X Factor Italia: The final

X Factor Italia: The final - LIVE -

The final of X Factor Italia has just started on Raidue. Still no confirmation if the winner will go to Eurovision or was it just talk. Take That and Elisa are guests of the show and we can expect duets with Skunk Anasie, Francesco Renga and Federico Zampaglione with the three remaining singers Davide Mogevero, Nathalie Giannitrapani and Nevruz Joku. Davide seems to be the favourite for victory....
*In the press conference during the show the director Liofredi said nothing about Eurovision nor Sanremo so it's looking bad. The first duet, Nevruz & Zambaglione with Per me é importante on stage now.
*Natahalie & Skunk Anansie on stage next with Follow me down. Followed by Davide & Francesco Renga with Renga's Sanremo winner Angelo.
*Ok, as usual for any Italian show, it's been on hour one hour and we have heard the singers only once so far. It's going to be a long night.... and remembering Davide is under 18 he cannot perform after midnight (yes, some Italian law!) ... I hope they wrap this up before midnight or poor guy may miss the moment of his life by watching it on TV on prerecorded video instead of being on stage and celebrating! (It has already happened in Sanremo with some underage singers.....)
*As usual I'm happily stealing most of this info from Dove c'é musica. Great blog in Italian about Eurovision, Sanremo and music in general.Grazie Emanuele! :-)
*Nathalie starts the round of original songs. This year X Factor songs haven't really set the iTunes on fire like last year and since these new songs were presented last year none of them even made top-100. Last year the singers got in to the charts even with covers.... Nevruz follows so Davide is again the last one to perform.
* Take That with The flood next. Or is it Robbie Williams ft. Take That?
*Televoting has closed.
*Nathalie and Davide go on, Nevruz is out as expected. He started the show as unemployed worker and may end up as unemployed singer. Nathalie, an original singer-songwriter or teenage heartdrop Davide? We will know (hoping Davide makes it in time to sing before midnight...)
*Premio della critica is handed out next, it could go to any of the singers that took part in the series. Decided by the press. Oh? No, ok. Later. Meanwhile fabulous Elisa with her new song Nostalgia.
*Back on track. Davide starts with his medley: Some Negramano, Ligabue and Aerosmith.
*Nathalie does Gianna Nannni, Rita Pavone and Let the sunshine in from Hair.
*Now on stage piano and the two voices belting out Imagine. And midnight is almost here. If Davide wins he cannot sing anymore...... Isn't it time to change the rules/law? Or find new scriptwriters and producers who can keep the time table? I just wonder...
*Time is ticking but Davide has just barely time for his accapella, a song by Zucchero while Nathalie will do Janis Jplin after him.
*It's midnight. Davide (17) is escorted off stage so he can't ask people to vote for him, get his award if he wins and can't perform his song as the winner! Ridiculous! He can only watch it from TV screen backstage or in his hotel or wherever like any viewers. How does it feel to be absent from the party that is made for you? In case he wins? Only in Italy....
*Francesco Renga on stage with Un giorno bellissimo. Let's see if it will be for him a most beautiful day as the writer for Davide's original song.... that Davide can't re-perform in case he wins....
*During the whole show nothing about the nearly promised Eurovision trip for the winner is said - on the other hand it has not been refused either. But at this point I think it's not going to happen, even if I was and wanted to be an optimist.
*Nathalie wins Premio della critica.
*Three hours and 45 minutes..... in time that we easily run full Eurovision final with 25 songs Italy manages to have a show with 3 singers, a dozen songs and one winner: Nathalia Giannitrapani, 31, from Rome.
Buona notte mondo.

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Emanuele Lombardini said…

Ilari, my friends, thanks for this. I'm very proud that my little blog could have an international diffusion thanks to you. Emanuele from Dove c'è musica

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