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

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. The 74th Annual Sanremo Music Festival kicked off on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, and Europe’s most prestigious contest will conclude in a marathon extravaganza this evening. We’ve already reviewed …

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 …

Semi 2 Shockers and Surprises! Fan Favorites Fail to Advance, Powerhouse Nations End Qualification Streaks

In a night full of lightning, glory notes, bejeweled sneakers, and mechanical bulls, the most shocking moments came from the reveal of semi 2’s results. In all 18 acts competed during tonight’s show, hoping to secure slots in Saturday’s Grand Final. They were: 🇫🇮 FINLAND – The Rasmus – Jezebel 🇮🇱 ISRAEL – Michael Ben David – I.M 🇷🇸 SERBIA …

Eurovision and the Grammys: Laura Rizzotto’s new accomplishment

Eurovision is commonly not considered to be “mainstream” event – that is to say, Eurovision entries are usually not considered popular outside of the event itself. But one thing the contest is good for is jumpstarting the careers of Eurovision artists. Just look at the success Loreen, ABBA, Eleni Foureira, Dami Im, Celine Dion, Conchita Wurst, and so many other …

Music round up: Måns Zelmerlöw, Alexander Rybak, Iveta Mukuchyan, Nathan Trent, and more!

[AdSense-B] Missing Eurovision music? Want to see which alumni of the contest have recently released new tracks? Well, look no further! Here’s a selection of songs released within the last few months from Eurovision stars past and present. Which of the tracks is your favourite? Måns Zelmerlöw – Grow Up To Be You (Sweden, 2015) Måns mentioned that he has …

Italy: Mahmood wins Sanremo 2019 & will go to Tel-Aviv!

The grand Italian festival Sanremo took place this past week, and what a glorious week it has been of new Italian music, but what we care most about is, who is going to Eurovision, so let’s have a look at this past week’s festival! [AdSense-B] Often seen as the mother of the Eurovision Song Contest, since our beloved contest was …

Italy: RAI confirms first names for Sanremo 2019

[AdSense-B] With the rumour mill constantly swirling in many countries for the upcoming Eurovision season, it is now the turn of Italy to shed some light on their 2019 plans. During the broadcast of Sanremo Giovani, the Italian national broadcaster RAI confirmed the names of some of the participating acts in the main competition next year, and – surprise surprise …

Italy make a move to RAI 1 for 2016

Despite the hugely impressive run of results since their surprise comeback in 2011, Italy’s national broadcaster has only shown the Eurovision final on RAI 2, with the main channel instead featuring other programming during the night of the contest. That is, until now – thanks to a third place finish and televote victory from Il Volo in 2015, RAI have …

The 2015 “Expert” Panel – ITALY

Grande amore MP3 The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a wide range in taste. They all bring …

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