The rumours about Paola & Chiara were true. They did send a song to Sanremo but were rejected AGAIN. Paola tells: "We are very disappointed. The news came just before Christmas that we were rejected. We sent a very beautiful song written by a great author and believed in it. A huge let down for us. On the other hand also Vamos a bailar was rejected from Sanremo and it became an enourmous success all over Europe, so we can only believe they made a mistake this time, too. Time will tell. We are very sad also because this happens now when we are making a sort of comeback with the hits Pioggia d'estate and Milleluci, and we have been to Sanremo only three times, last time in 2005 when we were eliminated right away with A modo mio, that has now became one of our most beloved tracks. We never tried to enter ever since. Now the timing, the song, everything was right but they didn't want us. The new album and the new songs were created after a long period when we were questioning if we still have something to tell musically, if we still want to sing together, if Paola & Chiara exist anymore so this really is a new beginning to us. Sanremo would have ment the world to us, as we were born in Sanremo by winning the Newcomers in 1997"
Shame, says this blogger. Sanremo would have needed something like Paola & Chiara in the list. Vamos a bailar in its various versions (Italian, Spanish, English, remix, German release) was the biggest hit of summer 2000 in Italy and in 2009 was voted the most loved summerhit by Italians of the last 20 years by readers of TV sorrisi e canzoni. It won awards in both Festivalbar and Un disco per l'estate. #1 in Italy and it charted also in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Maybe Italy or San Marino should just send the girls to Germany as consolation?
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