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ITALY: SANREMO 2024 - COVERS NIGHT ENDS WITH BOOING AND WHISTLING AS GEOLIER WINS

  Last nights highly enjoyable night with generally pretty good covers, some great moments (Angelina Mango, Mahmood, Alfa. Mr.Rain, Ricchi e Poveri etc) ended with audience in Teatro Ariston booing and whistling in disapprove when Geolier was revealed as the winner of the evening. A common Eurovision fan watching might wonder why and what happened? He's Napolitan and the music industry in Naples is its own empire, not mixing that much with the general Italian music scene. They have their own musical heritage, language even. They have superstars who aren't big outside Naples and its region. Geolier is a bit of a cross over artist like Gigi D'Alessio and late Pino Daniele. Then again, Napolitans tend to vote - or so it is accused - a Napoletan artist no matter what. A bit like in the 1980's/90's in Finland gypsies voted gypsy artists to victory in several singing competitions. Sometimes with merit, sometimes not. The same is happening now in Sanremo it seems. Televote...

ITALY: SANREMO 2024 - SECONDA SERATA: GEOLIER AND IRAMA TAKE LEAD, TRAVOLTA DID QUA QUA

Last night 15 acts performed and the voting was 50-50 by radios and televoters and the ranking went all upside down on the top: Geolier first, Irama second. Annalisa, Loredana Berté and Mahmood managed to keep their Top-5 going on.  The Fantasanremo thingy is getting very annoying as the artists are collecting points by wearing black, sunglasses, giving flowers to conductors, kissing people in the audience, taking the broom on stage and other stupid things that get very tiring in the end. Especially in the wardrobe as if I counted right 11 out of 15 wore black. Clara stands out even more so as the real beauty of elegance this year sporting another stunning gown last night. That was not black. Today's news is John Travolta didn't sign the permission to use the footage they have of his visit never ever anywhere again and totally understandably. It was ridiculous. As Fiorello admitted after it was probably the most stupid thing ever seen on Italian television. I don't think Tr...

ITALY: SANREMO 2024 ACTS - WHO WILL GO TO EUROVISION?

  Here are the Eurovision veterans: MAHMOOD - TUTA GOLD His third time among Big after winning in 2019 (Soldi) and Brividi (with Blanco) in 2022 placing 2nd and 6th at Eurovision. Before that he did Newcomers twice: 2016 he placed 4th behind liked of Francesco Gabbani and Ermal Meta, and in 2018 he won the ticket to 2019 festival. Before the start he's 8th in the odds. EMMA - APNEA Emma came 2nd in Sanremo 2011 with Modà and Arriverà, and won the year after with Non è l'inferno. In 2022 she was 6th with Ogni volta è cosi. In 2014 she was chosen internally by Rai for Eurovision scoring Italy's worst placing ever with La mia citttà, 21st. Emma is 9th in odds. IL VOLO - CAPOLAVORO Il Volo returns for their third Sanremo after winning with Grande amore in 2015 and placing 3rd in Eurovision (after winning the televote). in 2019 they came 3rd with Musica che resta. Il Volo is 11th in odds. DIODATO - TI MUOVI Unfortunate Duiodato won Sanremo 2020 with Fai rumore, and thanks to pan...

ITALY: SUMMER SOUNDS FROM IRAMA, MARGHERITA VICARIO ft, IZI, LUCA CARBONI, ANNA TATANGELO ft. GEOLIER