Area Sanremo 2022 has been launched, with the search commencing for four singers to compete in Sanremo Giovani.
Area Sanremo returns with applications now open for singers from area surrounding Sanremo to compete. The competition is open to emerging artists and gives the opportunity for four singers to compete in Sanremo Giovani, and have the chance to make it through to the Festival di Sanremo 2023.
Applications can be filled in at area-sanremo.it and is for singers aged between the ages of 16 and 30 years as of January 1, 2023. Two songs must be submitted as part of the application, one for the auditions and one for Sanremo 2023, songs myst be in Italian and be a maximum of 3 minutes and 30 seconds long.
Amadeus is the Artistic Director for Area Sanremo 2023, he said:
I canโt wait to listen to the songs of all the members of the Sanremo Area, Iโm sure we will find good music and artists capable of surprising us. It is on young people that I have always aimed, beyond categories and genres. Both among the Big and in the Nuove Proposte section and now also with the Sanremo Area. As President, with the support of my trusted collaborators, I will try to make the recording style more homogeneous.
An Evaluation Commission will be selected by Amadeus to review all of the applications, from which an unspecified number will audition in front of the RAI Music Commission for the four places in Sanremo Giovani.
Festival di Sanremo 2023
Festival di Sanremo 2023 will be held from February 7 to 11 and will be overseen by Amadeus. The contest will again feature 25 artists of which three will qualify for the contest through Sanremo Giovani. All 25 artists will be competing with songs that are not released until the night of the performances.
The fourth evening of the show will be dedicated to covers of Italian or international songs released between January 1, 1960 and December 31, 1999. The way in which the winner of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 is chosen remains the same as in recent years.
Sanremo Giovani 2023 will see its final held on Monday December 12, at which point twelve new artists will be competing for the three places in the Festival di Sanremo. Artists aged between 16 and 29 years old are invited to participate, with 30 artists selected for live auditions in Rome, 8 of which will be selected for the final. A further four finalists will be selected from the competitors in the Area Sanremo contest.
Image Source: EBU / Andres Putting | Source: EurovisionIN
Italy debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and has participated a total of 42 times to date. Italy returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 having last participated in the contest in 1997, the country has withdrawn from the contest on a number of occasions in the past. Italy has won the contest three times, the first time being in 1964 and the latest being in 2021. Italyโs hosting of the contest in 1991 has been remembered as one of the most chaotic contests to date. Since their return in 2011 Italy has finished in the top 10 on eight occasions.
