EUROVISION ITALY: SANREMO 2023 - SERATA FINALE / FINAL NIGHT

Tonight's the night when the 73rd Sanremo festival comes to an end. Eurovision veteran Marco Mengoni is the one to beat, mostly by Ultimo or Lazza most likely and even if his victory on paper seems already clear it is not. The rules are different this year: the top-5 of all these five night's votings (tonight 100% televote) will reach the super final, be re-performed, all votes zeroed and re-voted (by the threesome televote, media and demoscopic). That last round could be crucial.

Tonight's co-hostess with Amadeus and Gianni Morandi is Chiara Ferragni. The musical guests are Depeche Mode, Gino Paol (88) and Ornella Vanoni (88), this year Amadeus has really honored the old legends, and yes, they all are still active more or less!

Salmo and Achille Lauro will join in from the outdoor stage and the cruise ship.

President of Ukraine, Volodymor Zelenskiy has sent a message that will be read by Amadeus.

A long stream of awards will be handed out and announced tonight, not only the top-3 but also for best lyrics, best composition and so on.

As we know the winner has the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision song contest 2023 in Liverpool, and each and everyone has signed a paper beforehand whether they intend to use that right or decline. Out of the top contenders Mengoni and Lazza have said they will do it, while Giorgia may have declined.

Update: The winner's press conference won't be tonight post-show but tomorrow midday. The Eurovision participation will be confirmed only then and there officially.

This season, Amadeus fourth (out of five) in a row has been a huge success, and last night was no exception: an average of 11.121.000 viewers last night or 66,5% share, the highest so far is a clear sign of that.

Tonight I will just sit back and enjoy the show and try not to blog until the end for the results and winner and some comments. Enjoy the evening (and the other six finals tonight taking place!)

Tonight's running order (and current placement)

Elodie - Due (9) *****

Colla Zio - Non mi va (20) ***

Mara Sattei - Duemilaminuti (19) **

Tananai - Tango (6) *****

Colapesce Dimartino - Splash (10) *****

Giorgia - Parole dette male (5) ****

Modá - Lasciami (13) **

Ultimo - Alba (2) ***

Lazza - Cenere (3) ****

Marco Mengoni - Due vite (1) *****

Rosa Chemical - Made in Italy (8) ****

I Cugini di Campagna - Lettera 22 (22) **

Madame - Il bene nel male (7) ****

Ariete - Mare di guai (18) ***

Mr.Rain - Supereroi (4) *****

Paola e Chiara - Furore (17) ****

Levante - Vivo (23) **

LDA - Se poi domani (15) ****

Coma_Cose - L'Addio (12) ***

Olly - Polvere (24) *

Articolo 31 - Un bel viaggio (14) **

Will - Stupido (26) **

Leo Gassmann - Terzo cuore (16) ***

gIANMARIA - Mostro (21) *

Anna Oxa - Sali (Canto dell'anima) (25) **

Shari - Egoista (27) *

Gianluca Grignani - Quando ti manca il fiato (11) *

Sethu - Cause perse (28) *

Superfinal:

1. Marco Mengoni

4. Ultimo

3. Mr.Rain

2. Lazza

5. Tananai

Stop al televote at 2.22

6. Giorgia

7. Madame

8. Rosa Chemical

9. Elodie

10. Colapesce Dimartino

11. Modà

12. Gianluca Grignani

13. Coma_Cose

14. Ariete

15. LDA

16. Articolo 31

17. Paola & Chiara

18. Leo Gassmann

19. Mara Sattei

20. Colla Zio

21. I Cugini di Campagna

22. gIANMARIA

23. Levante

24. Olly

25. Anna Oxa

26. Will

27. Shari

28. Sethu

Comments

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ESC 2016 WISH LIST: MARGARET FOR POLAND

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Serbian Bojana Stamenov hasn't been having beauty sleeps while prepairing for Vienna. She has just released a new proper video replacing the previous fans featuring beauty video , right after she has given us Spanish ( El mundo bajo mis pies ) and French ( Le monde est à moi ) versions of the song! And an Autobahn remix that is kinda fabulous! Busy girl! PS. I still think the original Ceo svet je moj takes the prize! Oh WAIT! There's yet another version: Die ganze Welt is mein ! And that's something else ....

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EUROVISION 2026: ITALY AND UNITED KINGDOM REVIEW

I wasn't planning on doing personal reviews this year either but here we go after all. Truth to be said I have listened the entries 0-2 times before sitting down now to comment them. Let's go! The usual Blogilkar's home jury will reunite later and the results revealed in due time. meanwhile, my thoughts and comments on the entries of Eurovision song contest series is right here. And I saved my beloved Italy and the my biggest surprise of the season to last. Enjoy! Italy - Sal Da Vinci - Per sempre si ***** Oh Sal. I'm so happy he's back on top, a Sanremo winner finally, having the success he merited already in the mid 1990's! Tjis song may be corny and old fashioned but there's the charm. This year especially with so many weird strange songs that aren't really songs in the true meaning of the word. This is. A proper melody, proper lyrics, performed with emotion and passion and flawless vocals. Could you ask for more? And yes, there is a remix coming ...

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