Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Italy: Tonight! "Sanremo 2016" - Pre-Round 1

The traditional Festival di Sanremo 2016 kicks of tonight with the first Pre-Round. 10 contestants perform their songs in Sanremo. The show will be hosted by Carlo Conti, joined by co-hosts Gabriel Garko, Madalina Ghenea and Virginia Raffaele.

"Festival di Sanremo 2016" - Pre-Round 1

  1. Lorenzo Fragola - "Infinite volte"
  2. Noemi - "La borsa di una donna" 
  3. Dear Jack - "Mezzo respiro"
  4. Giovanni Caccamo & Deborah Iurato - "Via da qui" 
  5. Gli Stadio - "Un giorno mi dirai"
  6. Arisa - "Guardando il cielo"
  7. Enrico Ruggeri - "Il primo amore non si scorda mai"
  8. Bluvertigo - "Semplicemente"
  9. Rocco Hunt - "Wake Up"
  10. Irene Fornaciari - "Blu"

The show starts at 8:20 pm (cet) and you can follow the live stream here:

"Festival di Sanremo 2016" - Special guests

  • Aldo
  • Elton John
  • Giavanni & Giacomo
  • Laura Pausini
  • Maitre Gims

"Festival di Sanremo 2016" - Show dates:

  • 09.02.2016 - Pre-Round 1
  • 10.02.2016 - Pre-Round 2
  • 11.02.2016 - Pre-Round 3
  • 12.02.2016 - Semi-Final
  • 13.02.2016 - National Final
Il Volo represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. The three tenors ended with "Grande Amore" on 3rd place in the Eurovision final with 292 points. Il Volo were the winner by the televotes. Should they have won the competition? Watch again their Eurovision performance...

Il Volo - "Grande Amore" (Eurovision performance)


The winner of the Sanremo Festival 2016 will get the honor to represent Italy this year in Stockholm at the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Italy is one of the big five members and will be automatically qualified to the Eurovision final on 14th of May 2016 in Stockholm. 

You can find out more about the Sanremo Festival here:

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