Sara Torrisi18 years old, student of the Deledda Linguistic High School in Genoa, won the final of the Genvision XX24 talent show at the Genoa Stadium, the singing challenge between the secondary schools of Liguria, now in its seventh edition.
Sara enchanted the audience in the arena with the cover of “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” by Jermaine Stewart in Ella Eyre’s version. The first place, in addition to the title of winner of Genvision XX24, was awarded a study holiday offered by Kaplan International Languages to improve their language skills.
“A great emotion, I am speechless with emotion – says Sara Torrisi after the award ceremony – Singing is my greatest passion, I have always done it and since last September I also started taking singing lessons to pursue my dream in even more concrete way. Among my most inspiring artists is Shawn Mendes.” The young singer from Liceo Deledda also won the Recording Award, given to her by the record label Pioggia Rossa Dischi, which will give her the opportunity to perform at the opening of a national summer festival.
Behind him, in second place, Marco Zito of the Vallescriva Institute, while in third position on the podium Arianna Saletti And Francesco Saias of the Pertini High School. The winners of the Band Award, i.e. a wild card for a Rockin’1000 event, were Just Play, a group made up of Viola Maldarizzi, Matteo Maffezzoli, Federico Berardo, Elias Ben Hammounda and Mehboob Nicolini, students of the Giordano Bruno high school. The talents of Genvision XX24 were judged by the technical jury, the social jury, the press jury and the audience present in the room and connected in streaming via televoting.
The 14 schools that reached the final and participated in the evening were the Cassini Scientific High School, the Martin Luther King Classical Scientific Sports Institute, the Enrico Fermi Scientific High School, the Andrea D’Oria Classical High School, the Cristoforo Colombo State Classical and Linguistic High School , the Italo Calvino Institute, the Sandro Pertini High School and the Grazia Deledda Linguistic High School in Genoa; the Vallescriva Omnicomprehensive Institute of Ronco Scrivia (GE); the Emanuele Luzzati Artistic High School and the Da Vigo Nicoloso Scientific Linguistic High School in Chiavari (GE); the Chiabrera Martini High School and the Giuliano della Rovere High School in Savona and the Giordano Bruno High School in Albenga (SV).
“Congratulations to all the finalists who put themselves to the test with courage and passion, giving us an evening of great entertainment. The Liguria Region supports Genvision because it represents the values of youth, such as talent, sacrifice, ambition, ability to dream, enthusiasm. The Region is always at the forefront in providing young people with the necessary tools to realize their dreams, promoting events such as Genvision, but also Orientations which, thanks to the ‘Dreamers’ theme, offers a path of growth without barriers. The girls and boys of Genvision have demonstrated of being real ‘dreamers’ and therefore we wish them good luck for the future.” Thus the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, present at the final evening. Also rewarding the winner Jessica Nicolinicoordinator of the cultural policies of the Liguria Region.
During the evening there was no shortage of surprises and guests, who inspired the competing talents with their success stories. Guests of Genvision XX24 were the artists Tancredi, a singer known for being a student of the 20th edition of the talent show Amici, on stage with the new single “Camilla” and Giovanni Ti Amo, who presented the new song just released “Cocktail” to the Genoese public. of prawns”. Surprise guest at the Alfa event, which made the entire Genoa Stadium sing with some of his hit songs including “Cin Cin” and “Bellissimissima”. The content creators Samuele Maragliano “Samu Mara”, Samara Tramontana and Massimiliano Pedone presented the final.
