TO a few hours after the victory, Angelina Mango shows up in the press room to meet journalists. The winner of Sanremo 2024 with the song Boredom she is still in disbelief. “I didn’t expect anything of what happened,” he begins. Her disbelief has accompanied her ever since she discovered that she was on the list of Big names competing.
AND his first time at Festival he lived it «without too many expectations, without too much pressure. Even when I opened social media, I experienced everything as a boost, a strength, a love from people.” And this approach allowed her to “live the best week of my life”.
Sanremo 2024, Angelina Mango: «The swallow? I tried to pay homage.”
Obviously there was no shortage of questions about evening of covers e on The swallowthe song that brought, one of the biggest hits of his father, the singer Mangowho passed away in 2014. «On that stage I tried to pay homage in a respectful way. I wanted the song to come outa memory”, he explains.
«The love I got from the public when I saw everyone standing with placards It was a great honor that made me and my entire family proud. So thank you,” he adds.
Her family was present with her on stage, she continues. «I lived far away from her physically, but I brought with me all the love that she taught me. They were all present, last night and always. I had all the people I love, I wasn’t alone. Never”.
Sanremo 2024, the winner Angelina Mango. (Getty Images)
He says about his father few words, he maintains the same reserve that he showed at the end of the performance with the cover. “I I am a polite and kind person. And I think first of all he would be proud of this».
«I didn’t think about the ranking»
Sanremo 2024 brought with it the usual controversies, in particular that of Geolier’s victory on the cover night. «Having lived this whole experience in a very instinctive way and concentrating on what I was doing, I didn’t even particularly follow this part of the competition», replies Angelina.
«First of all, I didn’t see it as a competition and I didn’t think about the rankings that much during this week». Then she says she is “very happy that my colleagues have songs that we will listen to for a very long time and I like to share this fortune with them”.
Sanremo 2024, Angelina Mango in the cover evening with “La rondine”. (Getty Images)
«I heard from Maria De Filippi and she is happy»
Angelina Mango left from Friends 2023 and one of the first people he heard was Maria De Filippi. “I heard from her and she’s very happy,” he reveals. «Maria helped me overcome so many of my fears and she was always close to me».
On the experience on the Canale 5 talent show he says: «It helped me so much to put music and why I make it as a priority. The moment you really realize that it is a vital need you go beyond everything, beyond tiredness, beyond fear.” And the first thing he wants to do after the Sanremo blender is “go and eat a pizza with my friends”.
Still, responds to a tweet from Frankie hi-nrg who called her “victory at the hands of a handful of members of a media caste”. «I’m very sorry for this tweet. I’m sorry he wrote it because I respect him a lot. Of my victory I realized when I left the hotel this morning and there were people welcoming me. I notice it from the audience’s response when I’m on stage. Not from an award, not from a ranking».
Angelina Mango on the Ariston stage on the first evening of Sanremo 2024. (Getty Images)
The doors of Eurovision 2024 open for Angelina Mango
The triumph at the Sanremo Festival also brings with it a ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest. This year it will be held from 7 to 11 May in Malmö, Sweden. Angelina confirms that she will participate to represent Italy. The competition includes the possibility of bringing the song or part of it into English. He doesn’t comment on this, but the international market could be in his future.
“This Eurovision took me a lot by surprise,” he admits. «I don’t rule out anything in my life. The music is free, it is in all languages. I happened to sing in Italian, in Spanish, in Neapolitan. Why not? Maybe one day also in English».
From 2021, after the Maneskin victory with Shut up and good, Italy starts as favorites and achieves excellent results. In 2022 Mahmood and Blanco finished sixth with Chills and in 2023 Marco Mengoni came fourth with The essential. Boredom it is a rhythmic song as the European public and Angelina like it she has an important stage presence, accompanied by a magnificent voice. She has all it takes to conquer the Swedish stage.
Geolier: «It couldn’t have gone better, I’m happy»
In the press conference there is also room for the second and third classified. Geolier apologizes for the sunglasses. Holy Week in Sanremo was tiring for everyone. He is the most voted artist in the history of the Festival, but also the least voted in the press room.
“I feel good. I had a good Festival, I learned a lot of things and I liked everything”, she says immediately, silencing any controversy. «On stage there were me and Angelina, two guys, and it’s already a very important thing. It couldn’t have gone better, I have no bitterness. I brought the Neapolitan, I won already at the beginning of the Festival, I’m happy with everything.”
On the second place he says: «The Festival is a competition in itself. It has different rules, it doesn’t work based on streamingbut I’m happy.” When asked if he thinks that first place in the covers influenced the lack of victory, he replies: «I don’t think so. I’m happy that he won rap and that’s it. On the evening of the covers Angelina made me very emotional. She’s 2001, I’m 2000, it’s wonderful to see two 20-year-olds on the Sanremo stage.”
Annalisa at Sanremo 2024. (Getty Images)
Annalisa: «I would do it all again, I’m happy with what it was»
Third place for Annalisa with Sincerely. He denies the disappointment and, indeed, adds: «A little tension is normal in these moments full of emotions, but I was calm, happy, serene». She experienced everything with «a lot of serenity and satisfaction with how it went. I would do it all again, I’m very happy with what it was, with how I experienced the stage, with my performances and I’m focused on the beautiful things I see.”
The reference goes to the success on the platforms, on the radio and the commitments that await her, starting from the sports halls in April and at the Verona Arena in May, up to the concerts in the summer.
At the end, Loredana Bertè arrives, winner of the critics’ award named after her sister Mia Martini. «This award has always seemed unattainable to me, I no longer hoped for it. Mimì, we brought him home! It’s a closing circle. Something wonderful and also a little surreal. I still don’t believe it. I would like to thank Ama, because if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have gotten it. Thank you all”.
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