Tonight's the night. The 68th Sanremo festival starts and runs for the usual five nights until Saturday's final when we will know the winner of the Big category, and thus the Italian entry for the Eurovision as well. In theory. More information here.
This year no one is eliminated and they all reach the final, but during the evenings we can follow a bit how the voting is going. Tonight's voting is 40% televoto + 30% demoscopic jury + 30% accredited media. In the end we will know the partial results given in three groups: those on top, those in the middle and those at the bottom, giving us a little hint how the things are progressing....
Annalisa opens the competition and Le Vibrazioni are the last ones to perform. I will watch and comment live each and every song, so please stay tuned and check in time to time :-)
Among tonight's guest Fiorello, Gianni Morandi with Tommaso Paradiso and sadly no Laura Pausini, who's been put down to bed by laringhite :-( but no worries: She should be present on Saturday night!
Among tonight's guest Fiorello, Gianni Morandi with Tommaso Paradiso and sadly no Laura Pausini, who's been put down to bed by laringhite :-( but no worries: She should be present on Saturday night!
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Purple stage, black short dress, a feew camera tricks. Well sung, melodic typical Italian melody but yet quite modern. Eurovisionality: ****
A song written by late Lucio Dalla. Beautiful, poetic and acoustic. Friday night this will be sung in duet with Alice. Stage is blue, green and turquoise. Simple and effectic. Propably juries will push this up where it belongs, not sure how much people will vote for it. Or maybe they do because of the legend Dalla is. Can't wait to heear this in duet with Alice, then it will work for me for sure :-). Eurovisionality: **
First time in Italian this band. Rocky and up beat, completely different from the two before. Sounds kinda catchy but I have never been a big fan of them. Colorful stage and wardrobe, big drums on stage. Eurovisionality: **** perhaps (but propably if they should go, this could be in English?)
Colorful stage also for Gazzé and his musical number. Ballady and serious instead of his often up beat and humorous songs. I'm not sure if I like this at all. I mean, personally. I hear its values but it's not my cup of tea really. Eurovisionality: *
After Gazzé again ad break....
But as it seems it was a huge success in Teatro Ariston. And Sanremo reigns in social meedias globally....
The grand lady, 83, with the younger generation. Hauntingly beautiful, simple staged and well sung. Nice lyrics, a lot of turquoise, heer in white dress. What's there not to like? Eurovisionality: ****
The favorites. And no wonder. Black and red, a lot of important words. catchy chorus. Effective. Powerful. The best so far by far. Their voices are strong and mix well. Eurovisionality: ****
The first thing that came to my mind was La la land. Mario's jazzy night club song is something else. Hard to say how this will do.. Eurovisionality: * or *****. after Sobral everything's possible!
Another ad break.
22.31 It's time for Pierfrancesco to shine on stage..... Words, words, words.... (after all it's all about music and words)... he bursts out singing. Maybe this is supposed to be funny, but... No. He then burst out imitating among others Eros Ramazzotti and Michelle is on stage asking "Of all songs, you do this?" Eros is her eex-husband.....
Meanwhile I'm thinking that having so many men among artists and only four women it's a bit boring to watch: they are mostly all in black, more or less elegant. We need ladies in gorgeous evening gowns and colors! Michelle alone just isn't enough....
22.43 Roby Facchinetti-Riccardo Fogli – Il segreto del tempo
Another ad break.
22.31 It's time for Pierfrancesco to shine on stage..... Words, words, words.... (after all it's all about music and words)... he bursts out singing. Maybe this is supposed to be funny, but... No. He then burst out imitating among others Eros Ramazzotti and Michelle is on stage asking "Of all songs, you do this?" Eros is her eex-husband.....
Meanwhile I'm thinking that having so many men among artists and only four women it's a bit boring to watch: they are mostly all in black, more or less elegant. We need ladies in gorgeous evening gowns and colors! Michelle alone just isn't enough....
Badly song, out of sync. Thee close ups didn't do any favors. Slow and boring. Never liked Facchinetti's way of singing and Fogli seemed to suffer all through the song. Clearly the worst one so far. Eurovisionality: zero
22.50 Lo Stato Sociale – Una vita in vacanza
Very 80's and they certainly stand out in look department. Granny dancers. Interesting arrangement. Russian choirs. What this didn't have?! Now this will be interesting to see where this goes... Not that I liked it though. But it made me smile, even if I don't know quite why? Eurovisionality: *
Ad break gives us time to digest those four minutes....
