Here are all the major cities in Italy...
ELEVEN have already said they want to host Eurovision 2022!
We are barely 96 hours after Måneskin won their 2021 trophy in Rotterdam and there has been a huge response by councillors and mayors from all over Italy, saying that they'd like to have a go. Who'd have thought that ten years after Italy returned to the fold in 2011, following 14 years in the wilderness, that everyone wants a slice of the Eurovision pie! To be fair, they have been nothing short of exceptional since their return - barely out of the top ten from year to year, two runners-up spots and a third, and now a well deserved win from these four...
And the playlist? As usual, here you go:
"Zitti e buoni" (Eurovision edit) - Måneskin
"Voilà" - Barbara Pravi
"Tout l'Univers" - Gjon's Tears
"SHUM" - Go_A
"Je me casse" - Destiny
"Dark Side" - Blind Channel
"10 Years" - Daði & Gagnamagnið
"Adrenalina" - Senhit & Flo Rida
"Fallen Angel" - TIX
"Birth Of A New Age" - Jeangu Macrooy
"Embers" - James Newman
"iemand als jij" - Barbara Dex
"Why Angels Cry" - Annet Artani
"J'imagine" - Valentina
"De Troubadour" (live) - Lenny Kuhr
"Merci, Chérie" - Udo Jürgens
"I treni di Tozeur" - Franco Battiato & Alice
"Nygammal vals" - Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson
"Pourquoi t'as fait ça?" - Ladaniva
"Ja, vi elsker dette landet" - Ulrikke & Christian Stahler
"L'uomo dietro il campione" - Diodato
"Between Heaven & Hell" - WAQAS x Emmelie de Forest
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
I said on the show that I'd flag up my question being asked to TIX via the online Press Centre during the Qualifier's Press Conference - he was hyper all the way through his bit and deservedly so! His answer was a good one and I was applauded by a couple of fans for asking such a question:
The eurovision.tv Live Blog writer was very entertaining and had their own take on where I am from:
Second, here is the ticket link for Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2 on 9th December 2021...
I am very tempted by this myself but I will wait until September at least to get a better idea of what is happening with the pandemic situation in the UK and mainland Europe. Fingers crossed!
Did you know that Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir was
the lead singer in a band called Kiriyama Family?
Find out more next week in show 146
when you can hear their new single!