Italy - No Degree Of Separation - Francesca Michielin

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16 - 124 pts / not in semi

San Remo winners Stadio have declined their ticket to Eurovision so now it's up to Francesca Michielin to defend Italy's honours in Stockholm.
Michielin was the runner up in this years Sanremo festival with the song Nessun Grado Di Separazione (No degree of separation), written by Francesca Michielin, Federica Abbate and Cheope.

A bilingual version of Nessun Grado Di Separazione, No Degree Of Separation is the entry for Stockholm.
It has been released as a digital single through several digishops. (RCA records)
Watch and listen here

A promo cdsingle includes the Eurovision version and the original Italian version.

Nessun Grado Di Separazione was first released on Michielins album di20are, a re-issued version of di20, which was released last october.
The Sanremo runner up can also be found on the Sanremo 2016 2CD (see below).

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Versions
No Degree Of Separation - English/Italian ESC version
- digital release
Nessun Grado Di Separazione - Original Italian abum version
- on CD di20are
No Degree Of Separation - ESC karaoke
- on official karaoke album (digital release)

Charts
Italy top 20* 1, 4, 9, 12, 16, -, 20

* Italian original


Sanremo 2016 CD

album di20are

A 2CD has been released with songs from the competition. One disc has songs that actually participated in the contest (Both from big artists and newcomers). The second disc features coverversions, performed during the coverversions night.
Not all participating songs are included, see tracklist below.
Francesca Michielins coverversion was Il Mio Canto Libero (Lucio Battisti, 1972) but it is not on the Sanremo 2CD and so far remains unreleased.

Links and sources
Francesca Michielin website and FB
The iTunes version of the Sanremo 2016 CD
Sanremo official pages (but loaded with ads and annoyance)

Italy's entries since their return to Eurovision.
2015 - Il Volo
2014 - Emma Marone
2013 - Marco Mengoni
2012 - Nina Zilli
2011 - Raphael Gualazzi

Tracklist CD Sanremo 2016

CD1

1. Patty Pravo - Cieli Immensi

2. Arisa - Guardando Il Cielo

3. Lorenzo Fragola - Infinite Volte

4. Annalisa - Il Diluvio Universale

5. Alessio Bernabei - Noi Siamo Infinito

6. Francesca Michielin - Nessun Grado Di Separazione

7. Neffa - Sogni E Nostalgia

8. Noemi - La Borsa Di Una Donna

9. Rocco Hunt - Wake Up

10. Zero Assoluto - Di Me E Di Te

11. Bluvertigo - Semplicemente

12. Dolcenera - Ora O Mai Piu' (Le Cose Cambiano)

13. Clementino - Quando Sono Lontano

14. Giovanni Caccamo E Deborah Iurato - Via Da Qui

15. Stadio - Un Giorno Mi Dirai

16. Enrico Ruggeri - Il Primo Amore Non Si Scorda Mai

17. Valerio Scanu - Finalmente Piove

18. Irene Fornaciari - Blu

CD2 (The coverversions) 

1. Arisa - Cuore (Heart)

2. Lorenzo Fragola - La Donna Cannone

3. Annalisa - America

4. Clementino - Don Raffae'

5. Zero Assoluto - Goldrake

6. Irene Fornaciari - Se Perdo Anche Te (Solitary Man)

7. Neffa - O Sarracino

8. Valerio Scanu - Io Vivro' (Senza Te)

9. Enrico Ruggeri - A Canzuncella

10. Francesco Gabbani - Amen

11. Cecile - N. E. G. R. A. 

12. Michael Leonardi - Rinascerai

13. Mahmood - Dimentica

14. Miele - Mentre Ti Parlo

15. Irama - Cosa Restera'

16. Ermal Meta - Odio Le Favole

17. Chiara Dello Iacovo - Introverso