A total of 12 acts have selected to participate in the Sanremo 2016 Giovani (‘Young’) round. It will be held on November 27th and will be transmitted live on RAI 1.

Out of the twelve participating acts, six will qualify to the Nuove Proposte (Newcomers) group of Sanremo 2016. A committee will select then another two entries which will make the final 8 acts in the group.

1. Beatrice Visconti – Paulette
2. Cecile – N.E.G.R.A.
3. Chiara Dello Iacovo – Introverso
4. Ermal Meta – Odio le favole
5. Francesco Gabbani – Amen
6. Francesco Guasti – Io e te
7. Irama – Cosa restera’
8. Michael Leonardi – Rinascerai
9. Rumor – Il Grande salto
10. Siberia – Gioia
11. Una – Amare stanca
12. Valeria & Piero Romitelli – Mai abbastanza

You can listen to the twelve candidates on RAI’s official website here.

Sanremo 2016 will be held on 9-13 February. The winner of the Campioni (Established artists) round will have the right to represent Italy in the final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Check out the full mechanism of the competition here.

Stay tuned to ESCToday.com for more news regarding Sanremo and Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.