We have a winner of ‘Sanremo 2016’ If you were watching from tonight (and all week)then you will see that we were in for a tricolour of Italian music from The Teatro Ariston in San Remo. The Top3 classified after the first votes were in were STADIO, GIOVANNI CACCAMO & DEBORAH […]
There is something quintessentially Italian about the Sanremo Music Festival – That’s why we love it! Last night was show 2 of the festival. We saw the 20 acts in the Campioni Category perform again and the Top 6 and Bottom 4 were posted – in no particular order. […]
Italian Style At It’s Best Last night the first round of the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival 2016 took place. The winner of the Campioni category will have the right to go to Eurovision 2016. If they decline the opportunity then the Italian delegation will look to the other […]
BETTING ODDS – With only 3 songs selected for Eurovision 2016 – Nicky Byrne from Ireland, Laura Tesoro from Belgium and Eneda Tarifa from Albania you would imagine that the betting odds for the contest would not be up to much at the moment. How wrong you would […]
Carlo Conti who is the presenter, musical director and heartbeat of the Sanremo Music Festival spills the beans (cannellini probably) on the participants in the 2016 edition of the prestigious contest. Speaking on Italian television Conti said “The choice of the singers in the competition was tough,” says […]
ITALY : The 3 minute version of Il Volo’s ‘Grande Amore’ for Eurovision – What do you think? The Sanremo Festival winners and Italian Eurovision representatives Il Volo had a challenge on their hands to get their song ‘Grande Amore’ down to 3 minutes long for the contest. […]
Eurovision Betting Odds as of February 19th – What can they tell us? With us mid way through the national selection season for Eurovision 2015 it is worth taking a look at who is getting the early betting odds from across Europe. As of this morning – February […]
ITALY – The public vote nudges Il Volo over the winning post in Sanremo last night as they won the right to represent Italy at Eurovision 2015 The winner of the Sanremo Festival last night was a combination of 3 sets of votes that RAI have released Public […]
ITALY : Il Volo Wins the Sanremo Festival 2015 and is eligible to go to Eurovision 2015 After 4 nights of competition the final 16 performed in the Campioni Section of the contest. After the songs were performed plus musical interludes from the likes of Ed Sheeran the […]
Ciao Italia – Welcome to out LIVE ROLLING BLOG of the Grand Final of the Sanremo Festival 2015 where Italy will possibly select their Eurovision 2015 entrant. Crack open a bottle of Chianti and join me John Stanton for an Italian Feast of music tonight. My LIVE ROLLING […]