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Italy: Marco Mengoni is the winner of Sanremo 2023!

February 12, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The 73rd Festival di Sanremo has come to an end, crowning Marco Mengoni winner with the song Due Vite.

Amadeus, along with Gianni Morandi and Chiara Ferragni, were tonight’s presenters. There were also a lot of guest appearances, including a message from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a performance by Depeche Mode.

During the first phase of the final we listened to all 28 songs again for the third time and, after a 100% televoting which was added to the rankings of the previous nights, the first 5 songs qualified to the next phase: the super final, in which voting restarted from zero, not taking into consideration any of the previous voting procedures of the whole week. In the super final, everyone had a say: televoting by 34%, demoscopic jury by 33% and jury of journalists also by 33%.

The performances

Elodie – Due

Elodie’s best performance in this year’s Sanremo. Her look is gorgeous and she’s very good vocally.

Colla Zio – Non mi va

A performance with lots of energy, the band truly seem to enjoy themselves!

Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti

An on spot performance as always, Sattei receives big applause from the audience.

Tananai – Tango

Tananai enters wearing a yellow and blue flower. His performance is really emotional and and the audience cheer. At the end, he thanks the Ukrainian protagonists of his music video.

Colapesce Dimartino – Splash

A performance with a lot of humor. The song is very retro and the audience clap to the rhythm.

Giorgia – Parole dette male

A very warm welcome for the famous singer. An excellent performance vocally.

Modà – Lasciami

Another great performance from the beloved pop-rock band.

Ultimo – Alba

Possibly his best and most moving performance in this year’s Sanremo. Vocally excellent and full of emotion and power.

Lazza – Cenere

A powerful performance with the audience singing along and cheering at the end.

Marco Mengoni – Due vite

The steady number one during the whole week delivers yet another excellent performance full of emotion.

Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy

An epic performance that everyone will remember for a long time. The singer takes Fedez from the audience, who’s sitting first row, brings him on stage and kisses him. The audience cheers.

Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22

A nostalgic song with a beautiful performance by the group who, despite their huge status, take part in Sanremo for the first time.

Madame – Il bene nel male

Another beautiful performance by the very emotional by the end Madame.

Ariete – Mare di guai

The young singer’s best performance who seems more comfortable on stage than in the previous nights.

Mr. Rain – Supereroi

The choir of children returns to the stage and the audience is moved. Another moving performance by the dark horse of this year’s Festival.

Paola e Chiara – Furore

A fun song and performance which takes us back to the dance music of the 00’s.

Levante – Vivo

A great performance by Levante who unfortunately is quite underrated this year.

LDA – Se poi domani

A good performance by the newcomer.

Coma_Cose – L’addio

The duet’s best performance.

Olly – Polvere

A satisfying, uplifting performance from the newcomer.

Articolo 31 – Un bel viaggio

Big applause for the hip-hop duo and their nostalgic song.

Will – Stupido

A satisfying performance from another newcomer. Amadeus congratulates all newcomers who take place in Sanremo for the first time this year.

Leo Gassmann – Terzo cuore

Lots of smiles and lots of energy from Leo, who seems to really be enjoying himself on stage! Probably his best performance as well.

Gianmaria – Mostro

Another energetic performance from the Sanremo Giovani winner.

Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)

A rather eccentric appearance from Sanremo legend Anna Oxa. Excellent vocally once again.

Shari – Egoista

Newcomer Shari seems a lot more comfortable on stage.

Gianluca Grignani – Quando ti manca il fiato

Full of passion, Grignani’s performance receives a big applause from the audience.

Sethu – Cause perse

The performances part of the final ends with Sethu! Despite coming steadily last in the ranking since the beginning, Sethu delivers a fun and energetic performance.

