It’s that time of the year again – the Festival di Sanremo has returned to the Teatro Ariston for its 74th edition! 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 …

Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno, the winner of Eurovision 1990 and Eurovision 1991 cohost, sadly passed away on August 22nd 2023. Cutugno’s musical career began as a drummer at the age of 19 when he founded his first band Toto e i Tati, and would also create the disco band Albatros a few years later with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli. Alongside …