Sanremo Music Festival 2018

































































Sanremo Music Festival
Logo Sanremo Music Festival 2018.png
68th edition (2018)
Dates 6 February 2018 (1st night)
7 February 2018 (2nd night)
8 February 2018 (3rd night)
9 February 2018 (4th night)
10 February 2018 (5th night)
Presenter(s)
Claudio Baglioni
and Michelle Hunziker, Pierfrancesco Favino
Artistic director(s) Claudio Baglioni
Orchestra leader Geoff Westley
Broadcaster RAI
Venue
Teatro Ariston
(Sanremo, Liguria, Italy)
Big Artists section
Entries 20 acts (20 songs)
Winner
Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
Critic's prize
Ron
"Almeno pensami"
Newcomers' section
Entries 8 acts (8 songs)
Winner Ultimo
"Il ballo delle incertezze"
Eurovision Song Contest
Selection process Winning act of the Big Artists section accepted invitation to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Selected artist
Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
Sanremo Music Festival chronology

2018

The Sanremo Music Festival 2018 (Italian: 68º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2018) was the 68th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo and organised and broadcast by RAI.




Contents






  • 1 Format


    • 1.1 Presenters


    • 1.2 Voting




  • 2 Selections


    • 2.1 Newcomers' section


      • 2.1.1 Sanremo Giovani


      • 2.1.2 Area Sanremo


      • 2.1.3 Newcomers' Finalists




    • 2.2 Big Artists section




  • 3 Competing entries


  • 4 Shows


    • 4.1 First evening


    • 4.2 Second evening


      • 4.2.1 Big Artists


      • 4.2.2 Newcomers




    • 4.3 Third evening


      • 4.3.1 Big Artists


      • 4.3.2 Newcomers




    • 4.4 Fourth evening


    • 4.5 Fifth evening


      • 4.5.1 Superfinal






  • 5 Special guests


  • 6 Related shows


    • 6.1 Prima Festival


    • 6.2 Dopo Festival




  • 7 Broadcast and ratings


    • 7.1 Local broadcast


      • 7.1.1 Ratings Sanremo Music Festival 2018


      • 7.1.2 Ratings Prima Festival 2018


      • 7.1.3 Ratings Dopo Festival 2018




    • 7.2 International broadcast




  • 8 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest


  • 9 References





Format



Presenters


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Sanremo Music Festival 2018 presenters



Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Baglioni and Michelle Hunziker




Singer-songwriter and musician, Claudio Baglioni, was the main host and artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 2018,[1] alongside co-hosts Michelle Hunziker[2] and Pierfrancesco Favino.



Voting


Voting during the five evenings occurred through different combinations of four methods:



  • Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting.

  • Press jury voting, expressed by accredited journalists that followed the competition from the Roof Hall at the Teatro Ariston.

  • A demoscopic poll, composed of a sample of 300 music fans, which voted from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos.

  • Expert jury voting, resulting from points assigned by personalities from the world of music, entertainment and culture. The jury is composed by Pino Donaggio (president), Giovanni Allevi, Serena Autieri, Milly Carlucci, Gabriele Muccino, Rocco Papaleo, Mirca Rosciani and Andrea Scanzi.


The three voting systems had a percentage weight so distributed:[3]



  • First, Second and Third Evening: 40% Public televoting; 30% Demoscopic poll; 30% Press jury voting

  • Fourth and Fifth Evening: 50% Public televoting; 30% Press jury voting; 20% Expert jury voting


In the final part of the fifth evening, a new rank indicating the first three acts -determined by the percentage of votes obtained in this evening's vote and those obtained in previous evenings- was drawn up.



Selections



Newcomers' section


The artists competing in the Newcomers' section were selected through two separate contests: Sanremo Giovani and Area Sanremo.



Sanremo Giovani


On October 31, 2017, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2018 announced a list of 650 acts, but only 68 artists coming from all Italian regions -excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta- and from abroad were selected in the first phase.[4]


On November 10, 2017, Rai Commission announced the sixteen finalists.[5][6]










On December 15, 2017, the sixteen finalists performed their songs at Villa Ormond in Sanremo, with the show Sarà Sanremo broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Claudia Gerini and Federico Russo. The six selected by the jury were added to the two entries of Area Sanremo, for a total of eight young emerging artists in the category of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[7] Lorenzo Baglioni, Mudimbi, Eva, Mirkoeilcane, Giulia Casieri and Ultimo were chosen as contestants of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.