The results – first phase

After Amadeus signaled the closing of the televote lines, he announced the official places 28-6 in the ranking:

6. Giorgia

7. Madame

8. Rosa Chemical

9. Elodie

10. Colapesce e Dimartino

11. Moda

12. Gianluca Grignani

13. Coma_Cose

14. Ariete

15. LDA

16. Articolo 31

17. Paola e Chiara

18. Leo Gassmann

19. Mara Sattei

20. Colla Zio

21. Cugini di Campagna

22. gIANMARIA

23. Levante

24. Olly

25. Anna Oxa

26. Will

27. Shari

28. Sethu

He then went on to announce the top 5 artists who made it to the super final in a random order. These 5 artists were the following:

Ultimo
Tananai
Lazza
Marco Mengoni
Mr.Rain

The special awards

Other than the big award of the overall winner, Sanremo gives out a set of extra awards every year, in a beautiful gesture of recognition of specific aspects of the songs, from best lyrics to best composition. The winners of these awards were the following:

Award Mia Martini (jury of critics): Colapesce e Dimartino
Award Sergio Bardotti (best lyrics): Coma_Cose
Award Lucio Dalla (jury of journalists): Colapesce e Dimartino
Award Giancarlo Bigazzi (best composition): Marco Mengoni

The results – second phase (super final)

The official top 5 is the following:

Marco Mengoni
Lazza
Mr.Rain
Ultimo
Tananai

Marco Mengoni is, therefore, the winner of Sanremo 2023 with the song “Due Vite”! We will be waiting for the press conference in a few hours, in which he will confirm whether he accepts to be the Italian representative in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. For now, you can enjoy his performance here:

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Italy: Who is winning Sanremo 2023 according to the bets and streams?!

February 10, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Alvaro Sanabria-Rangel

We are getting closer to the grand final of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 and it’s time to take a look at the predictions.

According to the betting odds Marco Mengoni is still in the lead after his impressive performance on the first night. In second place comes Mr. Rain, who started in 19th place before the festival started, but has climbed to the top. Ultimo is now in third place, having lost some ground after the first night to regain it today. On the other hand Giorgia’s chances according to the bettors have decreased significantly. Although she started in third place before the festival, now she fell to the ninth place.

Now let’s take a look at the Spotify streams.

Yesterday, Marco Mengoni was topping the chart with 1320229 streams while Mr. Rain came in second place with 1284899 streams. However today the stream charts have experience a great commotion! Lazza made a strong debut with 2126061 streams, Mr. Rain is now in second place with even more streams than his debut.

Here is the ranking of the first 10 songs of Sanremo 2023 based on the number of streams on Spotify on their first day of release:

Lazza – Cenere (2162051)
Marco Mengoni – Due vite (1320229)
Mr. Rain – Superheroes (1284899)
Madame – Il bene nel male (1265025)
Ultimo – Alba (946581)
Colapesce Dimartino – Splash (936534)
Elodie – Due (929458)
Tananai – Tango (926234)
Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy (923911)
Coma_Cose – L’addio (901510)

There is certainly no clear favorite as it happened last year when Brividi set a stream record on its first day of release with over 3 million. Yesterday Mr. Rain managed to climb from 17th place in the ranking to third after the jury and public votes took place. The results show that he was voted very high by the public and the jury. The same goes for Ultimo who moved up from tenth to second place.

Here are the rankings so far:

As we can see, things continue moving on. Marco Mengoni is relatively safe in first place, but the Sanremo Festival has proven to be unpredictable over the years with its complex voting system. This year it will be even more difficult to predict the winner with five songs entering in the super final!

Tonight the fourth night of Sanremo will take place. We will enjoy the 28 nominated artists in duets with other artists.

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Italy: The results of the third night of Sanremo 2023!

February 10, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The Terza Serata of the 73rd Festival di Sanremo has just been completed! Tonight, all 28 contestants performed their songs for the second time and, at the end of the evening, we found out the ranking of the demoscopic jury, as well as the televote.
Amadeus, among Gianni Morandi and Paola Egonu, were tonight’s presenters. There were also a lot of guest appearances, including Måneskin.