Eurovision 2022: Two scenarios are being considered for Turin!

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An important revelation in view of Eurovision 2022 was made by the Executive Supervisor of our favorite competition, Martin Österdahl. Speaking on the sidelines of Junior Eurovision 2021 on the OGAE Sweden channel, Österdahl revealed that there are two scenarios on the table in view of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Occasioned by the second Junior Eurovision since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Swedish Executive Producer of Eurovision Song Contest answered about the differences between Warsaw 2020 and Paris 2021:

There were definitely differences. Every year has its challenges, as we say with my team. In Warsaw, last year, we were fortunate that TVP had hosted the 2019 competition and had the necessary experience to host an event like that. Also, the pandemic was at a much earlier stage than now. It was different than this year. Today we know more about the pandemic, but we saw that three or four weeks ago we had the appearance of the Omicron variant that caused a lot of concern to all of us. The point is, when it comes to producing live TV shows, you have to be prepared for the worst and have an alternative scenario ready. But the pandemic complicates the situation.

Scenarios

Asked about the four scenarios that were used for Rotterdam 2021 and whether they would be kept in view of Turin 2022, Martin Österdahl replied:

We have more or less the same mindset that we are still in the middle of the pandemic. We have to prepare in the same way for the competition here in Paris but also for the Eurovision in the spring in Turin. Hopefully, we do not have to continue working with four different scenarios for Turin, as we did for a long time in Rotterdam. Maybe two is the realistic development for Turin. We hope that as the temperature rises, the pandemic will be less complicated.

Live-On-Tape

At the same time, the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest explained the EBU’s decision to maintain the use of live-on-tape as an alternative in case something goes wrong:

We have now seen how the new variant affected travel instructions and led to the application of new restrictions. We can not take the risk of this happening again. It is a huge production. There are 41 countries that are going to participate in Eurovision Song Contest in the spring. It is a huge investment on the part of RAI, the organizers of the competition. We must ensure that there is a competition and live-on-tape is the last guarantee that we will have a competition.
With the Omicron mutation spreading rapidly across the length and breadth of the Old Continent, Martin Österdahl’s responses give us a first taste of the EBU and RAI plans for Turin. In any case, the evolution of the pandemic is so unpredictable that any prediction of how Eurovision 2022 will be conducted is risky.

We remind you that the 66th Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, on 10, 12 and 14 May 2022, with 41 participating countries.Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news related to the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

 

Eurovision 2022: This is what the contest stage will be like | EXCLUSIVE

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Just before the end of 2021 and before the plans for the Eurovision 2022 stage are officially announced, Eurovisionfun presents you the first information about what we will see at the stage of the Pala Alpitour in Turin. Read more

Italy: Laura Pausini among the candidates to host Eurovision 2022!

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The Italian newspaper, La Stampa, reports that the country’s singer and superstar, Laura Pausini, is among the candidates for the presentation of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place next May in Turin.

La Stampa reports that Laura Pausini has already been hit by RAI over the above possibility. Laura first appeared on the music scene in 1993 when she won the Young Artists category at the Sanremo Festival, with the now legendary “La solitudine”. This song was the springboard for her later career, as it brought her to the charts of almost all European countries.

Since then she has released fourteen studio albums, toured around the world, coached talent shows in Italy and Spain, and starred in an Amazon film.

Rai1 director Stefano Coletta confirmed in an interview with ANSA that the hosts of Eurovision 2022 will not be revealed until after the end of Sanremo 2022 which will take place between 1 and 5 February.

Turin will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 on 10, 12 and 14 May 2022. The venue of the 2022 contest is PalaOlimpico. The arena opened in 2005 and has hosted many concerts and sporting events, including ice hockey tournaments during the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding our favorite music contest!

Source: La Stampa

Italy: Sanremo 2022 contestants will be revealed starting today

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Today Amadeus will start revealing the names of the twenty-two artists that will compete in the Festival di Sanremo 2022.  This is one of the rule changes that will take place this year.  Previously, it was not until December 15 when the names were revealed during the final of Sanremo Giovani.

Accordingly, we will get to know the names of the contestants one at the time over the next two weeks, starting from today.  Nevertheless, all the artists will perform at the Sanremo Giovani as before.

The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo 2022 will take place from February 1 to February 5.  RAI revealed in June during a press conference that the Sanremo hosts will not host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Are you excited to know the names of the Sanremo contestants? Stay tuned for more news about the Italian national selection for Eurovision 2022!

Italy: Six former Sanremo winners return | Which big stars will we see at the next festival?

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A few days are left until Amadeus reveals to us the 22 artists of the Campioni category of Sanremo 2022. The names that are heard to take part in the next edition of the historic Italian festival, are indeed champions and foretell an exciting Sanremo.

