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Ponte, a word meaning bridge in Italian, Portuguese and Galician languages, may refer to:

Places[link]

England[link]

• Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire

France[link]

• Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Corse

Italy[link]

Municipalities

• Ponte (BN), in the Province of Benevento
• Ponte Buggianese, in the Province of Pistoia
• Ponte dell'Olio, in the Province of Piacenza
• Ponte di Legno, in the Province of Brescia
• Ponte di Piave, in the Province of Treviso
• Ponte Gardena, Italian name for Waidbruck, in South Tyrol
• Ponte in Valtellina, in the Province of Sondrio
• Ponte Lambro, in the Province of Como
• Ponte nelle Alpi, in the Province of Belluno
• Ponte Nizza, in the Province of Provincia di Pavia
• Ponte Nossa, in the Province of Bergamo
• Ponte San Nicolò, in the Province of Padua
• Ponte San Pietro, in the Province of Bergamo

Civil parishes and quarters

• Ponte (Rome), a rione in the City of Rome
• Ponte (Formazza), in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola
• Ponte della Muda, in the Province of Treviso
• Ponte di Cerreto, in the Province of Perugia

Portugal[link]

• Ponte da Barca, a municipality in the District of Viana do Castelo
• Ponte de Lima, a municipality in the District of Viana do Castelo
• Ponte de Sor, a municipality in the District of Portalegre

South Africa[link]

• Ponte Tower, a landmark city apartment building in Johannesburg

Switzerland[link]

• Ponte Capriasca, a municipality in the Canton of Ticino
• Ponte Tresa, a municipality in the Canton of Ticino

People[link]

• Gabry Ponte, Italian DJ and record producer
• Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist who collaborated with Mozart

Other uses[link]

• Ponte S.A, the company administering Rio-Niterói Bridge in Brazil

See also[link]

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Gabry Ponte
non_vocal_instrumentalist
Background information
Birth name	Gabriele Ponte
Born	(1973-04-20) 20 April 1973 (age 39) Moncalieri, Italy
Genres	Italo dance, Dance, Electro house
Occupations	DJ
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Dance & Love, Ultra Records
Associated acts	Eiffel 65 Julissa Veloz, Pitbull
Website	www.gabryponte.com

Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (born Turin, 20 April 1973^[1]) is an Italian DJ best known for his membership in the Italian dance group Eiffel 65. Ponte has been involved with the Bliss Team, DJ Gundam, and Sangwara. With Eiffel 65's rise to fame in the late 1990s, his celebrity (or semi-celebrity) status was established, and he later went on to produce the Italian hits "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio de André's song by the same name) sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan as well as hits Time to rock and Got to Get and then "La Danza delle Streghe" (literally "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular dance songs such as Gianni Togni's Giulia. In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2007 he released a brand new EP, "Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte" which includes the new track "the Point Of No Return".

Music career[link]

Gabry Ponte first started his career as a DJ at BlissCorporation in 1993, in late 1995 he started his own record label there known as Worldbus Records. The primary focus of the label was to remake current and past hit songs of other artists into modern dance tracks. Several of the label's artists became some of BlissCorporation's biggest, Full Sex, Karmah, Funktastica, and Sangwara, which Gabry Ponte was directly involved in. After three years Worldbus Records became Piranha Records and Gabry Ponte, as part of a trio dubbed Eiffel 65, went on to create a song called "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", at that point a normal BlissCorporation release under the label Skooby Records. The song became a hit in Italy and was the first from BlissCorporation to be released outside of Europe, from there it became a worldwide hit. Eiffel 65 then produced an album called "Europop" which too became a large hit. 2 Albums, 10 singles, and 6 years later, Eiffel 65 parted ways and Gabry Ponte stayed with BlissCorporation to continue with his solo work, releasing a number of singles and staying active in Italy's music scene.

His original group, Eiffel 65, has reformed as of June 2010.

