Gabry Ponte

Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (; born 20 April 1973) is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, best known as a member of Eiffel 65. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his song " Tutta l'Italia", qualifying for the grand final.

Career

1998–2003

In 1998 he produced Blue (Da Ba Dee), the debut single with his band Eiffel 65, which topped the worldwide charts and sold over 8 million copies; their first album ''Europop'' sold another 4 million copies. In the year 2000, they won the European Music Award as the "Best Italian Artist In The World".

He later went on to produce the 2001 Italian hit single "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded with gold record for selling over 25,000 copies, as well as the 2001 hit "Got to Get", the 2002 hit " Time to Rock", and the 2003 hit "La Danza delle Streghe" (English: "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as the 2003 singles for Gianni Togni's "Giulia" and O-Zone's " Dragostea Din Tei", among others.

2005–2009

In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006 he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani to Zooland Records. The song samples "The Moon" by ItaloBrothers.

2012–2014

In 2012, Ponte released his single " Beat on My Drum" featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen, which peaked at 11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In January 2012, he also produced the international hit " Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro.

Meanwhile, Ponte starts his solo projects and his first singles and remixes storm the European charts. In 2014, his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy, reaching the top 10. In the same year, he entered the Top 100 DJs chart from ''DJ Mag'' at No. 61, also as the highest-ranked Italian.

2021–present

His most successful collaborations include the 2021 singles "Thunder" with LUM!X and Prezioso and "Can't Get Over You" with Aloe Blacc. The 2022 singles "Call Me" with Timmy Trumpet and R3HAB, "The Finger" with Georgia Ku, and the summer hit " We Could Be Together" together with LUM!X and Daddy DJ, already GOLD record in Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.

In 2022, he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo", performed by Lumix and Pia Maria. Among the last club releases were collaborations with artists such a Blasterjaxx, Justus, DJs From Mars, Vini Vici and official remixes for Sigala, Sam Feldt and David Guetta with his global hit " I’m Good".

On the 6 December Ponte released a dedicated to Spotify Wrapped 2023: "Losing You – Spotify Singles", celebrating the Police track "Every Breath You Take" 40 years since its release. From a live perspective, in 2023, Ponte performed 90 shows in 11 countries, in front of over 700,000 people dancing.

In 2025, Ponte won the right to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song " Tutta l'Italia", which had previously been composed as the theme for that year's Sanremo Music Festival. He was driving his daughter to the park, when he played the song for her. When the song ended, she said, "Daddy, play it again." On 13 May 2025, Ponte performed in the first semifinal, where he qualified to the grand final, becoming the fourth representative of San Marino to do so. Ponte placed 26th with 27 points. On June 3, 2025, his autobiography, "Dance & Love", is now available in bookstores & online.

Health scare

On January 19, 2021, he posted that he was in the hospital about to undergo heart surgery, due to a defective valve in his heart. A couple of days later, he posted that he was "a little bit off but happy that the surgery went well."

Personal

In June 2021, he became a father to a baby girl, Alice.Instagram Post

Discography

Albums

Other albums

* ''Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte'' (2007)
* ''Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte'' (2007)
* ''Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte'' (2007)
* ''Gabry Ponte – Gabry2o Vol. 2'' (2009)
* ''Dance & Love'' albums series:
** ''Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 1'' (2010)
** ''Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 2'' (2010)
** ''Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 3'' (2010)
** ''Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 4'' (2011)

Extended plays

*2006: ''Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte''
*2007: ''Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte'' Containing: "Now & Forever" / "The Point of No Return" / "The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)" / "La Libertà" (Hard Love Remix) / "Geordie" (Eurotrance Remix)
*2007: ''Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte''
*2018: ''Dance Lab''

Singles

Other releases
*2009: "U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D."
*2009: "Electro Muzik is Back"
*2010: "Sexy DJ (In da Club)" (featuring Maya Days)
*2020: "Opera" (with La Diva)
*2020: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Gabry Ponte edit) (by Harris & Ford)

In 2022 Ponte released "Friendships (Lost My Love) Leony", a remix of " Friendships (Lost My Love) Leony" from Pascal Letoublon, itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017 instrumental release " Friendships".

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ponte, Gabry
Eurodance musicians
Italian pop musicians
Italian record producers
Living people
Musicians from Turin
1973 births
Italian electronic dance music DJs
Eiffel 65 members
Mass media people from Turin
Eurovision Song Contest entrants