Italy ITALY 2016 - Francesca Michielin - No Degree Of Separation

[Eurovisionified]

Watching an interview right now, and she seems like such a sweet and innocent girl. Jamie-Lee is a real cutie.

 

[Edward]

I could feel her discomfort and nervousness throughout the song. Her eyes kept chasing the "on the air" camera with a slight delay. If she had been more at ease and confident it would have done better.

 

[cegs5]

I could feel her discomfort and nervousness throughout the song. Her eyes kept chasing the "on the air" camera with a slight delay. If she had been more at ease and confident it would have done better.

I agree. I love the studio version but live it was a bit dosappointing, she wasn't confident at all. After all, 16th place is decent and I would say even a bit more than I expected after seeing her performance.

 

[Titowam]

The performance tonight could've been better. It sounded a bit "eh?" at some parts..

EDIT: Also dont understand the staging with the hanging plants, like.. what?

 

[oxy333]

Proud of Francesca! What worked and what not doesn't count at all right now, she is a real emotional girl and put everything in her performarmance, when you give all yourslef there is nothing to complain about.
Thank you for all the people who voted for Francesca!

 

[EscGeek]

she's so beautiful

 

[VedatiNet]

Never liked this song and I'm happy that it did not do well

 

[Carian]

Never liked this song and I'm happy that it did not do well

And I never liked nor will like the winning song, however, I am going to the Ukrainian thread and annoy the fans who love that song by trashing their beloved song. So, be nice, please

 

[tararaaam]

This was akward, bad vocally and kitsch
Shame cause it is a good song and Francesca seems supercute person.

 

[Franco]

The results of italian televote:

(From http://www.eurovisionsongcontest.ra...age-4b29a954-e746-481f-9e18-d39286be04e1.html)

Ukraine leads with more than 1/4 of the votes. More than double than the second one (Poland). In the final Jamala even increases the lead, with 1% more than in the semifinal.

 

[Franco]

New message and pictures from Francesca:
https://www.facebook.com/francescacheeks/posts/1031898060237168

Living this week with so many people madly in love with music from all around the world has been extraordinary for me.
‪#‎ComeTogether‬ has not only been the hashtag of Eurovision. It has been its life source that inspired all of us while waiting to be on stage.
That’s what I will never forget for the rest of my life. I will always be proud to have been part of it and to have contributed with a small seed called music.
Thanks to everyone I met and those who supported me making all this real.

We are precious!

 

[Mrm]

I'm speechless how good this was in the end!
This is the top class!

 

[musicfan]

So what's the Italian reaction?

 

[Franco]

So what's the Italian reaction?

Not much: praises for the whole show, critics for the italian commentators, agreement about Francesca deserving a better placement.
Last year there was much more buzz, admittedly.
Even the tv ratings have been half a disappointment (they are equal to last year's, but they were expected to be much higher because it was aired on the main channel).

 

[oxy333]

NDOS is charting good: http://esctracker.com/

I was expecting something like 5mln of spectators on RAI 1 but it seems that changing channel doesn't change the results compared to 2015.

 

[musicfan]

Not much: praises for the whole show, critics for the italian commentators, agreement about Francesca deserving a better placement.
Last year there was much more buzz, admittedly.
Even the tv ratings have been half a disappointment (they are equal to last year's, but they were expected to be much higher because it was aired on the main channel).

I've been looking through a load of stuff in translation and it seems the main focus is on the political aspect with Ukraine winning (how it is anti-Russian, or how tartars supposedly helped Nazis, and how Italy should now send a political song). Another criticism is that most of the songs are in English. Though many are proud that this song was in Italian. Also a comment that top performers are not normally sent to Eurovision now. And I think someone said Italy does best when they send a big singer. Most comments are critical along those lines, though one person said the contest is fun compared to old Sanremo. Also a criticism of the Italian commentary as not being relevant or fitting the contest.

Not much comment on Francesa, one article saying she was unlucky. A couple of comments were critical, about her being part of a bad modern generation of Italian music, and another saying he never liked her as a performer. The focus really seems off her though.

 

[Franco]

Francesca trying to improvise a chinese version of NGDS but failing.

 

[Krishoes]

I don't know how can someone expect such a great results in the ratings with Amici on Canale 5. Usually the Saturday's shows on Rai 1 have less than 4 millions of viewers. Francesca wasn't one of the big favourites compared to Il Volo and althought this we improved a bit the ratings. It's a success, actually.

 

[Franco]

Francesca today guest at Radio Deejay (in italian):
http://www.deejay.it/news/a-djci-francesca-michielin-e-il-selfie-con-justin-timberlake/480797/

First, they congratulate her for not winning, thus saving Italy's finances , then she speaks about the great attention to every detail in Eurovision, and how she had to do 12 rehearsals, compared to only 3 of Sanremo.

 

[musicfan]

Chinese? It still all sounds Italian to me lol. Chinese must be about as different from Italian as can be, it's so staccato (though ironically I think that's an Italian word).