#ITALY: And the winner is… The 72nd Sanremo is over, and we have a winner, who will hopefully go to represent Italy at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin in May. And it will be… Mahmood & Blanco with Brividi Has Italy made the right choice? Should […]
#ITALY: Live blog of Sanremo 2022 from 19.45 GMT/20.45 CET (All times in the blog are GMT) You can watch the action HERE. 00.50 – Thanks for staying the distance. I hope you enjoyed the show. And the blog! 00.45 – The winner is… Mahmood & Blanco!!!!! 00.44 […]
Ahead of tonight’s final of Sanremo, Albania (RTSH), Montenegro (RTCG) and Spain (RTVE) will be broadcasting the show live either on a linear television channel or online. Viewers in these countries will not have to use RAI Play. Let us know what you think about Albania, Italy, Montenegro, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nina Zilli from Italy is 42 today When Italy came back to the party in 2011, they’ve had – arguably – the most consistent record of the Big Five. Some said Italy could win whenever they want, and unsurprisingly they did. So we’ve got a contest in […]
2017 Swiss Eurovision Song Contest semi-finalist, Timebelle, has released a cover of one of Måneskin’s Eurovision Song Contest follow-ups, but with a twist. You can listen to “I Wanna Be Your Slave” below: Let us know what you think about Italy and Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest […]
At the weekend it was announced that Gabriele Corsi had tested positive for Coronavirus and would no longer be able to co-host the allocation draw. RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, have today announced a new co-host for tomorrow’s draw. Mario Acampa has been announced by RAI as the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Iva Zanicchi from Italy is 82 today Certain contests are known for more than just the songs. It could be a stage invasion, someone falling over when trying to present a trophy. Or it could be something that rules didn’t expect. In 1969, four countries tied for […]
Alberto Bianchieri, the Mayor of Sanremo, has confirmed that the 2022 edition of Festival di Sanremo will be held with a reduced audience capacity due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Alberto Bianchieri had the following to say: “Let’s see what will happen between now and January 10, but […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marco Mengoni from Italy is 33 today We sometimes ramble on about countries gearing up for a win. You can think of your Russias or your Romanias or your Azerbaijans. But there’s one country who, arguably, could have won any time they chose. They were lined up […]
Rare footage of Gigliola Cinquetti been crowned the winner of the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, has been unearthed in the archives of YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster. The footage shows the crowning of Gigliola Cinquetti and a small portion of her reprise of “Non ho l’età”. Let us […]