ReviewiamoMusica is the website that since 2018 always manages to fall closer to the final list of participants. It does not simply mention the artists that are rumored, but in live time as it is done with the polls, it also captures the percentage of probability that applies to each artist individually! In more detail:

1. Elisa
2. Rkomi
3. Achille Lauro
4. Emma
5. Aka 7even
6. Boomdabash
7. Rettore e Ditonellapiaga
8. Eugenio In Via Di Gioia con Elio
9. Marco Masini
10. Fabrizio Moro
11. Mahmood
12. Irama
13. Giusy Ferreri
14. Noemi
15. Mara Sattei
16. Venerus
17. Dente
18. Ariete
19. Psicologi
20. Sangiovanni
21. Massimo Pericolo
22. Gianni Morandi

Six ex-winners return at the competition

Less than three weeks remain for the official announcement of the cast of 22 artists of the Sanremo 2022 Festival. In the 22 names that Amadeus will announce on December 15, the two winners of Sanremo Giovani will be added.

Among the people whose participation is now considered almost certain is Elisa. Twenty-one years after her unique and successful participation, Elisa seems to have found the desire to get back in the game. Her participation is very important, as it will pave the way for other superstars in the country to participate in the future.

Another impressive comeback could be that of Emma, ​​ten years after her victory she returns, aiming for victory this time as well.

But they are not the only former winners to return, at least according to current rumors. Mahmood, Fabrizio Moro and Marco Masini, both former winners, take the competition to new heights!

If you think that we got rid of the eurostars here, you are just wrong! The list also includes Gianni Morandi, also a winner of the Sanremo Festival and Italy’s representative at Eurovision 1970, occupying eighth place.

According to the official regulation , each artist has until December 1 to submit his candidacy, sending his unpublished piece to the committee chaired by artistic director Amadeus.

The announcement of the final cast will be made as we told you above, on the sidelines of the final of Sanremo Giovani, which is scheduled for December 15 in prime time at Rai Uno.

Sanremo 2022 will be held at the Teatro Ariston in the small Ligurian town of Sanremo, from 1 to 5 February. The winner will also have the opportunity (if he so wishes) to represent Italy in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place a few kilometers away, in May in Turin.

Would you like any of the former Sanremo winners to represent Italy at Eurovision 2022? The Maneskin success has whetted the appetite of many, but who will succeed them?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the Italian participation in Eurovision 2022!

Eurovision 2022: Studio “Atelier Francesca Montinaro” stage designers for Eurovision 2022!

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With a post in their social media, and especially Facebook, the team of “Atelier Francesca Montinaro” anoounced that they will be the stage designers for Eurovision 2022! This is the first time since 2016 that we will see a different team in this role. From 2016-2021, Florian Weilder was responsible for the stage designing of the contest.

In their Facebook post, the team mentioned:

“It’s official.

Atelier Francesca Montinaro will be the stage designers for Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin. 

It was a hard race that we competed with very much excitment and strong feelings. A chase that used to keep us awake until the very first morning hours. But it was worth all that because RAI chose us at the end of the day. We received this letter with very much honour and we will work hard to give Italy a stage that will show the Italian soul to the whole Europe and world.

We would love to say more, even more, but we cannot reveal any details. From now on, months of hard but beautiful work begin to reach the grand opening of the third edition of Eurovision in Italy.

See you in May!”

The team is not amateur and definetely not new to Italian fans as they were also the stage designers for Sanremo 2013 and 2019.

You can see more of their amazing work in the official website.

Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates of Eurovision 2022!

 

Italy 2022: Sanremo rules revealed!

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RAI has made available the rules for the 72nd edition of the Sanremo Festival.  The Italian broadcaster will continue using their prestigious music festival to select their Eurovision entry.

The 2022 Sanremo festival takes place from February 1 to February 5 2022.  According to the 2022 rules some major changes will take place in the selection procedure.

Sanremo 2022 Festival Schedule

This is what you should pay attention to watch the Sanremo festival like a pro:

  • 1st Day (Tuesday 01, February 2022)
    Listen the first 12 songs for the first time.  A 34% press and tv Jury, 33% radio jury and 33% web jury will determine the result of this day.  No elimination will take place.
  • 2nd Day (Wednesday 02, February 2022)
    The last 12 songs will perform for the first time. A 34% press and tv Jury, 33% radio jury and 33% web jury will determine the result of this day.  No elimination will take place.
  • 3rd Day (Thursday 03, February 2022)
    You can listen once again to the 24 songs.  This time the result is split in a 50% televoting, 50% demoscopy jury.  No elimination will take place.
  • 4th Day (Friday 04, February 2022)
    Cover day: The acts will perform a cover version of an Italian or non-Italian song from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.  A 34% televoting, 33% press, tv, radio and web jurt and 33% demoscopy jury will determine the result of the day.  No elimination will take place.
  • 5th Day (Saturday 05, February 2022)
    The 24 participants will perform the songs one more time.  A 100% televoting will decide the result of the final day.

