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Artist
Jalisse
12+ albums
EurovisionitalianItalyfemale vocalistsEurovision Song Contest
about
Jalisse is the duo of Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci, who have been performing together for fourteen years. Alessandra is a popular star in TV music and variety shows like Gran Premio, Lunda di Miele and Belleze al Bagno, and sings with top bands. Fabio had his first album in 1987 with the band Vox Populi. In 1997 Jalisse won the San Remo Song Festival with Fiumi di parole (Rivers Of Words) and went on to represent Italy at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest where they reached a very respectable 4th place with 114 points. Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Performer: Jalisse Song title: Fiumi Di Parole Song writer(s): Carmen di Domenico/Alessandra Drusian Song composer(s): Fabio Ricci Sang in Position: 9 Final Position: 4 Total Points: 114 Dublin's Point Theatre was - yet again - the venue for the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, the last one to date hosted on Irish ground. The United Kingdom charmed the national juries and the televoters from Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Germany and easily won the trophy with Love Shine A Light by Katrina & The Waves. Just like in 1993, 1994 and 1995, Ireland hosted the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time in the 1990's and for the third time in Dublin's Point Theatre. This year the number of participants rose to 25 again. The 1996 audio preselection procedure was dropped for a new system: the average results of all countries in the last five song contests were measured, and the 25 countries that had done best qualified
