The chaos caused by the videos of the press room journalists in Sanremo has not yet subsided.
Today all the radio and TV programs have spoken about IL VOLO and the injustice suffered.
Many famous people in Italy have taken a position defending the boys.
The boys did not intervene in any transmission, and their attitude aroused great admiration from many people. There are comments that come also from many who were not their fans, but now take their defense.
Among the many, what has made me a lot of effect is this of Michele Monina.
He is a critic who has always written bad things, even very bad and offensive on our boys. He had never met Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca and in the early days of Sanremo, he had had a long interview with them. He liked them a lot and he understood what kind of people they are. At the end of the interview he said that he liked them a lot, even if they sing a kind of music that he does not like.
Today Monina, after reading what happened in the press room has published this nice video of the boys and has commented:
“The moment when it comes out that a part of the Press Room has insulted the boys of Il Volo, here is the moment we met. The criticisms can be made, but we do not hide ourselves … Ah, best wishes Gianluca Ginoble!”
And this is what Alessandro Quarta said, the violinist with whom they made the duet.
“Being on the stage of Sanremo with Il Volo was a blow of crazy and wonderful emotion, we found ourselves right away, the charge was wonderful.
I really like the guys from Il Volo, they are the only international Italian artists. They are loved all over the world. As an Italian and a musician it is important. We invented everything, we Italians, from notes to instruments. We do not forget it.
We are sons of Bel Canto.
We are not ashamed of being Italian.”
But as I said, things have not yet settled, there is still a lot of rage for the unfair treatment suffered by IL VOLO and today in an interview with a radio, Michele Torpedine, has confirmed the desire of the three singers to pass to legal proceedings against journalists who have insulted them in the press room, while reading the Festival ranking.
Yesterday evening, while I was writing the post, I randomly listened to the TV and I came across a program, usually of politics, where instead they talked about Sanremo, and then I immediately listened well.
The topic was, of course, the video of the press room.
The conductor of the evening Nicola Porro, has made specific questions to the journalist in the studio, Paolo Giordano, who was present in the press room of Sanremo.
Paolo Giordano, four years ago, gave very low votes to IL VOLO, but then a couple of years later, knowing them, he had changed his mind about them and then, afterward he always spoke well.
After listening to the questions asked by Porro to Paolo Giordano, I asked my friend, Daniela Ci, to extract from the whole video of the evening, only the piece concerning the questions on IL VOLO, and here’s what was said:
NP = Reply to me please Paul, is it true that there was an insult against IL VOLO? What have they told the guys from IL VOLO that they were shit?
That’s true, you were there, you’re an eyewitness, was there this thing?
PG = Yes, I heard it, it was there, and I disagree because I’m not like that.
man in the studio = Only the person who pronounced it will answer for this.
woman in the studio = Even others, they imitated and ridiculed them.
NP = Paolo Giordano, you have to explain something, you are the critic of IL GIORNALE …… but there was a particular climate against IL VOLO, because they were too perfect, or against this ULTIMO, in the press room? Was there the feeling you saw, that it was independent of the music? It’s a question I ask you and I trust what you tell me.
PG = Against IL VOLO there is a fairly widespread prejudice, for years, practically since they were born.Against ULTIMO, no.
All this makes me angry even more, because it was a situation that we fans knew very well, while not explaining why there is this attitude.
But seeing this confirmed by a journalist is really terrible.
This confirms that ULTIMO was not penalized by the jury of the press room, but only by the jury of honor who gave only a sixth place to ULTIMO in the evening of the duets. Instead IL VOLO was penalized by both juries, the duet took the lowest place, so I say that if the juries had not penalized IL VOLO so, it would probably still be in first place.
ANGER, ANGER AND STILL ANGER
All this history, will still have a train, but in the meantime let’s enjoy the moment of the proclamation of the three winners.
And we do a little gossip ….. our boys were wearing ARMANI.
