| Silvia Salemi | |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, Sicily |
| Occupation: | singer-songwriter |
Silvia Salemi (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter and television personality.
Born in Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, in 1995 Salemi won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the song "Con questo sentimento".[1]
In 1996 she entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Quando il cuore", ranking at fifth place in the "Newcomers" section.[1] A year later she returned to Sanremo Festival, this time entering the "Big Artists" section, with the song "A casa di Luca", ranking fourth and obtaining both a critical and commercial success.[1] She entered into the Sanremo Festival two more times, in 1998 with the song "Pathos" and in 2003 with "Il cuore delle donne".[1]
In 1998 Salemi co-hosted, alongside Pippo Baudo, the Canale 5 variety show Il gran ballo delle debuttanti.[2] In 1999, she hosted the Rai 3 religious themed program Viaggi nei luoghi del sacro.[3] In 2004 she took part to the Rai 2 reality show Music Farm.[4] In 2009 Silvia takes a break from show business and works at Tezenis, an underwear shop in Rome. In 2013, she was cast in Tale e Quale Show, the Italian version of the Your Face Sounds Familiar franchise.[5]