The prestigious festival of Sanremo is starting again!
It is the festival the Eurovision Song Contest is based on and because of Måneskin winning the contest for Italy, this festival will also select the representative and song for the home country this year!

The Artistic Director for the competition, Amadeus, will be hosting the festival for the third year in a row! As a sidekick he will be having the comedian Fiorello beside him, himself no stranger to this role as he has already done so in 2020 edition.

Tonight we will get familiar with these entries, the first half of them:

1. Achille Lauro (feat. Harlem Gospel Choir) – Domenica
   
2. Yuman – Ora e qui
   
3. Noemi – Ti amo non lo so dire
   
4. Gianni Morandi – Apri tutte le porte
   
5. La Rappresentante di Lista – Ciao ciao
   
6. Michele Bravi – Inverno dei fiori
   
7. Massimo Ranieri – Lettera di là dal mare
8. Mahmood e Blanco – Brividi
9. Ana Mena – Duecentomila ore
10. Rkomi – Insuperabile
11. Dargen D’Amico – Dove si balla
12. Giusy Ferreri – Miele

We will see 34% radio jury, 33% press and TV jury and 33% web jury voting with no eliminations tonight yet.

You can follow the show over at RaiPlay and ofcourse in our live-blog below. Have fun!