Photo by Louis Young
EMILIO SANTORO - 2024 ULTIMATE CHAMPION
EMILIO SANTORO: Video Highlight
Emilio’s love of Elvis began at the age of 4 when he was introduced to the King of Rock ‘n Roll by his mum. Emilio competed as an Elvis Tribute Artist for the first time in his late teens and by 2022, he had competed a clean sweep of the European competitions with 2019 wins in Porthcawl and Blackpool and his 2022 win at the European Elvis Championships.
In September 2022, Emilio had the incredible opportunity to perform with Tech company Metaphysic.ai in the historic finale of ‘America’s Got Talent S17.
In 2024, Emilio was the winner of the Nashville Elvis Festival which qualified him for the Ultimate Semi-Finals at Graceland during Elvis Week in Aug 2024. Following a stellar performance, he was crowned the ULTIMATE Champion. He has since travelled the world headlining major shows and festivals as not only the newest Ultimate, but also the most exciting.
Louis has a very musical background and spends his down time playing his guitar, piano and recreating songs in his own unique way. Louis used to play soccer semi-professionally and also had a stint at playing cricket at a very high standard, this came to a quick halt due to breaking both of his wrists in the space of a year.