Povia

Always considering himself to be close to right-wing positions, from around 2013 the singer-songwriter began to publicly express Eurosceptic and sovereign ideas. He has repeatedly declared himself a sympathizer of Silvio Berlusconi, Matteo Salvini, Riscossa Italia, and the People of the Family, while he has often criticized the Democratic Party.

In May 2013, Povia criticized Cécile Kyenge on Facebook stating that "if you take the problems of non-EU citizens to heart by giving them priority in a country like Italy, then it annoys me too. Italy must be managed by Italians. [...] If this continues, Italy will go to the Chinese." In July 2017, Povia praised the launch of a Molotov cocktail against a hotel property of the Italian entrepreneur Valerio Ponchiardi guilty of hosting 35 refugees. Povia called this action a patriotic act.

In 2009 he won second place in the 59th Sanremo Music Festival with his song "Luca era gay". Despite the media initially thinking that the song was about Luca Tolve, a man who allegedly has been reversing his homosexuality following the therapies of Joseph Nicolosi., Povia has declared the song is about a man called Massimiliano whom he met on a train from Milan to Rome. During the train ride the man told Povia his personal story about having been gay, but now being married with children.

He has been married since 2007 to Teresa, with whom he has two daughters, Emma (2005) and Amelia (2007). He has lived in Florence for many years.

2005 – Evviva i pazzi... che hanno capito cos'è l'amore 2006 – I bambini fanno "ooh..." la storia continua... 2007 – La storia continua... la tavola rotonda 2008 – Uniti (Povia-Baccini) 2009 – Centravanti di mestiere 2009 – Non basta un sorriso 2010 – Scacco matto 2011 – Il mondo è di tutti 2012 – I "bambini" fanno rock 2016 – Nuovo Contrordine Mondiale

In his songs, Povia frequently takes on social issues. In 2003 he addressed bulimia with his song Mia sorella. In 2005 his single "Avamposto 55" talked about the children of Darfur. In 2006 he produced the album I bambini fanno: Oh from which the proceeds were used in a campaign he started to build hospitals in Darfur. It sold 200,000 copies and received special accolades from Sony BMG.

2003 Premio Musicultura per la canzone Mia sorella 2005 Premio Mei "etichette indipendenti" 2005 Premio Lunezia nuove stelle 2005 2006 Primo premio al Festival della Canzone Italiana 2008 Leone d'argento alla carriera per la musica 2009 Premio Sala Stampa RadioTv al Festival della Canzone Italiana 2009 Premio Mogol per il testo della canzone Luca era gay 2011 Music Awards – Premio Confindustria Cultura Italia FIMI, AFI e PMI 2011 Targa nella Strada del Festival di Sanremo in Via Matteotti a Sanremo, per il brano Vorrei avere il becco

Born in Milan, he began teaching himself guitar. He taught himself how to play music by ear; by the time he was 20, he began to compose music. In 1999 he enrolled in the Academy of Sanremo where he met Giancarlo Bigazzi.

Giuseppe Povia (Italian pronunciation: [poˈviːa] }, born November 19, 1972), better known just as Povia [ˈpɔːvja] , is an Italian rock singer-songwriter.