Last week, Olly was crowned the latest winner of the annual Sanremo Festival. One question did remain unanswered since then, would he represent Italy at the song contest? In short, the answer is now officially a no, and instead we will see Lucio Corsi in Basel. Italy in Eurovision 2025 Since 2015, the Italian broadcaster (RAI) imposed a first refusal …

The fourth night of Sanremo 2025 – Covers Night – has come to a close.  Rather than sing their entry songs, the 29 competing artists teamed up with some well-known duet partners to perform covers of older and more recent hits: Rose Villain with Chiello – “Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco” (Lucio Battisti) Modà with Francesco Renga – “Angelo” (Renga) …

We are halfway through the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival with the third Serata, just two nights before the winner will be announced. The third serata was co-hosted by Amadeus and Teresa Mannino from the stage of the renowned Ariston Theatre in San Remo, and the other 15 half  of the 30 artists performed on staged ,in which the …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …