Italy is one of the members of the controversial group known as the Big Five, five countries that go straight to the grand finale eurovision without facing the semi-finals. means that the Italian representative It is one of the safe rivals of Spanish white dove Since the machinery of the festival started running.
The proposal from the Mediterranean country – which historically is usually one of the highlights of the contest – this year comes from the singer marco mengoni A consolidated star of Italian music with lyrics two lives,
The bookmakers do not give him as one of the favorites and he barely finds a place in the top ten classifieds – led by the Swedish of flowers and its theme tattoo,
Double in San Remo, double in Eurovision
italian candidate marco mengoni He is not a rookie at the Eurovision Song Contest: in 2013 he made his debut with the song Necessary Due to which he remained in 7th place.
The process the artist went through to get to Liverpool is the same as it was ten years ago: winning the legendary San Remo Festival – this time with 45.5% of the votes – and accepting Rai’s offer to be the Italian representative at Eurovision. . Of course, on this occasion, it was confirmed for a few days that he would not do it with the same song with which he won, among other things because it lasted three minutes and 45 seconds and Competition rules limit the duration to three minutes. In the end the topic was shortened.
The song is in line with what is expected of the Italian candidacy: a ballad very well interpreted by the singer which according to the artist puts “the most intimate relationship, with the self, at the center”.
A few days before participating in the Festival della Canzone Italiana, Dew Waite presented like this: “I return to Sanremo with a song that says a lot about me at the moment. It’s an intimate journey but we all have to accept it.” There is also an invitation to do. Everything that life offers us, without thinking about what we should or could be. We need everything we live to grow, even the moments of boredom teach us a lot And they make us grow”.
two lives It premiered on 7 February, when the festival began, and on the 10th, just three days later, it was the most listened to in Italy.
An MTV Award and four platinum albums
Ever since he became known from a TV show, Mengoni’s career has gone from success to success. Its launch pad was the Italian version of the competition. factor x of which he was declared the winner in 2009.
a few days after the end talent show public Their first EP which included five best-of versions, in addition to two original songs that he interpreted in the television space. This work earned her her first platinum album in 2010 and the MTV Europe Music Awards for Best European Artist.
Before debuting in Sanremo, the singer-songwriter released her debut studio album, solo 2.0 which soon climbed to number one on the sales charts.
With triumph on the horizon, in 2013, Fashionable Boy in Italy appeared at the Great Italian Festival with the song Necessary, He won and was the Eurovision representative held in the Swedish city of Malmö where he came seventh.
During these ten years, he has released seven more albums – on May 26 he will release a new album, material (prism)—, has completed three tours, achieved three new platinum records, won a good number of awards and now recreates the Eurovision experience with the sole intention of winning. In their favor is the fact that the festival is held in Liverpool, the city of their main musical inspiration, The Beatles.
For now, the one who has won is the Spanish Eurofans. The reason, his affectionate way of greeting Blanca Paloma and the confession he made in that meeting: “I have your song EAAA I love this on my playlist”.
