“Missing”. The Achille Lauro-San Marino case breaks out
San Marino announced I nine grand who will compete – together with nine emerging ones – for the possibility of representing the Republic at the next Eurovision Song Contest. Among the singers in contention there are also Valerio Scanu, Francesco Monte and Ivana Spagna, but what is discussed is the surprise insertion of the name of Achille Lauro. But the idea that the artist could challenge Mahmood and Blanco next May in the European event sparked controversy on social media.
For the first time ever, San Marino has decided to have its representative chosen for theEurovision a jury of experts. The final of the singing competition will be held on February 19th “A voice for San Marino“, where the name of the singer who will carry the flag of the Republic to the ESC will be chosen. Nine emerging artists, a singer from San Marino and nine big names chosen by the state among the over 500 applications received in recent months: Cristina Ramos, Francesco MountainBurak Yeter and Alessandro Coli, Valerio ScanùBlind, Ivana SpainMatteo Faustini, Tony Cicco & Deshedus & Alberto Fortis, Fabry & Labiuse with Miodi, Achille Lauro.
The news of Lauro’s participation in the selections, however, triggered a real one controversy especially on social networks. The public is literally divided between those who rejoiced at the second chance of an offer to Achille Lauro and those who harshly criticized the artist, considered ungrateful after his recent participation in the Sanremo festival.
“I didn’t think Achille Lauro could reach such levels of finiteness in such a short time, begging for a stake against Valerio Scanu and Francesco Monte must be a new negative record “thundered a user on Twitterwhile others raged: “Achille Lauro ready to stain himself with high treason just to go to Eurovision”, “Achille Lauro now synonymous with despair”, “Mamma mia despairs that Lauro is finished”, “Achille Lauro are you a loser, can we say?”, “Lazione di Achille Lauro“. When it is said to return through the back door. Lauro has not issued official statements on the matter, but on social networks his participation in the San Marino selections has become a real selection of San Marino. The artist is not a new and just provocations that of the birthday on the debut evening at the Sanremo festival.