What a weekend, ragazzi! I just realized I have spent over 21 hours in front of the screen blogging and watching Sanremo.... no wonder my shoulders, neck and head are aching like there's no tomorrow. But all is fine when things end well. My favorite won the Newcomers Friday night, namely Antonio Maggio with Mi servirebbe sapere. Then I was having cold sweat for the Big category's superfinal when Elio & Co and Modá made it but Marco Mengoni made it all up by winning it and even going to Eurovision. For the first time since Jalisse Italy will be represented by the latest Sanremo winner, even if he will most likely pick up a song from his coming album. L'essenziale wouldn't be bad either; a classic Italian song but how would it fit into 3 minute formula?
Latvia also selected their winner and I must say I'm not pleased at all.... PeR and Here we go didn't impress me before nor after their win..... Shame.
In Hungary they also selected the last semifinalists. I have been so occupied with Sanremo I had to totally skip listening these but I can repeat that jury chose Lilla Polyák, Laura Cserpes and Gigi Radics. Televoters added United, Fatima Mohamed and Peter Puskás. I will get back to them in the next stage; the semifinals.
In Estonia also five acts made it to the final and among them Winny Puhh, the one I wondered and feared about... The others were Grete Paia and Elina Born that I predicted and Körsikud that I suspected as well plus Teele & Tuuli & Ula that could have stayed in semi instead. I would have changed them to Marilyn Jurman... (This said whoever her stylist is he should be fired...)
And finally Sweden, Melodifestivalen semifinal 3. All I want to say that was the worst Melodifestivalen semifinal ever. I wouldn't have minded if none of the songs made the final, and a couple of them could have been sent to second chance only instead.... But what do I know?
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