An Evening with the Stars: The Latest from Belve

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 16th, Belve returns for the third episode of this season. It will be an all-female evening. Sitting on the sharp stool of Francesca Fagnani will indeed be Ilenia Pastorelli, Marcella Bella, and Simona Ventura, ready to defend themselves from the insidious questions of the hostess. Marcella Bella at Belve: "I am a gay icon," then she gets the LGBTQIA+ acronym wrong. Tension with Francesca Fagnani: tax evasion and the singer's reply. Let's find out in the meantime before watching the episode, something more about the singer. Who is Marcella Bella Marcella Bella, born Giuseppa Marcella Bella, was born in Catania on June 18, 1952. She is 72 years old. She is the younger sister of the singer-songwriter Gianni Bella. The meeting in 1968 with Ivo Callegari, already producer of Caterina Caselli, gave the singer the opportunity to sign a contract with CGD. Thus, she recorded her first 45 rpm in 1969. The Career The singer has participated in nine editions of the Sanremo Festival without ever winning. She is the performer of one of the most known and loved Italian songs ever, Montagne verdi. Her first album was released in 1973, titled Tu non hai la più pallida idea dell'amore. That same year, with the song Io domani, she won the Festivalbar, tied with Mia Martini. The following year she recorded a new song, Nessuno mai, among the first examples of disco music in Italy. She was also active in politics, running in the 2004 European elections in the lists of National Alliance. Personal Life In 1973, the singer had a significant relationship with Red Canzian, at the time just entered as a bassist within the Pooh. Their story, however, lasts only a year. In 1979 she meets Mario Merello, a businessman from Milan. The two, before getting married in 1989, have their first child Giacomo, in 1980. Carolina and Tommaso were born in 1992 and 1993. The Children and Grandchildren Giacomo today lives in Singapore for professional reasons. "He has always been a lover of the East. I have never accepted it, every now and then I send him fiery messages, claiming that his children will grow up ignorant because they do not have our culture and our beauty, immersed as they are in modernity and skyscrapers. Let's say I work on the children, the two grandchildren: when they come in the summer, I always organize a birthday with unicorns and everything they love." She told Domenica in. The Illness of the Brother The success of Marcella was also possible thanks to the collaboration with her brother Gianni Bella, a well-known Italian composer and singer-songwriter. In 2010, the career of Gianni Bella, six years older than his sister, suffered a setback due to a sudden stroke, a devastating disease that forced him to face a long period of rehabilitation. "He has always been my idol - explains Marcella Bella in an interview - Even after that event he gave me another life lesson. He could have become depressed, selfish, he could have become embittered. All legitimate things. Instead, he faced the stroke with dignity. In the early days, when I was discouraged and worried, he would give me a little tap with his left hand on my thigh, as if to tell me he was fine." Interviewed by Oggi, Bella recounted his tough experience with the disease: "It was not easy, but I made it thanks to the great heart of my family, thanks to my wife Paola, my daughters and my brothers. They have always been and are close to me, managing with their immense affection to soothe my sufferings and to make me face the difficulties of the disease with strength. I prayed to stay alive." Where She Lives "It's a small place, where everyone knows me and loves me by now, but not everyone knows that I am a singer. I have more freedom because they do not recognize me. It's a place very similar to Sicily. There too there are all those cacti, the prickly pears." So Marcella Bella, 70 years old, tells Domenica in about her new life in Ibiza, where she moved and lives with her husband Mario Merello, an entrepreneur. Why Ibiza? "I love the contact with so many people."