Moreover, Radio Airplay tells us that the song of IL VOLO is broadcast in 8 countries of the world: Bulgaria-Croatia-France-Greece-Italy-Malta-Switzerland-Hungary.
Sanremo has passed. It was really hard. The boys expected very busy days of work and emotions.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca were, to say the least, fabulous, magnificent performers of a beautiful song.
The first night, they are greeted with a very long applause that has confirmed the affection of the public.
On the evening of the duets, together with the violinist Alessandro Quarta, they performed a magnificent performance and received a standing ovation. They deserved first prize!
Let’s review the performance together.
Sanremo is over and third place went to them. Honestly, as things were going, I did not even believe that they would be placed within the first three positions, but, as usual, let’s recap everything.
It is now known to all that Italian journalists have never had a good relationship with IL VOLO, but this year they have really exceeded the limit of rudeness.
Already the Sunday before the beginning of Sanremo, the newspaper ROLLING STONE ITALIA had published an article to say the least honorable comments on our boys, so that in the evening, Torpedine had made a hard post against the newspaper, from his Facebook page.
Sanremo started and there were evening performances and continuous interviews during the day.
For those fortunate enough to be able to follow Italian TV, he will have noticed that the boys have always been polite, humble and sincere, always with a smile even if they sometimes listened to comments and unjust vows on them.
Therefore, during the final evening, in scrolling through the final classification and getting to the fourth place and seeing that IL VOLO had not been called, I was very happy. I ran to vote again, final verdict, third place. Damn, I’m glad they are within the first three, but they could also be second, because I’ve always known that ULTIMO was the super favorite and is also followed by countless very young fans.
But now, after being aware of certain videos and above all of the votes of each evening, I felt a great rage.
IL VOLO COULD BE FIRST TOO.
But the thing that made me more angry are videos taken in the press room, where we see journalists ridicule our boys, when Piero begins to sing and a journalist shouts “in jail” and then to the final proclamation journalists rejoice because IL VOLO is only third, and a woman’s voice says a dirty word addressed to the boys, whom I do not want to repeat.
These are really scenes of infinite baseness. I am deeply ashamed of these people.
Here is the video.
Today this video, is going around the web, thanks to Francesco Facchinetti (TV-radio host) who retweeted it by adding these textual words to journalists:
“I would kick you in the ass, until the end of the world, idiots, assholes and fools.”
Everyone is outraged, and all the newspapers and TV are talking about it.
The boys of IL VOLO, have always been very kind and polite to everyone and do not deserve a similar treatment.
Saturday afternoon, just before the last night in Sanremo, the boys were guests on a television program and there was a debate between our boys and a woman journalist who was always very critical with them.
The presenter asked Gianluca if he was affected by the negative criticism and Gianluca said no, because the more journalists criticize them and the more people support them.
Then the presenter, addressed to the audience in the hall, said: “Whoever agrees with Gianluca gets up.” and all the people got up.
The journalist was offended and wanted to leave, Ignazio intervened, trying to calm her down and reassure her, while Piero said: “It’s a week that you tell us that our music is old, but we like it.”
But let’s talk about the votes.
I am attaching the table of overall votes, before the final evening, as you can see, IL VOLOwas in first place.
In the last last vote, Ultimo overcomes them, thanks to the televoting, but also to the juries, the same juries that allow Mahmood to win, because both juries all vote for Mahmood, which instead had not taken so many votes from home.
So now there is a big storm, because those who voted from home paying, has seen the result overturned by a jury of 8 people.
A newspaper wrote: “If there is someone who has to complain about the vote of the Press Room and the Jury of Honor, it is IL VOLO”.
And in all this, our boys how did they behave?
Exceptional as always.
After suffering all the bad comments, they were on the podium and immediately congratulated the winner, a sincere hug, to Mahmood, still incredulous to be the winner, Ignazio even seems to help him out of the shock. Ignatius, you are a sweet teddy bear.
There is no malice in them, only affection for everyone.
