Paolo Meneguzzi (Switzerland): first rehearsal

[ozzanothrosko]

It was one of my favorites that year. Shame it didn't pass

[raheLx33]

canzone bellissima.. voglio di piu canzone italiani al esc!

[mimikitten1]

my fav song!!!!!!!!!!! .....shhh it's a secret i suggested to go to switzerland to my family for a holiday because of him!!

[kattyelrick]

ajjajaja al fina casi se cae. pobresitoo. pablooo. = hermoso. bye

[nheny4]

stupendaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[chileepengwin]

How this did not qualify I will never know.

[oltettina]

he's the best italian singer....love him!!!! Paolo sei GRANDE <3

[Elesarloki]

Paolo non fa casino nei locali.!

Ti detestiamo =_=

dal ticino

[goyoderecho1]

Credo che la prova è più bella dalla presentazione trasmessa!

Questa canzone mi fa venire i brividi!

grande Paolo!

[MarzenaLovesMUSIC]

Beautiful !!! I love "Era Stupendo" :) :)

[Paulylinda1]

paolo eres el hombre perfecto... nadie se te acerca ni te podra igualar jamas te amoooo!!!1

[MARIOPAZZONIKO]

paolo sei grande e anche un bel figo

[Young008]

sweet!

[selizwergli]

Echt eine vo de beste sänger vo do für schwiiz mit kmacht hät..schad isch er net witerkoh,aber ebe da gseht mehr das die vom oste eifach die meist macht händ. i finde er häts verdien ganz wit koh. uf jedefall paolo sei bravissimo...fai cosi inavanti...grazie:-)

[morenadeva]

ma perche italia non e in eurovision

[leliagius]

Probabilmente perche non sa perdere. lollll

[morenadeva]

daiiii...che italia ha delle grande voce, mi pare strano che non e, ma possibile perche voi avete sanremo e basta cosi...BOO

[LoveePeaceeHappiness]

i am so in love with the way he talks...in english!!!

[qiioschaa]

hahaha xD fast aufs maul gefolgen xD

hmm naja ich find das lied ganz schön =)

[SuisseSchwizSvizzera]

hopp schwiiz

er isch trotzdem eine vode beste schwiizer wo am eurovision mitgmacht het

[CuoreDiStrada]

Pablo sei stato stupendo!

mi viene URLARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ma cm mai la canzone nn e ALMENO arrivata alla finale...????????????!

chi ha vinto x carita che nn me la ricordo!!!

pessimo eurovision!!!! hate it!

[remkoseghers]

I think it was the best song of that year

[alispeke15]

more bigger??? uhhhh oops! :S:S

Ma come mai canta qui ??...perché non c'è posto per lui a Sanremo??....

[NandaDaughtry]

Sad he was nervous on the semifinal... Anyway, he should be top5

[SpanielX]

No, I don't think those PVC trousers would suit Paolo. lol.

Switzerland was robbed! Paolo for European President...if he doesn't 'volare via' to a more grateful continent :)

[MikiLuga]

che pena..non aggiungo altro

[ebellucci]

Girl he is fine! His voice all of him. Where have I been that I havent heard of him.  hold me back.

[katrine2695]

mamma mia che brutta figura stava per inciampare poverino.bè sono cose che succedono

[esc4all]

best song of 2008 and one of the best ever...shame on the diaspora voters

[MommieDearest67]

This was one of the best songs in Eurovision. How it's possible this song wasn't first or second place is a shame! Love from Israel

[camajel]

it's a great song!

i wish it was in the final

[gukollik4]

que vergüenza! que este tio no llegase a la final demuestra que eurovision es un puto tongo

I hope 2008 was the final of eurovision

chiki-chiki ¬¬

[stefolk]

oddio ma che cazzo dice!?! Doppiatelooooo

[ClaCent]

"More big"?"More biggest"?

Ahahaha poor boy :D

Go Pablo :)

[mirmir246]

he should be in the final:-( amazing song!!

[ughhis]

I agree about his smile there. Damn cute! And his english =)

The song should have gotten to the finale for sure.

