Swiss media is fussing about Paolo Meneguzzi as possible represant according YLE's website. Paolo or Pablo Meneguzzi (30) is a Swiss-Italian from Canton Ticino and a sort of "poor man's Tiziano Ferro". Paolo is no stranger to festivals like Sanremo and Viña del Mar (that he won in 1996), and his music would be very "Eurovision friendly". Actually his career started in South America where he released already two albums in spanish before his Sanremo debut in 2001. Two years later he has his biggest Italian hit to date with VeroFalso, and returns to Sanremo in 2004 and places 4th with Guardami negli occhi (prego). The year after he is back to Sanremo with Non capiva che l'amavo and the album including the song sells platinum. He was back to Sanremo again this year with Musica and gains 6th place. His fourth album in italian shortly followed and he has been touring most of the year in Italy and Switzerland.
Let's see if he is really chosen and if, and when, San Marino sends another big Italian artist RAI wakes up....
See him in Sanremo 2007 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4yowZICnH4
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