Of course the bitterness is so much, then watching those horrible videos, the anger rises, and I wonder how the families of our boys reacted? One of them commented, but I believe on behalf of everyone, of course Ercole Ginoble.
“Sanremo has always been a stage where there is no lack of controversy, it is not the first time that we are facing them but it is also a stage that leaves room for the judgment of the people who listen and choose the music in which they recognize each other!
Thanks to all those who have made their support felt these days and in these 10 years. YEA, IL VOLO!”
Ercole Ginoble
But after watching those videos, Ercole Ginoble tweeted like this:
The good and educated “journalists” ??? Italian. Thank you for your professionalism!
And at the end today, on the official Facebook page of IL VOLO, the guys have published this comment:
We needed a few days to be lucid and to tell our story about what happened.
Some journalists (and it is good to say only a few) have heavily insulted us. They used words like “shit”, “fuck”, “in jail”, which we consider as the result of a real form of bullying, of teasing from the stadium. These people have not brought glory to the order they represent, their attitude has been an insult, before us, to all fellow journalists who do their work in a serious and professional manner.
In 10 years we have received a lot of criticism about our music, about the genre we sing, we have been accused of being arrogant and snooty.
We have never given importance to all this, also because, fortunately, we have supporters who support us daily and love what we do. But when we see videos that testify to the wickedness and lack of humanity on the part of people who could be our parents (many of whom are also our grandparents), it annoys us a lot. Bother because every artist must have his own space for musical expression. To be called “shit” or to see someone shouting “in jail” just because we are doing what we like to do in life is very disrespectful to us, but above all to freedom of expression.
Music should be freedom, not a reason for insult!
Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, Gianluca Ginoble of Il Volo.
But since we talked a lot about last night, let’s enjoy at least a little piece of “MUSICA CHE RESTA”.
And here in this video, the most beautiful moments of this adventure of Sanremo.
And here is the cover of Sorrisi e Canzoni.
I’m so proud of our Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca !!
You guys are formidable, you’ve done some performances, not a step, but a whole scale above all the others.
Your talent is unquestionable, and when you have combined your talent with the Fourth violinist, it has been a pleasure for ears and eyes.
But what should we say about you as a human person?
You are really beautiful people, polite, and pleasant to everyone, humble and good.
The whole world is supporting IL VOLO in Sanremo, the performance on you tube, commented by the United States to Russia.
Greece, Egypt, Poland, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Turkey and Sweden are just some of the countries where the approval messages for the trio competing with the song “Musica che resta” come from.
That the trio of IL VOLO was famous all over the world is now well known. Despite the very young age the “tre tenorini”, a nickname with which they are known, can boast a respectable career that has led them to duet with singers of the caliber of Barbra Streisand and Placido Domingo and to perform in every corner of the globe.
After the victory at the Sanremo Festival, which took place in 2015, the vocal trio has landed at the Eurovision Song Contest where the song “Grande Amore” has managed to climb on the third step of the podium, but is in fact the most voted by the vast public from home, made up of over 200 million viewers.
An experience that has made them even more famous internationally and has allowed them to grab fans from every country. Now, on the occasion of their return on the stage of the Ariston theater for the 69th edition with the song “Musica che resta”, their admirers have been poured much praise on the YouTube video uploaded by RAI a few hours after their performance.
Immediate comments from the numerous supporters and to amaze is the amount of reactions from people from all over the globe. Romania, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, Poland, Guatemala, Bulgaria, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Canada, Indonesia, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, Georgia, Serbia, England, Sweden, United States, Russia, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are only some of the countries from which the approval messages for the trio of IL VOLO come, a sign that the international public has not forgotten them after the European song contest, but rather expects to find them on the stage of Tel Aviv for the 2019 edition that will be held next in the month of May.
“Dear Italy, send your pearls to Eurovision. Sincerely. All the Europeans.” , is just one of the many comments under the video of the Sanremo exhibition. If Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble turned out to be the winners of this edition of the Italian Song Festival, in fact they would automatically represent our country on the famous European stage and, after the success achieved in 2015, could easily point to first place.