[flowerofthesouth]

oh Paolo merry me

[bluelyricscat]

This song was the best entry and I cannot believe that the jury decided against it!

Will Poland win?

[extremalboy]

best of all

[skrajunelis]

wow.. his smile is wonderful. hi the best.. ;)**

[BlackQueen99]

this song and malta's entry should have passed!!! they were d best!!!

[marygila]

pablo 6 tutta la mia vitaaa!!! tu avresti meritato la finale più di chiunque altro, ma sappi che già per me vederti partecipare è stata un'emozione grandissima,come sempree!! bacioni e sappi che sono molto triste per qst tua eliminazione! 6 unicoo buona fortuna ancora..ti amo

[Sesy1993]

Semplicemente stupendo!!!!!!!

[Tzortzinho]

the best song....

[Clique39]

We was robbed last night ---> Check my profil!

[esc4all]

why in the earth i:

couldnt vote for this...i mean come ON,im romanian,romania and switzerland dont have anything in common,its stupid

and2:its so stupid that it didnt qualified,just diaspora in this contest :(,it should had got the wild card at least :(

[putachicano]

israel's entry is the only other entry that appears to be memorable and stands out among the rest. sweden, ukraine, and france appeared to be good. we'lll have to wait and see how they perform live on saturday. i hope israel wins.

[putachicano]

unfortunately, the song got some bad press, because of the similarity to a previously recorded song. switzerland's entry would have been very strong, yet it failed to make to the cut for the finals. i was hoping it would, but there is no denying that the bad press it received appeared to hold ground.

[SunriseAw]

To me this is the winner of the eurovision song contest 2008! Voting was unfair and I wasnt even able to vote from Finland! I love this beautiful song! Its the best eurovision song I have heard in ages! Congratulations Paolo Meneguzzi for a wonderful performance!

[hotmalta]

im very very sory that this song did'nt pass for the final, it was a very good song and much better than some other song. well done for you perfomenc.

[MyInterpretation92]

ahahahahah! paolo speaks an english makkeronico!! ahahahahah! bleah! is verri gud! ahah! pablo cacca!

[brit694ever]

pls vote for malta 2 nite!

[gukollik4]

este es de lugano o cerca, un pueblo de suiza de donde es una amiga mia, ojalá gane y no el chikilicuatre ¬¬

[Sesy1993]

Fans di Paolo sta sera facciamoci sentire dicendo a tutti i parenti k abitano all'estero di votare x lui...xk lui é grande!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unitedeuropepologne]

10 POINTS FROM POLAND ..VOTE POLAND ;)

[SunriseAw]

He is so adorable! His Hotness is going to win the whole thing!=)

[staffthomas]

in bocca al lupo Paolo tutto lo staff di Thomas Grazioso è con te

[Sesy1993]

Ke billo il mio amore!! K caro ha pure inciampato poro... :) I love you und your music!! <3

[Sesy1993]

He is swiss

[Gi1moreGirl]

so wait: is he italian or swiss?

[Sesy1993]

he is swiss.

[Gi1moreGirl]

thnx

[ticinesotto]

He is Swiss: in Switzerland we speak German, French and Italian.

[Gi1moreGirl]

cool!

sorry 4 my previous ignorance, I thought that German dominates.

[forky12]

Actually we speak Swiss-German, French, Italian and ROMANSH! Dont forget our wonderful people from Graubünden :)

[ticinesotto]

yess Sorry man!

Graubünden is Wonderfull.

Sciare a St.Moriz, Davos è sempre un piacere!

Anche Lugano pero è bella!!

[1980troll]

is he a male? look his pelvis, it's bigger than shakira's

[UKLadNathan89]

I want Switzerland to win. Come on when was the last time a male soloist won ?

[tsuxtraaa]

brilliant song,loooove it,definitely my vote on thursday goes to him!

so pissed off ireland didn;t make it though!mmm i want to cry,why dustiiiin?

