Sanremo Music Festival 2018
Sanremo Music Festival | |
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68th edition (2018) | |
Dates |
February 6, 2018 (1st night) February 7, 2018 (2nd night) February 8, 2018 (3rd night) February 9, 2018 (4th night) February 10, 2018 (5th night) |
Presenter(s) |
Claudio Baglioni Michelle Hunziker Pierfrancesco Favino |
Artistic director(s) | Claudio Baglioni |
Orchestra leader | Geoff Westley |
Broadcaster | RAI |
Venue |
Teatro Ariston (Sanremo, Liguria, Italy) |
Big Artists section | |
Entries | 20 acts (20 songs) |
Winner |
Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" |
Critic's prize |
Ron "Almeno pensami" |
Newcomers' section | |
Entries | 8 acts (8 songs) |
Winner |
Ultimo "Il ballo delle incertezze" |
Eurovision Song Contest | |
Selection process | Winning act of the Big Artists section accepted invitation to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 |
Selected artist | Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro |
Sanremo Music Festival chronology | |
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The Sanremo Music Festival 2018 (Italian: 68º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2018) was the 68th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo and organised and broadcast by RAI.
Format
Presenters
Singer-songwriter and musician, Claudio Baglioni, was the main host and artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 2018,[1] alongside co-hosts Michelle Hunziker[2] and Pierfrancesco Favino.
Voting
Voting during the five evenings occurred through different combinations of four methods:
- Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting.
- Press jury voting, expressed by accredited journalists that followed the competition from the Roof Hall at the Teatro Ariston.
- A demoscopic poll, composed of a sample of 300 music fans, which voted from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos.
- Expert jury voting, resulting from points assigned by personalities from the world of music, entertainment and culture. The jury is composed by Pino Donaggio (president), Giovanni Allevi, Serena Autieri, Milly Carlucci, Gabriele Muccino, Rocco Papaleo, Mirca Rosciani and Andrea Scanzi.
The three voting systems had a percentage weight so distributed:[3]
- First, Second and Third Evening: 40% Public televoting; 30% Demoscopic poll; 30% Press jury voting
- Fourth and Fifth Evening: 50% Public televoting; 30% Press jury voting; 20% Expert jury voting
In the final part of the fifth evening, a new rank indicating the first three acts -determined by the percentage of votes obtained in this evening's vote and those obtained in previous evenings- was drawn up.
Competing entries
Newcomers' section
The artists competing in the Newcomers' section were selected through two separate contests: Sanremo Giovani and Area Sanremo.
Sanremo Giovani
On October 31, 2017, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2018 announced a list of 650 acts, but only 68 artists coming from all Italian regions -excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta- and from abroad were selected in the first phase.[4]
On November 10, 2017, Rai Commission announced the sixteen finalists.[5][6]
On December 15, 2017, the sixteen finalists performed their songs at Villa Ormond in Sanremo, with the show Sarà Sanremo broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Claudia Gerini and Federico Russo. The six selected by the jury were added to the two entries of Area Sanremo, for a total of eight young emerging artists in the category of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[7] Lorenzo Baglioni, Mudimbi, Eva, Mirkoeilcane, Giulia Casieri and Ultimo were chosen as contestants of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.
