Editorial: Where Do We Find Our Next Winner?
It’s a never a complete mystery who’ll win the next Contest and with that in mind Team Wiwi has a few preliminary predictions for 2014. With region-by-region analysis we’ll point…
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Italy: RAI Reveals Televoting Numbers, Questionable Jury (Update)
RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, has revealed the full results of the public televote. They paint a very different picture to the results announced by the presenter Federica Gentile during the…
Poll Results: Marco Mengoni is Your Favourite BIG Six Contestant
In recent years the Big 5—those countries with deep pockets who automatically qualify for the final—have really brought it. From Germany’s Lena to Italy’s Raphael Gualazzi, the Big 5 is…
Marco Mengoni: Italian Stallion Talks ‘Vanity Fair’
Team Wiwi has a habit of bumping into Italy’s Marco Mengoni. We had a quick chat on the Eurovision red carpet last weekend. And then we rubbed shoulders in the Eurovision…
Poll: Which Big 6 Country Is Your Favourite?
In recent years the Big 5—those countries with deep pockets who automatically qualify for the final—have really brought it. From Germany’s Lena to Spain’s Pastora Soler, the Big 5 is…
WATCH: Marco Mengoni Confused on Red Carpet
Italy’s Marco Mengoni has cut an elusive figure at Eurovision. As we reported yesterday, he cancelled his press conference after his first rehearsal, supposedly because he was ill. But he…
Wiwi Jury: Italy’s Marco Mengoni with “L’Essenziale”
Last night the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—headed to Rome to get down on some spaghetti carbonara and to review Marco Mengoni’s Eurovision 2013 song “L’essenziale”. Did it…
Discuss: Marco Mengoni Will Sing “L’Essenziale” in Italian
Marco Mengoni has confirmed that he will sing his Sanremo-winning song “L’Essenziale” at Eurovision—and that he’ll keep the lyrics in Italian. Hallelujah!
Eurovision Artists Topping iTunes Charts Already
From Marco Mengoni in Italy to Anouk in the Netherlands, Eurovision artists are sitting pretty and at the top of the charts.
Italy: Marco Mengoni’s Greatest Hits
Marco Mengoni, the winner of the third season of Italy’s X Factor, has come out on top again. The 24-year-old won last night’s Sanremo 2013 singing contest, and was named…
Nina Zilli, Roman Lob, and Pastora Soler Speak With WiwiBloggs.Com
After reviewing the jury and televoting results for the grand final of Eurovision 2012, Team Wiwi were excited to see that some of the Big Five actually deserved their automatic…
Poll: Which Eurovision Favourite Is Your Favourite?
Since the bookies first released Eurovision odds back in March, eight contestants have dominated the odds table almost continuously. They are Sweden’s Loreen, Italy’s Nina Zilli, Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki, Serbia’s…
Eurovision Odds: Italy and Iceland Keep on Rising
It looks like a case of “the I’s have it.” Over the past few weeks Italy’s Nina Zilli and Iceland’s Gréta Salóme & Jónsi have really won over the bookies.…
Eurovision Odds: Italy and United Kingdom Join the Bookies’ Favorites (21 March)
Italy’s Nina Zilli and Britain’s Engelbert Humperdinck have emerged as favorites to win ESC 2012. Bookies currently have Nina (“L’amore è femmina”) in fourth position with her odds between 12…
Ciao Bella: Italy Returns to Eurovision
Critics rail that Eurovision is dead and irrelevant, and the world’s economic slump has, in recent years, forced Hungary and Montenegro to pull out. But it finally looks like Eurovision is…