Valerio Scanu

Valerio Scanu
Background information
Born (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 34)
OriginLa Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy
GenresPop rock
OccupationSinger
Years active2008–present
Labels
Websitewww.valerioscanuofficial.com

Valerio Scanu (born 10 April 1990, La Maddalena, Sardinia) is an Italian pop rock singer.

In 2008 Scanu took part in the eighth edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, in which he ended up in second place.[1]

On 20 February 2010, he won the 60th edition of the televised Italian song contest Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per tutte le volte che..."[2]

In November 2022 he came out as gay.[3]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sanremo Music Festival, Rai Uno, televised 20/21 February 2010
  3. ^ Corriere della Sera [@Corriere] (15 November 2022). "Valerio Scanu: «Non ho mai voluto dire a tutti che ero gay. Ora sposo Luigi, è gelosissimo di me»" (Tweet) (in Italian) – via Twitter.