Emanuel Lo

Emanuel Lo Iacono (born 11 July 1979), known professionally as Emanuel Lo, is an Italian dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, and director.

Biography Passionate about music since he was a child (he started playing the guitar at the age of ten), he also devoted himself to dance. In 1996 he made his debut on RAI and Mediaset, where he worked as a dancer and co-choreographer in various television programs, including Stasera pago io with Fiorello, "Uno di noi" with Gianni Morandi, "La notte vola" with Lorella Cuccarini, the Sanremo Festival with Simona Ventura, Carràmba! Che sorpresa with Raffaella Carrà, and Domenica in with Amadeus. He works performing both in Italy and abroad in tours and at major events for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Paola & Chiara, Geri Halliwell, Robbie Williams, Ricky Martin, Holly Valance, Luciano Pavarotti, Samantha Mumba and many others.

In 2006 he performed as a supporter for international artists such as Kanye West, Lee Ryan, and Coolio. His recording debut dates back to February 2007 with the single "Woofer", in collaboration with the rapper Tormento. In the same year, on May 18, his debut album Più tempo was released, produced by Giorgia for the record label Dischi di Cioccolata and distributed by Sony Music. He subsequently worked on Giorgia's album Stonata, released in November 2007, as co-author of the lyrics of some songs, including the duet of Giorgia and Mina "Poche parole". In 2009, his second album, Cambio tutto, was released, again for distribution by Sony Music, born from a collaboration with the beat-maker Big Fish. The album, which contaminates R&B and hip hop, contains the song "Cambio tutto" written by the singer-songwriter Nesli.

In 2010 Emanuel took care of the choreography of the latest edition of the talent show X Factor on RAI. In 2011 he wrote the lyrics and music for some of Giorgia's very successful Dietro le apparenze, including "Il mio giorno migliore", "Dove sei" and "Sembra impossibile". Also in 2011 he established himself as a director with VisionariLab, shooting many videoclips with numerous artists such as José Carreras, Clementino, Ornella Vanoni, Giorgia, Deddy, Giordana Angi, Sal Da Vinci, and Giulia Luzi. In 2013 he collaborated on Giorgia's new album, Senza paura, writing lyrics and music for seven songs. In 2016 he wrote the lyrics and music for four songs included in Giorgia's tenth album of unreleased songs, "Oronero", including the first single and title track Oronero.

From 31 October 2016 he joined Maria De Filippi's talent show Amici, covering the role of hip hop judge in the external challenges. In the following years, he held the role of external judge within the program and then replaced Veronica Peparini as a teacher from the 2022–2023 edition, remaining also in the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 editions.

On September 1, 2017, he directed the single "Scelgo ancora te" by Giorgia, in which Emanuel Lo appears as co-star together with Giorgia and her son Samuel. The video was presented in absolute preview on TG1 by Vincenzo Mollica. He signed various artistic directions including Porsche events and tours of Giorgia, J-Ax and Fedez.

Personal life Since 2004 he has been officially engaged to the singer Giorgia; the two met for the first time during the tour for the album Ladra di Vento in 2003 (Emanuel was part of the dance troupe). On February 18, 2010 their son named Samuel was born.

Discography Studio albums 2007 – Più tempo 2009 – Cambio tutto

Singles 2007 – "Woofer" (feat. Tormento)

Television programs

Videoclip As director of Visionarilab YearTitleAuthorNotes2012"Senza un motivo"Sal Da Vinci feat. Ornella VanoniDirector and choreographer"Tu mi porti su"Giorgia"Dove sei"2014"Non mi ami""Io fra tanti""La mia stanza"2017"Scelgo ancora te"2018"Una storia importante""I Feel Love"2022"Le cose che non dico"Giordana AngiDirector and choreographer"Un autunno fa"2023"Parole dette male"Giorgia"Senza confine"