Era stupendo " ( " It was wonderful " ) is a song by Paolo Meneguzzi which was chosen to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 , to be held in Belgrade . The song was publicly unveiled as the Swiss entry on 13 January 2008 at the Swiss Music Awards . The song is a soft rock ballad in Italian . It is written and composed by the Swedish songwriter Mattias Brånn . On 20 January 2008 , Swedish tabloid '' Aftonbladet '' reported that the song had been accused of being plagiarised from Amy Diamond 's " It Can Only Get Better "
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Era stupendo