Cristina Scuccia (born 19 August 1988) is an Italian singer.
She won the 2014 season of The Voice of Italy[1] as part of Team J-Ax, resulting in a record deal with Universal.[2] In 2013, she won a Christian music competition as part of the Good News Festival.[3]
Early life
Cristina Scuccia was born in Vittoria in 1988.[4] She became a novice in 2009 and worked for two years with poor children in Brazil before formally joining the Ursuline order.[4] In the years from 2009 to 2011, Sister Cristina improved her artistic skills at the "Star Rose Academy" in Rome, created and directed by Maximo De Marco. Her singing teacher was the singer-songwriter Franco Simone.[5]
Her television debut was in June 2012, on the program "Dizionario dei sentimenti" by Franco Simone, on Gold Tv in Rome.[6]
Career
2014–present
The Voice of Italy
In 2014, Scuccia applied to The Voice of Italy singing competition, singing for her audition "No One" by Alicia Keys. The performance received more than 104 million views on YouTube. She was very popular with the audience and all four judges—Raffaella Carrà, J-Ax, Noemi, and Piero Pelù—turned their chairs in the blind audition. Cristina chose to be part of Team J-Ax. Throughout the contest, she wore a simple crucifix around her neck, black shoes and ankle-length black religious habit.[citation needed] In the final, she won the trophy with 62% of the Italian votes against runner-up Giacomo Voli.[citation needed] After winning, she thanked God and recited the Lord's Prayer to the show organizers and audience.[7]
Performances
Blind audition (19 March 2014): "No One" by Alicia Keys. All four chairs turned.[8]
On 20 October 2014, the music video for Scuccia's version of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" was released on Vevo platform.[11] It is the lead single from her debut album Sister Cristina which was released on 11 November 2014.[12] The album contains her interpretations of a number of songs as well as two previously unreleased songs.[13]
In 2015, Scuccia was cast as Sister Mary Robert in the Italian production of the Sister Act musical.[15][16]
Personal life
On 20 November 2022, she was a guest on the Italian program Verissimo by Silvia Toffanin, in which she announced that she had given up her perpetual vows to be able to devote herself full-time to a musical career.[17]
