Saturday, June 26, 2021

Italy - La Mia Città - Emma Marone

21 - 33 pts / not in semi
Emma Marone represented Italy in the Copenhagen contest.
Emma wrote the song La Mia Città herself.

promo cdsingle
Sanremo fans already know Emma from her 2011 participation with Modà: L'Arrivera ended 2nd. Sanremo 2012 was even better. Emma's Non È L'Inferno won the contest.
Emma Marone has released three multi platinum selling albums so far, the most recent being Schiena from April 2013.
In November a new edition of the album, Schiena vs. Schiena, was released featuring (mostly acoustic) reworkings of all songs and new track La Mia Città, which went on to be chosen as the Eurovision entry for 2014.

Digital release image
The song has also been released as a single through various digital outlets. (March 11, Universal Music Italia)
A 1-track promo cdsingle has been issued, it has the original longer version.

versions
La Mia Città - Eurovision edit
- on the official Copenhagen 2CD
La Mia Città - Original / single version
- on CD Schiena vs. Schiena and 1-track promo
La Mia Città - Live in Verona 2014
- on CD and DVD E-Live
La Mia Città - Live in Milano 2016
- on 2CD/DVD set Adesso Tour Edition, 2016 issue, limited edition
La Mia Città (2021 recording)
- on CD/2LP Best Of Me
La Mia Città - karaoke
- Official karaoke album (digital release)

E-Live
On November 11 2014 Emma released here live CD and DVD E-Live including a live version of La Mia Città recorded in Verona. The album is out on Universal.

Adesso
A special edition of Adesso, Emma's 2015 album, includes a live version of La Mia Città recorded in Milan in 2016.
The 2CD/1DVD set was released in 2016 on Universal.

The 2016 edition of Adesso

Best Of Me 2021
In 2021 Emma released a compilation album with re-recorded versions of her best known songs and a few new tracks. It includes a re-recording of La Mia Città.
Out on CD, 2LP and digital.
(UNIM1/Universal 60243836454-1 & -2 (LP))

Charts:
Italy top 100: 57, 77, -
Austria top 75: 71, -
Sweden Digilistan top 60 (Digital sales charts): 56, -

Emma's Volare
If you want to find out more about Emma's fab coverversion of Volare (Italy's 1958 entry) she recorded for the movie Benvenuti Al Nord , please check the Eurocovers Post Volare in the 10s


More Italy
After a 13 year absence Italy returned to Eurovision with Raphael Gualazzi who went straight to #2 with his Madness Of Love.  Nina Zilli (2012) and San Remo winner  Marco Mengoni (2013) also made it to the top 10.

Links and sources
Emma Marone FB and Website

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Montenegro - Moj Svijet - Sergej Ćetković

19 - 37 pts / 7 - 63 pts in semi 1
Sergej Ćetković was the 6th Eurovision entrant for Montenegro as an independant country.
He's the first one to reach the final for the country
The song Moj Svijet (My world) was premiered on March 9.
The song is also recorded in English as My Love.
Watch and listen here.
Promo cds

CD Moj Svijet (2015)
A promo cd includes three versions (see below) and videoclips.

Moj Svijet was also released on the 2015 CD with the same title (under the name Sergej). (City Records CD001106)

versions
Moj Svijet - original version in Serbian
- also on the official Copenhagen CD.
My Love - English version
Moj Svijet / My Love ft Fraser Fifield - Instrumental
- all above on promo cds
- Original and English at Sergej's Youtube
Moj Svijet (live 2020)
- 2021 2CD Arena Zagreb Sergej Live
Moj Svijet - karaoke (actually instrumental)
- on the official karaoke album (digital release)

Fraser Fifield is a Scottish multi instrumentalist who plays most of the instruments on the song. In the instrumental version the vocal parts are performed by Fifield on the flute whereas the karaoke version is basically the original recording without any vocals.

10 years ago Sergej Ćetković already had a go at Eurovision. He ended 8th in the national final of Serbia-Montenegro with the song Ne Mogu Da Ti Oprostim (I can't forgive you).

Arena Zagreb Sergej Live
In 2021 Segej releases a live 2CD and seperate Blu-Ray which includes Moj Svijet recorded live in 2020. 
The digital is out on January 29, the CD and DVD on February 12. CD and Blu-Ray are available at Croatia Records

More Montenegro
In 2013 Nina Žižić joined rappers Who See for a steaming version of their Igranka, but the song ended 12th in the semi.
Rambo Amadeus (2012) didn't make it either. His Euro-Neuro still managed to collect 20 poing in the semi though.
Montenegro's 2009 entry was Just Get Out Of My Life by Andrea Demirovic penned by Ralph Siegel. The entry also got stuck in the semi, but it gave us a fabulous Moscow Club Mix with Dschinghis Khan samples.

Links and sources
Sergej Ćetković website and FB
RTCG
Thanks to Koen and to Bastiaan