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In the 1990s, she met Tiziano Ferro in SanremoLab academy and produced his first three albums.
Completing the experience with the Nisa, she founded with her husband and the daughters the record label Non ho l'età, with the aim of promoting new musical talents.
In 2009 she was confirmed for the second and the third series, with the same judges, and for the third series with Morgan and Claudia Mori.
In 2010, she was also in the fourth edition with three new judges: Elio, Enrico Ruggeri and Anna Tatangelo. She also released a dance single called Fantastic that peaked at #2 in the Italian Singles Chart. She was confirmed for her participation at the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2011.
Maionchi did not return for the fifth edition of X Factor in 2011 and was replaced by Arisa.
In 2012 she became jury president of Videofestival live, a showcase for new talents whose finality is broadcast every year by Canale Italia.[1]
In 2013 she became a leader in the fourth edition of the talent show Io canto, with Claudio Cecchetto and Flavia Cercato.[2]
In 2014 she began acting as a radio broadcaster in the program Benvenuti nella giungla on Radio 105, with Gianluigi Paragone.[3] In the same year she returned to X Factor for the eighth edition, not as a judge but as the lead player of the Xtra Factortalk show on Sky Uno. She also played the same role for ninth and tenth edition of X-Factor. On 19 May 2017, her participation was announced for the 11th edition of the Talent, again in the role of a judge.[4] she became the winning for the first time in season 11 with Lorenzo Licitra from the over 25s category and again for the second time in season 12 with Anastasio from the boys category.[5]