[nometoqueslasmaracas]

I´m really impressed with Paolo i love his song. I will vote for Switzerland but you please vote for Spain

[MMDSuper]

His English is terrible ("more big" :)). He has typical italian accent - all Italians I met (30 students and their teacher) speak english like that.

LIVE singing is also bad:(

Shame, because the song is very nice:)

[Giedre3325]

it's not easy to sing live, as it may appear.

[insurgentes1]

yes his english is not that good, and thats the reason he sings in a language he knows, ITALIAN. Not like other countrys who try to sing in english with really bad accents. Dont understand why they dont sing in their own language ... Paolo is great!

[jontiswe]

yea I agree with you so much! Plus that Italian is maybe the world's most beautiful language! I love this song so good luck from Sweden

[1980troll]

boring and his pelvis is huge

[UKLadNathan89]

his pelvis lol ?

[krouvi]

I think this is going to be the winner.

[mrfge]

now this sounds European! well done

[markimark03]

i hope switzerland will win!!

[caronjayne]

PAOLLLLOOOO!!!! #1 per me! :)

[jeksina]

paolo sei grandeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. dai voglio che tu sarai nelle finali verso i primi 5, forza PM :)

xxxxxxxxxx

[z2xc5v]

hahaha almost fall...he put a very funny face when he was going to fall hahaha...he is so handsome :)

[lianky]

This is my favourite i hope this song wins!!!

[nenabraaaa]

i love it! cool song

from spain.

[DamyAndrez]

mu favourite sing: "senhora do mar" - Portugal

[xXiRONii]

IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE AMY DIAMONDS it can only getter better!

damn stealer!

[Frzy07]

never thougt about that amy diamond writer stole it from him??? go and read the news around internet about the swedish songwriter who stole the song from meneguzzi!!!!!! only because she's a little girl doesn't mean that her songwriters aren't stealers...!!!! i don't understand why everybody thinks that meneguzzi is the stealer...!!!!!!!

[Frzy07]

it's the songwriter who gave the melodies to the singers...so i would say.!!! same songwriter same melody...two different artists..so what's the problem

[HardcoreStgt]

The best swiss entry in a long time. beautiful ambitious song of good very good quality, cute professional guy with a great voice..."italian" music at it's best. i hope good results for switzerland and san marino convince italy to come back to the ESC...

[Entario1204]

The original song was 3:30. They had to cut it down to 3:00 to meet the rules. That's why they removed the last part.

[summselbiene19]

What a cutie! And a nice song, my favourite! Just don't fall of the stage and remove the dancers, pleeeease!

[edroderic]

I also saw they cut/edited the song and made it shorter, why? hope because is the first rehearsal.

The song is indeed beautiful, Speaks about the childhood 'Era Stupendo' (It was Stupendous).

I think He didn't expect that kind of stage (multilevel), and thinking better, he needs to go back with the other choreography, with the ladies at the back in the upper level stage, and Paolo down in the front.

[edroderic]

Remember guys he said he thought the stage was bigger and they need to rearrange the choreography, that's why he slipped and almost fall. I wish the best luck to him because it's my favorite entry this year. I also saw he doesn't pay to much attention about his singing, maybe because he knows what he's doing and he knows what to give at live performance, remember he's 'pro' on Music Festivals. I hope they improve the choreography because I prefer the other one.

[stefdian]

i love this song top ten for sure

[katryn1983]

beatiful song

[Entario1204]

Aww now i now the preselection was playback'ed. Poor Paolo.

[Nasco111]

Its ok but why those 4 other people running to the front of stage. no no with a song like this it should be all about the main singer the rest stay back dont move to much and sing your vocals when needed.

and he should reduce the amount of times he is sticking his thumb in his pants , noticed that from first time viewing.

[PaolaPAbla92]

spero ke quel pantalone di pelle pablo nn lo metta....grrrr

ihhi :P..perdonami pabloo...

vai spakka tutto lì sopraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..

e nn cadere in diretta eh.. :| :p

TI VOGLIO INFINITO BENEE :P..

Tua Paola..

[UKLadNathan89]

He was much, much better at the preselection show.

