No Stress - Italian Anger
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No Stress - Italian Anger towards ESC Entry

Spaghetti, love and lyrics like "no stresso, no need to be depresso". The clichés are dense in the Estonian Eurovision entry "Espresso macchiato" which is performed in a mix of broken Italian and English. The Italians are not amused, reports Der Spiegel.

The nationalist Lega's Gian Marco Centinaio, vice president of the Italian Senate, goes the furthest, demanding that singer Tommy Cash be excluded from the competition.

He should come to Italy and see how honest people work before he writes silly songs full of clichés.

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