[OFF TOPIC] Eurovision Song Contest 2024

[Illya 511]

26 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Yesss Angelina Mango won the 74th Festival di Sanremo.

 

 

Geolier won the popular vote by 60% but he was DESTROYED from press and radio juries. Vamosss

This is hideous, Geolier bought almost all SIM cards for voting and flopped 

Angelina is a really strong choice, this is what I want to see from Italy more, it's giving Italian charm and charisma, and dance motives, so it's the perfect entry for Eurovision for me. Good luck at the ESC 

[Josh 10,452]

Since when was  European? 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

4 hours ago, Josh said:

Since when was  European? 

They needed a new anglophone friend after  voted to leave 

[Federer91 2,728]

Can someone explain what all this controversy is about Geolier ? Never heard of him before and find all the drama strange.

[Gianlu33 4,534]

Incredible numbers for the Sanremo final, reaching a 74% share (!!!). For comparison, the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship Italy-France had a 77% share.

 

Apparently, the Superfinal reached 80-85% share, staggering numbers comparable to World Cup football finals with Italy, wow.

Edited February 11 by Gianlu33

[Gianlu33 4,534]

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Can someone explain what all this controversy is about Geolier ? Never heard of him before and find all the drama strange.

The main problem is that the song was terrible, truly terrible (aside from being in Neapolitan and not in Italian, the rules were ad-hoc changed for him). There have been many accusations that Geolier's fans bought SIM cards in mass to vote, but I find that quite unlikely.

 

Certainly, many Neapolitans believe the controversies are a matter of territorial racism, but it's absolutely false—I say this as a Campanian. Even Angelina Mango has verses in Neapolitan in her songs, and she's from Basilicata.

Sanremo is Sanremo; controversies and boos are normal. It has always happened and is part of the show. I recall an edition where the jury rebelled against Emanuele Filiberto, a member of the former Italian royal family, entering the final, even throwing the sheet music

 

https://youtu.be/U0zFizNPkwU?si=UzASIIsv-QorjBtc

[rybak 3,179]

17 hours ago, Josh said:

Since when was  European? 

Australia is European country, you didn't knew that?  

 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

33 minutes ago, rybak said:

Australia is European country, you didn't knew that?  

 

I thought  annexed Tasmania according to recent activity on Totallympics 

[Gianlu33 4,534]

The share data for the Sanremo super final have finally been released: over 10 million viewers at 2am, with a 91% share. Wow, not even the 2006 World Cup final had these numbers

[justony 451]

I still don't understand this weekly hype, where you have festival nights in succesion, from 8.45 till almost 2 a.m. (on final night even longer).

 

And then on Sunday two hour long morning talk show about San Remo, in the afternoon another show. It is just too much. 

 

Anyway, I like the winner a lot, it has quite a lot of energy, also Annalisa was not bad, was cheering also for Clara or maybe Rose Villain and for "una ragazza e un ragazzo".  

 

I am not surprised Mahmood was not in top 5, did not convince me.