Details about Italy’s Festival Di Sanremo 2023 began to emerge back in June, including the dates and the format. In a press conference earlier today, the 22 Campioni participants in the Festival di Sanremo 2023 were revealed.
Amadeus announced the Campioni artists that will be competing in Festival di Sanmremo 2023. The following 22 artists will be joined by six singers from Sanremo Giovani 2022:
- Anna Oxa
- Ariete
- Articolo 31
- Colapesce DiMartino
- Come_Cose
- Elodie
- Gianluca Grignani
- Giorgia
- I Cugini di Campgna
- Lazza
- LDA
- Leo Gassman
- Levante
- Madame
- Mara Sattei
- Marco Mengoni
- Moda’
- Mr. Rain
- Paola e Chiara
- Rosa Chemical
- Tananai
- Ultimo
The song titles will be revealed during the final of Sanremo Giovani 2022 on December 16. Originally, only three Sanremo Giovani artists would advance into the main contest.
The details so far
Sanremo 2023 will take place from 7 to 11 February 2023. In the 2023 edition, there will be 28 participants. Established artists will take up 22 out of the 28 places. The remaining 6 places will be reserved for the lucky artists selected through the Sanremo Giovani selection. This will take place on 16 December. The latter is a pre-contest designed for newcomers to compete as Sanremo contestants. In the 2022 edition, the three artists selected to compete from Sanremo Giovani were Tananai, Matteo Romano and Yuman.
The general format of Sanremo 2023 will be largely the same as the 2022 edition. The traditional ‘covers’ night will take place on 10 February, and artists, alongside a special guest, must cover a song that was released between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1999.
Voting procedures are fairly similar to 2022. On the first and second nights, votes will be decided by a jury comprised of TV, radio and web representatives. In addition, on the third evening, the public will be able to have a say through televoting. Their opinions will have an equal weighting alongside the jury. Finally, on the fourth and fifth evenings, televoting, an opinion poll and jury will determine the winner.
Amadeus, who also serves as the artistic director for the festival, will be hosting for the forth time in a row, with Gianni Morandi co-hosting.
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