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Italy shares first 8 Sanremo Giovani artists

Italian broadcaster has announced the first eight finalists competing in Sanremo Giovani 2023, the newcomers section of the Festival di Sanremo that is known as a launchpad for up-and-coming Italian musicians. After auditioning 42 artists, a jury selected the following finalists to compete in February: gIANMARIA – La città che odi (Sony Music Italy) Giuse The Lizia – Sincera (Maciste …

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 …

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 …

Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Mika will host Eurovision 2022!

Tonight, during the second night of the Festival di Sanremo, the much-anticipated host announcement for Eurovision 2022 took place. During a beautiful cover of ABBA’s I Have A Dream, the hosts of Eurovision 2022 were revealed to be none other than Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Mika. Laura Pausini is an Italian singer who became famous when she won Sanremo …

Eurovision 2022: Tiziano Ferro to host?

After today’s earlier announcement that the allocation draw will take place next week, the details of Eurovision 2022 in Turin are starting to take shape. Hosting rumours are in full swing, with an announcement expected soon, and best-selling Italian singer Tiziano Ferro is the latest to be added to the list of rumoured hosts for the Contest. According to TvBlog, …

Sanremo 2022 to take place at the beginning of February with host rumours in full swing

Italian broadcaster Rai confirmed yesterday that Sanremo 2022 will take place at the beginning of February 2022. During a press conference, Stefano Coletta, the director of Rai 1, announced that the 72nd edition of the music festival will take place in its traditional February slot, after the 2021 edition was postponed to March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Sanremo Giovani, …

Italy: The 70th edition of Sanremo ends and Diodato is announced the winner!

Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival is one of the oldest song festivals in the world, and this year it celebrated it’s 70th birthday. Sanremo is an important part of Eurovision’s history, as the festival and it’s great success served as an inspiration to the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The festival itself can be a behemoth to endure if …

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