Not long ago, RAI confirmed that Nina Zilli would perform her Sanremo entry in Baku and what we learn from all this is that Italian tv has a very relaxed approach to what the word "confirmation" means.
Today, it was announced that "Per sempre" goes out the window, getting replaced by "L'amore è femmina" instead.
Nina Zilli - L'amore è femmina (Italy 2012)
There are surely many reasons behind this. The obvious one could be that the new song is three minutes sharp and needs no changes in order to comply with the EBU rulebook. It is also the title track of Nina's new album and, perhaps, the record label thinks the "Per sempre" single gets enough attention from Sanremo alone, preferring to push another of Nina's songs instead.
It leaves me heartbroken, as "Per sempre" was, by quite some margin, my favourite song selected for Baku as yet.
The new one is not bad at all, and perhaps catchier on a first listening. Perhaps it is a better choice for a televoting audience. I still think the Italians are bound for some heavy scoring come May. I just like their entry a tiny bit less than before.
Nina Zilli - Per sempre (Italy 2012 rejected entry)
Me as well, I liked Per Sempre... It's a good old fashion, beautiful Italian love song, ahhh :) L'amore etc is more like a traditional eurovision song - a bit more boring....
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