The production of Amici, after a long silence, has decided to respond to the criticisms of Luca Jurman, former vocal coach of the program hosted by Maria de Filippi, through a press release. With a long post, they decided to take a stand on this matter with the producer's response not being long in coming.
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Who is Luca Jurman and what happened with Amici
Luca Jurman in 2008, participated in Amici as a Vocal Coach. Just a couple of years for him as a professor within the format before dedicating himself to something else. Today Jurman continues to promote his productions on his social channels and to give his opinion on contemporary music but no longer wanted to associate his name with the experience made in the talent. He believes that the message being promoted towards music is completely wrong and for this reason, he thought it was better that the two paths separate. Recently, his videos made on social media, where he criticized and continues to criticize the students of this edition but also of the previous one, as in the case of Angelina Mango and not only, criticize those who use autotune but above all often takes it out on the production of the program. After months and months of silence, the response arrived.
The note from the Production
The executive producer, Paola di Gesu, in relation to the issue, decided to respond to these criticisms through a press release.
'Whether a TV program is talked about on the web or in newspapers, it's more than normal. That it is talked about because someone decides to discredit that program because it does not correspond to his personal taste, happens and must be accepted like all criticisms. However, there is a limit... It's been a month or more that a former singing coach of Amici, Luca Jurman, is desperately seeking visibility by muddying as much as possible a program for which he has asked hundreds of times to be part of again. From 2018 and up to a few months ago, he called dozens and dozens of times, sent many messages, tried in every way to be able to re-enter the technical or artistic cast of Amici. He came in person to the company's offices in Rome, to propose himself and to, according to him, demonstrate how much he was wrong when he decided to make a 'twist'. Towards the end of an episode of the evening show, which was live at the time, he got up and, coincidentally, with his coat and his bag already under the chair - he said live that he considered his work at Amici finished (he had lost his last student). In the following days, he tried in every way to go back on his steps, but we thought it was enough to end the relationship there and with a lot of good manners, we told him that he could calmly consider himself free also from the contract that would have otherwise committed him for a few more weeks. Everyone is rightly free to make their own choices and the choice to have Jurman among the coaches had already been questioned more and more times by the production because his methods seemed for a series of reasons, not very clear and not very functional to the artistic life of the students. The roads usually part with the peace of all. Instead in his case, as it appears from social media where he almost daily spouts nonsense, it seems that not being able to get where he expressly, directly and personally asked to return, has led him to muddy, belittle, denigrate his coveted goal. You don't accept me back? Then I spit on you. (The fox and the grapes...). This is Jurman and this would be all, if it weren't for the fact that he is there stubbornly denying having asked to return, blatantly denying having proposed himself as a 'tough judge'... Now, we are not in a court and you cannot flaunt the text and audio messages sent. But those messages are there and he knows it, so we are very patient, but why insist? We hope that with the same ease with which he sometimes pontificates a bit senselessly on social media, he wants to simply close it here and turn the page. With respect for everyone, even for those who don't have it for us.'
- Amici Ufficiale (@AmiciUfficiale) January 4, 2024
Luca Jurman's response
In record time, the response of the music producer came through a story on his Instagram channel where he said he does not personally know Paola di Gesu and not only. Here are his words:
'This is what happens when you try to take the side of talent and fight for meritocracy. If they have reached this point it means that we are doing the right thing and I hope that their modus operandi changes. I don't know at all who Paola Di Gesu is and I don't know her and rest assured that I will not return to Amici and I will never return! Finally, don't worry in the next few days a nice response video will come out'.
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