22.59 Michelle's turn to showcasee her shaky vocals and sing. Her shoe gets stuck in some box and Claudio and Pierfrancesco need to get her a new show: Claudio's 47. Well, it was sympa, no?
Very 80's and they certainly stand out in look department. Granny dancers. Interesting arrangement. Russian choirs. What this didn't have?! Now this will be interesting to see where this goes... Not that I liked it though. But it made me smile, even if I don't know quite why? Eurovisionality: *
Ad break gives us time to digest those four minutes....
Oh my: After that Michelle reminds that the winneer goes to Eurovision!
Eurovision veteran Enrico Ruggeri return with his band from the late 70's and 80's. Guitar pop rock with a clear melody and some lines in English for some reason. Not the worst for sure but a bit unoriginal and heard before as well. Eurovisionality: **
Have I said I love the graphics this year? They are fab!
The humor band that already quit. And now reunite for the last time to quit for good. Hopefully. Tonight dressed as Indians. Never got them. Not even now. Eurovisionality: zero
I enjoyed more the touristic promotional film of Liguria that followed :-)
Battiato's protegée and Newcomers winner 2015 (and third among Big in 2016) is back. Classic Sanremo song. I do like Caccamo but maybe he was a bit nervous tonight? Eurovisionality: ****
Finally some color: he has reddish jacket. What a surprise: a perfect pop rock song, if sung by Annalisa for example this would be perfect for Eurovision. he sings well and really cemented his ex-collegues from i Pooh (Facchinetti & Fogli). I'm confused. Eurovisionality: ***
Eurovision veteran sing in his own, Roman, dialect. The music has folk elements, and makes me think of a movie soundtrack, Roman alleys and hidden streets and corners in a hot summer evening. Lovely song! Eurovisionality: *****
Time for a break. Again.
23.53 Back in Ariston. We stay in theme as it's time for a tributo for Italian film music, Il Postino. With Eurovision veteran Gianni Morandi, and Claudio. Morandi looks more and more like Finnish Eurovision veteran Viktor Klimenko.... even the jacket! Pure Napoli 1965!
Next he sings with Tommaso Paradiso of TheGiornalisti...
00.10 Diodato e Roy Paci – Adesso
This gave me nothing. Repetitive and even if it grows and grows somehow it goes nowhere. Meh. Green jacket a plus. Eurovisionality: *
Time for a break. Again.
This gave me nothing. Repetitive and even if it grows and grows somehow it goes nowhere. Meh. Green jacket a plus. Eurovisionality: *
Nina looks stunning in her white dress. Sadly her song is maybe the worst I have ever heard from her, and I'm a fan. Boring and even badly sung tonight. Eurovisionality: *
00.21 Time for quick tv-news. Michelle is doing a great job. A real hostess in charge. Why am I a bit surprised?! After that a fake technical problem to create an impromptu movie promotion act... sigh....
00.36 Renzo Rubino – Custodire
His third Sanremo. The two previous have gone very well for him winning various awards and top placings. Now I'm left a bit untouched. Beautiful melody but I don't quite get it. Eurovisionality: ***
His third Sanremo. The two previous have gone very well for him winning various awards and top placings. Now I'm left a bit untouched. Beautiful melody but I don't quite get it. Eurovisionality: ***
Nice arrrangement filled with the South, you can almost feel the heat of the afternoon and grasshoppers. The melody is nice. Not an easy song, you need the right state of mind, and further listenings. Eurovisionality: ***
Effective radio pop. Will surely be a succeess outside Sanremo, how far they will go here? We will see. Kinda nice. Eurovisionality: ***
01.01 Time for ads and then maybe.... the results! Partial ones as this is only the demoscopic jury's results. The artists are only grouped in alphabetical order, and yes, there are some major surprises.... But all can still change, this was only 30% of tonight's fina result, and every evening more votes will be added, and apparently neever zeroed.
Tomorrow we continue. Ten Big will re-perform and the Newcomers contest stats. Join me then!
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