From family to (new) girlfriend: the more private side of Blanco

The wait for the first performance of Blanco And Mahmood toEurovision Song Contest 2022 of Turin is very high. I am the one, after the victory in Sanremo, to represent Italy with Chills. But these days of nineteen Riccardo Fabbriconi, for all Blanco, we are not only talking about musical achievements. Since he has closed the story with the historical girlfriend Giulia Lisiolithe eyes of all his fans are on new relationship with the twenty-year-old ballerina from Brescia Martina Valdes. A story that, after several sightings and photos of kisses in the nightclub, seems to have by now the chrism of the official. In fact, last April, Blanco published in one Instagram Stories a photo of Martina sitting in the car next to him. Valdes, for his part, on Instagram has shared a story showing Blanco singing at a concert. A video accompanied by a little heart White.

So far, various clues but no statements from those directly involved. The attacks she suffered on TikTok thought about breaking Valdes’ silence. A user, posting a short video in which Martina, looking sad, attends a concert by Blanco, wrote: “Blanco how can you stay with someone like that?”. The dancer replied immediately: “Sure I could go on stage and kiss him while he worked in front of everyone, come on, please!“. These days Martina is discovering the joys and sorrows that a love story with a famous and beloved person implies. Since he triumphed at the Ariston paired with Mahmood, Blanco has indeed become the new forbidden dream of Italian teenagers. But being consecrated to idols also has some disadvantages: the social malice on the new girlfriend are (unfortunately) part of the package.

After the victory at the Ariston in a handful of months Riccardo broke up with Giulia Lisioli, went on a sold out tour, sang in St. Peter’s Square in front of Pope Francis, found love again (with Martina Valdes) and now he is to debut at the Eurovision Contest. Everything in his life has changed. On the other hand, at only nineteen, Blanco is already used to the overturning of existence: before breaking into music he was a promising footballer. THE teammates called him “Blacksmith”. But at the end of 2019 he gave up the ball for the notes.

Among so many changes, one fixed point in the life of Riccardo da Calvagese della Riviera (Brescia) remains: his family, to which he is very close. His Roman father transplanted to Brescia, his Lombard mother, his elder sister. Immediately after the victory in Sanremo Blanco ran towards the audience, to hug his parents: “As a child I made them damn, seeing them cry and hug them was wonderful “, he later confessed at a press conference. “They were the ones who pushed me to come to Sanremo with this song.” And it was they who made him passionate about music by making him listen, when he was a child, to Pino Daniele, Lucio Dalla and Lucio Battisti. Blanco’s mother is her biggest fan today. She is always the first to listen to his songs. Riccardo some time ago revealed how his mother and sister reacted to listening to Belladonna: «When I started it on the stereo of the car, they turned around and said to me: ‘You are not normal’. And I replied: “Thank you” ».

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