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The 64th edition of the Sanremo Song Festival will kick off tonight and will air live at 20:30 CET on Rai 1.

The 2014 Sanremo Song  Festival will consist of 5 shows that will air everyday starting today up to the grand final on Saturday. The contest will be presented by Fabio Fazio and Luciana Littizzetto.

The Show

There will be two sections, the Campioni (Champions) section and the Nuove Proposte (New Proposals) section. The Campioni section consists of 14 artists that will perform 2 original entries each. On the other hand, the Nuove Proposte section will consist of 8 new artists that will perform 1 original song each.

The Participants

Campioni Section:

Arisa – Lentamente (Il primo che passa)
Arisa – Controvento

Cristiano De André – Invisibili
Cristiano De André – Il cielo è vuoto

Giusy Ferreri – L’amore possiede il bene
Giusy Ferreri – Ti porto a cena con me

Frankie hi-nrg mc – Pedala
Frankie hi-nrg mc – Un uomo è vivo

Raphael Gualazzi feat. The Bloody Beetroots – Liberi o no
Raphael Gualazzi feat. The Bloody Beetroots – Tanto ci sei

Noemi – Bagnati dal sole
Noemi – Un uomo è un albero

Giuliano Palma – Così lontano
Giuliano Palma – Un bacio crudele

Perturbazione – L’unica
Perturbazione – L’Italia vista dal bar

Francesco Renga – A un isolato da te
Francesco Renga – Vivendo adesso

Ron – Un abbraccio unico
Ron – Sing in the rain

Renzo Rubino – Ora
Renzo Rubino – Per sempre e poi basta

Antonella Ruggiero – Quando balliamo
Antonella Ruggiero – Da lontano

Francesco Sarcina – Nel tuo sorriso
Francesco Sarcina – In questa città

Riccardo Sinigallia – Prima di andare via
Riccardo Sinigallia – Una rigenerazione

Nuove Proposte Section:

Diodato – Babilonia

Filippo Graziani – Le cose belle

Rocco Hunt – Nu juorno buono

The Niro – 1969

Veronica De Simone – Nuvole che passano

Bianca – Saprai

Vadim – La modernità

Zibba – Senza di te

How to watch

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Festival di Sanremo 2014 will be aired live on Rai 1 from Tuesday to Saturday at 20:30 CET.

  • Rai 1
  • Rai 1 via satellite (Hotbird 13)
  • Rai webcast on rai.tv

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Raphael Gualazzi, who represented Italy in Düsseldorf in 2011 and reached second place, will be competing in the Campioni section.

This year, Italy will be represented by Emma Marrone with La mia città on 10 May in the Grand final.

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for more news from Sanremo 2014, Italy, Eurovision Song Contest 2014.


I'm Luke Borg and I'm from Malta. I'm currently studying media and I'm a big Eurovision fan! My first Eurovision memory is when I was 8 and asked my dad why we have to sing in the semi-final to be able to sing on Saturday...it was in 2004!