Laura Pausini, a Sanremo co-host and great lover of Sardinia.
She has confessed it several times: " I feel a bit Sardinian, also because here there are two towns called Pau and Sini, " she joked in 2023, a guest on Unione Cult in the Radiolina studios.
Naturally, having a husband from Bultei, Paolo Carta, one of the most renowned guitarists on the Italian scene, as well as a music producer and songwriter, weighs heavily. She's collaborated with dozens of artists, including Adriano Celentano, Eros Ramazzotti, Alexia, Fabio Concato, Riccardo Cocciante, Max Pezzali, and Gianni Morandi. And not only that: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, and Gloria Gaynor.
Over twenty years ago, he began working with Laura Pausini on the 2005 World Tour, an artistic partnership that quickly blossomed into love. In 2013, their daughter Paola was born, Carta's fourth child. From his previous marriage to Rebecca Galli, he had Jader, Joseph (aka Holden, a contestant and finalist on Amici 23), and Jacopo.
In 2009, Paolo Carta was the artistic producer of Marco Carta's album "La forza mia" (no relation), and co-wrote the song of the same name that won the Sanremo Music Festival. The following year, he also collaborated on Carta's second album, "Il cuore muove."
Meanwhile, Pausini was thrilled to return as co-host to the stage that launched her career: it was 1993 and she, the "girl from Solarolo," won the Newcomers category with La Solitudine, consolidating her success the following year with Strani Amori, placing third.
The world's most awarded Italian artist was a special guest at the Ariston in 2001, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022.
Long courted, she never agreed to host: "I convinced her by going to her house and singing La Solitudine for thirty days straight, singing it out of tune," artistic director Carlo Conti joked when making the announcement last night on Tg1. "It's a great honor and a joy to share the hosting duties with such a strong, charismatic, and entertaining artist and woman as Laura. ," he promised.
