Italy: Gianni Morandi to accompany Amadeus on Sanremo 2023 hosting
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Gianni Morandi will be the standing on the Sanremo 2023 stage alongside with Amadeus hosting the iconic Italian music festival.
During the evening news on RAI 1 the artistic director of Sanremo Festival, Amadeus, revealed that Gianni Morandi will be co-hosting along with himself the next edition of Sanremo. However Morandi is no stranger to the festival as he has has the honor to host the editions back in 2011 and 2012.
A few words for Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi, born in Monghidoro on 11 December 1944, is an Italian singer , musician , actor and TV presenter . Occasionally he was also a songwriter and composer for other artists. He is considered one of the cornerstones of Italian pop music , with over 50 million records sold all over the world.
He conducted the Sanremo Festival for two editions, 2011 and 2012 , while he won it in 1987 . He was also honorary president of Bologna Calcio from 2010 to 2014.
The iconic music competition will be taking place next year from February 7 to February 11. A total of 25 acts will be taking part in the festival among which the three acts to be selected via the Sanremo Giovani festival. However the three acts from Sanremo Giovani will copete with a different song than the one from Sanemo Giovani competition.
Italy in Eurovision
Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 47 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956. After a 14-year absence from 1998 and on, the country returned to the contest in 2011. Italy has won the contest twice in 1964 with Gigliola Cinquetti and her song “Non ho l’età”. Italy’s second victory in the contest came in 1990 with Toto Cutugno and the song “Insieme: 1992”.
Italy’s come back to the contest has proved to be very successful, the country having finished in the top ten in eight times of the last decade (2011–2021), with Raphael Gualazzi second in 2011, Nina Zilli ninth in 2012, Marco Mengoni seventh in 2013 and Il Volo third in 2015, Francesco Ghabbani 6th in Kiev. In 2018 the winners of Sanremo 2018 ,Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro, represented Italy in Eurovision in Lisbon with their song “Non mi avete fatto niente”. The Italian duo achieved an honorable 5th place in the Grand final with 308 points and a remarkable 3rd placing in the public voting.
In 2019 , Mahmood, winner of Sanremo 2019 represented the country in Tel Aviv with his entry Soldi. The Italian representative kept the good results for Italy achieving a 2nd place in the Grand Final in Tel Aviv. In 2020 Diodato might have won the Sanremo festival with 'Fai Rumore' but unfortunately didn't have the chance to perform in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled de to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last year the rock band Maneskin won Saremo 2021 and went on representing the nation on Rotterdam where they triumphed with their song 'Zitti e Buoni' bringing the 2022 contest to Italy. This year the duo Mahmood & Blanco representing the host nation with their Sanremo 2022 winning song 'Brividi', finishing in the honorable 6th place.
News Source: RAI
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