Italy took its well deserved third victory - finally! - at the Eurovision song contest 2021. Over the years several other Italian entries would have been worthy winners. In this series I will go through all of them from the worst ranking to the winners.
Francesca Michielin (26), a self declared Eurovision fan, got to Eurovision 2016 with her Sanremo runner up when the winners Stadio and Un giorno mi dirai declined the offer and said instead that Michielin should go. After a very long period - well, it felt like that anyways - Rai confirmed that they had chosen her indeed. She revamped and renamed her song, originally Nessun grado di separazione and travelled by bus (and social medias) to Stockholm but only placed 16th out of 42 with No degree of separation.....
Francesca shot to the fame after winning X Factor and has had a string of hit singles ever since, also in several featuring with various top rappers. In 2021 she was close to Euroviison again and placed second in Sanremo with Fedez and Chiamami per nome.
In 2014 she took part in La ragazza con l'orecchino di perla, a theatrical performance written by late France Battiato starring also Alice, two legendary Eurovision star.
She has released four albums and two EPs so far, 24 singles and three of them Italian #1s, and five featuring singles, one of them #1. Her latest album features also single Stato di natura together with Eurovision winners Måneskin.
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