Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Italy took its well deserved third victory - finally! - at the Eurovision song contest 2021. Over the years several other Italian entries would have been worthy winners. In this series I will go through all of them from the worst ranking to the winner s. Emilio Pericoli (1928-2013) won Sanremo 1963 with Tony Renis and Uno per tutte . He took the song to Eurovision and placed 3rd out of 16, but co-writer Tony Renis had a bigger hit it at home soil.  Pericoli started his career in the mid 1950's in theater and as singer a few years alter. His big break comes with Sanremo 1962 with Tony Renis and Quando, quando, quando , a song that Renis made a global evergreen. They were back in 1963 and won. Pericoli was back also 1964 without success though. Five albums, a dozen EPs and compilations and 32 singles between 1954-71. In 2011 he took part in a revival show on Raiuno. 

Italy took its well deserved third victory - finally! - at the Eurovision song contest 2021. Over the years several other Italian entries would have been worthy winners. In this series I will go through all of them from the worst ranking to the win ners Claudio Villa (1926-1987) first Eurovision experience came in 1962 (the second one is here )  with Addio, addio that won Sanremo performed by himself and Domenico Modugno who already had two Eurovisions behind him (and third yet to come). Placing 9th out of 16 it quite wasn't the result the supertsar wished.  The song wasn't a domestic hit the way Sanremo winners tend to be either and one can only wonder did it win only because it was a joint effort of the biggest stars Villa and Modugno?  The song that came 4th became an evergreen and global success, namely Quando quando quando by Tony Renis and  Emilio Pericoli.. The Renis version ends up selling more copies than all the other entries put together..... Oh well.....