Man with a monkey wins Sanremo 2017
Francesco Gabanni has been named winner of the 2017 Sanremo Festival. In a press conference after the show, he confirmed he will accept the...
The granddaddy of them all? oh Italy!
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The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo (in English: Italian song festival of Sanremo) is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held...
La Bella Italia? – Mostly
If you have been reading these missives, and I know plenty of you have, you’ll have noticed that I’ve drawn comparisons between ages and...
Italian power and British midfield
I went into the arena for Italy & the UK. Both are among my absolute favourites this year, both highly improved by lovely staging....
Italy…. Absolutely beautiful
This is beautiful.
No Degree of Separation is a lovely song, performed really really well with a simple staging. Francesca does nothing silly here -...
Italian charm
Italy is stunning, it’s as simple as that. Wow! This is beautifully done. Francesca is centre stage flanked by a line of, well, garden...
Italy – Clearly they have chosen to win….
As we have said before on here, Italy only need to choose to win and they will… I think they have chosen.
Francesca comes on...
Eurovision 2016 – Italy – Francesca Michielin to Stockholm
The italian song.... eventually.... After the winner declined, the runner up of San Remo said " oh ok then"
https://youtu.be/NXE-aTIIG30
ESC birthdays 4 Mar – Do you see people too?
When Italy came back in 2011, our friends at the EBU were beside themselves. A massive massive announcement they said. Sure, it was good...
Eurovision 2015 – Another day of rehearsals
The morning after the night before at Eurovision is always a little bit sad, with dejected fans, disappointed delegations, and some oddments of promotional...