Festival of Sanremo, 2nd night

Tonight, the festival of San Remo continues. The winner of the contest can be the Italian representant in the Eurovision Song Contest. That means, if he, she or they want it. All the participants had to inform Italian television (RAI) already about their wish to participate…. or not. The show starts at 20.40 CET and you can watch it here.

This second night, another 13 songs will be presented:

  • Aka7even, “Perfetta così”
  • Ditonellapiaga con Donatella Rettore, “Chimica”
  • Elisa, “O forse sei tu”
  • Emma, “Ogni volta è così”
  • Fabrizio Moro, “Sei tu”
  • Giovanni Trupi, “Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia”
  • Highsnob e Hu, “Abbi cura di te”
  • Irama, “Ovunque sarai”
  • Iva Zanicchi, “Voglio amarti”
  • Le Vibrazioni, “Tantissimo”
  • Matteo Romane, “Virale”
  • Sangiovanni, “Farfalle”
  • Tananai, “Sesso occasionale”

Emma participated in Sanremo 2011 and 2012. In 2014 she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Fabrizio Moro was present in Sanremo 2017 and won the contest together with Ermal Meta in 2018. They went to Eurovision for Italy.
Irama took part in Sanremo 2019 and 2021.
Iva Zanicchi is experienced: she took part in Sanremo 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 (winner!), Canzonissima 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. As the winner of SanRemo 1969 she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Le Vibrazioni took part in SanRemo 2018 and 2020.

Note that we only listed participations in San Remo in years that the Eurovision entrant was chosen from the contest.

 

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