[rewtgh]

That was play-backed ^^

[julianchobuc]

i like the song but the reharsal was very bores, i hop u do better

[Catris19]

Am i the only one with the impression that he is deadly bored??? I love this song but this rehearsal is very bad... :( He has to improve his performance otherwise he will not gonna make it to the final.

[joaooo222]

the music is nice...but he is not a very good singer! LIFE PERFORMANCE NEEDS TO BE BETTER!

Hope he lost!

Go Portugal and Dennamark

[xXxDexor]

beautiful song, very very nice, but Poland song is better :)

[heavycalenzano]

un insulto alla musica... sto deficiente!

[stellamarina2]

il fatto che tu stia qua ad insultare nn ti rende migliore..almeno lui è qualcuno.

[fcc90]

Really the stage it's small and short than the others years!

[insurgentes1]

Paolo, please please leave this dancers in the green room. They spoil your beautiful song. You will do much better whitout them ... PLEASE

[rwmiosyn]

12 points from Greece

[staffthomas]

un bocca al lupo da tutto lo staff di Thomas Grazioso

[corazondetiza82]

Casi se mata con el resbalón en el minuto 2:46... No me extraña, con ese escenario tan pequeño este año va a haber más de un problema, ya lo veréis xD

Muy buena la canción. Suiza entre las mejores, sin duda.

[Splash93bg]

This song is also stolen grom Avril Lavigne's "When You're Gone"!!!

[hct1802]

if its stolen from When You're gone, then when you're gone is stolen from It Can Only Get better by Amy Diamond - which sounds alot similar like this song. Ask the Swedish press that, they kept going on about the plagiarism for x number weeks. BUT WHO CARES?! This song is beautifully arranged and it's good. BTW it's a glass floor so what do you expect? Alot of slipping will happen so alot of practice will be needed.

[emsi88]

This song is stolen from Amy Diamond - It Can Only Get Better..DOnt tell me he is going to win like Serbia last year with an albanian stolen song

[dzajic90]

hahahahah, looool his name and surname is a bit funny when you translate it to serbian

[panbora]

aha^^

[rutger1965]

Finally a real song! Nice guy too, but I don't understand the choreography. Why do the backing vocals need too do this stupid dance? However: 12 points from Amsterdam!

[panbora]

Well, the floor was slippery, it wasn't his fault. He managed not to fall, AND he sings really well. Some people say the song's been stolen, but who cares.

[gorcew]

Hahah, What a voice! Comedy! ;D

[neverwithoutsertab]

02;46 :) he has done a big mistake and i hope he is not gonna repeat it at the real show :9

[Sharped1Arrow]

go greece go kalomoira!

[salusa95]

Your greek song is a shit! Poland the best

[antrikos08]

Kalomira is the best!!! Kalomira We Love You!!! Good luck!!! 12 points

[meyi268]

dios mio es preciosaaaaaaaaa, de las mejores que he escuchado en un monton de tiempo¡¡¡mucha suerte Paolo

[katsssss]

I really like this one! Is one of my favourite this year!! GooD luck!!

[8ovarja]

mamma mia,bellissima canzone,poi lui è un bonooo....^^

[billyjmcbee]

would have been amazing with english lyrics

i would already imagine it ( ^_^ )

[adria1989]

voice problems at the high tone

[GlamStarz]

I just LOVE that song!

Go Paolo MENEGUZZI, go Switzerland!

Points from France for sure ;)!

[booooy123123]

its kinda boring to look at, but the song is good.

It reminds me verry much of Amy Diamond song It can only get better.

She is a swedish girl

[ste3990]

what are they doing beyond him? it's simply horrible!!! but THE SONG IS BEAUTIFUL!! COME ON SWITZERLAND!

i hope that people will not vote for the choreography but for the song, that is the most important thing!

[makakiki]

finaly the original eurovision came back! i LOVE this song!

[bjartmart]

Very good song and vocal performance, but I am a bit worried about the act...a bit tacky to say the least....AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY!

