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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.

The performances

Paola & Chiara – Furore

The two sisters are dressed in black and covered in glitter. The choreography is the same as yesterday. An uplifting start to the evening!

Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti

A beautiful ballad. Sattei, dressed in black, delivers a very emotional performance.

Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy

The eccentric singer dressed in purple and black performs his extremely uplifting and fun swing song. Biggest applause from the audience so far.

Gianluca Grignani – Quando ti manca il fiato

A ballad from the rock singer, a powerful performance.

Levante – Vivo

Levante performs her anthemic electropop song and seems to be living every moment of her performance!

Tananai – Tango

Last night’s surprise act comes to the stage for an equally moving performance of his anti-war ballad, proving that he’s returned to prove everyone wrong after his last place in last year’s Festival.

Lazza – Cenere

A really powerful performance of the rap song with the magical 90’s beat. At the end Lazza, clearly emotional, searches for his mother in the audience and gives her his flowers in a moving gesture.

LDA – Se poi domani

Another ballad from the young artist.

Madame – Il bene nel male

Dressed in blue, Madame proves why she’s this high in the ranking so far, with an even more on point performance than yesterday’s.

Ultimo – Alba

Tonight Ultimo decides to be accompanied by his piano, performing a song that becomes more powerful by the second in his own unique way. Big applause from the audience.

Elodie – Due

An admittedly stunning and classy performance from fan favorite Elodie, significantly better than last night’s.

Mr.Rain – Supereroi

A song that stood out from the first night. Mr.Rain is once again accompanied by a choir of children. One of the most moving songs and performances. Huge applause from the audience.

Giorgia – Parole dette male

A minimal appearance from Giorgia, who delivers excellent vocals.

Colla Zio – Non mi va

A funk song from the newcomer band, uplifting and different than any other entry.

Marco Mengoni – Due vite

The big favorite of this year’s Festival gives an excellent vocal performance of his power ballad, receiving a standing ovation at the end.

Colapesce Dimartino – Splash

We travel to the late 70’s with a retro song that’s already very loved by fans and voters.

Coma_Cose – L’addio

A love song that’s authentic to the duet.

Leo Gassmann – Terzo cuore

A midtempo song from the young singer who seems very happy to be on the Sanremo stage.

Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22

A legendary italian band who, surprisingly, participates in Sanremo for the first time this year. The song is very nostalgic.

Olly – Polvere

A fast-paced uplifting pop song with heavy voice editing.

Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)

One of the artists with the most Sanremo participations. Her performance doesn’t really stand out today, however her voice remains powerful.

Articolo 31 – Un bel viaggio

Dressed in all red, the duo deliver a nostalgic hip-hop piece.

Ariete – Mare di guai

Sethu – Cause perse

Shari – Egoista

Dressed in red, the young singer is accompanied by the piano at the start, performing a song with a powerful climax.

gIANMARIA – Mostro

A dark song with a lot of emotion. The Sanremo Giovani winner gives a powerful performance.

Modà – Lasciami

The famous band with a lot of hits in the 2000’s returns this year with a nostalgic song.

Will – Stupido

The newcomer closes tonight’s show with a typical pop song.

The results

Tonight, it was the demoscopic jury‘s and tv audience‘s turn to vote. Having combined their votes with the votes of the jury of journalists from the two previous nights, the ranking is now as follows:

Marco Mengoni
Ultimo
Mr.Rain
Lazza
Tananai
Madame
Rosa Chemical
Colapesce Dimartino
Elodie
Giorgia
Coma_Cose
Gianluca Grignani
Moda
Paola & Chiara
LDA
Ariete
Articolo 31
Mara Sattei
Leo Gassmann
Colla Zio
Levante
Cugini di Campagna
gIANMARIA
Olly
Anna Oxa
Will
Shari
Sethu

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

February 9, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The Seconda Serata of the 73rd Festival di Sanremo has ended and we have now officially listened to all the songs of this year’s Festival! At the end of the night, we found out the overall ranking of the jury of journalists (i.e. print and television journalists by 33%, website journalists by 33% and radio journalists by 33%).

Amadeus, along with Gianni Morandi and Francesca Fagnani were tonight’s presenters. We also had quite a few guests, including the Black Eyed Peas.

The contestants

Will – Stupido

Debut singer with a classic Italian ballad.

Modà – Lasciami

A well-known rock band appearing for the third time in Sanremo. Their previous entries have done very well, although their song this year is a bit predictable.

