Ally Kate

Do you remember which interview it was? I think I missed it ((

I'll be honest, I'm not over the moon about the grid format (( I find the vast amount of vibrant images to be very distracting. Also, I think it doubled the scrolling time for me. Sadly, the option to switch back to the table format is only available when signed in, and I quite often check the forum 'incognito'. @dcdeb I see that people more or less agreed to stick with the new format, so I'm in the minority here. But is there at least a way to make the switch option available even when a user is logged off?

The wish to properly showcase his divine six-pack in front of 19,000 people, I imagine )

Come on guys, be gentle (( Fellow might be reading this forum. Personally, I think he was great. In my ideal universe FELLOW would have been the runner-up (and gIANMARIA the winner). The only problem I have with this duet is that the cameraman only filmed en face close-ups of Mika for some reason, which made it a star moment for him, while it should have been a crowning moment for Fellow. I'm sad we didn't get to see him perform the Best Of medley. Overall, this season of X Factor Italia was magical

Also, this Doriand's ditty never fails to make me laugh:

Yesterday feat. Vincent Vinel, The Voice France, 2017:

Great topic! Personally, I really loved Promiseland feat. Mashrou' Leila at the I Love Beirut show. The band gave this song a more Middle Eastern sound, which, in my opinion, made the version even grander than the original 525895981_20200919-mika-live-promiseland-ft_mashrou_leila-i_love_beirut-teatro_niccolini-san_casciano-florence.mp4

Oh my God, now I desperately want to hear Mika and Fellow singing Touches You together! P.S. So Fellow is indeed a hardcore fan, that's so cool! I wonder if he may be on MFC...

Please let's keep this thread alive. It's been very helpful! Thank you for your links! Not really a technique, but in my experience, words sink in better when they are put in some specific context (e.g. a hilarious interview). So I never really create lists of words to memorise – instead, I watch or listen someone I like. For instance, I've remembered a ton of Italian words through this Rolling Stone interview with Mika – just because I liked it so much (and it has subtitles, which also helps): Also, songs always work. I constantly listen to Italian music, and some verses stuck in my head automatically, without me actually learning them on purpose. Lastly, one of my recent findings is this really nice little website for language learners, Linguno (https://www.linguno.com), which has different interactive exercises and daily crosswords. I sometimes use that.

Really? I think Mika looks exceptional in them! Kinda my favourite outfit of his in a long time...

Thank you so, so much! It works like magic! @Kumazzz, you are the backbone of this community

Just wanted to thank everyone for always sharing links and thus helping people from all over the world watch X Factor, The Voice, and Mika's gigs. This is such an astounding community, it still blows me away Who are you rooting for this year? Personally, I really liked Fellow. Karakaz, gIANMARIA and Versailles are also quite powerful. But it seems to me that Fellow has a higher chance of winning, 'cause he is a bit more "conventional" than others, which goes well with the general audience (think Casadilego over N.A.I.P., Lorenzo Licitra over Måneskin). That is, if he is chosen for the live shows at all – with Mika you never know

A beautiful version of Stardust by Michele Bravi and Chiara Galiazzo (Milan, October 2019). I love that Mika's song now has a life of its own. (Source of the video: https://www.facebook.com/Livedimichelebravi/videos/473092086635088/). 20191020-michele_bravi_and_chiara_galiazzo-stardust-milan.mp4

For those starting to learn Italian, I can recommend a free course for beginners on Future Learn (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/learn-italian). Personally, I found it very helpful and well-structured.

Hi Rebecca! Yeap, I'm also one of the fellow language learners here. Right now I've immersed myself in Italian, but French is next on the list. I've always loved linguistics, but Mika in particular has been a huge inspiration to me in learning more languages. He sometimes says that he is the 'stupidest' in his family, because his sisters know six languages It's hard to keep up! Thank you for creating this thread! Can we perhaps share some useful links, materials, text books etc. for learning languages here?