Miodio
Miodio is an Italian/ Sammarinese band. The band is composed by Nicola Della Valle, Paolo Macina, Andrea Marco Pollice, Francesco Sancisi and Alessandro Gobbi. Miodio was founded in 2002. They recorded a mini-album with five tracks before they signed a record contract with Opera Prima.
Before Eurovision, Miodio won the 17th edition of San Marino Festival. They also received the 2006 ‘Viva Music’ and ‘Best Original Song’ awards at the Arts Festival in Bologna. After their Eurovision participation, they made the top 10 in the online section of the 59th Sanremo Festival with their song “Evoluzione genetica”. In 2010, they participated in the Festival della canzone italiana in Italy. In 2011 they released their second and-to date- last album Avantgarde.