Sethu – Cause perse

Another debut artist with a rousing hyperpop song. The singer’s twin brother plays the guitar.

Articolo 31 – A beautiful trip

A classic Italian hip hop group that recently reunited. A nostalgic melody with rap verses.

Lazza – Cenere

A very special song, mixing rap with 90’s dance music. Very strong performance.

Giorgia – Parole dette male

Fifth participation of the singer in Sanremo who has never ended up outside of the top 3. A presentation with a lot of finesse.

Colapesce Dimartino – Splash

The duo that rocked 2021 with the hit Musica leggerissima is back again this year with yet another vintage disco hit that makes the audience cheer.

Shari – Egoista

A debutant singer and the third Sanremo Giovani finalist of the night, with a ballad accompanied by the piano.

Madame – Il bene nel male

Her second participation, Madame returns with a song as strong as Voce, if not stronger. Very interesting performance.

Levante – Vivo

The fan favorite singer returns after 2020 with an electropop hit, unlike 2020’s Tikibombom. Very uplifting song and performance.

Tananai – Tango

Second entry for the young artist who already has a large fanbase, after having gone viral despite his last place in Sanremo 2022. His entry is nothing like the one of last year, as he has returned with a typical italian ballad. Really good vocals, notably improved from last year.

Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy

A sensual performance of an extremely fun and original swing song altogether. This is the singer’s first Sanremo participation.

LDA – Se poi domani

Typical italian dramatic ballad for the debutant singer.

Paola e Chiara – Furore

Fifth entry for the female duet. The song is very danceable and accompanied by dancers.

The results

After we found out the jury of journalists’ voting for the first set of 14 songs last night, tonight the jury of journalists voted for the remaining 14. Their ranking of tonight’s songs was the following:

Colapesce e Dimartino
Madame
Tananai
Lazza
Giorgia
Rosa Chemical
Paola e Chiara
Levante
Articolo 31
Modà
LDA
Will
Shari
Sethu

The two rankings from the first two nights were then combined. This is the overall ranking of all 28 songs of the Festival, after the vote of the jury of journalists only:

Marco Mengoni
Colapesce e Dimartino
Madame
Tananai
Elodie
Coma_Cose
Lazza
Giorgia
Rosa Chemical
Ultimo
Leo Gassman
Mara Sattei
Colla Zio
Paola & Chiara
I Cugini di Campgna
Levante
Mr.Rain
Articolo 31
Gianluca Grignani
Ariete
Modà
gIANMARIA
Olly
LDA
Will
Anna Oxa
Shari
Sethu

What do you think of the way the journalists have voted? Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for the coverage of all Sanremo 2023 nights!

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

February 8, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The Prima Serata of the 73rd Festival di Sanremo is here! We listened to the first 14 songs of this year’s Festival for the first time and, at the end of the evening, found out the jury of journalists‘ voting (i.e. print and TV journalists by 33%, website journalists by 33% and radio journalists by 33%).

Amadeus, together with Gianni Morandi and Chiara Ferragni, were the presenters of the first night. There were also several guest appearances, including Mahmood and Blanco, winners of last year’s Sanremo and representatives of Italy at the Eurovision 2022 contest in Turin.

The show started with a greeting by the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, followed by an appearance by legendary italian comedian Roberto Benigni.

The performances

Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)

A veteran of the Sanremo Festival, as this year it is her 15th participation! She won in 1989 and 1999. She also represented Italy in Eurovision 1989. This year she returns after 12 years with a dramatic song where she showcases her vocal skills. A very good start to the Festival!

gIANMARIA – Mostro

A very strong performance and an emotional song from the young singer, who won Sanremo Giovani and is making his Sanremo debut this year.

Mr.Rain – Superheroes

First appearance at the Festival for the rapper Mr. Rain with a rap ballad accompanied by the piano. A children’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYu0qJ0EJM8choir makes an appearance during the song. Admittedly a very moving performance.

Marco Mengoni – Due vite

The winner of Sanremo 2013 and Italy’s representative in Eurovision 2013 with the song L’essenziale returns to the Festival this year. One of the big favorites to win this year as well, ten years after his win in 2013. The song Due vite is the singer’s third participation in Sanremo. A strong dramatic song and an excellent vocal performance shows that the singer is rightfully a favourite.

Ariete – Mare di guai

A vintage slow song with a romantic presentation by the young singer.