Area Sanremo
After the auditions, RAI Commission -composed by Massimo Cotto, Stefano Senardi, Antonio Vandoni, Maurizio Caridi and Maurilio Giordana; plus the participation of Franco Zanetti and Amara- identified 8 finalists for the competition among the 145 acts:[8]
- Martina Attili
- Alice Caioli
- Diego Esposito
- Manuel Foresta
- Andrea Maestrelli
- Leonardo Monteiro
- Giorgia Pino
- Daniele Ronda
Newcomers' Finalists
- Lorenzo Baglioni - "Il congiuntivo"
- Mirkoeilcane - "Stiamo tutti bene"
- Eva - "Cosa ti salverà"
- Giulia Casieri - "Come stai"
- Mudimbi - "Il mago"
- Ultimo - "Il ballo delle incertezze"
- Leonardo Monteiro - "Bianca"
- Alice Caioli - "Specchi rotti"
Big Artists section
The Big Artists section of the contest will revert to 20 artists, after briefly going up to 22 last year. Unlike in previous years, there will be no eliminations during the four weeknight shows. All the artists will perform several times and will be scored during the week, but they will all advance to the final night.[9]
- Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli - "Il segreto del tempo"
- Nina Zilli - "Senza appartenere"
- The Kolors - "Frida"
- Diodato & Roy Paci - "Adesso"
- Mario Biondi - "Rivederti"
- Luca Barbarossa - "Passame er sale"
- Lo Stato Sociale - "Una vita in vacanza"
- Annalisa - "Il mondo prima di te"
- Giovanni Caccamo - "Eterno"
- Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo - "Il coraggio di ogni giorno"
- Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico - "Imparare ad amarsi"
- Renzo Rubino - "Custodire"
- Noemi - "Non smettere mai di cercarmi"
- Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - "Non mi avete fatto niente"
- Le Vibrazioni - "Così sbagliato"
- Ron - "Almeno pensami"
- Max Gazzè - "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"
- Decibel - "Lettera dal Duca"
- Red Canzian - "Ognuno ha il suo racconto"
- Elio e le Storie Tese - "Arrivedorci"
Awards and Notable achievements
Big Artists section
Assigned by | Artist | Song | |
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Winner | - | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | Non mi avete fatto niente |
Runner-up | - | Lo Stato Sociale | Una vita in vacanza |
Third classified | - | Annalisa | Il mondo prima di te |
Mia Martini Award | Press jury | Ron | Almeno pensami |
Lucio Dalla Award | Press | Lo Stato Sociale | Una vita in vacanza |
Sergio Endrigo Award for the best interpretation |
- | Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico | Imparare ad amarsi |
Giancarlo Bigazzi Award for the best music composition |
- | Max Gazzè | La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno |
TIM Music Award | TIM | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | Non mi avete fatto niente |
Lunezia Award[10] for the song with best music-letterary value |
Organizators of Premio Lunezia | Luca Barbarossa | Passame er sale |
Newcomers' section
Assigned by | Artist | Song | |
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Winner | - | Ultimo | Il ballo delle incertezze |
Runner-up | - | Mirkoeilcane | Stiamo tutti bene |
Third classified | - | Mudimbi | Il mago |
Mia Martini Award[11] | Press jury | Mirkoeilcane | Stiamo tutti bene |
Lucio Dalla Award[12] | Press | Alice Caioli | Specchi rotti |
Lunezia Award[13] for the song with best music-letterary value |
Organizators of Premio Lunezia | Ultimo | Il ballo delle incertezze |
Enzo Jannacci Award[14] for the best performance |
Nuovo IMAIE New Italian Institute with a mutual purpose, established and managed by Artists, Interpreters and Executors |
Mirkoeilcane | Stiamo tutti bene |
Assomusica Award[15] for the best stage presence |
Assomusica Italian Association of Live Music Shows Producers and Organizers |
Mudimbi | Il mago |
Other Awards
Award | Assigned by | Artist |
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Career Award[16] | City of Sanremo | Milva |
Shows
First evening
The 20 Big Artists each performed their song for the first time.[9]
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
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Public (weight 40%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Average | ||||
Annalisa | 1 | "Il mondo prima di te" | 11th (3.83%) | 3rd | 9th | 4.66% | 3rd |
Ron | 2 | "Almeno pensami" | 4th (6.58%) | 6th | 6th | 6.27% | 4th |
The Kolors | 3 | "Frida" | 2nd (10.60%) | 9th | 10th | 6.54% | 8th |
Max Gazzè | 4 | "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" | 6th (4.61%) | 5th | 5th | 6.26% | 6th |