But now here are two other episodes of the video-diaries of Sorrisi.com.
I = Hello friends …. I start. Hello friends of Sorrisi, today is the third day, today there is a lot of promotion.
P = But why did you leave with a blessing gesture?
G= But we were lucky, because we found a wonderful weather, about 15-16°C (59-60°F) every day, better than that it could not go.
I = So, today a lot of promotion, as always every day, but especially today there is something special.
P = Today we will rehearse with our beloved Alessandro Quarta, the one who will duet with us tomorrow night, in the evening of the duets.
G = Great musician, great violinist, we cannot wait to try on the stage of the Ariston, there will be many surprises on Friday.
P = Tonight we will not sing, we will finally watch the Sanremo festival, the whole episode, on the sofa.
G = Relax, we relax a little tonight.
I= This morning I woke up earlier than the other days.
P= I did not go running.
I = You, what have you done?
G = I slept, I needed a little rest.
I= Boys, as always, see you tomorrow, and you can always follow us on Sorrisi.com. Hello.
P+G = Ciao
Friends of SORRISI, here we are, this is our fourth day in Sanremo.
G = Another episode of Sorrisi’s video diary. Ignazio takes the sun ….
I = Excuse me, yes, a beautiful sunny day today. However today is an important day, especially beautiful, because tonight will be the evening with the host, with the duet.
P = Who will we sing with?
G = With a great violinist, the Jimi Hendrix of the violin, which will make the show really special with his violin, with a touch of rock.
P = He is called Alessandro Quarta. This morning we did a lot of interviews, radio …..
I = We woke up early …
G = We will continue to do interviews, the day is still long.
P= Yes, it is long.
I = So guys, do not miss tonight Sanremo 2019, festival, we will sing, and then, always here on Sorrisi. com.
P+I+G= Ciao
SANREMO DAY 1
SANREMO DAY 2
I just watched the third performance of IL VOLO in duet with Alessandro Quarta, they were simply fantastic.
They got a long applause and a standing ovation.
The boys were visibly excited.
Very good Alessandro Quarta, I did not expect such a performance.
In the face of all the bad comments.
Here are some photos.
And here’s a piece of their performance.
This beautiful interview is made immediately after the performance.
P = Performing with Alessandro Quarta, I think it was the best choice we could make. Because it is unique.
G = It was an added value, it made the song even more powerful if you can say that.
I = And then he, like us, tries to send the same message, tries to make understand that the music is beautiful all, there are no factions.
AQ = Exactly. I could not come with others. Either come with IL VOLO or you’d better stay home.
P = You are biased
AQ = No, I’m not biased, I’ve played with many artists (Lenny Craviz, Liza Minelli, Celine Dion, Carlos Santana) but no Italians, they are the first, but why? Because they sing with the heart, not with the head, with the heart !!!
There . . . are . . . no . . . words.
Our guys are by far the best of all the singers competing in Sanremo.
I do not think they will succeed in winning, as they are hindered, from the first moment.
Even the vote from home will not help them, because the “favorites” have an impressive following by Italian followers.
It does not matter, for us they have already won.
They knew it would be tough and they took this race, thinking only about promoting their new CD.
We want to support the boys. We all make a comment under the video of the first night of Sanremo, even just a heart, but we declare our city, so that everyone sees that they are really supported by every part of the world.
And then …….. go as it goes, we are always with you!
What to say, the song IL VOLOis very beautiful, but the audio of the TV show was bad, then it was fixed, but the boys had already sung.
But let’s look at the video of the evening together.
The more I listen to it, the more I like it, it’s beautiful.
The lyrics are very beautiful, the music has a less classic touch of “Grande Amore”, and a little more rock. The voices of the boys always very beautiful.
At the end there was a very long applause, I think the longest of all the evening. The public loves IL VOLO.
