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It is 2028. You are 22. For most of your life, you believed you knew where you came from. You were born in Italy. You had a family. And then, when you were only three years old, everything disappeared. You were kidnapped. You were taken away from Italy and eventually ended up in Poland, where you were raised by people who never told you the truth about your past. For years, Italy was nothing more than a distant memory — fragments of a language you barely remembered, flashes of faces you couldn’t place, and a strange feeling that something in your life had always been missing. Then, two years ago, everything changed. You were found. The truth came out. You weren’t an orphan. You weren’t alone. You had a family who had spent years wondering what had happened to you. And, perhaps most shocking of all, your older brother was Damiano David. The story became international news almost overnight. The missing younger sister of one of Italy’s most recognizable musicians had been found after years of uncertainty — alive, raised in Poland, and completely unaware of the family she had been separated from. The internet exploded. People wanted to know everything about you. Your story. Your childhood. Your life in Poland. And, eventually, what you looked like. Photographs of you spread everywhere, making you recognizable to millions of people despite the fact that you had never asked for any of it. But behind the headlines, there was something much more important. You finally had a home. CORALINA DAVID You are Coralina David, Damiano’s younger sister. You spent most of your childhood in Poland, so although you are Italian by birth, Poland feels like a second home to you. You speak both Polish and Italian fluently, sometimes switching between the two without even realizing it. You are naturally warm, observant and independent. Growing up without knowing your biological family made you unusually adaptable, but finding them also left you with complicated emotions. You love your brother deeply, even though rebuilding a sibling relationship after essentially missing most of each other’s childhoods hasn’t always been easy. You have also discovered something unexpected: You can sing. Not just reasonably well. Really well. You have a naturally powerful voice, incredible emotional control and the ability to completely change the atmosphere of a room when you sing. Only a handful of people know just how talented you actually are. And you intend to keep it that way. DAMIANO DAVID — YOUR BROTHER Damiano never completely recovered from losing his little sister. For years, he wondered where you were. When you were finally found, the reunion was overwhelming for both of you. The two of you are still learning how to be siblings after essentially missing most of each other’s childhoods. Damiano is extremely protective of you. Sometimes almost excessively so. He doesn’t like strangers discussing you, photographers following you or people treating your story like entertainment. To the public, you’re his mysterious younger sister. To him, you’re simply the little girl he thought he had lost forever. And despite all the years apart, some things feel strangely natural between you. You tease him. He annoys you. You steal food from his plate. He complains. And somehow, it feels like you’ve been siblings your entire lives. VICTORIA DE ANGELIS — YOUR SISTER BY CHOICE Out of everyone in the villa, Vic became your closest person almost immediately. Your relationship doesn’t feel like friendship anymore. It feels like sisterhood. She knows when you’re upset without you saying anything. She knows when you need space. She knows when you’re pretending to be fine. You can sit together for hours without talking, share clothes, argue over completely stupid things and then be laughing again five minutes later. Vic is also one of the few people who can make you feel completely normal. When the internet talks about Coralina David, Vic sees only Coralina. Her little sister. ETHAN TORCHIO Ethan is another person you became incredibly close to during your two years in Italy. Around most people, Ethan is quiet, reserved and somewhat withdrawn. Around you, he’s completely different. He notices everything. If you’re tired, he notices. If you’re uncomfortable, he notices. If someone is bothering you, he notices before you even say anything. His way of caring is subtle rather than dramatic. He’ll leave a drink beside you without asking. Make sure you have somewhere comfortable to sit. Check whether you’ve eaten. Remember tiny details you’ve mentioned weeks earlier. To Ethan, taking care of you isn’t something extraordinary. It’s simply what he does. Your friendship has become one of the strongest bonds in the villa. THOMAS RAGGI Thomas has a slightly different relationship with you. He treats you like the younger sister he never asked for but somehow ended up completely attached to. He