Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The girls keep dropping out of X Factor Italia, the possible selection for the possible return of Italy in Eurovision. This time Cassandra Raffaele end in duel with Ruggero Pasquarelli and loses. Four guys under 25, two Over 25s and one group stay in competition....

Laura Pausini gathered with the help of Elisa, Gianna Nannini, Giorgia and Fiorella Mannoia the leading ladies in the Italian music business together to S.Siro stadium in Milan last June 22 to raise money for the Abruzzi earthquake victims. Now exactly a year later the 2-DVD of the event will be published with over 4 hours of music, 50 songs and 1.183.406,52 euros raised back then. Eurovision stars Alice, Anna Oxa and Alessandra Drusian join in with recent X Factor and other reality stars Alessandra Amoroso, Giusy Ferreri, Noemi and Malika Ayanae with the international superstars Laura Pausini, Gianna Nannini and Elisa added with national megastars Giorgia, Fiorella Mannoia and so on... Solos, duets, groups. Their own songs and covers. Four hours of girl power. If you can get one! Tette per un tetto! (translates to Tits for roofs!)

Marco Mengoni  (21) wins X-Factor 3 Italia and earns the right to be amongst the Big category in Sanremo 2010 next February. This is one of the new things tried out for Sanremo, abit like in Finland the Tangomarkkinat winner (Amadeus) got an invitation to take part in Euroviisut as a bonus. Wach him do Billie Jean , Almeno tu nell'universo , and his debut single Dove si vola .

The third edition of X Factor starts in Italy tonight. Again there is a division in three groups: Singers 16-24, Singers over 25 and vocal groups. Aram Quartet won the first edition but the runner up Guisy Ferreri became the star afterwords and is still enjoying a huge success in Italy. Last year Matteo Becucci won followed by The Bastard Sons of Dionisio . This time a group will equally challanged name Horrible Porno Stuntmen got in along with Ornella Felicetti, Marco Mengoni, Chiara Ranieri, Silver, A&K, Luana Biz, Yavanna, Francesca Ciampa, Damiano Fiorella, Francesco Gramegna and Francesca Xefteris. And the winner will be in Sanremo 2010 amongst the Big.

The British judges of The X Factor finally found the full package , so to speak. LOL Imagine something like this happened in Eurovision one day....

Have you noticed Hadise from Turkey and Sakis Rouvas from Greece have more in common that just going to Moscow 2009 for their countries next May? Both are X-Factor hosts! Sakis of course in Greece and Hadise in Belgium where she was raised and lives. Let's see in May if they have the x-factor to win Eurovision song contest....

Aram Quartet won the Italian X-Factor this year and their first single off the debut album is ... Per Elisa! The song Alice won Sanremo 1981 with. Works nicely for them, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHp1K_Cp7cQ