Too bad that in the RAI video, the applause was cut.
At the end of the performances, there were no eliminations or even rankings, but only groupings in three great colors.
In the blue color the most voted, IL VOLO is in that, then there is yellowand finally red.
What do you think of their clothing?
Honestly I do not like Ignazio’s pants, the rest, everything is OK.
The guys were very excited, but they were fantastic!
Today in the newspapers, there are different opinions, some consider them winners and those who do not.
A satisfaction, I read a comment that says that the press room, gave an applause to IL VOLO, while if you remember the last time they had reserved only whistles to them.
The official video of the song has also been published today. Here it is, we try to make the views go up, watching it continuously.
It’s a rather strange video, I have not yet understood the meaning, I have to see it again and again.
Also in these days the video-diary started, we are already on the third day, here it is.
P = Here we are, guys we arrived, the party started.
G = We are here too, ready to celebrate.
P = Hi guys.
G = Hello everyone, we are IL VOLO, this is the first appointment with the video-diary of Sorrisi.
P = We will tell you about our days in Sanremo.
I = Yes, even our ugly figures ….. no, the ugly figures, maybe not. We are happy to do it again (the video diary).
P = You can follow us on Sorrisi.com.
I = A hug, hello.
I= Hello friends of Sorrisi, here we are at another appointment in the diary.
P = This morning what have we done? I was good, because I woke up first and went to the gym, I trained, then I met Gianluca at breakfast and Ignazio, as usual, last.
G = Yes, because we two train ourselves, Ignatius no.
Now, we are doing the interviews.
P = Exactly, we have already done six or seven interviews, we’re going to rehearse this afternoon.
G = It will be a pretty intense day, we are excited because day five is approaching. now we are close, the emotion increases, even the tension, but we cannot wait to sing the song for you.
P = Ignazio, on the other hand, cannot wait to train ….
G = Hello friends of Sorrisi.com, today in Sanremo is a wonderful day.
I= We wanted to introduce you to Fonzie (he refers to Gianluca).
P= We have not forgotten about our video diary, we are walking, but we are actually going to eat.
G = We have already done several interviews, it is a busy day up to 4:00 pm because then we have to rest for the evening.
I = Yes, now comes the most important moment, as Piero said, which is lunch, you have to eat, treat yourself.
P = Actually we are really loads for tonight, there is a different tension, compared to other days, we can not wait.
G = We can not wait to sing “MUSICA CHE RESTA” for you. Hello.
P = From tomorrow we can sing it.
I= Hello everyone.
I = Hello guys third day.
P= We are at the editorial office of Sorrisi e Canzoni.
I = Last night we sang for the first time “MUSICA CHE RESTA”.
G = The feedback from the public has been positive, perhaps we will be returning tonight
P = You will know soon, after the press conference.
G= We can not wait to sing it again, so you can hear it again, and you can learn it by heart.
P= Today, for a change, lots of interviews, it’s nice to hear our song on the radio, this is the most beautiful emotion.
I = But do you like my hair today?
G = It’s too classic.
I= But I’m a “cool”, look.
G = Yes, but you say it to yourself, alone.
I = You are jealous ….
P = Boys, you’ll soon know if we’re singing tonight or tomorrow.
G = Follow us on social media.
I = And here on Sorrisi.com.
P+G = Hello
In addition, today our boys have received a prize from you tube.
This is the motivation:
PR = I am very happy to deliver you on behalf of YouTube, the “Gold Creator Award” for having passed one million subscribers on your YouTube channel. This shows all the affection and enthusiasm of your many members.
P+I+G = Thank you all.
You can be original, being Italian !!!
Some shots of the boys in the performance of the second evening.
So, how did you feel the first evening?
I want all your comments and tonight, waiting for us the second night.
Good luck guys!!!
Tonight, Thursday, IL VOLO does not perform, so they will have a day off, tomorrow they will perform in the duet with the violinist Quarta.