Sangwara[link]

Sangwara was one of the projects that was released under Gabry Ponte's record label, Worldbus Records in the late 90s. It was the only one he was directly involved in and produced the most hits the label had to offer. Their first release was a cover of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise", which was well received in both Italy and Spain, followed by a remake of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly", which had also been recently remade by the Fugees. This track became one of Sangwara's most well known and was made into a music video. This was followed by a release called "Bohemian Rhapsody", a cover of Queen's classic, also recently remade by The Braids. This release wasn't such a big hit for them and is now hard to find as a result. In early 1997 they produced their fourth release and final cover, a remake of No Doubt's "Don't Speak". This became Sangwara's biggest hit and was released on CD throughout Europe. After being inactive for almost a year Sangwara recorded their final release, an original track titled "Find A Way" which was released with four remixes. It was at that time that Worldbus Records ceased existence, which may have contributed to Sangwara's end. Over the 2 year career of Sangwara, its primary members, DJs Gabry Ponte and MTJ Capuano, and vocalist Claire Thomas, often paired up with various other people to make the releases. Jeffrey Jey sung vocals on two of their releases and Joe Fancey, an American rapper, on one. Simone Pastore, of Da Blitz was also one of many well known figures from BlissCorporation to lend his hand in the production and mixing stages. Ultimately Sangwara was Gabry Ponte's big entrance into the world of music.

EPs[link]

• Time to Rock
• Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte (2006)
• Electro Muzik is Back
• U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D.
• Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte (2007)
• Sexy DJ (In da Club)

Containing:

• Now & Forever
• The Point of No Return
• The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)
• La Libertà (Hard Love Remix)
• Geordie (Eurotrance Remix)

Albums and Discography[link]

• Gabry Ponte (2002)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ (2004)
• Modern Tech Noises According To Gabry Ponte (2007)
• Love Songs In The Digital Age According To Gabry Ponte (2007)
• Tunes From Planet Earth According To Gabry Ponte (2007)
• Gabry2o (2008)
• Gabry Ponte - Gabry2o Vol.II (2009)

[edit] Dance and Love albums

• Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love selection vol.1 (2010)
• Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love selection vol.2 (2010)
• Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love selection vol.3 (2010)
• Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love selection vol.4 (2011)

References[link]

• Discogs: Accessed March 28, 2005.

External links[link]

• Official website
• Bliss Corporation
• Sangwara

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Nikki Ponte Νίκη Πόντε
Background information
Birth name	Nikki Ponte
Born	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 20) Toronto, Canada
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genres	Pop, dance, R&B, soul
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Sony Music Greece

Nikki Ponte (Greek: Νίκη Πόντε; born 1 August 1991), is a Canadian-Cypriot-Portuguese singer who rose to fame in Greece and Cyprus through her participation in the third season of Greece's version of the singing competition The X Factor, in which she placed third. While still participating in the show, she signed with Sony Music Entertainment Greece and was one of six candidates who were selected to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Ponte competed in a national final held in March 2011 with the song "I Don't Wanna Dance", but did not manage to win.

Early life[link]

Nikki Ponte was born in Pickering, Canada to immigrant parents; her father is Portuguese and her mother is originally from Cyprus. Ponte is fluent in English and proficient in Greek. She attended St. Monica Catholic School for elementary school, and later Saint Mary Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario. She took opera lessons for ten years and attended Sheridan College's renowned Music Theatre Performance program.

[edit] The X Factor

In 2010 at age 19, Ponte auditioned for Greece's talent show The X Factor at auditions held in New York City. Ponte received approval from the judges and was invited to bootcamp in Athens, Greece, eventually making it through to the live shows. Throughout the competition, she was one of the favorites to win and would spend her free time in her hotel room alone practicing her songs. She ended up placing third.

Performances[link]

[edit] Post-The X Factor

2011–present: Professional debut[link]

After a few months of living in Greece, she was granted Greek-Cypriot citizenship due to her Cypriot descent. While still in the competition, she caught the attention of Greece's Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and was sequentially approached and signed by Sony Music Entertainment Greece.^[1] On 11 January 2011, ERT announced that Ponte was one of six participants in a national final to select Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.^[2][3] She competed with the song "I Don't Wanna Dance" in the national final held on 2 March 2011, but did not manage to win. The song was released as a digital single in February 2011.^[4]

In mid-2011, she was featured on Dimension-X's single "Hey You". She was also featured on the soundtrack of Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure with the song "Mesa Ston Thavmaton Ton Kosmo", performing the theme song to the film. In November 2011, Ponte released the single "Remembering The Summer Nights".^[5]

Discography[link]