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The Le Donatella are an Italian music and television duo formed by the twins Giulia and Silvia Provvedi (Modena, 1 December 1993). In the autumn of 2012, the Provvedi sisters (with the name ''Provs Destination'') participated at the sixth season of '' X Factor Italia'' aired by
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and hosted by
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. During this talent show, the judge
Arisa Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer, actress, and television personality. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, ...
changed the name of the group in ''Le Donatella''. Giulia (the blonde) and Silvia (the brunette) in the winter of 2015 participated and won the tenth season of ''
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'' hosted by
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with Alvin; the Provvedi sisters posed totally naked for the cover of ''Playboy Italia'' (the Italian edition of
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) in October 2015.


Biography and career

In 2012 Giulia and Silvia Provvedi, at the age of 18 years, participating as a musical duo to hearings of the sixth edition of the talent show ''X Factor Italia'', broadcast on
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, appearing as ''Provs Destination''. After passing the various early stages and preliminaries of the transmission, are chosen as competitors of the program became part of the category "Vocal Groups" led by judge
Arisa Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer, actress, and television personality. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, ...
, which changes the name of the duo in ''Donatella'', in honor of
Donatella Rettore Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955, in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography Rettore started her singing career in 1973. Her early recordings were oriented tow ...
, an Italian singer admired by the twins: during the program will then be eliminated at the halfway point, namely the 4th live show, with 54.70% of the votes. In 2013, Donatella produced, under contract with Agidi and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, their album debut, published on 8 April, of ''Unpredictable''. From that disk are extracted, respectively, as the output order, individual ''Fooled Again'', ''Magic'' e ''
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'' (a cover of
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), accompanied by their respective video clips. In that summer Donatella duet with
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in the song ''Mal de Amores'', soundtrack spot for Maxibon in rotation in Spain and Italy. Donatella on 19 September 2014 published a single sung in Italian entitled ''Scarpe Diem'', where for the first time experiencing rap sounds. The song was born from a collaboration with Two Fingerz, with the participation of rapper
Fred De Palma Federico Palana (born 3 November 1989), better known by the stage name Fred De Palma, is an Italian rapper and singer. Biography Royal Rhymes Fred De Palma began his musical career in 2007 in Cluj, with freestyling skills. Many freestyle co ...
. In 2015, from 2 February to 23 March, Donatella participated as the only competitor in the tenth edition of the reality show The island's famous, broadcast on
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, program that won with 68.38% of the preference to remote voting, beating the French model Brice Martinet, which is the second rank. Following the victory of the program start a DJ tour records in clubs and participate as guests in several TV shows, including ''Grand Hotel Chiambretti'', ''Colorado'' e ''Caduta libera!'' aired by
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. On 8 May the Donatella published the single ''Donatella'', produced by DJ Tommy Vee and
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, cover the eponymous song of 1981 by
Donatella Rettore Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955, in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography Rettore started her singing career in 1973. Her early recordings were oriented tow ...
, who has appreciated the project taking her own part in the realization of the individual with a vocal participation. The official music video of the song was released three days later, on 11 May. Donatella on 7 June released the music video for ''Vamonos'', single dance group ''Il pagante'', where Donatella appear in a cameo in the opening scenes. Donatella on 9 June participate as competitors in Rai 2 variety program ''Detto Fatto Night'' hosted by Caterina Balivo in prime time, where Donatella perform in a burlesque number. Throughout the summer 2015, and in subsequent months, Donatella continue to perform in clubs and events with the ''DJ Set tour''. Donatella in October posing nude for the Italian edition of the famous magazine
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, with a photo shoot made by
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, for which they are invited on 26 October in the program ''Le Iene'', conducted by
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and
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on
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. Donatella on 20 November 2015 released the single ''Baby Bastard Inside'', accompanied by the relevant video clips posted on YouTube the next day. The next 18 December Donatella released the Christmas single ''Vivere'', whose proceeds will be donated to charity organization
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. In 2016 Donatella they make their debut as TV presenters presenting '' Italian Pro Surfer'', surf talent show on the air in the late evening on
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from 5 June. In 2018, Le Donatella participated in the second season of the Italian version of the talent show '' Dance Dance Dance'', aired on Fox Life. During the season finale they qualified second. In the same year they also competed as one housemate (but were later divided and became two different contestants) in ''
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'', the italian adaptation of ''
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''. Silvia got 3rd place, while Giulia got 9th place. From 2019 to 2021, they appeared in the Italian version of the '' All Together Now'' talent series, as part of the hundred judges.


Personal life

Silvia Provvedi (the brunette of ''Donatella'') was engaged with
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: note that in November 2015 Silvia was 22 and Fabrizio 41. They broke up in 2018.


Composition

* Silvia Provvedi: voice * Giulia Provvedi: voice


Discography


Albums


Singles


Musical participations

*2012: ''
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'' with '' Timebomb''


Music videos

*2012: ''Fooled Again'' *2013: ''Magic'' *2014: ''Scarpe Diem'' *2015: ''Donatella'' *2015: ''Vamonos'' of "Il Pagante" *2015: ''Baby Bastard Inside'' *2019: ''Scusami ma esco'' *2019: ''One Love'' *2021: ''Moralisti su Pornhub''


Tours

*2015: ''DJ Set Tour''


Filmography

*''La California'' (2022) – as ''Ester and Alice''


Television programs

*'' X Factor 6'' (
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, 2012) – as Contestants *'' L'isola dei famosi 10'' (
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, 2015) – as Contestants ''First place/small> *'' Italian Pro Surfer'' (
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, 2016) – as Presenters *'' Dance Dance Dance'' (
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, 2018) - as Contenstants ''Second place/small> *'' Grande Fratello VIP (season 3)'' (
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, 2018) – as one housemate *'' All Together Now'' (
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, 2019–2021) – as Judges *''
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'' (Canale 5, 2023–present) – as part of ''Salottino''


References


External links

* {{authority control 1993 births 21st-century Italian singers Italian pop singers Living people Musicians from Modena X Factor (Italian TV series) contestants 21st-century Italian women singers