rank: 1 - Bianca Atzei 2 - Ermal Meta 3 - Elodie 4 - Chiara 5 - Sergio Silvestre 6 - Lodovica Comello 7 - Paola Turci 8 - Samuel 9 - Michele Bravi 10 - Giusy Ferreri (eliminated) 11 - Francesco Gabbani 12 - Alessio Bernabei 13 - Fiorella Mannoia 14 - Fabrizio Moro 15 - Gigi D'Alessio (eliminated) 16 - Marco Masini 17 - Michele Zarrilo 18 - Clementino 19 - Al Bano (eliminated) 20 - Ron (eliminated)
My ranking of the sixteen after re-listening: Bianca Atzei - Ora Esisti Solo Tu Fiorella Mannoia - Che Sia Benedetta Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma Paola Turci - Fatti Bella Per Te Ermal Meta - Vietato Morire Elodie - Tutta Colpa Mia Chiara - Nessun Posto È Casa Mia Samuel - Vedrai Sergio Sylvestre - Con Te Lodovica Comello - Il Cielo Non Mi Basta Michele Zarrillo - Mani Nelle Mani Alessio Bernabei - Nel Mezzo Di Un Applauso Michele Bravi - Il Diario Degli Errori Clementino - Ragazzi Fuori Fabrizio Moro - Portami Via Marco Masini - Spostato Di Un Secondo
1. Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma 2. Sergio Sylvestre - Con Te 3. Ermal Meta - Vietato Morire 4. Fabrizio Moro - Portami Via 5. Bianca Atzei - Ora Esisti Solo Tu 6. Chiara - Nessun Posto È Casa Mia 7. Elodie - Tutta Colpa Mia 8. Alessio Bernabei - Nel Mezzo Di Un Applauso 9. Samuel - Verdrai 10. Paola Turci - Fatti Bella Per Te 11. Lodovica Comello - Il Cielo Non Mi Basta 12. Fiorella Mannoia - Che Sia Benedetta 13. Michele Bravi - Il Diario Degli Errori 14. Clementino - Ragazzi Fuori 15. Michele Zarillo - Mani Nelle Mani 16. Marco Masini -Spostato Di Un Secondo
results of the night: Francesco Gabbani Fiorella Mannoia Ermal Meta Michele Bravi Paola Turci Sergio Sylvestre Fabrizio Moro Elodie Bianca Atzei Samuel Michele Zarrilo Lodovica Comello Marco Masini Chiara Alessio Bernabei Clementino
OMG I woke up dreading to read that he didn't win!!!! This is my number 1 and it will take something very exceptional to beat it. Rome 2018
According to Luca Chiaravalli author and producer and orchestra condutor of the Italian song, besides shortening the song by 36 seconds, I quote: “We will make some changes and insert some parts in English because the audience could not understand the meaning of the lyrics all the way. The ape put in that way might seem silly. Our goal is to make the meaning of the song understandable, even to those unfamiliar with our language”. You can read the full interview in here
Well I think the final chorus in English would be OK. If people actually listen to the words, even if they don't speak Italian, there should be enough they can understand to get the gist of the song: intelletuali, internettologi, selfisti, Chanel (although I believe that will have to come out), web, Occidental(i's) Karma versus Nirvana, Buddha, namaste, mantra... And I'm sure I can't be the only person watching Eurovision who remembers Dr Desmond Morris.
I think a part of the chorus should be in English. The crowd shouts out a mantra, evolution stumbles. the naked monkey dances; Westerners' karma Not in those exact words, something to go with the music.
ESC version: It's pretty much the same, they removed a verse of the song and maybe because I'm not used to this version I don't like the transition it seems rushed
The transition is horrifying. I expect them to smoothen that out for the backing track in Kyiv, though.