Ultimo – Alba

Winner of Sanremo Giovani 2018, runner-up at Sanremo 2019 and the second big favorite of this year’s Festival. The song is in the same style as the singer’s previous entries and the performance is, as his performances usually are, very strong and passionate.

Coma_Cose – L’addio

Second appearance for the duo at the Sanremo Festival after 2021. A touching song that tells a personal story of the duet.

Elodie – Due

Fan favorite Elodie returns to Sanremo with a dynamic song with funk elements. A demanding vocal performance, which the singer manages to pull off.

Leo Gassman – Terzo cuore

After his appearance at Sanremo Giovani 2019, the young singer returns with a more rhythmic pop song that seems to be a crowd pleaser.

I Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22

First appearance at the Festival, surprisingly, for the group that already completes 53 years of career. The song is classic Italian pop with lots of retro elements.

Gianluca Grignani – Quando ti manca il fiato

Seventh participation in the Festival for the rock singer. A classic Italian pop rock piece with a strong performance.

Olly – Polvere

A very rhythmic song by another Sanremo Giovani finalist, in complete contrast to what we have heard so far.

Colla Zio – Non mi va

A boy band with a funky rhythmic song that manages to fill the stage.

Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti

Her first appearance in Sanremo. A very classy and excellent vocal performance for the last song of the night.

The results

At the end of the night, we found out the journalist’s voting of the first set of this year’s songs. The results were the following:

Marco Mengoni
Elodie
Coma_Cose
Ultimo
Leo Gassman
Mara Sattei
Colla Zio
I Cugini di Campagna
Mr. Rain
Gianluca Grignani
Ariete
gIANMARIA
Olly
Anna Oxa

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Italy: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy guest at Sanremo 2023!

January 15, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy, Ukraine/by Stella Loutsou

According to information by Italian journalist Bruno Vespa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his desire to appear via video link at the Final of the Sanremo Festival, live from Kyiv.

https://twitter.com/sanremo_en/status/1614657643729256448

The response of Amadeus, host and artistic director of the Sanremo Festival was, according to Vespa, the following:

We remind you that the Festival of Sanremo 2023 will take place from 7 to 11 February 2023, therefore Zelenskyy is expected to make his appearance on Saturday, 11 February.

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Italy: The Black Eyed Peas guests at Sanremo 2023!

January 15, 2023/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The official Festival di Sanremo facebook page has just announced that the Black Eyed Peas will be guests of this year’s 73rd edition of Sanremo!

On the second night of the Festival, which is on Wednesday, 8 February, the group that has won 6 Grammy awards will appear on stage with the energy that has always distinguished them and make the Ariston theater audience and those at home dance to their greatest hits!

Their latest album “Elevation”, released last November by Epic/Sony Music, contains the million-streamed hit “Simply The Best” with Anitta and El Alfa and is currently in the Top 10 of Italian radio. Also, the track “Don’t You Worry” with Shakira and David Guetta has over 200 million streams and reached the Top 3 of Radio Airplay, the Top 10 of European Radio Airplay and Shazam’s Global Chart.

We remind you that the Festival of Sanremo 2023 will take place from 7 to 11 February. You can check out the participants here.

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Italy: Sanremo Giovani 2022 has just been completed!

December 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Stella Loutsou

The night of Sanremo Giovani 2022, the subcategory of the Sanremo Festival for new artists, has just come to an end.

12 artists competed to win a place among the already known Big participants of Sanremo 2023, however according to this year’s regulations by Sanremo’s artistic director and presenter Amadeus, only 6 of them managed to secure a place among the Big at the Festival in February. The 6 artists we will soon be seeing and hearing from again, therefore, are the following:

Shari
gIANMARIA
Colla Zio
Sethu
Will
Olly

Out of which gIANMARIA was declared the winner with the song La città che odi.

The 6 of them will, of course, compete with different songs at the Sanremo Festival than in today’s Sanremo Giovani final, whose titles are revealed below.

Sanremo song titles

In addition to the appearances of the Sanremo Giovani contestants and the announcement of the winners, the official presentation of Sanremo 2023’s Big participants also took place, where the titles of their songs were revealed:

Ultimo – Alba
Tananai – Tango
Madame – Il bene nel male
Giorgia – Parole dette male
Mr. Rain – Supereroi
Elodie – Due
Gianluca Grignani – Quando ti manca il fiato
Marco Mengoni – Due vite
Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)
Lazza – Cenere
Mara Sattei – Duemila minuti
Modà – Lasciami
Paola e Chiara – Furore
Colapesce Dimartino – Splash
Leo Gassmann – Terzo cuore
Articolo 31 – Un bel viaggio
Ariete – Mare di guai
I Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22
Levante – Vivo
Coma_Cose – L’addio
LDA – Se poi domani
Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy
gIANMARIA – Mostro
Colla Zio – Non mi va
Shari – Egoista
Olly – Polvere
Sethu – Cause perse
Will – Stupido

We remind you that Sanremo 2023 will take place from 7 to 11 February 2023.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sanremo 2023 and Italy’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Junior Eurovision 2022: Listen to Italy’s song!