Area Sanremo


After the auditions, RAI Commission -composed by Massimo Cotto, Stefano Senardi, Antonio Vandoni, Maurizio Caridi and Maurilio Giordana; plus the participation of Franco Zanetti and Amara- identified 8 finalists for the competition among the 145 acts:[8]




  • Martina Attili

  • Alice Caioli

  • Diego Esposito

  • Manuel Foresta

  • Andrea Maestrelli

  • Leonardo Monteiro

  • Giorgia Pino

  • Daniele Ronda




Newcomers' Finalists




  • Lorenzo Baglioni - "Il congiuntivo"

  • Mirkoeilcane - "Stiamo tutti bene"

  • Eva - "Cosa ti salverà"

  • Giulia Casieri - "Come stai"

  • Mudimbi - "Il mago"

  • Ultimo - "Il ballo delle incertezze"

  • Leonardo Monteiro - "Bianca"

  • Alice Caioli - "Specchi rotti"




Big Artists section


The Big Artists section of the contest will revert to 20 artists, after briefly going up to 22 last year. Unlike in previous years, there will be no eliminations during the four weeknight shows. All the artists will perform several times and will be scored during the week, but they will all advance to the final night.[9]



Competing entries




























































































































































































Competing songs and artists, showing writers, orchestra conductor and results achieved
Big Artists section[10]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)
Orchestra conductor[11]
Rank
Sanremo Music Festival Awards
"Non mi avete fatto niente" – Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
(Ermal Meta, Fabrizio Moro, Andrea Febo)
Diego Calvetti
1


  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section – Golden Lion[12]

  • TimMusic Award for Most-Streamed Song on the Final's Day[13]


"Una vita in vacanza" – Lo Stato Sociale
(Lodovico Guenzi, Alberto Gazzola, Francesco Draicchio,
Matteo Romagnoli, Alberto Guidetti, Enrico Roberto)

Fabio Gargiulio
2

  • Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla"[13]

"Il mondo prima di te" – Annalisa
(Annalisa Scarrone, Davide Simonetta, Alessandro Raina)
Pino Perris
3

"Almeno pensami" – Ron
(Lucio Dalla)
Peppe Vessicchio
4

  • Critics' Award "Mia Martini"[13]

"Imparare ad amarsi" - Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico
(Bungaro, Pacifico, Cesare Chiodo, Antonio Fresa)
Antonio Fresa
5

  • "Sergio Endrigo" Award for Best Interpretation[13]

"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" – Max Gazzè
(Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè, Francesco De Benedettis)
Clemente Ferrari
6

  • "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for Best Arrangement[13]

"Passame er sale" – Luca Barbarossa
(Luca Barbarossa)
Clemente Ferrari
7

  • Lunezia Award for Best Music-letterary Value[14]

"Adesso" – Diodato & Roy Paci
(Antonio Diodato)
Vincenzo Presta
8

"Frida (mai, mai, mai)" – The Kolors
(Davide Petrella, Dario Faini, Alessandro Raina, Antonio "Stash" Fiordispino)
Luca Chiaravalli
9

"Eterno" – Giovanni Caccamo
(Cheope, Giovanni Caccamo)
Stefano Nanni
10

"Così sbagliato" – Le Vibrazioni
(Francesco Sarcina, Andrea Bonomo, Luca Chiaravalli, Davide Simonetta)
Luca Chiaravalli
11

"Il coraggio di ogni giorno" – Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo
(Pacifico, Enzo Avitabile, Peppe Servillo)
Roberto Rossi
12

"Custodire" – Renzo Rubino
(Renzo Rubino)
Marcello Faneschi
Paolo Palazzo[15]
13

"Non smettere mai di cercami" – Noemi
(Diego Calvetti, Massimiliano Pelan, Veronica "Noemi" Scopelliti, Fabio De Martino)
Diego Calvetti
14

"Ognuno ha il suo racconto" – Red Canzian
(Red Canzian, Michele Porru)
Fabio Gurian
15

"Lettera dal Duca" – Decibel
(Silvio Capeccia, Enrico Ruggeri, Fulvio Muzio)
Roberto Rossi
16

