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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …