Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

After dueting Marco Mengoni in Hola, co-written by Mahmood Tom Walker duets with Lena.  Is it time to do Eurovision?

Tonight the show continues with half of the entries being performed and voted again. Tonight's super guest stars are Marco Mengoni with Tom Walker, Fiorella Mannoia and Riccardo Cocciante plus last year's hostess Michelle Hunziker who is always a pleasure to see. Mind you, I adore Virginia Raffaele and Claudio Bisio has his charm, too, but somehow at least last night they weren't that good. They were goofy and funny at times but with the same kind of goofiness and funniness that carries on for an hour, or max two. Not five full nights. Virginia is fabulous when doing her imitations but she didn't have a chance for that last night at all.... One can only wonder why? We should also have Sanremo hosting/artistic director legend Pippo Baudo making an appearance.  This year's theme is "harmony" and indeed, everything was so harmonious and relaxed it got boring. This is a competition, where's the excitement and that little tension that will make it spar...

The wait is over. Marco Mengoni's new album Atlantico is out and already topping the charts and no wonder. The two singles released to launch it earlier, Voglio and Buona vita were said to represant the two ends of the album and indeed they do: the sound varies from electric pop to latin sounds and everything in between. Tom Walker duets in Hola (I say) and  Latin Grammy winner, Brazilian Vanessa Da Mate and Seiton in Amalia . Among the writers we have Fabio Ilacqua (in Buona vita, La casa azul , La ragione del mondo , Amalia, I giorni di domani , Dialogo tra due pazzi , known for his work with Francesco Gabbani), Mahmood, who's in Sanremo Giovani and could end up winning Sanremo and going to Tel Aviv 2019 (in Hola, Mille lire , Rivoluzione ), Tony Maiello of San Marino Eurovision wannabe fame and hitmaker for Laura Pausini ( Muhammed Ali ) and even legendary Adriano Celentano makes a cameo in La casa azul . Mengoni himself is credited as writer for each song as well, e...