ITALY: SANREMO 2017 STARS: GIGI D'ALESSIO

Gigi D'Alessio (49) is at his 5th festival and he has always finished in top-10. He last participated in 2012 in duet with Loredana Berté. Some readers might know him only as Anna Tatangelo's hubby but he has sold over 20 million records being one of the biggest names in Napoletan music scene. Gigi got involved with music at very young age, and at 12 starts studying music and piano seriously.