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Italy ITALY 2019 - Mahmood - Soldi

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A-lister

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I hope he will get well soon and that it won't effect him entering and performing... although health is most important...

It would be a pity though, while it's not my absolute favorite, I wouldn't mind an Italian victory this year... however juries tend to these days downvote Italy and I don't see juries go for something modern like this unfortunately :/
 

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Even though I am not a huge Fan of that song, I wouldn't count Italy out yet for a victory. I would call it a dark horse.
 

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Italy was never in for victory anyway

Well, an entry that is in the top 3 of odds before the rehearsals, 1st in ogae voting, and in the top 3 of many polls,
is considered as a candidate.
 

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Even though I am not a huge Fan of that song, I wouldn't count Italy out yet for a victory. I would call it a dark horse.
Italy is not a dark horse, it's one of the main candidates for the trophy. I wish Mahmood gets well soon. His song is now my #1 xparty
 

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I think they said he had high fever and that he would arrive later in Tel Aviv. Other than that they haven’t said much. High fever could mean anything.

Hopefully he will recover soon. This is so sad.

Where did you get that information from?
 

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He is ill. There is no way his voice is going to recover so quickly.

if it's just high fever than his voice is probably not affected, just energy and thanksfully he has time to rest until the jury show on Friday 17 of May.
 

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Italy is not a dark horse, it's one of the main candidates for the trophy. I wish Mahmood gets well soon. His song is now my #1 xparty

Well, everybody seems to talk about The Netherlands and Russia ... I see less people talking about Italy. That's why I rather thought it is a dark horse. But let's see. ;)
 

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Late Tuesday evening, some not so good news emerged from Italy. Mahmood — the country’s Eurovision 2019 representative — is bedridden with a high fever and serious throat infection.

However, the “Soldi” singer, who recently topped the Italian FIMI Singles Chart for a second time with his new single “Calipso”, is still expected to fulfil his rehearsal commitments in Tel Aviv.

A recent unseasonal bout of cold weather in Italy, which resulted in abundant snowfall, may be to blame for his ailments.

As a precautionary measure, Il Resto del Carlino reports that all the singer’s scheduled commitments for today, 8th May, have been cancelled.

Mahmood was due to be a special guest at the Alessandro Troiani Memorial, a charity event at the Ventidio Basso Theatre in Ascoli.

He wouldn’t have been the only guest though. The stage will also welcome “Soldi” co-writer Dario Dardust Faini and red-haired singer Noemi, a veteran of the Sanremo Music Festival.

The newspaper writes that “the situation is so delicate that the departure of Mahmood for Tel Aviv (…) has been postponed to give the artist the chance to recover”.

The news spread online in no time at all, alarming all fans of the Italian representative. Thankfully, a more reassuring update came from the Italian website Eurofestival News:

“Based on the information that we have, we can confirm that the singer will leave regularly for Israel on Thursday 9 May, as planned, and will perform on the stage of the Expo Tel Aviv for the first rehearsal, scheduled for Friday 10 May at 5.20 pm CET.”
 

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I think he is on his way to Israel! I can't wait to see his staging together with France and Spain. All 3 are in my top 10 which is rare for me to have the so many big 5 entries in my top 10.
 

Diego

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Apparently, Mahmood will have three dancers with him on stage. They are: Gianluca Lanzillotta (in the left of the picture below), Giammarco Capogna and Giacomo Cacciapaglia (in the right). The guy with white and black hair is the choreographer Thomas Signorelli.

PS: The woman who is taking the picture is a makeup artist.

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And here it is picture of the Italian delegation (or most of it)

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