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Eurovision Revisited Feb 13, 2024

My number 1 from 2002 is also from Sanremo - but not the winner. Daniele Silvestri did with the Critics' Award, but only finished 14th. I'm sure he'll get back from that knock back.

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 1 - Daniele Silvestri - "Salirò"

It's not the winner of Sanremo 2002, but the 14th placed act, though he did win the Mia Martini Critics award for that year. Daniele Silvestri and Salirò (I'll Go Up). It may not have got a big res…

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Eurovision Revisited Feb 12, 2024

Alexia has been singing and performing in English for the past five years in 2002. Her vocals have graced many Eurodance and house hits but now she's back home in Italy and singing in Italian. Wow.

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 2 - Alexia - "Dimmi come…"

I mean, just wow. Compare any song from Eurovision 2002 to this. I think Alexia would have blown the doors off the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn. She probably wouldn't have even needed the microphone.…

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Eurovision Revisited Feb 7, 2024

Mariella Nava's swansong at Sanremo occurred during 2002, and to record the occasion, her song is all about the highs and lows of the journey her heart has been on.

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 7 - Mariella Nava - "Il cuore mio"

Mariella Nava's final Festival di Sanremo appearance in 2002 was one of her best results. It's her second time in my lists, her 1999 song Così è la vita got there three years ago. As I said in that…

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Eurovision Revisited Feb 4, 2024

He's back and causing problems for Google Translate with his Neapolitan dialect. Nino D'Angelo breaks into my top 10 for 2002. Happy Sanremo week Italy!

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 10 - Nino D'Angelo - "Marì"

Another artist I've picked before, this time Nino D'Angelo the Neapolitan singer who impressed me in 1999 and he's here in Sanremo 2002 with another Italian song involving love, the sea and the night…

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Eurovision Revisited Jan 27, 2024

Her family are from the centre of Rome's musical life and she has some extremely influential fans. This is Filippa Giordano's first entry in Sanremo's main competition.

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 18 - Filippa Giordano - "Amarti sì"

Filippa Giordano grew up surrounded by music. Her father was a bass in the Sistine Chapel Choir. As a child she was raised within the world of choirs and the opera, living in Rome with the holy and…

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Eurovision Revisited Jan 2, 2024

An Italian singing legend who has so many astonishing stories about her life it's impossible to relate them all. Patty Pravo is singing at Sanremo in 2002.

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 43 - Patty Pravo - "L'immenso"

Patty Pravo. The Piper Girl. A true child of the 1960s. She met the Apollo 11 astronauts before they went to the moon, and then went on to sing for the Red Army in Uzhhorod later the same year. S…

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