NINA PRESENTS BACKING SINGERS Apr24

NINA PRESENTS BACKING SINGERS

Nina Zilli, the Italian representative in Eurovision 2012, will be accompanied by three backing-vocalists on the stage in Baku: Christina Laura Bertarello, Vhelade Bare Mura and Marco Guerzoni. Christina was borned in Kinshasa and has worked in clubs and theaters and been singing in a...

NINA ZILLI ATTEND OGAE ITALY <br />INTERNATIONAL CONCENTION Apr10

NINA ZILLI ATTEND OGAE ITALY
INTERNATIONAL C...

The first international convetion of OGAE Italy will be held at the Estragon Club in Bologna on the 28th of April. At the same time, in the same location, Nina Zilli, the Italian representative in Eurovision 2012 will hold a concert. The convention will start at 17:00 local time with a screening of the preview music videos of the 42 competing entries in Eurovision 2012, followed by an official dinner at 20:00 CET and by Nina Zilli’s concert at 22:00 CET. Ticket prices start from 20€ and for more information and bookings you may address to: +39 370 3048715
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NINA ZILLI (2012) INTERVIEW FOR ON...

Italian representative in the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, Nina Zilli spoke to OnStage about Eurovision and more. She started with the topic of Sanremo 2012 the song which she performed already sold more than 15,000 copies in digital stores and got platinum status. She also speaks about...

ITALY CHANGES SONG FOR BAKU 2012 Mar13

ITALY CHANGES SONG FOR BAKU 2012

Despite Nina Zilli confirming “Per Sempre” to the OGAE Italy fans meeting the Italian national broadcaster just announced that the singer will sing L’Amore È Femmina (Love Is Female) in Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. L’Amore È Femmina (Love Is Female) is written...

NINA ZILLI (2012) CONFIRMS PER SEMPRE <br />FOR BAKU Mar03

NINA ZILLI (2012) CONFIRMS PER SEMPRE
FOR BA...

During a meet and greet with OGAE Italy, Nina Zilli confirmed that she and RAI decided to use the song “Per Sempre” in the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Most likely the song will be both in Italian and English while the new Eurovision version will be given to the public in the coming days. The meeting of OGAE Italy fans and Nina Zilli took place in Florence on March 1st at the local FNAC and Nina proved how much she loves her fans. She won the Eurovision jury during Sanremo Festival 2012 and got the ticket to Baku. Although many compare her with Amy Winehouse it’s clear that Italy is a hot favorite already photo: OGAE...

FAREWELL LUCIO DALLA (SANREMO 2012...

ILKAR.BLOGSPOT.COM REPORTS Italian musical genius Lucio Dalla has died today in Switzerland. An unexpected stroke took him away. Just last month he did a come back to Sanremo where he performed with Pierdavide Carone in Nani, a song he also wrote and conducted the orchestra in. His first album...

NINA ZILLI (2012) KICKS OFF TOUR

Nina Zilli is about to kick off her Italian tour on April 10 until May 5 when she will prepare her luggage for Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The tour is titled “L’Amore e Femmina” and will focus on the new album she released on mid February. Nina might not have won the...

ITALY DECIDED 2012: NINA TO BAKU Feb19

ITALY DECIDED 2012: NINA TO BAKU

The 2012 Sanremo Festival is now over and the RAI committee for Eurovision 2012 decided to send Nina Zilli to Baku. The announcement took place by Azeri winners in Eurovision 2011, Ell & Nikki on stage. Nina performed in Sanremo 2012 the song “Per Sempre” but there is no...

SANREMO 2012: THE STORY SO FAR Feb18

SANREMO 2012: THE STORY SO FAR

The 62nd edition of Sanremo started on 14 February. This is the second edition of the Festival with Gianni Morandi in charge. On February 18th the final show will take place and we will know the winner of Sanremo 2012 and the Italian representative to Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest as Ell...

ELL & NIKKI ANNOUNCE ITALIAN ACT Feb17

ELL & NIKKI ANNOUNCE ITALIAN ...

The winners of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, Ell and Nikki, will appear at the final of the Sanremo Festival, to be held tomorrow evening. However, the duo won’t be performing, rather they will appear on stage to present Italy’s representative for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in...

HICCUPS IN SANREMO 2012 <br />ENTRIES? Jan18

HICCUPS IN SANREMO 2012
ENTRIES?

There have been some major hiccups leading to RAI’s Sanremo Festival. Two performers risk disqualification after it was found that their songs have both been made public. “Al Posto del Mondo” by Chiara Civelli was already heard by the public two years ago, although preformed by another singer. Furthermore, a 30 second preview of the song “Respirare” by Gigi D’Alessio and Loredana Berte were put up on their Facebook page earlier, a breach of the Sanremo rules. It remains to be seen what action will be taken against them. Meanwhile, the famous Marcella Bella is fuming that she didn’t make it onto the Sanremo list of performers....

RAI PRESENTS COMPLETE LIST Jan15

RAI PRESENTS COMPLETE LIST

Italian national broadcaster, RAI, reveals today the participants of the 2012 Sanremo Festival through which the country will decide its participation to the Baku Eurovision Song Contest. A participation which is already confirmed. Today and through facebook applications, RAI presents the...