Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Whitney Houston , Eurythmics or Annie Lennox, Donna Summer , Madonna , Rihanna . All these female artists must have influenced the Italian superstar Giorgia, often said to have the best Italian voice. But not only, she has released an album full of covers from artists she admires herself, including Italian Eros Ramazzotti, late Mango , Jovanotti, Elisa , Zucchero , Tiziano Ferro , hauntingly beautiful Ultimo bacio by Carmen Consoli, late Pino Daniele , Vasco Rossi and Sanremo winner, Eurovision entrant Marco Mengoni's L'essenziale . But that's not all: Tiziano Ferro duets, Elisa and Aliné are featured and even Eros Ramazzotti makes a cameo. What could you ask for more? Already #2 in the Italian charts this one's c´going to yet another multiplatinum selling album for her.  This album follows multiplatinum selling  Oronero , released in 2016 with hit singles Oronero , Vanità , Credo , Scelgo ancora te , and Come neve , the duet with Marco Mengoni off the re-releas...

The 67th Festival della canzone Italiana will start it's five nights long journey tonight at 20.30 CET with Primafestival, followed by the show itself and continued with DopoFestival... A long night! Carlo Conti will be wearing Salvatore Ferragamo as usual, Maria De Filippi at least tonight Givenchy, because Sanremo isn't only music, comedy, sports, politics, movies and everything else in between it's also fashion! Because Sanremo is Sanremo! Tiziano Ferro will open the show with a hommage to Luigi Tenco ( read more here ) singing his Mi sono innamorato di te , and then with Carmen Consoli his latest single Conforto . Ricky Martin will perform a medley of hits, Clean Bandit is the third musical guest tonight. Actors Raul Bova, Rocio Munoz Morales, Paola Cortellesi and Antonio Albanese are among other guests tonight. I will be following the festival and comment the songs here as they happen so stay tuned! 20.49 The Eurovision tune... and then we go with s...

The 67th Festival della canzone Italiana aka Sanremo festival kicks off tonight in Sanremo's Teatro Ariston and after the five night event we will know who's the new winner and eventually the Italian represant in the Eurovision song contest 2017 in Kyiv in May. Carlo Conti is hosting the show with Maria De Filippi . Italian superstar Tiziano Ferro will be one of the guest stars performing also with Carmen Consoli . Ricky Martin and Clean Bandit are there, too. So are actors Paola Cortellesi , Antonio Albanese and Keanu Reeves . Comedian  Maurizio Crozza will entertain, too.  As for the competition 11 of the 22 Big will present their songs for the very first time. There will be 50-50 televote-press jury (or the media in press center) and eight will be saved. The bottom three will be out for the time being and will have a second chance on Thursday night. I will be following the festival closely so stay tuned! Al Bano - Di Rose e di Spine Read more here A...

More guest stars have been revealed for the coming Sanremo festival. Besides before announced Tiziano Ferro and Carmen Consoli, Mika, Giorgia, Ricky Martin, Rag'n Bone Man, Zucchero, Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniani, comedian Maurizio Crozza we can now ad also actor Raul Bova with his wife, actress and ex-Sanremo host Rocio Munoz Morales, Biffy Clyro, Clean Bandit and Robbie Williams. Oh and talking about Robbie Williams, he surely could bring UK back to some Eurovision glory with something like Love my life . That screams a perfect Eurovision entry, doesn't it? Anyways, it's hardly likely we will ever see him do it, but maybe he could write a song? Or better yet; should UK win one day soon this blogger demands him as the host! He's just about the only one who could top Petra & Måns in that department. Period.