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, …

There has been speculation over the last few months about whether Amadeus will return to host the Sanremo Musical Festival again next year, after four years as both host and creative director of the Italian musical showcase and unofficial national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier this week, it was confirmed in Il Fatto Quotidiano that the 2024 contest will …

We have 26 songs in the final, we know what half they would all perform in, and now, we know the full running order! Where has each and every song been placed, when will they perform for the big final, that what we’ll see right now. 2023 Running order This is the exact order we’ll have for Saturday night: 🇦🇹 …

Liverpool, 08 May 2023 The dress rehearsals are finally upon us! Let’s go through all of them one by one and give you some more details about all of the performances! Germany, France and Italy also rehearsed, let’s break them down as well! Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the official channel.  Country: France …

In the wake of Eurovision national final season, when all participating countries finalize their songs and artist choices for the competition in May, a new period of artist promo and touring is about to begin — “pre-party season”! While Marco Mengoni has not yet confirmed if he will travel to the pre-parties in London, Madrid, or Amsterdam in April, Eurovoix …

While the Sanremo Music Festival often sends its winners to the Eurovision Song Contest each May, the show is not officially a national selection for the international contest. Instead, the winner gets the first right of refusal to compete at ESC, and if they turn down the opportunity it may go instead to the runner-up. But Marco Mengoni made clear in his …