Daniela
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Hi – Jana here again…
Click on this link – it takes you to the odds (unfortunately, they have dropped the guys again to #4 after the Wed performance), as well as the “who wins Sanremo poll!” Look who’s on top! Be sure to vote! 🙂 https://eurovisionworld.com/odds/sanremo
For info on the Panama youth day vigil tonight 6:30p Panama time and Mass tomorrow, scroll all the way to the end.
Yesterday on the official page of IL VOLO was published this beautiful message from our boys:
Hi #ilvolovers! We are almost ready! We promised you a 2019 full of surprises and start immediately!
On February 22nd our new album “Musica” will be released, and shortly we will communicate in the stories the link to the PRE ORDER AVAILABLE FROM TODAY on Amazon.
We are leaving for Panama, tomorrow we will sing for the Pope, the emotion is great and in these days we can not think of anything else, but as you know, we are preparing for another important event … Sanremo festival and we can not wait to present the single “Musica che resta” on the stage of the Ariston!
You are ready?
Yes, you got it right, the new CD, the CD of pop-lyric music, will be released on February 22nd. In it, is the new song that will be presented at Sanremo MUSICA CHE RESTA will also be contained.
For now you can pre-order on Amazon.
This will be a month full of events, the Sanremo Festival is getting closer and closer.
Meanwhile, the cities of our boys begin to encourage.
I LOVE NARO the city of the baroque, has published this post:
“It would be nice that all the Narese would share this post in the Facebook profile since our fellow citizen Piero Barone brings ever higher our beloved city of Naro.
Musica Che Resta is a song by Il Volo.
It is the song with which they participate in Sanremo 2019.
For the trio this is the second time on the stage of the Ariston, after the victory of Sanremo 2015 with Grande Amore.
The song speaks of a love and the strength it gives to move forward:
“Love hug me, I want to protect you, we are the sun on a rainy day, tonight hold me, kiss my soul, we are true music that remains.”
The text of Musica Che Resta was written, among others, by a great name of Italian rock music: Gianna Nannini.”
This is the beautiful banner hanging above the bar in the middle of the square of Montepagano !! The inhabitants of Gianluca are really nice.
Also this event was published: Tuesday, January 29 press conference of IL VOLO where they will exhibit their projects for the year 2019 and 2020 ……….. surely they also talk about the tour !!!!
But in the meantime our boys are certainly not resting.
Yesterday they left for PANAMA for the WYD event.
G = Just arrived at the Amsterdam airport, ready for this flight to Panama, about 12 hours, but it will be a magnificent experience. Follow us on this journey.
P = Boys, we are in Amsterdam, we will soon board the flight to Panama, because tomorrow we will sing in front of Pope Francis, for the World Youth Day. Hello.
(the sweet Barbara is always with them)
Ignazio: Hi everyone! We’ve just wrapped up the shooting of “Musica Che Resta” video.
Gianluca: This Saturday we’ll experience a great emotion because we’ll sing a very special “Ave Maria” for Pope Francis in Panama.
Piero: As you know, when we’ll come back in Italy Sanremo Festival awaits us, to sing for the first time our new song. We can’t wait to present you, let you listen our new single “Musica Che Resta” on stage at the Ariston theater.
In fact, two days ago the filming of the new video ended, little is known of it, but it seems to have been made in Milan.
G= We are recording the video with a great director, Mauro Russo.
MR = Come on Gianluca, you cannot say that we are recording the video, now we are not doing anything.
G = Look what kind. We are doing a masterpiece.
……. and there is someone who has a lot of fun, during makeup sessions….our Ignazio is too funny. 😂 😂
I am very excited! We will see the boys sing in front of the Pope and to thousands and thousands of young people from all over the world. Simply fantastic!
At 6:30 pm (Panama time) today, the vigil in Panama will begin and the boys may sing.
Sunday at 8.00 am (Panama time) there will be Mass, where our boys will sing the Ave Maria.
For those who want to follow the live streaming please try the link below.
