At the exclusive showcase of Italy's Raphael Gualazzi, Roy Bennett of esctoday got to talk to the artist himself, as well as special guests Blue, (from the UK) and France's entrant Amaury Vassili who was also present.

All three of these big 5 countries are already pre-qualified for the final in Dusseldorf. esctoday will post full versions of some of the showcase songs during the coming week.

Watch the video here

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