Italy: Rai announced candidates and songs for Festival di Sanremo 2017

On 12th December announced Carlo Conti during "Sarà Sanremo" 22 contestants with their songs for the Festival di Sanremo 2017. The shows takes place between 7th and 11th February 2017. There are two categories, Campioni and Nuove Proposte. The winner of Campioni will get the chance to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine. The shows will be presented once again by Carlo Conti.

"Festival di Sanremo" - Campioni:

• Al Bano - "Di rose e di spine"
• Elodie - "Tutta colpa mia"
• Paola Turci - "Fatti bella per te"
• Samuel - "Vedrai"
• Fiorella Mannoia - "Che sia benedetta"
• Nesli & Alice Paba - "Do retta a te"
• Michele Bravi - "Il diario degli errori"
• Fabrizio Moro - "Portami via"
• Giusy Ferreri - "Fa talmente male"
• Gigi D’alessio - "La prima stella"
• Raige & Giulia Luzi - "Togliamoci la voglia"
• Ron - "L’ottava meraviglia"
• Ermal Meta - "Vietato morire"
• Michele Zarrillo - "Mani nelle mani"
• Lodovica Comello - "Il cielo non mi basta"
• Sergio Sylvestre - "Con te"
• Clementino - "Ragazzi fuori"
• Alessio Bernabei - "Nel mezzo di un applauso"
• Chiara - "Nessun posto è casa mia"
• Francesco Gabbani - "Occidentali’s Karma"
• Bianca Atzei - "Ora esisti solo tu"
• Marco Masini - "Spostato di un secondo" 

Nuove Proposte (Newcomers)

• Leonardo Lamacchia
• Tommaso Pini
• Lele
• Marianne Mirage
• Maldestro
• Francesco Guasti
• Valeria Farinacci
• Braschi

If you missed the official announcement you can watch it here.

"Festival di Sanremo 2017" - Show dates:

• 07.02.2017 - Pre-Round 1
• 08.02.2017 - Pre-Round 2
• 09.02.2017 - Pre-Round 3
• 10.02.2017 - Semi-Final
• 11.02.2017 - National Final

Francesca Michielin represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Her song "No Degree Of Separation" ended on 16th place with 124 points. 

The winner of Festival di Sanremo 2017 will get the honor to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev. Italy is one of the big five members and will be automatically qualified to the Eurovision final on 13th of May 2017 in Ukraine.

You can find out more about the Sanremo Festival here:

• Festival di Sanremo (Facebook)
• Festival di Sanremo (Homepage)
• Festival di Sanremo (Instagram)
• Festival di Sanremo (Twitter)