The second episode of Ecco Sanremo Giovani with Luca Barbarossa was aired tonight with another six hopefuls. The 24 songs and artists were chosen among about 1500 submissions and it's already clear there's a lot of variety. Two out of 24 will get a ticket to the festival itself in February among the Big.
Cannella (or Enrico Fiore) started with his
Nei miei ricordi. Pleasant song but not very memorable. His performance was a bit shy and he seemed a bit unconnected emotionally to what he was singing and seemed somewhat absent maybe....
Mescalina group from Naples performed their
Chiamami amore adesso next. Their look was a lot more fierce than the song and they overacted a bit on stage as rock cocks and it all seemed rather false. The song's not for me either but I suppose they have some fandom....
Federica Abbate is maybe the best known name among the 24 having written some of the biggest hits in Italy the fast few years and recently for example half the new Eros Ramazzotti album. Her
Finalmente is a nice song marked by her way of singing. Still one can't think that maybe she's better as an author as an artist?
Fosco17 performed next his
Dicembre. The song was on studio version one of the ones I picked out. Live it's a mess vocally between whispering and almost shouting, it just wasn't right and he wasn't very convincing.
La Zero (or Manuela Zero) was another pre-favorite of mine with
Nina è brava. She gave visually strong performance with vocals to match with theatrical spoken parts and killer chorus. I hope she goes very far in this!
Last one tonight was Napoletan
Sisma duo and their
Slow Motion. A strange fusion of jazzy blues and rap. A bit weird combo of these guys who have studied both jazz and classical music. Strang but confident.
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