Italy: RAI releases the first 8 songs of Sanremo Giovani 2022
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The Italian national broadcaster, RAI, has released the first eight songs that will be taking part in Sanremo Giovani 2022.
RAI has release the first 8 songs that will be competing in Sanremo Giovani 2022. Out of 714 submissions that reached to RAI for Sanremo Giovani festival 2022, RAI's special jury shorlisted 43 acts that went through auditions before the music committee chaired by the Artistic Director of the Festival Amadeus, and composed of the Deputy Prime Time Director Federica Lentini, the author Massimo Martelli, the maestro Leonardo De Amicis.
From the 43 acts that took part in the auditions 8 of them advanced to the final show that will aired by RAI on December 16 live form Teatro del Casinò di Sanremo.
Listen to the first 8 songs by clicking the songtitles below:
gIANMARIA The city you hate Sony Music Entertainment Italy Vicenza Giuse The Lizia Sincere Maciste Discs Palermo Maninni A thousand doors Sony Music Entertainment Italy Bari Midas Maldité Believe Digital Caracas OLLY The soul dances Sony Music Entertainment Italy Genoa Sethu Underground C.E.M.E.D. Carousel Savona Shari Under heading Sony Music Entertainment Italy Monfalcone (GO) - Italy Will The most important things Universal Music Italy Vittorio Veneto (TV) - Italy The 8 finalists will then be joined by the 4 qualifiers from Area Sanremo who will be selected at the end of November by the Rai Music Commission.
Only the first 3, among the 12 finalist artists, according to the Regulations, will then have the opportunity to perform on the stage of the Ariston Theater during the 73rd edition of Festival Sanremo, aiming to win the right to represent Italy at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.
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 2020 Diodato might had 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. In 2021 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 and Blanco represented Italy in Turin on home soil with their song 'Brividi' which achieved a honorable 6th placing for the host country.
News Source/Image: RAI
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