After Eurovision
After failing to qualify for the final for a second year in a row, disappointment and cynicism arose in Switzerland and Swiss media began to question the point of Switzerland's participation in the contest, with Swiss newspaper Blick saying "Paolo out – why should we bother any more?", with Swiss Eurovision fans reeling after Meneguzzi's "premature" exit from the contest.
Despite failing to qualify for the final, "Era stupendo" peaked at number 11 in the Swiss charts. The compilation album for the contest, containing all the songs from the contest, also charted on the Swiss charts, peaking at number three.
After Eurovision, Meneguzzi announced that he would be releasing his latest Spanish language album, "Corro via", in the USA and South America. He also talked about Italy (where he is popular thanks to his participations at Sanremo) and the Eurovision Song Contest saying that "Eurovision doesn't have to look for Italy, but Italy has to look for Eurovision!", that Italy would benefit from entering Eurovision. Italy withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest after the 1997 contest.
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