Musical Moment - Momento Musicale - Eurovision 2012 - Nina Zilli - Italian Entry

Eurovision 2012 takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan this year when 43 countries will be taking part in the 57th contest. The semi finals are to be held on the 22nd and the 24th of May with the grand final next weekend on the 26th of May. 


The Italian entry L'Amore E'Femmina (Out Of Love) is to be performed by Nina Zilli. The Italians have great expectations for their entry as they were runners up in 2011. I wrote a post about this last year Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Nina will be performing in the second of the semi finals.


Part of L'Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) is in English, when Nina was asked why she did not sing completely in Italian. She answered 'I decided to sing in English, I like people to understand what I'm saying. If I sing completely in Italian, a lot of people wouldn't be able to keep up with the lyrics, and it is important for me that they can.' 
Dare I say that I actually prefer 'Per Sempre' which she sang at San Remo earlier this year and was originally planned to be the Italian entry, I will maybe share it here another time.


Nina Zilli -Profile

Born and named Maria Chiara Fraschetta on February 2nd 1980 in Piaceneza, Italy. She spent part of her education in Ireland learning English, returning to finish her education in Italy and then spending a couple of years in the USA.  In 2009 she took the stage name of Nina Zilli combining her mother's surname with that of a favourite artist Nina Simone.  I first featured her here on News from Italy in a Sunday Song feature in July 2010 when I mentioned I thought we might hear more of her after she had done well at San Remo earlier in the year.
Sunday Song - Nina Zilli


During the San Remo Music Festival 2012 Nina  was chosen to represent Italy in theEurovision Song Contest 2012 

The Italians have already arrived in Baku for rehearsals, photos and other information can be viewed on the official Eurovision website along with details of all the other participants and which of the semi finals they are performing in.

This is a video of the first rehearsal courtesy of  the Eurovision website and I must say I am not at all convinced that this is the winner that Italy is hoping for, but you never know!  Eurovision is always an extremely unpredictable event and to be honest I am often not impressed with the entries. 

Published on 19 May 2012 by eurovision

The second video shows part of her second rehearsal plus an interview with her which is interesting.

Published on 20 May 2012 by eurovision

Do let me know your thoughts on Italy's entry. Do you think they stand a chance?  I have not yet listened to entries from any other countries although I have heard that the UK have Engelbert Humperdink performing their entry.

You may also be interested in learning more about the host country by checking out the comprehensive information pages on the Eurovision site for Azerbaijan and the host city of Baku

With thanks to the following websites for information that helped me to compile this post.

Eurovision 2012  YouTube - Nina Zilli    Facebook - Nina Zilli    Official Website - Nina Zilli and Wikipedia


If you are interested in listening to music from around the world, I recommend this blog which I have linked with for music posts many times in the last few years and am happy to be doing so again today.

NatashaInOz - Sunday Song


Finally I would also like to pay my respects to the people of Italy that have suffered during  this sad weekend that Italy has experienced, I have not written separate posts about the bombing in Brindisi or the earthquake in Northern Italy but you can find related up to date news items of interest on my News From Italy FB Page.  Please consider visiting this Public Page and sharing your thoughts, thankyou.

Sunday Song - Nina Zilli

Nina Zilli - L'Uomo Che Amava Le Donne - The Man Who Loved Women

Nina Zilli, real name Maria Chiara Fraschetta was born on 2nd February 1983 in Piacenza, Italy.  'The Man Who Loved Women' is her latest single and was released earlier this year.  I often hear it played on the radio and decided it would be a good choice for this week's Sunday Song. This song is taken from her first album which was released in Italy in February of this year. Sempre Lontano - Still Far.

The single, taken from the album was her entry at the 2010 San Remo Festival for which she won the most votes in the New Generation section of the festival, from journalists in the Award entitled 'Press Radio and TV Section Next Generation'

An artist I think we will be hearing a lot more of in Italy.   I wonder if you will agree.

Nina Zilli clicking on this link will take you to the artists official website.


More Sunday Songs can be found by visiting 5 Minutes Just for Me


I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.