The Italian act and song was confirmed during a press conference on February 11th. During the previous 5 nights the yearly "Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo" was held. Over the different nights, a number of votes were held including a press vote, a demoscopic jury vote and public televoting. On the final night, votes were combined and the top 5 songs then participated in a superfinal. The morning after the festival the winner announced they would be participating in Eurovision with their winning song. Going to Malmö is Angelina Mango performing the song "La Noia" (Boredom)
Angelina Mango was born into a very musical family; her mother being Laura Valente, former singer of Matia Bazar, and her father, Giuseppe Mango, whose recording name was Mango. She grew up with her older brother Filippo in Lagonegro, where their love for music was fostered. In September 2014, Mango enrolled at a Liceo Scientifico but stopped her studies following the sudden death of her father. Later she moved to Milan where she continued her studies and playing with her band with her brother as a drummer. In 2021, she participated in the selections of Sanremo Giovani, but was not selected as a finalist. In 2022 she became a competitor on the long running talent show "Amici di Maria De Filippi", finishing in second place overall and winning the singing category. Last year, her song "Ci pensiamo domani" reached the top ten of the singles chart and was certified triple platinum, while the accompanying EP was certified gold.
This composition is wholly in Italian, as is customary for songs in Sanremo, and each act had added live accompaniment from the orchestra and extra vocal support from the bank of off stage backing singers. The Sanremo stage, although impressive, had limited scope and size compared to a Eurovision stage. However Angelina's yellow and black strobing background went well with the song and helped emphasise when the beat kicked in. Angelina is alone on stage but fills the stage with her personality - she is good mover but it all feels natural and not overly choreographed. The song has a Mediterranean feel as well as relying a lot on the music and lyrics of the rhythms and carnival atmosphere of South America. The song flip-flops between the rhythmic polysyllabic verses and the repetitive but sparse chorus.
Angelina performed three times during the festival - once during covers night when she performed a song from her father's repertoire and three times with this song. Her staging was very similar each time doing similar moves around the stage and as well as up and down the stairs (although on the final night she slipped up the stairs!) Angelina does a great job of balancing the performance to the crowd, the performance down the camera and her own vocal capacity. It will be very interesting to see how the team decides to enlarge this setup for Eurovision. I am not saying that having Angelina on her own would be a bad thing but they absolutely need to ensure she does not look alone or adrift. I can imagine her reproducing her Sanremo appearance on the in-the-round-stage and making it look carnival-like with all the waving flags and swaying hands of the fans around her. I feel like some extra musicians, especially percussionists, might give the setting a bit more focus but also give Angelina a reason to move around the stage AND give her people to interact with. Nobody should be bored when this comes on !
ARTIST - Angelina Mango
SONG - La Noia
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS - Francesca Calearo, Dario Faini, Angelina Mango
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