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iva zanicchi in 1972 -lsb- http://www.ivazanicchi.net ivazanicchi.net -rsb- 1963 -- present ri-fi record , carosello , sugar , traccia , sif , sgm , five iva zanicchi
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iva zanicchi

iva zanicchi -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born in ligonchio , reggio emilia on january 18 , 1940 -rrb- is an italian pop singer and politician .
iva zanicchi 's career began in 1962 at the castrocaro music festival , where she earned third place .
she won the sanremo song festival in 1967 with `` non pensare a me '' , in 1969 with `` zingara '' and again in 1974 with `` ciao cara , come stai ? '' .
zanicchi remains the only woman singer to have won that festival 's prize three times .
in 1969 , she represented italy in the eurovision song contest in madrid with `` due grosse lacrime bianche '' , where she finished 13th .
a concert at the paris olympia and a tour -lrb- united states , canada , south america and the soviet union -rrb- followed .
iva later also toured australia and japan .
has worked with mikis theodorakis and charles aznavour and has made numerous recordings .
has performed at madison square gardens , new york -lrb- 1974 -rrb- and the teatro regio -lrb- parma -rrb- .
from 1987 to 2000 iva hosted the very popular game show `` ok , il prezzo è giusto ! ''
, the italian version of `` the price is right '' as the only female host in the history of the game show worldwide .
in 2004 she was one of forza italia 's candidates at the european parliament elections , polling nearly 35,000 but not enough to be elected .
however , as the highest-polling among the candidates failing to be elected , iva took up her seat in strasburg in may 2008 , representing forza italia , when euromp mario mantovani left to become a pdl senator .
she was confirmed in her post at the european elections of june 2009 .
in september 2010 she has expressed her vote in favor of vivisection .
