ITALY: SANREMO 2026 - SECONDA SERATA

The 76th Sanremo festival continues tonight. The Newcomers will kick of the evening with two duels with the winners going to the final. The voting is the holy threesome: Press, web and tv (33%), Radio (33%) and televote (34%).

Half of the Big artists will perform again and are voted by Radio (50%) and televote (50%). Again the Top-5 will be announced in random order.

Co-hosts are Pilar Fogliati, Achille Lauro and Lillo.

Bresh will perform outside Teatro Ariston in Suzuki stage and Max Pezzali again on the cruise ship.. Apparently Eurovision veteran Fausto Leali will be present and receive a life time award.

The first night was watched by 9,6 million viewers with share of 58% compared to last year's 12,6 million so 3 million viewers were lost. The peak was 15.782.000 during the 105 year old lady's interview while the biggest share 64,5% during Leo Gassmann's performance. Laura Pausini did not sing last night but tonight this will change as she will be dueting (at least) with Achille Lauro, the Sammarinese Eurovision veteran fresh from Olympic games closing ceremony.

Personally I think the evening was somewhat boring, missing some humor and chaos even if I am a fan of Pausini's self irony. The songs were okeyish, I didn't quite hate any of them but then again I didn't quite fall in love with any of them. Some I liked, some I need to hear again. This said some new names to me very quite pleasant surprises against my initial expectations. But I'll do my ranking later. The stage and lights are nice, nothing spectacular but nice. And it was nice to see most everyone dressed well, especially ladies, and no jeans and t-shirts and such in sight really. Arisa entered the top-5. Could she win and finally get the ticket to Eurovision?

Nuove proposte co-hosted by Gianluca Gazzoli:

Nicolò Filippucci - Laguna Vs.

Blind, El Ma & Soniko - Nei miei DM

The finalist is..... Nicolò! As it should be :-)

Mazzariello - Manifestazione d'amore Vs.

Angelica Bove - Mattone

The finalist is... Angelica! As it should be :-)

I Big:

Patty Pravo - Opera

LDA & Aka/even - Poesie clandestine

Enrico Nigiotti - Ogni volta che non so volare

Coro ANFFAS - Si puó dare di più

Tommaso Paradiso - I romantici

Elettra Lamborghini - Voilà

Ermal Meta - Stella stellina

Achille Lauro & Laura Pausini - 16 Marzo

Levante - Sei tu

Bresh

Bambole di pezza - Resta con me

Achille Lauro with Valentina Gargano - Perdutamente

Chiello - Ti penso sempre

J-Ax - Italia starter pack

Nayt - Prima che

Max Pezzali

Fulminacci - Stupida fortuna

Fedez & Masini - Male necessario

Fausto Leali (81) - 13 Sanremos including one victory. Still going strong.

Dargen D'Amico - Ai ai

Ditonellapiaga - Che fastidio!

Camilla Ardenzi - Eternità (homage to late Ornella Vanoni by her granddaughter)

Tonight's Top-5 (around 1.10 CET)

Tommaso Paradiso, LDA & Aka 7even, Nayt, Fedez & Masini, Ermal Meta

After first night's results Fedez & Masini stick to the Top-5 but Fulminacci is out....

The night ended in perfect time 1.11 after 4 hours 40 mins.

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SONGS OF THE YEAR 2015: #5 KRISTA SIEGFRIDS - ON & OFF

Krista Siegfrids is delivering nice pop tunes one after another and this one is particularly catchy and soon you will be singing along..... Hopefully her Melodifestivalen entry will be equally good!

ESC 2016 WISH LIST: MARGARET FOR POLAND

Małgorzata Jamroży aka Margaret has also been tipped for Eurovision and apparently she did turn it down but she'd be perfect. She's got a look and persona you can't unnotice nor forget, she's got hit songs, she has been voted or nominated for everything from Trendy artist to the Hope of the Year, Fashion Icon and Glamour Woman of the year besides the usual best video, song, album, debut..... Oh she's also a fashion designer! She's very clever with social medias and would surely use it to her advantage if selected for Stockholm 2016. Her debut album is titled Add the blonde , do we need to say more? Except it includes mostly Swedish written pop tunes like Tell me how are ya , Wasted , Start a fire and Heartbeat . And of course her debut single and internationally noticed Thank you very much that you can enjoy below with all its anti-textil feel. I think she's Eurovision perfection, she's cheeky and fun, can we have her?

