Iva Zanicchi

Italian singer.(born Jan. 18, 1940, Ligonchio, Reggio Emilia). Her career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, coming in 3rd. She won the Sanremo Festival in 1969 with Zingara. In the same year she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid with Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche. She represented Italy in the V Festival Internacional da Canção in Rio with Tu non sei più innamorato di me in 1970.The competition was followed by a concert at the Paris Olympia and an intense tour of numerous concerts in the United States, Canada, Southern America and Soviet Union, later in Australia and Japan. She has been a member of the Europan Parliament since May 2008, representing Forza Italia.