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The granddaddy of them all, the Sanremo music festival, has been busy during the off-season. Not only have they changed artistic director, with Amadeus being replaced with Carlo Conte, but they have also announced changes to the rules and format.
If you remember, it’s the Test Match cricket of Eurovision, with five nights.
Night one – All thirty artists below will sing their songs – bring snacks, this is going to be a long one. A round of voting will take place.
Nights two and three – Half of the artists will sing their songs again on each night, followed by further rounds of voting.
Night four – This is covers night, where the artists perform an international or Italian song from the past with an established guest performer. For the last few years, this result has been added to the overall score, but this time it is a standalone contest.
Night five – The thirty songs will be sung again, just in case you had forgotten them, and the top five artists with the highest combined scores from Nights 1, 2, 3 and 5 will advance to a super-final, where televoters and the jury will decide the winners.
Those thirty artists are listed below and include some memorable names from Eurovisions past.
[table id=847 /]Four previous Eurovision entrants are among the list, alongside some famous Italian names – let’s hope the television production is as batshit as last year. Remember John Travolta?
