289Serge Lama said goodbye to the stage on February 11, 2024. The singer will be able to spend more time with his wife, Luana Santonino, thirty-five years his junior.
The couple met in 2002. Serge Lama was then still married to his second wife, Michèle Potter, the mother of his son Frédéric. Luana Santonino, at the time a physical education teacher in a Swiss high school, had attended his first concert of Serge Lama. That day, she had the courage, during a signing session, to write him a little note: “Life is a safe full of secrets, never lose the key.” The message had its effect since the singer, after a few meetings, fell in love with the Swiss woman. At this time, Serge Lama was still married to his wife Michele Potier but their relationship was over: “We were separated, but still very close. We didn't live together with Michèle, we never did" precise Serge. In 2006,, Luana Santonino becomes the singer's assistant, then manager. In 2016, Michèle dies following a stroke. “I didn’t want to break up their relationship. It was very important to Serge that Michèle remained Madame Lama. Something that I have integrated perfectly”, asserted Luana Santonino, who respected that his darling remained very friendly with his wife. Finally, it was in February 2021 that the lovers consolidated their relationship by getting married.