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico | 5 | "Imparare ad amarsi" | 7th (4.39%) | 8th | 4th | 6.268% | 5th |
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | 6 | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 1st (21.98%) | 1st | 2nd | 16.12% | 1st |
Mario Biondi | 7 | "Rivederti" | 13th (3.45%) | 11th | 17th | 3.19% | 15th |
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli | 8 | "Il segreto del tempo" | 3rd (6.77%) | 18th | 19th | 3.81% | 11th |
Lo Stato Sociale | 9 | "Una vita in vacanza" | 8th (4.27%) | 2nd | 1st | 9.53% | 2nd |
Noemi | 10 | "Non smettere mai di cercarmi" | 14th (3.09%) | 4th | 16th | 3.86% | 10th |
Decibel | 11 | "Fuori dal tempo" | 15th (2.81%) | 15th | 10th | 3.10% | 16th |
Elio e le Storie Tese | 12 | "Arrivedorci" | 20th (1.72%) | 12th | 18th | 2.41% | 20th |
Giovanni Caccamo | 13 | "Eterno" | 10th (3.97%) | 13th | 12th | 3.71% | 12th |
Red Canzian | 14 | "Ognuno ha il suo racconto" | 12th (3.53%) | 20th | 13th | 2.83% | 17th |
Luca Barbarossa | 15 | "Passame er sale" | 5th (4.93%) | 10th | 15th | 3.91% | 9th |
Diodato & Roy Paci | 16 | "Adesso" | 17th (2.60%) | 16th | 3rd | 5.08% | 7th |
Nina Zilli | 17 | "Senza appartenere" | 19th (1.83%) | 7th | 19th | 2.61% | 18th |
Renzo Rubino | 18 | "Custodire" | 16th (2.78%) | 19th | 13th | 2.56% | 19th |
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo | 19 | "Il coraggio di ogni giorno" | 9th (4.16%) | 17th | 8th | 3.67% | 13th |
Le Vibrazioni | 20 | "Così sbagliato" | 18th (2.10%) | 14th | 7th | 3.61% | 14th |
Second evening
The first ten Big Artists each performed their song again and the first four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]
Big Artists
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public (weight 40%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Average | ||||
Le Vibrazioni | 1 | "Così sbagliato" | 8th (7.71%) | 6th | 5th | 8.44% | 6th |
Nina Zilli | 2 | "Senza appartenere" | 7th (8.88%) | 2nd | 8th | 8.95% | 5th |
Diodato & Roy Paci | 3 | "Adesso" | 5th (9.32%) | 5th | 1st | 13.26% | 4th |
Elio e le Storie Tese | 4 | "Arrivedorci" | 10th (3.66%) | 8th | 10th | 4.30% | 10th |
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico | 5 | "Imparare ad amarsi" | 3rd (12.35%) | 4th | 2nd | 13.94% | 2nd |
Red Canzian | 6 | "Ognuno ha il suo racconto" | 4th (9.59%) | 10th | 8th | 6.49% | 9th |
Ron | 7 | "Almeno Pensami" | 2nd (14.96%) | 3rd | 3rd | 13.87% | 3rd |
Renzo Rubino | 8 | "Custodire" | 6th (9.09%) | 9th | 7th | 7.29% | 8th |
Annalisa | 9 | "Il mondo prima di te" | 1st (17.54%) | 1st | 3rd | 16.10% | 1st |
Decibel | 10 | "Lettera del Duca" | 9th (6.90%) | 7th | 6th | 7.36% | 7th |
Newcomers
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public (weight 40%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Average | ||||
Lorenzo Baglioni | 1 | "Il congiuntivo" | 1st (49.91%) | 2nd | 2nd | 35.32% | 1st |
Giulia Casieri | 2 | "Come stai" | 4th (8.17%) | 3rd | 3rd | 17.18% | 4th |
Mirkoeilcane | 3 | "Stiamo tutti bene" | 2nd (25.18%) | 4th | 1st | 28.87% | 2nd |
Alice Caioli | 4 | "Specchi rotti" | 3rd (16.74%) | 1st | 4th | 18.63% | 3rd |
Third evening
The other ten Big Artists each performed their song for the second time and the other four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]
Big Artists
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public (weight 40%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Average | ||||
Giovanni Caccamo | 1 | "Eterno" | 8th (4.86%) | 7th | 7th | 6.31% | 8th |
Lo Stato Sociale | 2 | "Una vita in vacanza" | 4th (7.94%) | 1st | 1st | 15.63% | 2nd |
Luca Barbarossa | 3 | "Passame er sale" | 2nd (12.43%) | 5th | 6th | 10.21% | 4th |
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo | 4 | "Il coraggio di ogni giorno" | 6th (6.86%) | 9th | 5th | 7.00% | 7th |
Max Gazzè | 5 | "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" | 5th (7.34%) | 4th | 2nd | 12.08% | 3rd |
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli | 6 | "Il segreto del tempo" | 7th (5.49%) | 10th | 10th | 3.28% | 10th |
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | 7 | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 1st (41.18%) | 2nd | 3rd | 25.38% | 1st |
Noemi | 8 | "Non smettere mai di cercarmi" | 9th (2.98%) | 3rd | 8th | 7.34% | 6th |
The Kolors | 9 | "Frida (Mai Mai Mai)" | 3rd (8.71%) | 6th | 4th | 9.12% | 5th |
Mario Biondi | 10 | "Rivederti" | 10th (2.21%) | 8th | 9th | 3.65% | 9th |
