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A chat in the sun with Nina Zilli

26 May 2012 at 09:23 CEST
Nina Zilli represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 EBU

Italy has a unique way of selecting their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The biggest music festival in Italy each year is called San Remo, and Italian broadcaster RAI has the choice of any artist from the festival to represent them in the Eurovision Song Contest. Head of the Italian delegation Nicola Caligiore explains how Nina Zilli was selected in our video.

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We also get to find out several things about Nina Zilli herself, such as how musical influences in Ireland and the USA shaped her career, and how the name Nina Zilli was created. You can hear the answers in our video below.

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Nina Zilli performs in position number 10 in the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest and is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964 and Toto Cutugno in 1990 and bring back the trophy to Italy for a third time.

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