Giovanni Zarrella

German-Italian singer and TV presenter (born 1978)

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Giovanni Zarrella (born 4 March 1978 in Hechingen) is a German-Italian singer and television presenter based in Germany. Most notably, he was a singer in the German pop group Bro'Sis from 2001 to 2006. Since 2021, Zarrella has hosted The Giovanni Zarrella Show.

Early life

Giovanni Zarrella was born in Hechingen in 1978 as the first child of Clementina and Bruno Zarrella. Like his sister and brother Stefano, he grew up bilingual German-Italian. He took piano and organ lessons at a young age and took singing lessons at the age of 15. In the early 1990s he lived with his family in Italy. At the age of 16 he founded his first band, Brotherhood.

Career

He was one of an "international" sextet, later quintet, of singers formed from the TV series Popstars.^[1] Previously a youth footballer in Italy and Germany, after the disbanding of Bro'Sis, Zarrella took part in TV celebrity football events^[2] and subsequently became a TV sports presenter.

In 2023, he was a coach on The Voice of Germany.

Personal life

In 2005, Zarrella married Brazilian television personality Jana Ina. Together, the couple has one son.

Discography

Coming Up (2006)
Musica (2008)
Ancora Musica (2010)
La vita è bella (2019)
Ciao! (2021)
Per sempre (2022)
Per sempre (Edizione da capo) (2023)

References

^ Jörg Amtage, Matthias Müller: Jörg Amtage und Matthias Müller präsentieren Alle Hits, 2003, p. 97: "... Ross-Anthony Catterall (9.7.1977 in Bridgenorth/England), Giovanni Za[r]rella (4.3.1978 in Stuttgart) und Hila Bronstein (26.7.1983 in Tel Aviv/Israel) – bekannt aus der Fernsehserie 'Popstars' ..."
^ Südtiroler Wochenmagazin, 2006, p. 93: "Gäste Wigald Boning, Guido Cantz, Peter Neururer, Jana Ina, Giovanni Zarrella. Die Mannschaftsaufstellung steht! Trainer Hugo Egon Balder hat sein Team für 'Die Hit Giganten – Fußballhits' zusammengestellt."