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ESC United Reviews: Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival 2024 (Part One)

The below review features the opinions and views of the individual author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision, Sanremo Music Festival, or the EBU. When the moon hits your eye like a giant pizza pie, that’s Sanremo! Yes, the 74th Annual Sanremo Music Festival kicked off on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, and Europe’s …

Sanremo Giovani: 3 winners advance to Sanremo 2024; all 30 competing song titles revealed

Tonight in Italy was the Final of Sanremo Giovani! The contest brought together young and emerging artists from around the country to compete for three places at the big Sanremo Music Festival in February. Chosen through a combination of direct auditions with the broadcaster and a parallel selection called Area Sanremo, these were the twelve artists who performed tonight: Grenbaud- Mama CLARA- …

Italy reveals 27 competing artists for Sanremo 2024

This morning, RAI announced the 27 Big Artists who will compete at the Sanremo Music Festival in February. Combined with the three winners of Sanremo Giovani to be determined later this month, there will be 30 artists competing in total. The Big Artists were announced on the news program TG1 by musical director Amadeus, who will be hosting Sanremo for the …

Sanremo 2023: Night 1 kicks off with the first 14 performances!

Live from the Teatro Ariston, the Sanremo Music Festival began this evening! The epic five-night competition to choose the best Italian song from a mix of established artists and emerging acts is not officially a national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, but the winner will get the first right of refusal to participate in the contest in May. Our …

Italy to perform 9th in the Grand Final

Turin, 15 March 2022 A quick update concerning Italy’s entry: The annual host country draw took place this morning, during which it was decided that Italy would perform in 9th position during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022, set to take place on 14 May. Ever since 2013, the running order of the show has been decided by the producers …

Italy: Mahmood and Blanco win Sanremo 2022!

Tonight, Mahmood and Blanco won the 72nd edition of the Festival di Sanremo with their intimate ballad ‘Brividi’. Taking home the golden lion statue, they are likely to represent Italy as the host entry at Eurovision 2022. After five long and exciting nights of Sanremo, tonight’s show concluded with all 25 participants performing their competing song one final time. Tonight, the …

Sanremo Music Festival 2022: ESC United Reviews the 72nd Edition, Part Three!

All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Some days you feel like Bart Simpson and you’re writing “Sanremo Music Festival is not technically a Eurovision national selection for Italy” over and over again on a chalkboard. And …

Italy: Sanremo 2022 continues with cover night!

After three nights of original songs, tonight provided a breath of fresh air for the Festival di Sanremo with cover night. All 25 competing artists performed a cover of an Italian or international song from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s or 90’s, with or without a special guest. A combination of the demoscopic jury, press jury and televote determined tonight’s result. …

Italy: Mahmood and Blanco lead the scoreboard after night 3 of Sanremo 2022!

After all the songs competing in the 72nd edition of the Festival di Sanremo were revealed on nights 1 and 2, all songs were performed again tonight during a long and action-packed third show. The 25 artists participating in the festival are competing to win the coveted palm-tree statue and the honour of representing Italy as the host entry at …

Sanremo Sensations Blanco and Mahmood Debut at #5 on the Spotify Global Chart

Is Sanremo already over? If the Spotify numbers decided, it would be. After debuting on the first night of Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival, Mahmood and Blanco’s “Brividi” debuted at #5 on the Spotify Global Chart. According to @chartdata on Twitter, this is the biggest debut for an Italian song in the history of that chart and accounts for over 3.5 …

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