[SingaporeAirlinesSIN]

He better not make the same mistake as Estonia (2001?) when you don't make eye contact with the camera.

[FallenAngelII]

Um, you mean the people who won?

[hct1802]

correct. So i think that's the winning formula then! Forget the cameras!

[marietteprinsen]

somehow i feel like i have heard this song dozens of times before..hmm...maybe because its the god-knows-how-many-th song like this!!! there's so many songs like this, its not original at all!

[elvuitton]

omg :-) what a choreography:-D...even Britney had a better one on MTV' Music Awards... .-D

am swiss, we just can smoke weed, that's all, we're not that singing and dancing nation:-D but it's also about fun in ESC...

piiis y'all!

[strast26]

Please, PLEASE tell me that's not the final choreography!! It's awful! Soooo cute when he nearly falls though haha!

[piotrusiek1985]

He dont has voice blee

[piotrusiek1985]

Yes it's a copy of "it can only get better"  Switzerland 0 point this year!!!

[SofiaAlskarOlaSalo]

Yes this is plagarism it's a copy of "it can only get better" ... and btw i hate the up tempo , but that was the only thing that was different from amys song =)

[dancinghouse]

holy f! you are right, it is Amy's song "It can only get better"... :|

[PrinsftJordy]

sounds like a x-mas song

(I like x-mas btw)

[SunriseAw]

The best eurovision song in a long time! I love it so much!

[Franciezaa]

muy bien!!! jeje pero por poco te caes al final jejej un abrazo muy fuerte desde españa

viva España viva Suiza!!!

[zgorapol]

gr8

he will be in top 3 and maybe 1 !!!!

in Poland we like song like this so i think that 12 go to Ukraine-ouer naigh. and 10 to Switz.

greetings from Poland

1. Ukraine

2. Sweden

3. Island

4. Switzerland

5. Armenia

[Valoduhi]

I like this...especially the first part...calm....sort of cozy:-)....not too many ppl around trying to make that ''show'' thing

[novak83bg]

Zanimljivo prezime :) Pitam se da li zna kako to zvuci u Srbiji.

[jawnbc]

da winner!

[saturno147]

bravo paolo eres grande

[anca89]

booooooooooooooooooooring xD

[SingaporeAirlinesSIN]

Yeah so obviously there was something wrong going on as he wasn't happy. You can see it at 2:37 - 2:42.

But the next rehearsal will be 100% better!

[fcc90]

He couldn't get the tone!!! So that he looks frustated, additional at 2:46 he slipped a little bit!

But nice song! Congrats!

[moodyblue75]

I'm so glad he didn't get hurt when he slipped. =)

[Dorcar90]

Nb..can be qualified

[rzeznik19]

ISIS GEE "FOR LIFE" (POLAND)

[tennisham]

More big and more biggest...Maybe some classes but what can we do... The song is amazing and he is good live.

[rzeznik19]

ISIS GEE "FOR LIFE" (POLAND)

[tarantinoCG]

from eastern block in this group is russia,armenia,montenegro,bosn­ia,slovenia,poland aand everybody will be in the final together with greece

[cdnserbluvr]

I think he'd look better with a mic stand

[Dolcemeneguzziana]

Pablo you are beautiful end "Grande" hihihihi

[encore88i]

I lOVE THIS s0ng!

[danielg1230]

12 POINTS FROM POLAND

[Hitlior]

pati gražiausia daina, perfecto. numero uno, Lituania with you

[piotrusiek1985]

Sana Marino was beter Paolo performence was borring:( no cfalificated. It is Like Kyte Ryan from Belgium Big favorite but very borring Only San Marino from italian lenguage song is goot.

[SadRainbow06]

I miss the crazy dancing too :) But still 12 points from Finland. I get goosebumps! :)

[senseas]

Its really nice :) But that dance.. well.. 'ne i tema' ;D

[GytePeilakauskaite]

Very beautiful song in a very beautiful language. I may vote for this :)

[thodenus]

I miss the crazy dansing!!!!!!!!!

[PlanetHellSCG]

I like this song more and more... GL Switzerland!