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 …
While Sanremo Giovani auditions were taking place during the month of November, a parallel selection process called Area Sanremo was also underway. First, a pool of hundreds of local artists was whittled down to 20 through a series of auditions and hearings. Then, the top 20 performed for the Musical Commission for one of the four spots in the Sanremo …
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. It’s 5 days to go until Junior Eurovision 2023, and we are counting down the 16 nations who are participating in Nice, France on Sunday, November 26, 2023. Every day …
There is now less than a week until the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, soon we will know who will become the 21st winner of the competition and who will follow in the footsteps of Lissandro, who came victorious last year in Yerevan, Armenia, and all the prior winners. Nice 2023 – Running Order Yesterday finally saw the …
RAI, the Italian broadcaster has dropped the songs of the eight artists who made the cut for the final showdown of Sanremo Giovani 2023. Another four finalists will be chosen from Area Sanremo, with their names set to be revealed by the end of this month. With just a month left until the main event, these tunes, along with their …
On December 19, twelve up-and-coming Italian musical artists will compete in Sanremo Giovani for a place in the big Sanremo Music Festival in February. Eight of the finalists will be selected through live auditions that will take place this Sunday, November 12, in Rome. Out of 564 applications received this year, RAI has chosen 43 solo artists and 6 groups who …
Italy has released the full song and video for this year’s Junior Eurovision entry, and it’s a duet called “Un Mondo Giusto”! With “Un Mondo Giusto”, Melissa & Ranya have brought us a soulful ballad about their hope for a better world, and how music can get you through hard times just like a good friend can. Both singers have …
2023 is the first year in which all of the Big Five countries will participate at Junior Eurovision, and Italy has announced this week that they will be represented by Melissa & Ranya! Melissa Agliottone won Italy’s first season of The Voice Kids earlier this year, and Ranya Moufidi was a finalist. Though the song has not yet been released, …
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 …
Rai has announced the rules for the 74th edition of Sanremo, the oldest and most popular song festival in Italy. The contest will take place from February 6th to 10th, 2024, at the Ariston Theatre. This year, 26 artists will participate, including the three winners from Sanremo Giovani 2023. Some notable changes have been introduced to the contest: Firstly, …
