Santi Francesi
Also known asThe Jab
OriginIvrea, Piedmont, Italy
GenresPop
Years active2015–present
Members
  • Alessandro De Santis
  • Mario Francese
Past membersDavide Vuono

Santi Francesi (Italian for 'French Saints', a pun on the members' last names), previously known as The Jab, is an Italian musical duo from Ivrea, consisting of Alessandro De Santis and Mario Francese. They won the sixteenth season of X Factor Italia.

History

Founded as The Jab, they won Luciano Ligabue's Liga Rock Park Contest with their first single "Regina", which allowed them to open his event Liga Rock Park in September 2016.

In 2017 they participated at the 17th season of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.[1] After this experience, they released the three songs "Costenzo", "Vaniglia" and "Lei". In 2019 they released the studio album Tutti manifesti and various singles between 2018 and 2021.[1]

In June 2021, Santi Francesi won the 32nd edition of the festival Musicultura, which takes place in Macerata and was broadcast on Rai 1.[2] Moreover, their single "Giovani favolosi" was included in the soundtrack of the third season of the Netflix series Summertime.[1]

In 2022, they participated as contestants at the sixteenth edition of X Factor Italia, and were mentored by coach Rkomi.[3] On 8 December 2022, they won the competition with their single "Non è così male".[1] On 12 December 2022, the band released the extended play In fieri, which included their winning single, two cover songs performed during the show and three original songs. [4]

On 16 June 2023, they released the new single "La noia".

On 11 November 2023, they were announced as one of the finalist acts of Sanremo Giovani 2023, to be held on 19 December, with the song "Occhi tristi".[5]

Discography

Studio albums

As The Jab
  • Tutti manifesti (2019)

EPs

  • In fieri (2022)

Singles

As The Jab
  • "Regina" (2016)
  • "Polvere" (2016)
  • "Elena" (2018)
  • "Costenzo" (2018)
  • "Vaniglia" (2018)
  • "Lei" (2019)
  • "Bianca" (2019)
  • "Giovani favolosi" (2021)
As Santi Francesi
  • "Signorino" (2022)
  • "Buttami giù" (2022)
  • "Non è così male" (2022)
  • "La noia" (2023)
  • "Occhi tristi" (2023)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gagliardi, Giovanni (9 December 2022). "X Factor 2022, i vincitori sono i Santi Francesi". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Zani, Simone (20 June 2021). "Musicultura 2021: i The Jab vincono la trentaduesima edizione". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Visentin, Barbara (9 December 2022). "I Santi Francesi dopo la vittoria a «X Factor»: «Noi, introversi e insicuri. Eravamo in cinque, ma funzioniamo meglio come duo»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Santi Francesi: dopo X Factor arriva l'EP, le date instore e il tour". All Music Italia (in Italian). 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Chi sono i primi otto finalisti di Sanremo Giovani?" (in Italian). RAI. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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