Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Italy has revealed it's team on stage in Kyiv's Eurovision. Italy is by far the biggest pre-contest favorite to win it by bookmakers and fans alike, maybe the biggest ever as far as I can remember. Not even Loreen's Euphoria was welcomed with such euphoria as Occidentali's Karma . Let's see if the good karma brings Italy its third victory.... Francesco Gabbani and his ape (choreographer and dancer Filippo Ranaldi ) will have four backing singers: Francesco's brother Filippo Gabbani . also co-writer of the song. Then there will be Chantal Saroldi aka Chanty, that one might remember from Sanremo 2015 Newcomers, Nausicaa Magarini , who has participated in both The Voice of Italy and Sanremo Giovani without much success but has toured with legendary, now retired Milva. And finally Daniele Sari , familiar from Italy's Got Talent and for his love for 50's music and rockabilly that he performs with his band all over Italy for example. 

The AreaSanremo selection is now over and the jury has chosen Amara and Chanty for the Newcomers selection. Six more will be selected by RAI. I will dig in deeper into the process when all names are out. Amara (or Erika Mineo) is 30 years old and in the past she has participated in Amici (2005) and in 2008-2011 she was close to getting to Sanremo but in the end never made the final cut. Since then she has done a lot of collaborations and concerts with big names and is working on her debut album as we speak. Chanty (Chantal Saroldi) is 22 years old, born in Tanzania and lived also in Taiwan before settling in Italy. She has already won various minor festivals and is currently studying jazz. In 2011 she took part in Star Academy, the unfortunate reality talent show that was sacked only after three episodes due to poor ratings.