Switzerland has often borrowed foreign singers to sing for them, most notably Céline Dion who brought them their second victory in 1988, and Estonian girlband Vanilla Ninja in 2005. Despite two victories Switzerland also sports two miserable zero pointers: Gunvor in 1998 and Piero Esteriore, who managed to get zero points in a semifinal with 22 acts! Now they chose another Swiss Italian singer to represant them for the second year in a row but a singer with a solid career and international fame. Last year Dj BoBo was amongst the superfavourites but failed to make the final, let's see how Paolo will do in Belgrade... Paolo Meneguzzi was born as Pablo Meneguzzo in Mondrisio, Switzerland in 1976. He got his first guitar from his grandfather, a multi instrumentalist, before he was big enough to play it. His career started in South America in 1996 when he won the Viña del Mar festival in Chile with Aria, arió . Three albums in Spanish followed ( Por amor , Paolo and Emociones ) before ...
