Anna Oxa will be familiar to Eurovision fans as she represented Italy back in 1989 with Fausto Leali. The sang the powerful rock ballad Avrei voluto on stage in Laussanne. Anna Oxa is a well known Italian artist today. She will be back at the Sanremo Song Festival next February, where she will compete with a rock ballad.

Anna Oxa will be back in Sanremo after 3 victories and a 5 year absence in the contest. She has participated 13 times in Italy's flagship musical event. Anna will be taking part at the Sanremo Song Festival on the 17th of February with a rock ballad. She will also perform the very popular traditional Italian song O sole mio, as a tribute to Italy's 150th anniversary.

Albanian–Italian singer Anna Oxa was born in 1961. At the age of sixteen, she made her first appearance during the Sanremo festival and finished second immediately with her song Un'emozione da poco.