LIVE: Sanremo, night 1
Tonight it is time to start this year’s Festival di Sanremo! Festival di Sanremo is an annual Italian song competition, and the winner of the contest is offered an opportunity to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. There’s five shows in Sanremo 2020 and the winner is decided in the final, which takes place this Saturday, February 8th.
There’s 24 contestants in Sanremo, and tonight we get to hear the first 12 of them:
Achille Lauro – Me ne frego
Anastasio – Rosso di rabbia
Bugo e Morgan – Sincero
Diodato – Fai rumore
Elodie – Andromeda
Irene Grandi – Finalmente io
Raphael Gualazzi – Carioca
Marco Masini – Il confronto
Rita Pavone – Niente (Resilienza 74)
Riki – Lo sappiamo entrambi
Le Vibrazioni – Dov’è
Alberto Urso – Il sole ad est
We will take you through tonight’s show, which starts at 20:40 CET.