark . He finished ninth in the final. This was the beginning of his international career. In 2003 he achieved a top 10 hit in the Swedish charts with I'm in Love (The Whistle Hit) . He was also represented in the Finnish (11th place) and Belgian charts (30th place). Despite numerous other singles and regular album releases, this remained his only notable chart success in Europe.

Faniello participated again in the preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with Did I Ever Tell You . In 2005 he tried again in vain, this time he took twelfth place with Don't Tell It . In October 2005 he sang Another Summer Night again on the occasion of the television program Congratulations for the 50th birthday of Eurovision .

On February 4, 2006 Faniello finally won again the Maltese preliminary round Malta Song for Europe and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens , Greece . His song I Do, which he wrote with Aldo Spiteri , won with 7729 caller votes, just 106 votes ahead of Olivia Lewis ' Spare a Moment (7623 callers). In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, he only reached last place with just one point from Albania. After a break, Faniello only participated in the Maltese preliminary round in 2011 with No Surrender and 2012 with I Will Fight for You (Papa's Song) . However, he could not qualify for the international final.

Discography

Singles

year title
2001 Another summer night
2001 My girl
2002 The Touch of Your Breath
2002 Show Me Now
2002 Let me be your lover
2002 Just 4 Christmas
2004 When We Danced
2004 I'm in Love (The Whistle Song)
2005 Bye baby bye bye
2005 Love on the radio
2006 I do
2007 Love Me or Leave Me
2010 I no can do (Cari Jodoh)
2010 My Heart is Asking You (Baik Baik Sayang)
2011 No surrender
2011 Know Me Better
2012 I Will Fight for You (Papa's Song)
2012 The Hardest Thing
2013 The Sound of Life is Pop (Jones feat.Fabrizio Faniello)
2014 Just No Place Like Home
2015 Walking away
2017 Life Goes On
2018 Unexpected
2018 It's you
2019 Dawl Għajnejja

Albums

year title
2001 While I'm dreaming
2003 When We Danced
2005 Believe
2006 Hits & clips
2011 No surrender
2018 Unexpected

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart info on "I'm In Love (The Whistle Hit)" , hitparade.ch, accessed on November 26, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Faniello, Fabrizio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Valletta