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They’re one of the most successful countries at Eurovision since their return in 2011 — and Italy shows no sign of slowing down.

On Sunday Italian broadcaster RAI revealed the 12 finalists for Sanremo Giovani — the competition for less established acts that will pick three contestants for the big Sanremo festival in February. 

The Sanremo Giovani contest will take place on 20 December. The three lucky acts will join 23 other acts — who RAI handpicked — in the big Sanremo festival. 

The lucky 12 are…

Sanremo Giovani: Italy reveals 12 finalists for qualifier event

  • bnkr44 – “Effetti speciali”
  • Grenbaud – “Mama”
  • Lor3n – “Fiore D’inverno”
  • Tancredi – “Perle”
  • Dipinto – “Criminali”
  • Nausica – “Favole”
  • CLARA – “Boulevard”
  • Jacopo Sol – “COSE CHE NON SAI”
  • SANTI FRANCESI – “Occhitristi”
  • Vale LP – “Stronza”
  • Fellow – “Alieno”
  • Omini – “Mare Forza 90i”

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Atlas
Atlas
11 months ago

bnkr44 and santi francesi are my favorites so far. I’m still patiently waiting for the 4 Area Sanremo songs to be released before I finalize my top 3 picks

Héctor
Héctor
11 months ago

Nice to see Tancredi in. I was once addicted to “Isole” thanks to the Netflix series “Di4ri”

sucof
sucof
11 months ago

Big names in Italian music are expected to compete for the festival, from IL VOLO to Gianna Nannini, Diodato, Alessandra Amoroso, Annalisa, Ghali, The kolors, Negramaro etc… The official list will be dated December 3rd!

XOOOOD
XOOOOD
11 months ago

I discovered Tancredi 3 years ago and I was obsessed with him, and always wished to see him in San Remo.

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
11 months ago

The only artist I knew before hand was bnkr44 and I liked their album when I listened to it. I feel as if, recently, Sanremo Giovani hasn’t quite produced the future stars that it was doing in previous editions, but they’d be a good candidate to change that.

Ari
Ari
11 months ago

Sanremo trumps Eurovision at this point.

Yuarith
Yuarith
11 months ago
Reply to  Ari

Not hard, given ESC’s current Mello-ification