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ITALIAN FANS WANT MARCO MENGONI (O CARTA?)

Nothing has changed since 2011 when Italy returned to Eurovision. Marco Mengoni's name pops up every year. This time RAI confirmed its participation surprisingly early, and even more surprisingly added a poll on its Eurovision Facebook page here about who the fans would like to see represent the country. At the moment Marco Mengoni has nearly 800 votes while runner up Tiziano Ferro less than 200.  Marco Carta fans seem to be tricking the poll but there are three different voices for him and it's hard to think RAI would think about him when selecting the artist. Also a question comes to mind: Will RAI select internally, or without Sanremo effect this year? (Even if they say this poll is just out of curiosity and they have not decided how to choose the singer for Malmö 2012)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Marco carta hat eine einmalige gute und originelle Stimme, Mengoni mag ich nicht: er irritiert mich. Marco Carta ist der richtige Kandidat.
Kris said…
The poll is clear, Marco Mengoni is the one that Italy has to choose to compete on the ESC 2013. He's the best performer with an international style that we have at the moment in Italy, so he's perfect for an european music contest.
Anonymous said…
Wenn Mengoni gewaelt wird, finde ich es als Schande fuer Italien.

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