Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Italian X Factor winner and most likely Eurovision 2011 entrant Nathalie climbs to #2 in iTunes charts with In punta di piedi . The other finalists Davide with Il tempo migliore , Nevruz with Tra l'amore e il mare and Kymera with Atlantide have also released their debut EPs but none other is yet in the top-10

The final of X Factor Italia has just started on Raidue. Still no confirmation if the winner will go to Eurovision or was it just talk. Take That and Elisa are guests of the show and we can expect duets with Skunk Anasie, Francesco Renga and Federico Zampaglione with the three remaining singers Davide Mogevero, Nathalie Giannitrapani and Nevruz Joku. Davide seems to be the favourite for victory.... *In the press conference during the show the director Liofredi said nothing about Eurovision nor Sanremo so it's looking bad. The first duet, Nevruz & Zambaglione with Per me é importante on stage now. *Natahalie & Skunk Anansie on stage next with Follow me down. Followed by Davide & Francesco Renga with Renga's Sanremo winner Angelo . *Ok, as usual for any Italian show, it's been on hour one hour and we have heard the singers only once so far. It's going to be a long night.... and remembering Davide is under 18 he cannot perform after midnight (yes, some Ita...

Well, it didn't quite go as planned and Kymera is out this week leaving the three finalists to battle out the victory and the possible Eurovision 2011: Davide Mogevero , Nathalie Giannitrapani and Nevruz Joku . Davide (17) comes from Salice Salentino (LE) in south of Italy. He's still at school. Nathalie (30) comes from Rome and besides writing her own songs is also a music teacher. Nevruz (26)is half Turkish and jobless. Next week we will know who is the 4th Italian X Factor winner....

Eurovision fans in Italy must have given a long sigh of relief when Stefano Filipponi was finally kicked out of X Factor and therefor for sure won't go to Eurovision - if the winner actually does go there. He ended up in duel with Kymera, the real life gay couple and lost. Nevruz Joku, Nathalie Giannitrapani and Davide Mogevero are still in the race, too.