Emanuel Lo (born 11 July 1979) is an Italian dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, and director.

Biography

Passionate about music since he was a child (he started playing the guitar at the age of ten), he also devoted himself to dance. In 1996 he made his debut on

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and

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, where he worked as a dancer and co-choreographer in various television programs, including ''Stasera pago io'' with Fiorello, "Uno di noi" with

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, " La notte vola" with

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, the

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with

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, ''Carràmba! Che sorpresa'' with

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, and ''

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'' with

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. He works performing both in

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and abroad in tours and at major events for artists such as

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, Paola & Chiara,

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and many others. In 2006 he performed as a supporter for international artists such as

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, and

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. His recording debut dates back to February 2007 with the single "Woofer", in collaboration with the rapper Tormento. In the same year, on May 18, his debut album Più tempo was released, produced by

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for the record label ''Dischi di Cioccolata'' and distributed by

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. He subsequently worked on

's album ''Stonata'', released in November 2007, as co-author of the lyrics of some songs, including the duet of

and Mina "Poche parole". In 2009, his second album, ''Cambio tutto'', was released, again for distribution by

, born from a collaboration with the beat-maker Big Fish. The album, which contaminates R&B and

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, contains the song "Cambio tutto" written by the singer-songwriter

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. In 2010 Emanuel took care of the choreography of the latest edition of the talent show ''

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'' on

. In 2011 he wrote the lyrics and music for some of

's very successful '' Dietro le apparenze'', including " Il mio giorno migliore", "Dove sei" and "Sembra impossibile". Also in 2011 he established himself as a director with VisionariLab, shooting many videoclips with numerous artists such as

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, Deddy, Giordana Angi, Sal Da Vinci, and Giulia Luzi. In 2013 he collaborated on

's new album, '' Senza paura'', writing lyrics and music for seven songs. In 2016 he wrote the lyrics and music for four songs included in

's tenth album of unreleased songs, "

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", including the first single and title track ''

''. From 31 October 2016 he joined

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's talent show '' Amici'', covering the role of hip hop judge in the external challenges. In the following years, he held the role of external judge within the program and then replaced Veronica Peparini as a teacher from the 2022–2023 edition, remaining also in the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 editions. On September 1, 2017, he directed the single "Scelgo ancora te" by

, in which Emanuel Lo appears as co-star together with

and her son Samuel. The video was presented in absolute preview on '' TG1'' by Vincenzo Mollica. He signed various artistic directions including Porsche events and tours of

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and

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Personal life

Since 2004 he has been officially engaged to the singer

; the two met for the first time during the tour for the album ''Ladra di Vento'' in 2003 (Emanuel was part of the dance troupe). On February 18, 2010 their son named Samuel was born.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2007 – ''Più tempo'' * 2009 – ''Cambio tutto''

Singles

* 2007 – "Woofer" (feat. Tormento)

Television programs

Videoclip

;As director of Visionarilab

References

External links

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