Italy: Tonight Sanremo Festival 2021 kicks off with the first show

Italy: Tonight Sanremo Festival 2021 kicks off with the first show
Tuesday, 02 March 2021

  • The 71st edition of Sanremo Festival kicks off tonight at Teatro Ariston  with the first show of the Italian iconic music event, starting the country's quest for its Eurovision 2021 hopeful.

    Here we are with one more edition of italia's biggest music event kicking off for the 71st time in its history and will unfold over five shows.

    The artistic director of the iconic contest, Amadeus, will lead for one more year the presentation of the show, accompanied in each night by a different host. During Prima Serata the popular Italian actor and singer Matilda De Angelis will co-host the show.

     

    First Night's Competing Acts

    During the first night we will get to see on stage the 13 contestants out of 26 competing acts in total in the Campioni Category. This night's competing acts are: 

    • Aiello – “Ora”
    • Annalisa – “Dieci”
    • Arisa – “Potevi fare di più”
    • Colapesce e Dimartino – “Musica leggerissima”
    • Coma_Cose – “Fiamme negli occhi”
    • Fasma – “Parlami”
    • Francesca Michielin e Fedez – “Chiamami per nome”
    • Francesco Renga – “Quando trovo te”
    • Ghemon – “Momento perfetto”
    • Irama – “La genesi del tuo colore”
    • Madame – “Voce”
    • Maneskin – “Zitti e buoni”
    • Max Gazzè e Trifluoperazina Monstery Band – “Il farmacista”

     

     Also apart form the 13 contestants of the Campioni Category we will see taking the stage the four acts out of the 8 Nuove Proposte category competing acts which are: 

    • Avincola
    • Elena Faggi
    • Folcast
    • Gaudiano

     

    The Voting Process

    The results tonight will be determined as following: 

    The first 13 songs of " The Campioni category" will be heard for the first time. The result is determined by a 100% poll- (demoscopic) jury from 300 fans who will be casting their vote from their home and which was made up based on special  demographic, age and qualitυ criteria. 

    The first 4 entries  of "Nuove Proposte" will also be heard for the first time. The result is determined by a double vote: 50% of the poll jury and 50% of the televote with only the top-2 acts qualifying for the final.

    You can watch tonight Sanremo's first show at 20:30 CET on RAI 1 or on the official portal of the broadcaster  RaiPlay