Tonight: Final in Sanremo

So, all as expected Alessandro Casillo won the Newcomers selection aka SanremoSocial. Being too young to appear on TV after midnight by some insane Italian rule he hasn't even received his trophy yet. Erica Mou was left third and Marco Guazzone fourth. Makes one wonder why there is a jury if it is clear from the start it will be overrun by various televotes and interne votes? Casillo has over 120.000 fans in Facebook alone. With all respect I think Casillo will be as big a star as this guy who won two years ago that I can't even remember the name without checking the history books, Tony Maiello. The runner up Nina Zilli is... well, you can see where she is today. The same faith awaits Erica Mou I believe. Not that I was so crazy about her but at least she seems to have talent, and writes her own songs. Matia Bazar and Chiara Civello were voted definately out of the Artisti category.

And tonight we are also supposed to know the Italian entry for Eurovision 2012 in Baku. However, there has been already four loooong nights and the word "Eurovision" hasn't pronounced even once, even if there have been occasions. Ell/Nikki are expected to be on stage tonight to welcome the lucky one who most likely is a female one, the rumours tell. Is it Erica Mou? Then it would be a bit weird as she is produced and managed by the very same Caterina Caselli who gave us Raphael Gualazzi last year. On the other hand it would be rather logical. Gualazzi won and Mou came second - behind a 15-year-old Casillo who's too young for Eurovision, so there's "an excuse" to skip him and again the Newcomers winner, in this case the runner up because of that excuse, would do the honors. Or could it be NIna Zilli? Dolcenera? Arisa? I would be a lot happier then!

Anyways. tonight's show should start with Alessandro Casillo singing his É vero, and maybe he will get his award, too, and then we have these ten Artisti finalist lined up:

Eugenio Finardi - E tu lo chiami Dio

Samuele Bersani - Un pallone

Nina Zilli - Per sempre
Dolcenera - Ci vediamo a casa
Arisa - La notte

Francesco Renga - La tua bellezza
Noemi - Sono solo parole

Emma - Non E` l'Inferno

Pierdavide Carone feat. Lucio Dalla - Nanì

Gigi d’Alessio & Loredana Berté - Respirare

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