Italy – Controversy continues as the publication of the televoting results by Italian broadcaster RAI shows a huge win for Romania’s Cezar. Yet on the night he received only 1 point from Italy….meaning the jury must have absolutely finished him off by placing him at the bottom of their rankings. There were concerns before the contest that juries would have too much power. (more…)
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Italy: Votes Revealed…But Did Jury Break Rules?
Posted: May 21, 2013 by hulluna in ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Italy
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Interview: Marco Mengoni of Italy
Posted: May 16, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Interview, ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Marco Mengoni
Interview – Eurovision Times was lucky enough to be able to speak with Italy’s Marco Mengoni this week. As you can imagine, we were very grateful to be able to chat with one of the Big Five, and a huge thank you goes to Marco and the Italian delegation for making Marco so accessible this year. Things were not made easy thanks to some very noisy Danes… but check out the interview now! (more…)
Eurovision Stars in Emergency Plane Landing!
Posted: April 14, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Italy, LithuaniaTags: Andrius Pojavis, Eurovision Song Contest, Marco Mengoni
Eurovision 2013 – It appears that the journey home from Amsterdam did not quite go to plan today for Andrius Pojavis (Lithuania) and Marco Mengoni (Italy), as their plane had to make an emergency landing! Andrius was heading back to Italy on the same plane as Marco, but the KLM flight had to return to Schipol airport and make an emergency landing when smoke appeared in the cabin! (more…)
Italy: Marco Mengoni Tops Charts
Posted: April 2, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Italy, Marco Mengoni
Italy – Today’s featured artist is Marco Mengoni of Italy. He has recently gone to number 1 in Italy with his latest album and his Eurovision entry’s video has received over 10 million views on YouTube. The Italian has been in huge demand since his success at this season’s San Remo contest and the Italians cannot seem to get enough of him right now. Find out more about him… (more…)
Italy: Marco Mengoni Performs L’essenziale on TV
Posted: March 24, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Marco Mengoni
Italy – Italian broadcaster RAI have posted a video online of their representative Marco Mengoni singing an acoustic version of ‘L’essenziale‘. This was performed as part of the national Italian talk show “Che tempo che fa” last night. You can watch it here.
Italy: It’s L’Essenziale for Malmö!
Posted: March 18, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Italy
Italy – On the day of the Heads of Delegation meeting in Malmö, Italy has announced that Marco Mengoni will sing ‘L’Essenziale’ in May. This seems a popular choice. 47.7% of our readers voted for it in our poll this week. Have a listen. (more…)
Italy: Marco Mengoni Chooses from Four Songs
Posted: March 11, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ItalyTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Marco Mengoni
Italy – According to esc-time.com, Italian representative Marco Mengoni has had a choice of four songs to choose between to sing in Malmö. Mengoni was chosen to represent his country by Italian broadcaster RAI after his recent performance in the San Remo festival. As well as the song that won San Remo, ‘L’Essenziale’, 3 more songs are said to have been in the running. (more…)
Spain: Italian Rep Influences Spanish Song Choice?
Posted: February 21, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Italy, SpainTags: El Sueño de Morfeo, Eurovision Song Contest, Marco Mengoni
Spain – In a surprise announcement, the Spanish broadcaster TVE, has decided that the recently chosen 2013 Italian representative, Marco Mengoni, will be on the jury panel of El Sueño De Morfeo- Destino Eurovision which is the 2013 Spanish Eurovision Song Selection show . Is it right that a fellow competitor should have a say in what song is chosen by another country? (more…)
Italy: San Remo is Underway!
