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Some dates to mark on the calendar: Sanremo 2023 will air on Rai 1 from the 7 to 11 February. This year, the first details of the Festival, now in its 73rd edition, arrived much earlier than in the past. A choice, let Rai know, confirming that Amadeuson his fourth appointment with the Ariston stage he is already at work and in constant conversation with the musical world, looking for songs suitable for the radio world.

The singers in the race

Also in this edition they are confirmed 25 champions in competitionincluding the 3 finalists of Sanremo Giovani who will have to participate in the Festival with a different song than the one proposed in December, the regulation reads.

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The evening of the covers

The fourth evening will be dedicated to cover: on this occasion the artists will be able to draw from a repertoire ranging from January 1st 1960 to December 31st 1999, reinterpreting a song together with a guest identified by them and approved by the artistic direction. The most voted interpretation will receive a special award.

Amadeus is already at work

“The goal is to have a longer preparation time available to transfer an exciting story of Italian music today from the Ariston stage to the homes of viewers, giving voice to new talents and already established artists”, says the conductor who he adds: “The cast, also on the basis of the musical proposals that will arrive to me, will be chosen, as always, giving weight to the value of the songs and their potential compared to the market, with particular attention to their ‘radio appeal’.”

Here’s how the songs will be judged

The songs in the competition will be judged by the public at home through televoting (from landline and mobile telephones), by the jury of the press room, TV, radio and web (150 representatives of the media accredited to the Festival) and by the opinion poll jury (300 members ). In the first and second evening, the jury of the press room will vote and will make its choices by dividing itself into three independent components: a third for TV and print media, a third for the radio and a third for the web jury.

In the third evening the vote will be entrusted for 50 percent to televoting and the other 50 percent to the opinion poll jury. During the fourth evening the voting will be tripartite: 34 percent entrusted to televoting, 33 percent to the jury in the press room, TV, radio, web and 33 percent to the opinion poll jury, while in the fifth the 25 samples will be judged alone televoting that will add up to the previous rankings.

The winner’s choice

At the end of the fifth evening to decide the winner among the three finalists, there will be a new vote by televoting, the press room jury, TV, radio, web and opinion poll jury.