November 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Eurovision, Italy, Junior Eurovision 2022/by Spyros Koronakis

One of the last countries to reveal their entry for Junior Eurovision 2022 is Italy. The country had previously announced that Chanel Dilecta will represent the country in the contest and now the only country left to reveal its song for Junior Eurovision 2022 in Armenia, is the host country itself.

Chanel’s song is called “BLA BLA BLA” and is entirely in the Italian language.

The young singer has aslo studied singing and ballet since the age of 4, along with the piano, modern dance and stage art; all of which has come in handy when competing in international competitions such as TMF (Tour Music Fest) 2021, the Italian Performer Cup (2021) and The Coach Contest.

Listen to “BLA BLA BLA” by Chanel Dilecta for Junior Eurovision 2022:

https://youtu.be/1YQzpfN10jE

What do you think about Italy’s song in this year’s Junior Song Contest? Write us in the comments below!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, in Armenia!

Italy: Sanremo 2023 regulation published!

June 13, 2022/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2023, Italy/by Giannis Argyriou

The regulation of the 73rd Italian Song Festival, the fourth branded Amadeus in the role of Artistic Director and Conductor, anticipates the times. The decision to publish it in June confirms that Amadeus is already at work in constant dialogue with the musical world.

25 champions in competition

The 2023 kermesse of the Sanremo Festival will be broadcast from 7 to 11 February. Also in this edition 25 champions are confirmed in the competition, including the 3 finalists of Sanremo Giovani who will have to participate in the festival with a different song than the one proposed in December. The fourth evening will be dedicated to the Covers: on this occasion the artists will be able to draw from a repertoire ranging from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 1999, reinterpreting a song together with a guest identified by them and approved by the Artistic Direction. The most voted interpretation will receive a Special award.

The competing songs of the 25 Champions

The competing songs of the 25 Champions will be judged by the public at home through televoting (from landline and mobile telephones), by the Jury of the Press Room, TV, Radio and Web (150 representatives of the media accredited to the Festival) and by the Opinion Jury. (300 components). In the first and second evening, the jury of the press room, TV, radio and web will vote and will carry out its vote by dividing itself into three independent components: a third for TV and print media, a third for the radio and a third for the web jury. . In the third evening the vote will be entrusted for 50% to televoting and for the other 50% to the opinion poll jury. During the fourth evening the voting will be tripartite: 34% entrusted to televoting, 33% to the press room, TV, radio, web jury and 33% to the opinion poll jury, while in the fifth the 25 samples will be judged by televoting alone. it will add up to the previous rankings. At the end of the fifth evening to decide the winner of the 73rd Sanremo Festival among the 3 finalists, a new vote by televoting, press room jury, TV, radio, web and opinion poll jury.

The winner of the festival will have the right to represent Italy at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. If the winner refuses then RAI will choose another finalist, based on its own criteria!

Stay tuned for more Sanremo 2023 updates!

Italian commentator apologizes after comparing Chanel with J.Lo during the Grand Final!

May 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Italy, Spain/by Alvaro Sanabria-Rangel

Cristiano Magliolo, one of the Italian commentators made some impolite comments about Spanish representative, Chanel. During the Grand Final, Magliolo called Chanel “a cheap Jennifer Lopez”. Not only that, the RAI commentator also added that the Slo Mo singer “was good to go to the beach in summer but there is only one Jennifer Lopez!”. Magliolo made these comments during the recap of the songs in the Eurovision Grand Final.

According to the rules, Eurovision commentators should remain neutral during the broadcasting of the show. It is against the rules to try to influence the public against an entry. It was thus a matter of time before the fans found out about these comments. Fans have expressed their discontent with Magliolo through social media. The pressure mounted to the point that Magliolo was forced to apologize.