Posted: February 12, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ItalyItaly – Tonight saw the launch of the renowned San Remo Italian music festival. This music festival, which started in 1951, showcases new songs and several new artists each year and often produces the song that Italy sends to represent it in the Eurovision Song Contest. You can watch online live here but be prepared for a long night/week! Here’s the programme for the week… (more…)
Romania Wins the Italian Televote
Posted: June 5, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, ItalyItalian broadcaster RAI have revealed the televoting percentages in this year’s Italian vote. The results show Romania’s Mandinga easily winning the vote of the Italian public in both the semifinal and the Grand Final. Albania and Moldova came second and third, respectively, on both shows. The Italians disliked Belgium the most in the first semifinal. In the Grand Final, the United Kingdom was least popular. (more…)
Eurovision 2012: Big 4 for Open Air Concert
Posted: May 22, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain
Eurovision 2012 – Good morning from sunny Baku! It’s semifinal 1 day but acts that are not involved are busy doing other things in the beautiful city of Baku. The Eurovillage is hosting lots of musical events, and there are DJs and live acts keeping the party going there on the promenade each day until late. Most of the Big 5 will perform there tomorrow! Read on for the schedule. (more…)
Italy – Also revealed online today by La Gazetta is a new video from Nina Zilla showcasing her entry ‘L’amore è Femmina‘. The video sees Nina change hair colour and dance with several young men. As one of the ‘big five’ Nina wins herself a direct ticket to the Eurovision final in Baku on May 26th. Check out Nina’s new video here.
Italy – Today it was announced by National broadcaster RAI that Nina Zilli will no longer sing “Per Sempre” in Baku. Instead she will sing the title track of her new album, “L’amore è Femmina“, which translates as Love is Female. It is Nina’s second album and has been placed 11th in the Italian album charts. It is not known yet whether she will sing some of the lyrics in English. (more…)
Italy – After days of speculation, Italy have today confirmed that their representative Nina Zilli will sing ‘Per Sempre’ in Baku. This is the song that helped win her a place in the Eurovision final, but it will be adapted to an ‘international version’. This probably means part of the song will be sung in English.
Italy – After a 5 hour show at the San Remo Festival yesterday, Nina Zilli was announced as Italy’s representative for Eurovision 2012. You can watch her here, singing ‘Per Sempre‘, but this may not be the song she finally sings in Baku. That has yet to be decided. (more…)
Italy: Technical Problems for Start of Sanremo Festival
Posted: February 15, 2012 by hulluna in ItalyItaly – The 62nd edition of the Sanremo Festival in Italy is now well underway. Yesterday saw 14 acts go through to tonight’s show…despite the fact 2 should have been eliminated! Technical problems meant the voting could not be counted, and all 14 acts go through. 4 acts will be eliminated tonight instead. (more…)
Italy – As far as we know, we can expect Italy’s RAI to participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest again. The most probable scenario for the national selection is that one of the participants of the popular San Remo Festival will be chosen by a special jury again. Last year Raphael Gualazzi was selected and eventually came second in the Eurovision Song Contest. (more…)
Italy - Raphael Gualazzi, the runner-up in Eurovision 2011, is now touring around Italy. Gualazzi and his tour, Reality and Fantasy Tour Teatrale, have already gone to Switzerland, Austria, France and Germany, and now is going back to Italy to more concerts around the country. He brought Italy back to Eurovision after 13 years, and got a respectable (more…)
Rumors: Sergey Savin for Russia, Kostas Martakis for Greece, Marco Mengoni for Italy
Posted: December 16, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Greece, Italy, Rumor, Russia
Rumors – At this early point of the Eurovision season, rumors are floating around like tourists in the Mediterranean at summer time: There are too many, some are pretty others not so much. Apart from the good old “Dima Bilan is returning” rumor, Russia has yet another rumor up its sleeve: X-Factor winner Sergey Savin is said to be in the running to represent the biggest competing country in Baku. His coach being diva Alla Pugatcheva, who represented Russia in (more…)
Italy – Last year there was some fantastic news that Italy would be returning to the contest after 13 years of absence. However, this year’s participation has been under concern because of various reasons including financial problems and poor ratings of last year’s contest. According to EscToday the Italian national broadcaster RAI have announced that they are likely to participate in Baku. (more…)
