Francesca Michielin
Francesca Michielin is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose pop songs now explore folklore, fantasy and the freedom to be yourself.
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MondadoriOverview
- From
- Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy
- Born
- 25 February 1995
- Work
- Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television presenter and author
- Breakout
- Winner of Italy’s fifth season of X Factor, with the final held in January 2012
- On the international stage
- Represented Italy at Eurovision in 2016
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Bassano del Grappa, Francesca began studying piano at nine and joined a local gospel choir at fourteen. She later played bass in a school punk band. At sixteen she entered X Factor, winning the fifth Italian season in January 2012. Her debut single Distratto, written by Elisa and Roberto Casalino, reached number one in Italy.
Songs that found their people.
Nessun grado di separazione took her to second place at Sanremo in 2016, then to Eurovision as No Degree of Separation. She returned to the Sanremo podium with Fedez in 2021 for Chiamami per nome. In a Rai interview, she described their video, filmed in Milan’s closed theatres, as a way to draw attention to the people who make live performances possible.
More ways to tell a story.
In 2022 she published her first novel, Il cuore è un organo, and returned to X Factor as its presenter, ten years after her win. She has kept building her own musical world too: Anime drew on her love of Japanese animation, while Magia Bianca, Magia Nera uses folklore and female archetypes to explore freedom, vulnerability and self-discovery. Her autumn 2026 theatre show was conceived to bring those characters onto the stage with her band and two performers.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Magia Bianca, Magia NeraRecording artist; concept album
- 2026Magia BiancaRecording artist; studio album
- 2025AnimeRecording artist; EP
- 2025È naturaleSinger and co-writer; collaboration with Planet Funk
- 2021Chiamami per nomeSinger and co-writer with Fedez and collaborators
- 2016Nessun grado di separazioneSinger; Sanremo entry
- 2012DistrattoSinger; debut single
Television and books
- 2022X Factor ItaliaPresenter
- 2022Il cuore è un organoAuthor; published by Mondadori
Awards
Quotes
Per me esistono canzoni viola, canzoni blu, altre verdi.Francesca Michielin, Billboard Italia
In her October 2026 interview about Magia Bianca, Magia Nera, she described how she associates music with colours.
Trivia
- She hears music in colours: in her Billboard Italia interview, she described seeing colours when composing or listening.
- MediEvil’s music, settings and characters helped inspire Magia Bianca, Magia Nera.
- Anime has a double meaning for her: souls in Italian and Japanese animation. She connected the EP to Your Name and its idea of intertwined bonds.
- Fernando Alonso appears in the official video for Fango in Paradiso.
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