What’s happening in Italy this year?
We're catching up after our summer break, and if you’re wondering how Italy will likely choose its Eurovision 2025 representative, all eyes should be...
23 March – In an old empty mine, the salt extends
You wait ages for a duet, and then two come along almost once. But they are duets done in very different styles. That probably...
11 November – You’ll look for another me beyond the shadow...
It was back in late 2010/early 2011 that websites were previewing a massive announcement that we'd remember for ever. It was an intriguing thing...
5 June – If they take your hand, they are looking...
It must be good to be in at the start of something. In years to come, you can tell your family you were there,...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Italy
Marco Mengoni is taking a second shot at Eurovision, after finishing in seventh place back in 2014. I've listened to the 'Eurovision Edit' for...
Italy’s Eurovision Future in Limbo
You’d think organising Italy’s most-watched TV event would be a no-brainer. But the Sanremo Festival—Italy’s glitzy, melodramatic song contest that (kind of) doubles as...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 23 – ITALY
Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente by Ermal Meta and Fabrizo Moro
I’ve seldom been so pleased as to learn the Italian broadcaster RAI has finally...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 20 – Italy
Due Vita by Marco Mengoni.
I followed Italy’s Marco Mengoni very keenly in Malmö a decade ago when he first competed in Eurovision. His song...
Italia, il tuo tempo per brillare è ora
That ...
Was ...
Fucking ...
Amazing!
Where do I start? Well, for starters, if any of your local bookmakers are offering even money (or better), get some cash...
Updated: Mahmood still considering Eurovision options
Mahmood may not yet end up representing Italy at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Despite confirming his intention at a press conference after winning...