The second life of Blanco, which blows out 19 candles

Riccardo Fabbriconi, aka Blanco, celebrates nineteen years. And in his young existence she has already lived Two lives. Born in Calvagese della Riviera, a small town in the province of Brescia, on 10 February 2003, the winner of Sanremo 2022 – with Chillspaired with Mahmood – before breaking through with notes he was a promising footballer. Until two years ago he was the captain of the Allievi della Vighenzi, team from Padenghe del Garda, among the best in the Brescia province. THE teammates called him “Blacksmith”. Then at the end of 2019 he told his coach, Vittorio Sandrini, who had chosen music: «We didn’t believe it completely, when he confided it to us. We knew that he sang, some tracks could be found on his YouTube channel of him, returning from bus trips the boys often sang Sleepless nights. But we didn’t understand how serious it was for him, so much so that we insisted that he try to do both. Initially he accepted, then the pandemic took over to make his decision definitive ». Seven months later Sandrini found himself listening to a piece of Blanco on the radio: “I was in the car, I was driving towards Montichiari, when they passed on Radio Zeta Our song. I called him immediately, full of emotion. An incredible story, I think not even he could have expected it ».

Self by now we all know Blanco, few know “Fabbro”. Among those few there are of course the parents: a Roman father transplanted to Brescia, a Lombard mother. Immediately after the victory, Blanco ran towards the audience, to embrace them: “As a child I made them damn, seeing them cry and hug them was beautiful: they were the ones who pushed me to come to Sanremo with this song », he later confessed at a press conference. In the audience there was also another fundamental figure in Riccardo’s life: his girlfriend Giulia Lisioli, a girl from Brescia like him known before becoming famous. After her victory, Blanco gave her a tender kiss. “To Giulia”, he had said earlier, from the stage, at the end of his performance with Mahmood.

Little is known about Giulia, except that he is 23 years old, she graduated from Itis in 2017 and attends the “Giuseppe Zanardelli” Provincial Training Center of Brescia. Blanco rarely talks about their love. But on those rare occasions he spends on Giulia, known when he was not yet famous, words full of tenderness. “Am I engaged? Yes, and I care! I met her at a stage where I wasn’t doing this yet. She doesn’t give a damn about the songs, the fact that I make music»He revealed to Radio Dj last October. Then on another occasion he had admitted: “I take care of her. All time“. The couple lives in Calvagese della Riviera and their love is going well. This was indirectly confirmed by Blanco in a recent interview with Rolling Stone: «If you do one thing, do it with passion, to the end. If you’re dating a girl, do it because you love her and because you have that carnal drive. And the same goes for life ».

The two are appeared together for the first time ai Seat Music Awards 2021, where they showed up hand in hand. For the occasion, the singer had updated his Instagram profile with a couple photo. But the student thinks about telling their love via social media Giulia, who often posts photos and videos with her boyfriend, accompanied by romantic dedications.