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Everyone loves a trier. They take that motto ‘If at first you don’t succeed, yadda yadda yadda’. You may not be the best singer, or have the best song, or even sing for a fashionable country, but you get there in the end. Someone from a little mountain republic came back time after time until she made it to the Saturday night Grand Final. With her object achieved she’s now taken a step back from the two frantic weeks. Everyone will miss Valentina Monetta this year. Valentina is 40 today.
Buon compleanno, Valentina!