teases you constantly. You argue. He steals your snacks. You threaten revenge. But when something actually matters, Thomas is always there. He also happens to be one of the people who has absolutely no idea about your secret. DOVE CAMERON Dove became another important part of your family. She knows how strange it must have been to suddenly go from living a relatively private life in Poland to becoming internationally recognized almost overnight. She doesn’t treat you like Damiano’s famous little sister. She treats you like family. And this year, she has another role in your life. Because Dove is one of the five judges on The Voice Italy. Which makes your secret plan considerably more complicated. THE VOICE ITALY This year’s judging panel is unlike anything the Italian version of the show has seen before. The five judges are: Dove Cameron, Ethan Torchio, Ariana Grande, Lambery, the Polish representative, and Billie Eilish. And there is one problem. None of them know what you’re about to do. Because two weeks ago, while everyone in the villa was busy with their own schedules, you secretly submitted an audition. You didn’t tell Damiano. You didn’t tell Vic. You didn’t tell Ethan. You didn’t tell Thomas. You certainly didn’t tell Dove. You wanted to know something. Could you stand on a stage completely by yourself and be judged only for your voice? Not because you were Damiano David’s sister. Not because of your story. Not because millions of people knew your face. Just because you could sing. Your audition was accepted. And now you’re backstage. Waiting. THE BLIND AUDITION The studio is enormous. Bright lights illuminate the stage. The audience is packed into the seats, waiting for the next contestant. Five enormous judges’ chairs are positioned in front of the stage. But the judges aren’t facing you. Their chairs are turned completely away from the stage. They cannot see you. They don’t know who is standing behind them. They can only judge what they hear. And if one of them likes your voice enough, they have to make a decision. They can press the button. The chair will turn. And only then will they finally see you. Behind the stage, you take a deep breath. You know exactly who is sitting in those chairs. Dove. Ethan. People you’ve lived with for two years. People who know almost everything about you. Except this. And in the audience, in the special area reserved for family and close friends, sit Damiano, Vic and Thomas. They have absolutely no idea. They think they’re simply watching another contestant. Damiano is quietly talking to Thomas. Vic is sitting beside them, watching the stage. None of them suspect anything. Then the presenter walks onto the stage. The audience falls silent. Your name is announced. “Coralina David.” Damiano freezes. Vic’s head immediately snaps toward the stage. Thomas looks at them both. For a moment, none of them understand. Then you step onto the stage. You are standing directly behind the five judges. They still can’t see you. Dove has no idea that her own family member is standing only a few meters behind her. Ethan doesn’t know either. The presenter welcomes you. The music begins. You close your eyes. And you start singing. THE FIRST NOTE The entire studio becomes silent. Your voice fills the room. Strong. Emotional. Controlled. Beautiful. Dove’s posture immediately changes. She tilts her head slightly. Ethan stops moving completely. Billie raises her eyebrows. Ariana smiles. Lambery leans forward in his chair. None of them know who you are. All they know is that whoever is singing has something special. In the audience, Damiano slowly realizes that he knows that voice. His eyes widen. Vic covers her mouth. Thomas stares at the stage. Damiano whispers: “No way…” But the performance continues. You reach the strongest part of the song. Ethan’s hand moves toward his button. He hesitates for only a second. Then—CLICK. His chair turns. The audience explodes. Ethan’s eyes land on you. And he freezes. His entire expression changes. He knows you. He knows that face. He knows that voice. It’s Coralina. His eyes widen in complete disbelief. Then, almost immediately—CLICK. Dove presses her button. Her chair spins around. She sees you. Her jaw drops. She looks completely stunned. For a moment, she doesn’t even react. Then she realizes exactly what you’ve done. You secretly auditioned for The Voice Italy. And she had absolutely no idea. The audience is screaming. And behind them, Damiano is standing. Vic is crying and laughing at the same time. Thomas is staring at the stage in disbelief. Because the entire country has just watched something none of them expected. You didn’t walk onto that stage as Damiano David’s little sister. You didn’t walk onto it as the girl who was kidnapped as a child. You walked onto it as a singer. As Coralina. And now every judge has a choice. Because the blind audition isn’t over yet. And three chairs are still facing away from you.