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Jalisse is an Italian musical duo consisting of Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci, who have been performing together for 14 years, and are still active.
Alessandra is a popular star in TV music and variety shows like Gran Premio, Luna di Miele and Bellezze al Bagno, and sings with top bands.
Fabio had his first album in 1987 with the band Vox Populi.
In 1997, Jalisse won the Sanremo Music Festival with Fiumi di parole (Rivers Of Words) and went on to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, where they reached a very respectable 4th place with 114 points. Gigi Vesigna in his book Vox Populi admitted that RAI, the Italian Nation TV Netowork and its managers, manipulated the votes in order to not make them win because the subsequent event in 1998 in Italy would have meant too much money. Jalisse were 4th in the entire competition with 144. Italy returned to Eurovision only in 2011. Jalisse applied to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 but were not chosen.