Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  Well, what can you? Señorita must be one of the best known Spanish words in Italy, or...? Francesco at least goes for more local signorina! This said, La Zilli sweeps the floor with these other signorinas. I desideri -  Señorita Francesco da Vinci - Signorina Davide Cascini -  Señorita Nina Zilli / Clementino - Senorita

  The summer is definitely here and Finland is soaking up in the extreme heat nearly breaking all time heat records. An excuse as any to pretend to be enjoying some Latin rhythms and beats from Italy!  Elettra Lamborghini - Pistolero Michele Bravi / Sophie and the Giants - Falene Madame - Marea Clementino / Nina Zilli - Señorita

The obligatory rapper in Sanremo I hear you say. Indeed. He was there last year and finished 7th with Quando sono lontano and now he's back with Ragazzi fuori . Oh well... Clemente Maccaro, aka Clementino (34) has been around almost 20 years already. In his early teens he entered the Napoletan hip hop scene slowly making himself known in the freestyle competiions first locally, then nationally.  His first album came out in 2006 and he has released already five, the six one, Vulcano , being released this year. His previous one, Miracolo! released in 2015 went to #1 in the Italian charts. Last summer he joined Sanremo newcomers winner Rocco Hunt in O' reggae de guagliune  

In less than five days we will finally know who are the 22 (yes, 22. Carlo Conti announced a few days ago there will be 22 Big instead of 20 this year "as the bids were so good it was hard to choose") Big ones are.  On top of the names speculated and rumored before (read all about them in the post by clicking Sanremo banner on top of this page) new ones in the last minute include Amara, Loredana Bertè, Samuel Romano (ex-Subsonica now solo), Riccardo Sinigallia and Paola Iezzi (ex Paola & Chiara). Even Toto Cutugno is mentioned all of sudden.... Some interesting names rumored as songwriters as well. Amara (for Fiorella Mannoia), Giorgia (for Sergio Sylvestre), Raige (for Marco Carta), Zibba (for Marco Masini), Jovanotti (for Samuel Romano), Giuseppe Anastasi (Ron), Sergio Endrigo (for Riccardo Sinigallia) ... And how many rappers tere will be this time? Baby K ? Briga ? Raige ?  Grido ? Moreno ? Clementino ? On the other hand it had been confirme...