{{short description|Italian entertainer (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} '''Loredana Lecciso''' (born 26 August 1972) is an Italian entertainer. She is also known for appearances on tabloid talk shows.<ref name=Edt>{{cite book|editor-last=Grasso|editor-first=Aldo|title=Enciclopedia della televisione|language=it|edition=3|location=Milan|publisher=Garzanti|year=2008|isbn=978-88-11-50526-6|page=414}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Serra|first=Michele|author-link=Michele Serra|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/k/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/lecciso/lecciso/lecciso.html|title=Nella televisione del trash anche la Lecciso fa carriera|language=it|work=la Repubblica|date=21 November 2004|access-date=29 December 2009}}</ref><ref name=Tgcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/televisione/articoli/articolo229243.shtml|title=Lecciso, quando il trash fa ascolto|language=it|website=TGcom|date=13 November 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225072526/http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/televisione/articoli/articolo229243.shtml|archive-date=25 February 2008|access-date=29 December 2009}}</ref> She became famous as the partner of celebrated Italian singer Albano Carrisi.
==Career== Her television career began in Lecce, at the local television station "Canale Otto".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.storiaradiotv.it/CANALE%208.htm|title=Canale 8|language=it|website=Storia radio tv|access-date=12 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726134504/http://www.storiaradiotv.it/CANALE%208.htm|archive-date=2009-07-26}}</ref>
In 2004 she was part of the cast of the first season of the reality show ''La Fattoria'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!La-Lecciso-fuori-dalla-Fattoria/14-04-2004/14-04-2004/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGAJlALlMAaMAzAJwHsYkwBGAFgHoAGGgJlvpzHSLKrsecrAF9s4aPDIBrOAE8A7kQIpW6OAA90ZADJQABOrgBjPQEsAzkS14ArnMNa0AGzvaAYhnYFDWfgF0gA |title=La Lecciso fuori dalla "Fattoria" "Ora voglio tornare dai miei figli"|language=it|work=Corriere della Sera|date=14 April 2004|page=39|access-date=12 July 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the Italian version of ''The Farm''. In the next months, with her twin Raffaella, she appeared as a dancer in shows such as ''Domenica In'' and ''I Raccomandati''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grasso|first=Aldo|url=https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!Al-Bano-le-gemelle-Lecciso-e-il-trash-a-reti-unificate/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGA1nAngdwPYCcAmYANGAC5wAepSYAggDYAEAQlBNkY-XIwOZzx63RgBk4AY3EBLAM7ZGPKU1K4oMgBaMojXHFJTGAVwhSAZlPFRyYAL4BdIA|title=Al Bano, le gemelle Lecciso e il trash a reti unificate|language=it|work=Corriere della Sera|date=24 November 2004|page=36|access-date=12 July 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In 2005, she released her first music single "''Si vive una volta sola''" (literally ''We only live once'') published by BMG Records. In 2006 this single was also released in Spain and in the Spanish speaking nations of South America with the title "''Se vive una ves sola''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/articolo293308.shtml|title=Lecciso "assalta" il mercato latino|language=it|website=TGcom|date=24 January 2006|access-date=12 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928121916/https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/articolo293308.shtml|archive-date=2013-09-28}}</ref>
In October 2005 her partner Albano Carrisi was a contestant on ''L'Isola dei Famosi'', the Italian version of ''Celebrity Survivor'', when she announced their separation through an article in the Italian magazine ''Gente'';<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2005/10_Ottobre/11/lecciso.shtml|title=Lecciso ad Al Bano: "Me ne vado coi bimbi"|language=it|work=Corriere della Sera|date=12 October 2005|access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref> Albano was notified of the decision during the weekly live broadcast of the show<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/leccialba/auguri/auguri.html|title=Loredana Lecciso lascia Albano in diretta dall'Isola dei famosi|language=it|work=la Repubblica|date=13 October 2005|access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref> and decided to leave the show. Lecciso also was a contestant of this reality show, in the 2010 edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arezzoweb.it/2009/lory-lecciso-sbarca-sull-isola-25512.html|title=Lory Lecciso sbarca sull ''Isola'': "Vado... e non so nemmeno nuotare"|language=it|website=Arezzo Web Informa|publisher=Adnkronos|date=10 November 2009|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
As a singer she recorded three singles:
*"Si vive una volta sola" (2005) *"Tuka Kulos" (2007); this single was not sold commercially, but broadcast by radio stations and on the internet. *"Se mi lasci non vale" (2009); a cover of a Julio Iglesias song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tio.ch/News/462209/----------Page-title----------Musica-Loredana-Lecciso-si-lancia-in-una-cover-di-Iglesias------/ |title=Musica: Loredana Lecciso si lancia in una cover di Iglesias|language=it|publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|website=Ticinonline|orig-date=22 May 2009|date=22 November 2014|access-date=12 June 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Private life== Lorendana Lecciso has been married to Fabio Cazzato from 1993 to 1996; she has a daughter from that marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dilei.it/vip/brigitta-cazzato/542118/|title=Chi è Brigitta Cazzato, la primogenita di Loredana Lecciso|website=DiLei|language=it|date=4 November 2024|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> In 1999 she started a relationship with Albano Carrisi, with whom she had a daughter and a son. They separated after several public frictions and then got back together after some time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.oggi.it/people/vip-e-star/2013/07/30/albano-carrisi-sposo-loredana-lecciso-intervista-esclusiva/|title=Albano Carrisi: “Sì, sposo Loredana Lecciso” – Intervista e audio esclusivi|language=it|magazine=Oggi|date=30 July 2013|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> She considers herself Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Giordano|first=Lucio|title=Ad Al Bano mi unisce anche l'amore per Dio; preghiamo insieme davanti all'altare di famiglia|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=18 July 2025|number=28|pages=86-89}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb name| id=1650126| name=Loredana Lecciso}}
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