Italy – During this year’s San Remo Festival, Raphael Gualazzi was chosen as the Italian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. His song “Follia D’Amore” was translated into “Madness of Love” and will be performed in a bilingual version in Düsseldorf. Now the final version of the Italian entry has been released. Up until now the song had been 3 minutes and about 20 seconds long, which is against the EBU rules. Here you can listen to the 3 minute-version: (more…)
Italy: Listen To The English Version of Their Entry Called “Madness Of Love”
Posted: March 11, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Italy Italy – The official preview video of the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 has just been revealed. English lyrics have been added to the song which is now called “Madness Of Love” (original: Follia D’Amore). Raphael Gualazzi frequently switches between Italian and English in this new version. The video is quite simple but very classy. See for yourself: (more…)
Italy sends “Raphael Gualazzi – Follia D’Amore” to Eurovision
Posted: February 20, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in ItalyItaly – Raphael Gualazzi who had won the newcomers category of the San Remo Festival yesterday will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. He will sing the self-penned jazz song “Follia D’Amore” in Düsseldorf. A jury of 5 RAI officials and politicians chose the song for Italy, but as he won the newcomers’ category he also has the support of the Italian public. Gualazzi also won the Critics award,called “Mia Martini Award” honouring the late Italian performer who also represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest. Watch the performance of Gualazzi’s entry: (more…)
Italy – Tonight Italy will choose its representative for their return to the Eurovision Song Contest after not participating for over 14 years. A special jury will choose one of the participants of the renowned and traditional “SanRemo Festival”. The final of the festival is held tonight, but the Eurovision entry is not necessarily the winner of the festival. The jury consists of the former Eurovision entrant Gianni Morandi, the directors of RAI1 and RAI2 (more…)
Italy - Yesterday at the press conference concerning the San Remo Festival and the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, a sentence was uttered by Marco Simeon, the Head of international affairs at RAI, that has caused some discussions about how Italy will broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. ”Eurovision had been losing its interest over the years and therefore we did not follow it anymore. Now it has also become a competition between the TV stations and therefore the RAI is back. With one condition: to be able to adapt it to our (more…)
Italy – The Italian national broadcaster held a press conference today to clarify their method for choosing their entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The Italian representative will be chosen from the participants of the renowned “San Remo Festival” which is being held this week. “The Italian entry will be chosen from the competitors of San Remo,” Mark Simeon, the head of international affairs at RAI said. That includes both the “Big names” and the Newcomers categories. A jury of experts will choose one of the entries. (more…)
Italy – eurovision.tv has just revealed that the Italian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be chosen from the participants of the traditional “Sanremo Festival”. An official statement of the national broadcaster RAI explained: “A specific jury will give a special prize to the artist best fit to represent our country in Germany”. This means that it will not necessarily be the winner of the festival who will represent the country. As Sanremo is the most renowned and popular music festival in Italy the list of participants is impressive: (more…)
Italy: San Remo winner or Marco Mengoni to Düsseldorf?
Posted: January 14, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Italy
Italy – Massimo Liofredi, the Director of RAIDue talked about Italy’s plans for the Eurovision Song Contest in an interview with the blog of Davide Maggio. Apparently another RAI director asked him what he tought of the Eurovision Song Contest and his answer was quite simple: “I’m all for it”. That is also why he took the job of promoting Eurovision. He revealed that his personal preference would be Marco Mengoni (picture). Maggio revealed that a special jury linked to the SanRemo festival will decide on Italy’s representative. “It might be the winner (of the festival) (more…)
Italy – After the list of participants for the traditional Sanremo festival 2011 was published featuring the 2010 X-Factor winner Nathalie the Italian plan for Eurovision 2011 is more unclear than ever. The Head of entertainment at RAI had claimed this summer that the winner of X-Factor would not (as in previous years) participate in SanRemo, but could be sent to Eurovision. Now fans and speculators are talking about the X-Factor winner of 2009, Marco Mengoni. (more…)
