Angelina Mango is an Italian singer and songwriter. She rose to fame when she finished runner-up in the 22nd edition of Amici di Maria de Fillippi, winning the singing category and the Lunezia prize for best musical literary value. Prior to Amici, she released her first single in 2020 and has also released 2 EPs.
Her father, Giuseppe Mango, was a successful performer in his own right prior to his passing in 2014, while her mother, Laura Valente, spent several years as a vocalist in the pop band Matia Bazar.
Angelina won the 74th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 2024, also winning the Lucio Dalla award voted on by the press and the Giancarlo Bigazzi prize for best composition voted on by the orchestra. She accepted the honor of representing Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo with her winning song La noia. Despite being a heavy favorite to win, she finished in 7th place in the final.
Trivia[]
- Angelina is the first female soloist to win the Sanremo Festival since 2014, and the first female soloist to represent her country at Eurovision since Francesca Michielin in 2016. She is also the first female soloist to take her winning song to Eurovision since Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964.
- She shares the same birthday as 2024 Latvian representative Dons (10 April), however she is 17 years younger (she was born in 2001, Dons in 1984).