#anna oxa

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign 2013-17/01-01

Maria e Francesco

[myalicelostinwonderland]

beautiful Anna Oxa ❀

I adore her ♡ (and this photoset too ❀)

[zippocreed501]

Anna Oxa - Fatelo con me (1978)

[seaxnymph]

i'm always thinking about her

[blogitalianissimo]

[mistressemmedi]

HELPPPPPPPP 💀 (x)

[zampotta]

Anna Oxa sta palesemente cantando in Grammelot. Non ho capito una singola parola.

[eurovision-revisited]

1999 Jerusalem - Number 4 - Anna Oxa - "Senza pietà"

What more can you say about Anna Oxa? She's entered the Festival di Sanremo fifteen separate times! Fifteen! The most recent was this year, 2023. She won in 1989 and represented Italy at Eurovision. 1999 was her tenth entry and her second victory with Senza pietà (Without Mercy). Truly a queen.

Senza pietà itself is an interesting song with large serving of gender play at its heart. Anna casts herself as a knight in a fantasy realm, massacring enemies with her sword all in the name of finding love and conquering it without mercy. Oh my! Anna herself is aquiline, honed like her sword in the song, hair slicked back, leather clad, she means business.

Her voice is the star, low and purposeful throughout the verses, soaring to huge heights when the chorus hits. If Italy were in Eurovision this year, this would have been their entry and I'm confident it would have been contention for the win. Anna, RAI should have been there with you so all of Europe could enjoy this.

Of course, this was a big hit in Italy, and her career continued well into the new millennium. She also did some TV presenting work and was poised to conquer the Italian version of Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars until a leg injury forced her out.

Here she is at the beginning of her Sanremo journey with her second placed song Un'emozione da poco from 1979.