Newcomers
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public (weight 40%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Total | ||||
Mudimbi | 1 | "Il mago" | 2nd (32.69%) | 1st | 2nd | 31.77% | 2nd |
Eva | 2 | "Cosa ti salverà" | 3rd (11.40%) | 2nd | 3rd | 18.75% | 3rd |
Ultimo | 3 | "Il ballo delle incertezze" | 1st (48.18%) | 2nd | 1st | 38.42% | 1st |
Leonardo Monteiro | 4 | "Bianca" | 4th (7.73%) | 4th | 4th | 11.06% | 4th |
Fourth evening
The 20 Big Artists performed their songs as duets and the eight Newcomers also performed their songs again.[9]
- Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli - Giusy Ferreri
- Nina Zilli - Sergio Cammariere
- The Kolors - Tullio De Piscopo & Enrico Nigiotti
- Diodato & Roy Paci - Ghemon
- Mario Biondi - Ana Carolina & Daniel Jobim
- Luca Barbarossa - Anna Foglietta
- Lo Stato Sociale - Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano & Paolo Rossi
- Annalisa Scarrone - Michele Bravi
- Giovanni Caccamo - Arisa
- Enzo Avitabile & Peppe Servillo - Avion Travel & Daby Touré
- Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico - Alessandro Preziosi
- Renzo Rubino - Serena Rossi
- Noemi - Paola Turci
- Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Simone Cristicchi
- Le Vibrazioni - Skin
- Ron - Alice
- Max Gazzè - Rita Marcotulli & Roberto Gatto
- Decibel - Midge Ure
- Red Canzian - Marco Masini
- Elio e le storie tese - Neri per Caso
Fifth evening
The 20 Big Artists will again each perform their entry for a final time. The top three will face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2018 will be decided.[9]
- Advanced to second round
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place[17] | |||
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Public (weight 50%) |
Demoscopic Jury (weight 20%) |
Press Jury (weight 30%) |
Average | ||||
Luca Barbarossa | 1 | "Passame er sale" | 4th (9.95%) | 3rd | 11th | 6.83% | 7th |
Red Canzian | 2 | "Ognuno ha il suo racconto" | 13th (2.07%) | 13th | 16th | 2.06% | 15th |
The Kolors | 3 | "Frida" | 5th (8.50%) | 10th | 8th | 5.99% | 9th |
Elio e le Storie Tese | 4 | "Arrivedorci" | 19th (1.03%) | 16th | 19th | 1.14% | 20th |
Ron | 5 | "Almeno pensami" | 7th (4.75%) | 1st | 7th | 7.13% | 4th |
Max Gazzè | 6 | "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6.93% | 6th |
Annalisa | 7 | "Il mondo prima di te" | 3rd (10.02%) | 6th | 6th | 8.31% | 3rd |
Renzo Rubino | 8 | "Custodire" | 11th (2.38%) | 17th | 12th | 2.69% | 13th |
Decibel | 9 | "Lettera dal Duca" | 15th (1.74%) | 17th | 15th | 1.99% | 16th |
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico | 10 | "Imparare ad amarsi" | 8th (4.08%) | 2nd | 4th | 7.07% | 5th |
Giovanni Caccamo | 11 | "Eterno" | 10th (2.48%) | 11th | 13th | 2.99% | 10th |
Lo Stato Sociale | 12 | "Una vita in vacanza" | 2nd (10.15%) | 8th | 1st | 10.50% | 2nd |
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli | 13 | "Il segreto del tempo" | 12th (2.08%) | 17th | 19th | 1.70% | 18th |
Diodato & Roy Paci | 14 | "Adesso" | 9th (2.80%) | 6th | 2nd | 6.78% | 8th |
Nina Zilli | 15 | "Senza appartenere" | 18th (1.40%) | 11th | 17th | 1.94% | 17th |
Noemi | 16 | "Non smettere mai di cercarmi" | 16th (1.60%) | 17th | 14th | 2.09% | 14th |
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | 17 | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 1st (24.58%) | 4th | 3rd | 16.56% | 1st |
Mario Biondi | 18 | "Rivederti" | 20th (1.00%) | 9th | 17th | 1.69% | 19th |
Le Vibrazioni | 19 | "Così sbagliato" | 17th (1.52%) | 13th | 8th | 2.82% | 11th |
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo | 20 | "Il coraggio di ogni giorno" | 14th (1.75%) | 13th | 10th | 2.79% | 12th |
Superfinal
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demoscopic Jury (weight 30%) |
Press Jury (weight 20%) |
Public (weight 50%) |
Average | ||||
Annalisa | 1 | "Il mondo prima di te" | 3rd | 1st | 2nd (23,44%) | 26,94% | 3 |
Lo Stato Sociale | 2 | "Una vita in vacanza" | 1st | 3rd | 3rd (22,10%) | 28,40% | 2 |
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | 3 | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 2nd | 2nd | 1st (54,41%) | 44,66% | 1 |
Special guests
The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2018 were:[18][19][20]
- singers / musicians: Biagio Antonacci, Gianni Morandi, Gianna Nannini, Nek, Gino Paoli, Laura Pausini, Max Pezzali, Piero Pelù, Danilo Rea, Francesco Renga, Shaggy, Sting, James Taylor.