Italian commentator apologizes

After the negative reactions, RAI commentator Cristiano Magliolo was forced to apologize. The commentator spoke in La Vita In Diretta where he said he never meant to offend Chanel with his comments:

The Spanish fans made a tragedy of it. They did not understand the irony of my comments. I honestly gave judgments I believed in, always seasoned with a few jokes. The commentator continued. Furthermore, he joked about himself “always going to discount stores” where he finds nice things even if they are often imitations of more famous brands.

Chanel represented Spain in Turin with her song Slo Mo. She finished in third place with 459 points. This marks Spain’s best result in Eurovision since 1995.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQYTt4xg3I&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Source: Today.it

Eurovision 2022: President of RAI talks about Eurovision and Russia’s ban from the contest!

May 13, 2022/0 Comments/in Eurovision, Italy/by Spyros Koronakis

Italian state broadcaster RAI’s president Marinella Soldi, who is a former CEO of Discovery Networks Southern Europe, has a longstanding rapport with the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the show on which she remembers first seeing ABBA, one of her favorite pop bands, “with their white flares.”

Soldi more recently was mesmerized by Måneskin and the swagger of the Italian glam-rock band, which by triumphing last year at Eurovision, against all odds, caused RAI to be host broadcaster of the 2022 edition of this massive event.

In a rare interview, Soldi talked about the politically heated lead-up to this year’s contest and the European Broadcasting Union’s decision to ban Russia from competing at Eurovision after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. She also noted that, though the war is causing pain and suffering in Europe and throughout the world, Eurovision’s audience still has a “fundamental human right” to joy.

Do you think banning Russia was the right decision?

It’s so hard to know what the right answer is, but I think it must stay non-political. And the decisions that were taken were taken with plenty of ponderation and great timing. And that’s why they are not part of this event.

Simply put: how big of a deal is this year’s Eurovision for RAI?

Massive! For all sorts of reasons. They say that winning the Eurovision contest is a poisoned chalice, because on the one hand you celebrate; on the other you think: ‘that’s us next year, having to organize it!’ It’s massive, but fortunately the Sanremo Festival is a great school. We are an EBU case study as to how this year Sanremo managed to attract its highest ratings in 23 years. But of course doing it in an arena, involving 40 delegations coming in, and in a new location. It’s a big deal from that perspective.

Of course, it’s the first Eurovision being held fully in-person without limitations since the pandemic struck.

Yes, there is this zeitgeist around it. We first experienced this at Sanremo. That is the whole notion of actually being able to hug people, dance with people and just be around people. It’s like lifting the lid off a pressure cooker. There is this great need for this! Possibly because it’s so international, it also has a travel element to it. It’s also people coming from all over. And being able to arrive from all over. Suddenly we are back to hearing that Babel of languages that makes one sigh with relief and say, “Ok, maybe we are going back to normal.”

Before last year’s Måneskin victory, how big was Eurovision in Italy? My impression is that local enthusiasm was quite muted. What types of ratings are you expecting for the show in Italy this year?

For me Eurovision is an absolute “must-see.” But in Italy, Sanremo has way outshined it. It hasn’t been so central. But everything changed last year with Måneskin. It’s not just the victory of Italy. It’s Måneskin themselves and the incredible success and exposure that they’ve had. From a focus perspective it positions RAI as more inclusive to the younger generation. Without a doubt that is a challenge for all public service broadcasters.

Do you expect the ratings in Italy to be better than they were last year?

Yes, we had had a 25% audience share last year, which was its highest ever…Of course it will peak during the Måneskin performance.

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Source: variety.com

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

The performances

The results

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

The contestants

The results

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

The performances

The results

Italy: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy guest at Sanremo 2023!

Italy: The Black Eyed Peas guests at Sanremo 2023!

Italy: Sanremo Giovani 2022 has just been completed!

Junior Eurovision 2022: Listen to Italy’s song!

Italy: Sanremo 2023 regulation published!

25 champions in competition

The competing songs of the 25 Champions

Italian commentator apologizes after comparing Chanel with J.Lo during the Grand Final!

Italian commentator apologizes

Eurovision 2022: President of RAI talks about Eurovision and Russia’s ban from the contest!

Do you think banning Russia was the right decision?

Simply put: how big of a deal is this year’s Eurovision for RAI?

Of course, it’s the first Eurovision being held fully in-person without limitations since the pandemic struck.

Before last year’s Måneskin victory, how big was Eurovision in Italy? My impression is that local enthusiasm was quite muted. What types of ratings are you expecting for the show in Italy this year?

Do you expect the ratings in Italy to be better than they were last year?

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