In a major shock, Francesco Gabbani wins Sanremo 2017!

Wow. Francesco also won Premio TIM, which is the most streamed Sanremo Campioni track??

I presume he won't reject, what a fantastically uplifting song that is perfect for Eurovision! A little bit of novelty and fun with the staging but an insanely catchy and high quality song.

This is the most I've ever been on board with Italy *.*

I'm happy he won as he was my favourite of the final three!!

Good song but Christ I want to shoot him.

He has accepted the Eurovision offer! :cheer:

Very glad he's confirmed, I was waiting for that.

 

Fantastic fun entry, I'm going to be really on board with this for the rest of the season I can tell.

RAI have already confirmed on Twitter that Francesco won't be changing song and will be performing 'Occidentali's Karma' in Kyiv! :D

Poor Fiorella. But oh well when there is such a SUPER DEFINITE!!!1 winner, we are always in for a shock.

 

I think it could do ok in Kiev.

This is very good, quite different for Italy, surprised such a contemporary song won Sanremo! It has shades of Chasing The Sun by The Wanted in places.

 

The performance looks like it will be a moment too :lol:

I don't know if I like it or not! Does the gorilla make sense in context of the lyrics?

There's stuff in there about how the naked monkey dances (something something evolution) so I guess so.

 

I want it to make occidental as mainstream a word as oriental.

It has shades of Chasing The Sun by The Wanted in places.

I was getting so bugged out with where I recognised the melody but yes it really does have a VERY similar melody. That said, I'm undecided. I think the fact Italy are sending something which is above 100bpm and not sung by a female could be blurring our opinions. I'm not hot on any of the entries yet and were already nearly a quarter of the way there :(

I think the gorilla might be to represent the sort of devolution or block in progressing as a species in Westerners that he's singing about, the lyrics seem to be bemoaning the fact that we're obsessed with selfies, celebrities and financial/material gain and we should learn from Buddhism, if what I can make out from my Italian is right :lol: He definitely says "evolution stumbles".

 

 

I'm definitely on board with this after a few listens, it's a very interesting concept as a song and catchy af <3

What a charming and endearing performance and song!

 

Totally on board with this! :wub:

I think the gorilla might be to represent the sort of devolution or block in progressing as a species in Westerners that he's singing about, the lyrics seem to be bemoaning the fact that we're obsessed with selfies, celebrities and financial/material gain and we should learn from Buddhism, if what I can make out from my Italian is right :lol: He definitely says "evolution stumbles".

I've decided I fucking hate it in part cos of all this. His mannerisms and his voice go right through me anyway, but adding in the horrendously tired "god isn't technology awful we should just talk to each other instead!!!" crap in the lyrics just makes it even WORSE (sample lyrics: "Intellectuals in coffee bars, internet experts, honorary associates in the anonymous meetings of selfie-addicted, intelligence is out-of-date" / "Each person is a know-it-all thanks to the web, community's cocaine, the poor people's opium". yes love, because the SUM ADDITION to human knowledge is DEFINITELY the downside of the internet :manson:)

 

What a PRIZE COCK all round. It's going to win, isn't it. UGH.

I'd say there's going to be enough people who aren't into his voice, it's certainly not for everyone (although I'm saying that as someone who normally falls for this type of thing, I certainly didn't expect there to be as many fans of it as this), for it to fall short yet again for Italy. And I really wouldn't say a man in a gorilla suit is enough of a star-stopping gimmick to swing it the win.

 

And yeah, lyrically the message is a bit crap but at least he's dressed it up in a non-generic package so I can forgive him for that as long as it remains in Italian.

Yeah it would really marr it for me if it was in English :lol: Everything just sounds SO much better in a nice foreign language Italian. I don't think the gorilla will be enough to stand out as a winner either, it will obviously be a talking point on the night and maybe a bit of a meme though.