Eurovision 2022 Selection

The 24 acts (and record labels) who are interested in representing Italy in Eurovision will have to sign a special form.  As it has happened in the previous Italian selections, the winner of Sanremo 2022 will be the first on the list to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.  If the winner refused the invitation the organizing committee will pick the Italian representative according to their own criteria from the candidates that have expressed their interest to represent Italy.

Italy has used Sanremo as their national final for Eurovision since its return to the contest in 2011 (with the only exception being 2014).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVH5dn1cxAQ&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Are you excited about Sanremo 2022?  Who should represent Italy for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022?

Source: RAI

Eurovision 2022: 41 countries joining the 66th contest in Turin!

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Public broadcasters from 41 countries will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest when it returns to our screens next May.

Fans of the Contest will welcome back ARMTV from Armenia and RTCG from Montenegro, both taking to the stage for the first time since Tel Aviv in 2019.

It’s also a special year for Norwegian broadcaster NRK as they will be celebrating the selection of their 60th Eurovision entry during the Melodi Grand Prix grand final on Saturday 19 February.

We will also witness the 300th ‘Big Five’ performance – that’s a song from one of either France, Germany, Italy, Spain or United Kingdom.

Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, shared his thoughts on the line-up:

‘We are so excited that we once again have over 40 broadcasters competing to win the iconic Eurovision trophy in Turin next May.

The team from Rai are working hard on preparations to welcome all the delegations to a new Host City and ensuring the Eurovision Song Contest will provide the excitement and state-of-the-art spectacle expected by nearly 200 million viewers.’

On the announcement of the 41 participants, Simona Martorelli and Claudio Fasulo from Italian broadcaster Rai added:

‘After 31 years, Italy is proud to host the Eurovision Song Contest again! As Executive Producers, we are incredibly excited to set up this amazing event and welcome delegations from 41 nations to Turin next year.

Above all, we strongly believe the Eurovision Song Contest will allow us to showcase and share the beauty of Italy with a global audience via the elements that unite us all: music and harmony.’

The Italian city of Turin won the race to become the Host City of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, setting Saturday 14 May as the date of the Grand Final, which will be held in PalaOlimpico along with two Semi-Finals on 10 and 12 May.

Source: Eurovision.tv

Eurovision 2022: More than 40 countries will compete in Turin!

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Through the official account of the Eurovision Contest on Twitter, a few minutes ago we had an important piece of information. The countries that will take part in Eurovision 2022, will be more than 40!

A few days ago again through Twitter, the Eurovision account asked fans how many countries they think will take part in Turin.

About 62% answered more than 40 countries and today we learned that this answer was the right one!

The above practically means that apart from Montenegro, which has already announced its return to Eurovision 2022, but also Armenia, which, although it has not yet opened its papers, its participation in Junior Eurovision in December makes us almost sure that the Caucasian country will return. We may have other countries that will either return or make their debut in the contest that will take place next May in Turin.

Andorra, Monaco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Hungary do not seem willing to return. On the other hand, Turkey has so far kept a low profile. However, the EBU’s announcement this summer, for discussions with the country’s public broadcaster regarding the possibility of its return, leaves some hope.

Soon, however, we will find out the full list of countries that will compete in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest and all our questions will be answered!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to our favorite contest!

Italy: Is superstar Elisa returning to Sanremo?

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One piece of news that, if confirmed, will literally shake the waters, is Elisa’s participation in the upcoming Sanremo Song Festival, something that of course makes her a possible representative of Italy in Eurovision 2022!

According to the widely circulated newspaper, Il Messagero, among the first names of artists rumored to have been approached by Amadeus to participate in Sanremo 2022 is Elisa.

Elisa, who won the 2001 Sanremo with the song Luce, which she co-wrote with Zucchero, is one of the few Italian artists to have achieved worldwide success with English songs.

Songs like Come Speak to Me, Dancing, No Hero are just some of her big hits. She is in possession of a diamond, a polyplatinine, 25 platinum and four gold discs. Her songs have been included in major film productions, and she has won dozens of awards, including an MTV Awards.

Il Messagero reports that in the upcoming Sanremo Festival he will participate in a duet with the rap singer, Rkomi. Other names mentioned are those of Loredana Berte, Francesco Renga, Marco Masini, Giusy Ferreri, Colcenera, Kolors etc.

The 72nd Sanremo Festival will take place in the first week of February, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. Italy will once again choose its representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, through the historic festival.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the Italian participation!