The Italian entry was confirmed on March 14th during the official Head of Delegation Meeting in Stockholm. Back in February it was announced that the winning “Big Entry” performer at San Remo would have first refusal of representing the state at Eurovision. The eventual winners of the contest, Stadio, turned down the offer but runner up Francesca Michielin accepted the challenge. There was then a long wait before news came as to whether her San Remo entry, or another song, would go with her. At Eurovision she will be singing a dual language version of her San Remo song called “No degrees of separation”.
Although the All Italian version has been around for months, the version to be performed at Eurovision has not been released yet so I am having to do the review based on the original version. This is a slowish ballad with very little deviation from beginning to end. The verses do not have much of a tune and any tune it does have is not that easy on the ear. The chorus is very similar but there is a definite rhythm and tune to it. The backing track is very minimal and ahs very little rise and fall or oomph. The song also peters out somewhat, which leaves me feeling a little on the confused side.
Francesca was part of the Italian x-factor cast in 2011. Mentored by Simona Ventura, she performed songs by Adele, The Doors, Stevie Wonder and AC/CD proving her versatility. She ended up wining the series signing a record deal with Sony. Her first song debuted at number one on the Italian Singles Chart and later certified double platinum. She has since released numerous tracks, 2 albums, 2 EPs as well as appearing on two top-ten singles by Italian rapper Fedez, Her song "Amazing” appeared on the Italian version of the soundtrack of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In 2016 she started her first concert tour and she then appeared in the 2016 Sanremo festival.
The video has some interesting themes and camera angles but I would think they are not ones that would work as live although the passing around of objects might be a good video wall idea. It's also a shame that she looks so emotionless and miserable throughout the whole thing. The full Italian version of the song is 3.40 ish and so they have to eliminate a good chunk of the song. They have also revealed that the last chorus of the song will be in English. I don’t think either f these facts can change my current opinion. I know that this is highly regarded by a lot of people but I find this very boring and uninspiring. I fail to think of who exactly this is appealing to. I find it too 'up itself' for the general public to get emotionally involved and I think the jury may find this too safe or unexciting to bother giving it votes. This is a definite bottom 5 for me and I will be scheduling in a toilet break/tea break/baby feed around this time.
ARTIST – Francesca Michielin
SONG – No degrees of separation
MUSIC – Fabio Gargiulo, Federica Abbate, Francesca Michielin
LYRICS – Cheope, Francesca Michielin, Norma Jean Martine
Although the All Italian version has been around for months, the version to be performed at Eurovision has not been released yet so I am having to do the review based on the original version. This is a slowish ballad with very little deviation from beginning to end. The verses do not have much of a tune and any tune it does have is not that easy on the ear. The chorus is very similar but there is a definite rhythm and tune to it. The backing track is very minimal and ahs very little rise and fall or oomph. The song also peters out somewhat, which leaves me feeling a little on the confused side.
Francesca was part of the Italian x-factor cast in 2011. Mentored by Simona Ventura, she performed songs by Adele, The Doors, Stevie Wonder and AC/CD proving her versatility. She ended up wining the series signing a record deal with Sony. Her first song debuted at number one on the Italian Singles Chart and later certified double platinum. She has since released numerous tracks, 2 albums, 2 EPs as well as appearing on two top-ten singles by Italian rapper Fedez, Her song "Amazing” appeared on the Italian version of the soundtrack of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In 2016 she started her first concert tour and she then appeared in the 2016 Sanremo festival.
The video has some interesting themes and camera angles but I would think they are not ones that would work as live although the passing around of objects might be a good video wall idea. It's also a shame that she looks so emotionless and miserable throughout the whole thing. The full Italian version of the song is 3.40 ish and so they have to eliminate a good chunk of the song. They have also revealed that the last chorus of the song will be in English. I don’t think either f these facts can change my current opinion. I know that this is highly regarded by a lot of people but I find this very boring and uninspiring. I fail to think of who exactly this is appealing to. I find it too 'up itself' for the general public to get emotionally involved and I think the jury may find this too safe or unexciting to bother giving it votes. This is a definite bottom 5 for me and I will be scheduling in a toilet break/tea break/baby feed around this time.
ARTIST – Francesca Michielin
SONG – No degrees of separation
MUSIC – Fabio Gargiulo, Federica Abbate, Francesca Michielin
LYRICS – Cheope, Francesca Michielin, Norma Jean Martine
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