A chat in the sun with Nina Zilli
One of the hot favourites to win the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is Nina Zilli of Italy. She will perform the song L'Amore È Femmina / Out Of Love in the Final. Eurovision.tv had an interview with Nina right outside the Baku Crystal Hall.
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.
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.
Interview with Nina Zilli (Italy)
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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