- bands / music groups: Il Volo, Negramaro.
- actors / comedians / directors / models: Stefano Accorsi, Carolina Crescentini, Elena Cucci, Nino Frassica, Rosario Fiorello, Claudia Gerini, Massimo Ghini, Sabrina Impacciatore, Ivano Marescotti, Giulia Michelini, Giampaolo Morelli, Gabriele Muccino, Stefania Sandrelli, Valeria Solarino, Gianmarco Tognazzi.
- other notable figures: Antonella Clerici, Pippo Baudo, Franca Leosini, Giorgio Panariello.
Related shows
Prima Festival
Sergio Assisi and Melissa Greta Marchetto present Prima Festival 2018, a small show on air on Rai 1 immediately after TG1. The show features details, curiosities and news relating to Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[21]
Dopo Festival
Edoardo Leo and Carolina Di Domenico, with the participation of Sabrina Impacciatore, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Genovese, Rocco Tanica and a group of journalists of Italian press, presents Dopo Festival 2018, a talk show on air on Rai 1 immediately after Sanremo Music Festival. The show features comments about the Festival as well as interviews to the singers competing in the song contest.[22]
Broadcast and ratings
Local broadcast
Rai 1, Rai Premium, Rai Radio 1 and Rai Radio 2 are the official broadcasters of the festival in Italy. The show is also available in streaming via website on Rai Play.
Ratings Sanremo Music Festival 2018
The audience is referred to the one of Rai 1.
Live Show | Timeslot (UTC+1) | Date | 1st time (9.00pm - 0.00am) |
2nd time (0.00am - 1.00am) |
Overall audience | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viewers | Share (%) | Viewers | Share (%) | Viewers | Share (%) | |||
1st | February 6[23] | 13,776,000 | 51.4% | 6,624,000 | 55.4% | 11,603,000 | 52.1% | |
2nd | February 7[24] | 11,458,000 | 46.6% | 5,870,000 | 52.9% | 9,687,000 | 47.7% | |
3rd | February 8[25] | 12,657,000 | 51.1% | 6,146,000 | 54.4% | 10,825,000 | 51.6% | |
4th | February 9[26] | 12,246,000 | 49.1% | 6,985,000 | 57.1% | 10,108,000 | 51.1% | |
5th | February 10 | 13,240,000 | 54.0% | 10,404,000 | 69.0% | 12,125,000 | 58.3% |
Ratings Prima Festival 2018
Episode | Timeslot (UTC+1) | Date | Viewers | Share (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
01 02 03 04 05 |
8:30 pm | February 6[27] February 7[28] February 8[29] February 9[30] February 10 |
8,251,000 7,346,000 7,232,000 7,021,000 TBA |
29.8% 28.2% 27.9% 27.4% TBA |
Ratings Dopo Festival 2018
Episode | Timeslot (UTC+1) | Date | Viewers | Share (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
01 02 03 04 05 |
1.00 am | February 6[31] February 7[32] February 8[33] February 9[34] February 10 |
2,078,000 1,979,000 2,042,000 2,400,000 TBA |
37.1% 37.3% 38.0% 41.7% TBA |
International broadcast
The international television service Rai Italia broadcast the competition in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. The contest will be broadcast in Albania by RTSH and Russia by Vremya. The contest is also visible via website on Eurovision.
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
The winners of the Big Artists category received the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. However, winners are not obliged to take part in Eurovision, as seen in 2016 when Stadio declined to participate in the contest, which did not happen in this edition. In the event that the winner decides not to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, RAI and the organisers of Sanremo Music Festival usually reserve the right to select the Italian entrant to themselves.
There were several former Italian Eurovision representatives feature in the Big Artists category this year. Nina Zilli came 9th in 2012 with "L'amore è femmina (Out of love)". Riccardo Fogli came 11th in 1983 with "Per Lucia". Enrico Ruggeri, the lead singer of Decibel, came 12th in 1993 with "Sole d'Europa" and Luca Barbarossa also came 12th in 1988 with "Vivo (Ti scrivo)".
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