Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Alice had success also abroad, especially in Germany after winning Sanremo 1981 with Per Elisa. The follow up single Una notte speciale continued and cemented her success and apparently at the time she was selling more abroad than in Italy. In summer 1981 she had two singles in German charts and especially Una notte speciale had a long lasting chart success as it stayed there for months.  Una notte speciale, off her 1981 album Alice (published abroad as Per Elisa) was written by the trio Alice, Franco Battiato and Giusto Pio. The song would reappear in the soundtrack of The House of Gucci film by Ridley Scott  starring Lady Gaga in 2021.  The song was re-recorded for 1987 album Elisir . Noi senza dignità oltre la montagna scopriamo l'amore Qui, qui senza falsità noi ci amiamo come la mente non sa We without dignity beyond the mountain discover love Here, here without falsehood we love each other the way mind does not know

In 1985, the year after Alice went to Eurovision song contest with Franco Battiato she recorded the first full album of Battiato's songs, Gioielli rubati or Stolen jewels. All songs were covers of his songs and it went on to win awards and became a commercial success providing some of her most loved songs. Luna indiana certainly isn't a pop hit but an elegant sophisticated song originally released by Battiato in his 1979 album L'Era del cinghiale bianco, his first "pop" album.  Luna indiana, loosely based on Beethoven's Moonlight sonata got new lyrics written by Francesco Messina for Alice and orchestration by Milan's La Scala Opera house. Interestingly Battiato himself apparently has had nothing to do with the album produced by Angelo Carrara with art direction by Messina. Luna indiana was released as a single, as well as Prospettiva Nevski's B-side in various 7" printings in different countries. Lunghe sere per scoprire luce della luna Che il t...

I Italy is ready to win and Francesco Gabbani's hometown Carrara is ready to celebrate the victorious night out in the opne, in the city's main square Piazza Battisti. The same place welcome him home after Sanremo win with a party for everybody, and a flashmob of the gorille dance to remember

Mauro Balestri, the lyricist of Crisalide, the Sammarinese entry and this year's fan favorite makes his Eurovision debut. Before that he sat down and had a little chat with yours truly. Here's the original Italian interview (and here the English edited version). How the song was born, what he thinks of Mengoni and what does his surname has to do with San Marino? Read it all here: Mauro, anzitutto grazie per l'intervista. Quanto sei eccitato per l'Eurovision? Quello che stà accadendo è straordinario, sto vivendo un momento di grande entusiasmo per questa partecipazione all'Eurovision. Quanto sei familiare con tutto il circo chiamato Eurovision song contest? E' il mio primo accesso come autore all'Eurovision, un'esperienza nuova per me anche se da ascoltatore sono spesso stato attento a quanto avveniva. Vai anche tu a Malmö e che cosa aspetti di quella esperienza? É la tua prima volta, vero? Certamente andrò a Malmo per seguire diretta...

We all know Alice has always made anti commercial choices in her career and has made her fans to wait for new releases for years - the new album has been postponed this time already three years but will finally be released this September , recently finally confirmed by herself. As we know there are songs written by Franco Battiato and Tiziano Ferro and songs written by herself, too. In a recent interview with Corriere della sera's Io Donna she tells several interesting points about her life: In 1982 Capital records in the USA offered her to promote Per Elisa worldwide after her success in Italy and Europe with Spanish and English versions, PR tour of three years. She asked herself if that's what she wanted, success, living in a suitcase, no private life? "I hardly managed the life I was leading already so I said no" she tells. "It's not like I want to flaunt it, this is the first time I talk about this. I didn't choose this work for ...