The 20 established artists taking part in the Campioni section of San Remo 2015 have been announced. One of these acts – whichever artist wins San Remo 2015 – will be offered the chance by Italian broadcaster RAI to represent Italy at Eurovision 2015. Some familiar names crop up in the list of 20, including Italy’s 2012 singer Nina Zilli, …
Italy planning to select through San Remo
The rules of the prestigious San Remo festival in 2015 have been published and it seems that, unlike in 2014, Italian broadcaster RAI will be using the contest once again to select the Big 5 country’s representative. The recently published rules state; The winning artist of the “CAMPIONI” section will have the right to participate representing Italy at the 2015 …
Marco Mengoni ‘would do Eurovision again without thinking’
There is great excitement, everything is organized in detail, it is really fun. I would do it without thinking. These are the words of Italy’s 2013 representative Marco Mengoni, who, in an interview with the Spanish publication VIM Magazine suggested that he would do Eurovision once more without a moment’s thought. It’s a world that leaves you in awe, because …
JESC 2014: An early indicator of 2015 entries?
The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organisation. Something I’ve noticed in the last few days is the amount of countries returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, held in …
Italy joins JESC 2014
Italian broadcaster RAI has confirmed that Italy will make their debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, when the contest heads to Malta in November. The broadcasting and organisation of an entry will be run by RAI Gulp, a children’s channel run by the national broadcaster. Negotiations for other countries to join the contest are still underway, with …
Italy: Marrone’s video premiered today
“La mia città” was selected internally by RAI as the Italian choice for the Eurovision Song Contest The video sees Emma Marrone changing outfits as it somehow captures the outrageous and rocky essence of the track. Multi-platinnum selling Emma Marrone’s popularity has been on the rise since she won San Remo in 2012. She is now one of Italy’s most …
Emma will fly the flag for Italy in Copenhagen with La Mia Città
The Italian broadcaster RAI announced earlier today that Emma will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Traditionally the broadcaster waited until the San Remo festival to reveal the representative but this year didn’t waste any time and shared the news with the world. Emma is considered one of the biggest selling female artists in her …
Portugal OGAE votes – Italy receive 12 points
Portugal are the latest organisation to announce their votes with their OGAE. The votes are as follows: Italy 12 pts Denmark 10 pts Netherlands 8 pts Norway 7 pts San Marino 6 pts Russia 5 pts Israel 4 pts Germany 3 pts United Kingdom 2 pts Georgia 1 pt Check out Portugal’s favourite here. [vsw id=”X2C-ePvHfAs” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”yes”] This awards Italy their first 12 points …
The 2013 “Expert” Panel – ITALY
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
Italy: Marco Mengoni to Malmo with L’essenziale
Italy was the last country to announce their entry for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. Marco Mengoni was announced as the respresentative a while back but it wasn’t until this morning that the song was made known to the public. L’essenziale won the “Big Artist” category with the song. [vsw id=”W1a4UsN9mq4″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] …