Era stupendo

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Switzerland "Era stupendo"


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year = 2008
country = Switzerland
artist = Paolo Meneguzzi
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composer = Pablo Meneguzzo
lyricist = Pablo Meneguzzo, Vincenzo Incenzo
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place_semi = 13th
points_semi = 47
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2008ch Lyrics]
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"Era stupendo" ( _en. It was wonderful) is a song performed by Paolo Meneguzzi which was chosen to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, to be held in Belgrade. The song was publicly unveiled as the Swiss entry on 13 January 2008 at the Swiss Music Awards. [ESCtoday.com (13 January 2008). [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/10116 Era stupendo publicly presented] . Retrieved on 21 January 2008.] The song is a soft rock ballad in Italian. It is written and composed by the Swedish songwriter Mattias Brånn. On 20 January 2008, Swedish tabloid "Aftonbladet" reported that the song had been accused of being plagiarised from Amy Diamond's "It Can Only Get Better". [Aftonbladet (20 January 2008). [http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/melodifestivalen2008/article1664430.ab Schweiz kopierade Amys låt] . Retrieved on 21 January 2008.]

Era stupendo is a ballad that starts softly but speeds up just in the beginning of its second half. It's accompanied fundamentally by piano.

Excitement about the song has risen sharply since the very moment that Paolo Meneguzzi was confirmed as the Switzerland's representative in Eurovision 2008. However, the version played in Switzerland will not be the Era stupendo to be performed in May in Belgrade, as the song, that currently has a length of 3'30", has to be shortened to 3' maximum to suit EBU's regulations.The "maximum" points to this song were given from Malta (12 points) and Albania (10 points).

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