Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Another night in Sanremo. Once again one act will get the free ticket to Sanremo festival among the Big - with a different song though - and could become also Italy's Eurovision entrant for Tel Aviv 2019. But that's not all, the top-3 will get as a bonus also a tour organized by Rai with the Ministry of Foreign Affars in Tunis, Tokyo, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Barcelona and Brussels! Last night was won by Einar to some people's surprise (he scored almost 25% of televotes against jury favorite Federica Abbate's about 8%...) and goes to the festival. Read more here .  La Rua seems the favorite tonight but I keep fingers crossed for Cordio and La Zero not forgetting Le Ore and Mahmood! Federico Angelucci – L’uomo che verrà (7th) Cannella – Nei miei ricordi (10th) Cordio – La nostra vita (4th) Francesca Miola – Amarsi non serve (9th) La Rua – Alla mia età si vola (2nd) La Zero – Nina è brava (8th) Le Ore – La mia felpa è come me (11th...

The second episode of Ecco Sanremo Giovani with Luca Barbarossa was aired tonight with another six hopefuls. The 24 songs and artists were chosen among about 1500 submissions and it's already clear there's a lot of variety. Two out of 24 will get a ticket to the festival itself in February among the Big.  Cannella (or Enrico Fiore) started with his Nei miei ricordi . Pleasant song but not very memorable. His performance was a bit shy and he seemed a bit unconnected emotionally to what he was singing and seemed somewhat absent maybe.... Mescalina group from Naples performed their Chiamami amore adesso next. Their look was a lot more fierce than the song and they overacted a bit on stage as rock cocks and it all seemed rather false. The song's not for me either but I suppose they have some fandom.... Federica Abbate is maybe the best known name among the 24 having written some of the biggest hits in Italy the fast few years and recently for example half th...