Italy: Someone needs shut-eye
I got to see one of the three rehearsals this morning - and heard plenty of reports of the shambolic first run-through - which...
Italy’s daydreaming cowboy brings bolero jackets and bolshiness to Eurovision
Italy’s Eurovision 2025 entry is many things: poetic, glam, quietly rebellious — and perhaps the most low-key rock 'n' roll thing to grace a...
Italy’s heartfelt message brings the Big 5 to a close
And talking about songs with a message, Italy closes the Big 5 rehearsals this morning, though we have an additional run from Greece to...
Boom boom boom!
Italy is up now with Nina fashioning a 50s feel and looking and sounding effortless. This is every bit as good as you would...
5 June – If they take your hand, they are looking...
Yesterday I briefly mention our friends in Italy. Well, as you may know, their relationship with our favourite Tv show has been up and...
Who needs what to get their Best Result: Your Nice 2023...
As well as music, Eurovision fans love statistics - and both contests are an absolute goldmine for facts, figures and number-crunching! So just before...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 22 – Italy
If you’ve pissed off a far right political party by winning an internationally respected song contest, you’re clearly doing well. Mahmoud has done this...
Sanremo you say? – And you thought FiK was a hard...
Amadeus, in this his final year of being in charge of the Sanremo festival, has announced the thirty (count them) songs that are going...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 20 – Italy
Due Vita by Marco Mengoni.
I followed Italy’s Marco Mengoni very keenly in Malmö a decade ago when he first competed in Eurovision. His song...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Italy
There was a time when fandom would bow down to anything French. Then Rai ended its Eurovision sulk and returned to the fold. France...