It’s not a secret that the Italian 2017 Eurovision participation is among the so called favourites to win the competition in May, (at least this is the feedback that we get from the Eurovision fan community). Even Pope Francis is among those fans who support Fransesco Gabbani’s Eurovision journey. 

You don’t believe so? Check this out

https://www.facebook.com/CasciariMauro/videos/10155064724144776/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

The presentation of the song as we witnessed it in San Remo, features a Gorilla and the song is totally in Italian language. As Fransesco Gabbani stated recently, he will stick to only Italian but he’s unsure if the Gorilla will be on stage with him.

The video posted above belongs to the famous Italian entertainer Mauro Casciari. Check out his Facebook page. 


Michalis Vranis is the General Manager of ESCToday. Since 2007 he writes about Eurovision, media, technology, voting and the wider political and cultural issues surrounding the contest.