CZECH REPUBLIC: MARTINA BÁRTA PRESENTS MY TURN

Czech Republic's internally chosen Martina Bárta has released her entry My turn for the Eurovision as well today. Not sure if I managed to keep my attention level very high for very long when listening to it.... Shame.

ESC 2016 BELARUS: NAKED WITH WOLVES?

Today's funniest Eurovision related story comes from Belarus. Some sources claim Ivan wants to perform on stage naked and with live wolf or wolves. It surely would be a first on Eurovision stage! We have seen some forgotten underwear over the years, and some cardbox animals though..... Is it time to take things a bit further? No, according the rules live animals are not allowed, and Eurovision being a family show nudity won't do either. (It seems to be ok to be half naked if you are a dancer though..... )

EUROVISION 2026: FINLAND - UMK FINAL TONIGHT - WITH ERIKA AND JJ

Finland's national selection for Eurovision song contest 2026 or UMK (Uuden musiikin kilpailu) takes place in Tampere tonight in Tampere arena to sold out crowds. Special guests are last year's UMK winner Erika Vikman (11th in ESC) with last year's Eurovision winner Austrian JJ, Finland's Eurovision 1985 represent Sonja Lumme and quartet of leading Finnish rappers Elastinen, Ares, Turisti and Averagekidluke. It's worth remembering JJ's staging and even outfit was made in Finland last year with UMK team. The show is hosted by Jorma Uotinen, Sami Sykkö and Jasmin Beloued. Read more about them here . Out of 491 submitted entries a panel of nine members along with five audience groups selected the seven entries for the final. Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen emerged instantly the runaway favorites to win the selection gaining more Youtube views in 24 hrs than any other UMK entry ever and also reached one million streams in record time. They also became inter...

Nina Badrić for Croatia

Croatian TV went for internal selection in the end and chose Nina Badrić. She has been around for almost 20 years and has released ten albums between 1995 and 2011. She has also treid to get to Eurovision four times already without a win (1993, 1994, 1995 and 2003). She is popular also in the other ex-Yogoslavian countries so let those 12s run in.... Listen her here: Moje oci pune ljubavi , Dat ce nam Bog , Nebo and Mama . And lovely Carobno jutro .

CONCHITA WURST RELEASES YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE VIDEO

Just awhile before her debut album simply titled Conchita will be released Conchita Wurst has released a video to her latest single You are unstoppable . And yes, she does Loreen or goes topless. Beautifully shot in black and white the video once again provides some beautiful imaginary and shots. And she's off to Australia for promotion soon.....

Boobs for summer: Samantha vs Sabrina!

The old rivals have put their bras (or the lack of them) in peace and entered the studios together to record Blondie's boombastic Call me . Life could be worse.....

Rumors, rumors, rumors....

While the national selections for Junior Eurovision are going on around Europe and Ani Lorak's been confirmed as host all sort of rumors about the real thing are beginning to be the order of the day. Austria returns - or then not. Andorra stays home - or then not. San Marino returns - well, most likely but not surely. Luxembourg should make a come back - or then maybe not. Liechtenstein is still in the running - or has it ever been for real? Has the local TV ever confirmed anything? Is it just wishful thinking by the fans? Poland on the other hand has confirmed they will be in Oslo. And Italy will be still out. And apparently there will be no ban or such for Azerbaijan nor Spain for the irregularities in and after the 2009 edition. EBU had to change the text in the rules to make it sure nothing like that what happened in Azerbaijan could happen again. Or if it will they have means and rules to back up a ban or sanction.... Katerina Avgoustakis has been rumored to be in Oslo...

El Retorno: Marco Banderas - The porn life

XXX-porn star Marco Banderas seems to be fan of Eurovision, as he is aiming for Moscow 2009. His The porn life is at #385 in the voting right now. He's doing much better in his hardcore porn star career than as a singer: he's been nominated to 8 AVN (Adult Video News) Awards, including Male performer of the year. http://www.rtve.es/television/eurovision2009/candidatos/marco-banderas.shtml (oh and no, it's not one of my favourites. It's here purely to spice up your new year's a little ;-) )

Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

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