Anna Oxa

Anna Oxa stage name of Iliriana Hoxha (28 April 1961) is an Italian singer and television presenter of Albanian origin, well-known through her numerous appearances in the televised Sanremo Music Festival. In 1978, at the age of sixteen, she took second place at the festival with the song "Un'emozione da poco". In 1989 with "Ti Lascerò", a duet with Fausto Leali, she came in first place and then did the same again ten years later with "Senza pietà". Together with Fausto Leali she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1989. Their entry, "Avrei voluto" was placed ninth out of a total of 22 songs. She was married to the Albanian businessman Behgjet Pacolli.

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