Italy: Five Acts Will Participate in Superfinal of Festival di Sanremo 2023
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The rules of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 have changed, allowing five artists to compete in the Superfinal.
Five artists, instead of three, will compete in the Superfinal round of Festival di Sanremo 2023. This change was made as part of a rule alteration which means that the Superfinal round at this year's festival will be its largest since 2006.
In order to determine The five artists who will compete in this year's Superfinal, the same method used in past years will be utilized. This includes receiving votes from various media outlets (press, televoting, orchestra), as well as a jury made up of members from these different groups.
Sanremo Festival 2023
Sanremo Festival will be serving again as the country's format to determine the act and song that will be eligible to represent Italy in the 67th edition of the contest. The 73rd Sanremo Festival will be hosted by Amadeus for a fourth year in a row. The iconic music competition will be taking place next year from February 7 to February 11.
The winner of the Superfinal will be determined by a mix of public and jury votes. 33% percent will come from press voting, 33% percent from demiscopic jury selection, and 34% percent from televoting.
Italy in Eurovision
Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 47 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956. After a 14-year absence from 1998 and on, the country returned to the contest in 2011. Italy has won the contest twice in 1964 with Gigliola Cinquetti and her song “Non ho l’età”. Italy’s second victory in the contest came in 1990 with Toto Cutugno and the song “Insieme: 1992”.
Italy’s come back to the contest has proved to be very successful, the country having finished in the top ten in eight times of the last decade (2011–2021), with Raphael Gualazzi second in 2011, Nina Zilli ninth in 2012, Marco Mengoni seventh in 2013 and Il Volo third in 2015, Francesco Ghabbani 6th in Kiev. In 2018 the winners of Sanremo 2018 ,Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro, represented Italy in Eurovision in Lisbon with their song “Non mi avete fatto niente”. The Italian duo achieved an honorable 5th place in the Grand final with 308 points and a remarkable 3rd placing in the public voting.
In 2019 , Mahmood, winner of Sanremo 2019 represented the country in Tel Aviv with his entry Soldi. The Italian representative kept the good results for Italy achieving a 2nd place in the Grand Final in Tel Aviv. In 2020 Diodato might have won the Sanremo festival with 'Fai Rumore' but unfortunately didn't have the chance to perform in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled de to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last year the rock band Maneskin won Saremo 2021 and went on representing the nation on Rotterdam where they triumphed with their song 'Zitti e Buoni' bringing the 2022 contest to Italy. This year the duo Mahmood & Blanco representing the host nation with their Sanremo 2022 winning song 'Brividi', finishing in the honorable 6th place.
News Source:Rai/Sanremo Festival
Image: eurofestival.italia
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