"Senza appartenere" – Nina Zilli
(Giordana Angi, Antonio Iammarino, Nina Zilli)
Valeriano Chiaravalle
17

"Il segreto del tempo" – Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli
(Pacifico, Roby Facchinetti)
Danilo Ballo
18

"Rivederti" – Mario Biondi
(Mario Biondi, Giuseppe Furnari, Fisicaro)
Peppe Vessicchio
19

"Arrivedorci" – Elio e le Storie Tese
(Sergio Conforti, Stefano Belisari, Davide Luca Civaschi, Nicola Fasani)
Peppa Vessichio
20

Newcomers' section[16]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)
Orchestra conductor[11]
Rank
Sanremo Music Festival Awards
"Il ballo delle incertezze" – Ultimo
(Niccolò Moriconi)
Diego Calvetti
1


  • Winner of the Newcomers' section – Silver Lion[17]

  • Lunezia Award for Best Music-letterary Value[14]


"Stiamo tutti bene" – Mirkoeilcane
(Mirko Mancini)
Fio Zanotti
2


  • Critics' Award "Mia Martini"[17]

  • "Enzo Jannacci" Award for Best Performance[18]


"Il mago" – Mudimbi
(Michel Mudimbi, Andrea Bonomo, Marco Zangirolami,
Alessandro Adolfo Bavo, Federico Vaccari, Pietro Miano)

Umberto Iervolino
3

  • Assomusica Award for Best Stage Presence[19]

"Il congiuntivo" – Lorenzo Baglioni
(Lorenzo Baglioni, Michele Baglioni, Lorenzo Piscopo)
Diego Calvetti
4

"Specchi rotti" – Alice Caioli
(Alice Caioli, Paolo Muscolino)
Massimo Morini
5

  • Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla"[20]

"Cosa ti salverà" – Eva
(Antonio Di Martino, Antonio Filippelli)
Clemente Ferrari
6

"Come stai" – Giulia Casieri
(Giulia Casieri, Alfredo Ravasio)
Massimo Morini
7

"Bianca" – Leonardo Monteiro
(Marco Ciappelli, Vladi Tosetto)
Dariana Koumanova
8



Shows



First evening


The 20 Big Artists each performed their song for the first time.[9]
























































































































































































































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average

Annalisa
1
"Il mondo prima di te"
11th (3.83%)
3rd
9th
4.66%
3rd

Ron
2
"Almeno pensami"
4th (6.58%)
6th
6th
6.27%
4th

The Kolors
3
"Frida"
2nd (10.60%)
9th
10th
6.54%
8th

Max Gazzè
4
"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"
6th (4.61%)
5th
5th
6.26%
6th

Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico
5
"Imparare ad amarsi"
7th (4.39%)
8th
4th
6.268%
5th

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
6
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
1st (21.98%)
1st
2nd
16.12%
1st

Mario Biondi
7
"Rivederti"
13th (3.45%)
11th
17th
3.19%
15th

Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli
8
"Il segreto del tempo"
3rd (6.77%)
18th
19th
3.81%
11th

Lo Stato Sociale
9
"Una vita in vacanza"
8th (4.27%)
2nd
1st
9.53%
2nd

Noemi
10
"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"
14th (3.09%)
4th
16th
3.86%
10th
Decibel
11
"Fuori dal tempo"
15th (2.81%)
15th
10th
3.10%
16th

Elio e le Storie Tese
12
"Arrivedorci"
20th (1.72%)
12th
18th
2.41%
20th

Giovanni Caccamo
13
"Eterno"
10th (3.97%)
13th
12th
3.71%
12th

Red Canzian
14
"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"
12th (3.53%)
20th
13th
2.83%
17th

Luca Barbarossa
15
"Passame er sale"
5th (4.93%)
10th
15th
3.91%
9th

Diodato & Roy Paci
16
"Adesso"
17th (2.60%)
16th
3rd
5.08%
7th

Nina Zilli
17
"Senza appartenere"
19th (1.83%)
7th
19th
2.61%
18th

Renzo Rubino
18
"Custodire"
16th (2.78%)
19th
13th
2.56%
19th

Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo
19
"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"
9th (4.16%)
17th
8th
3.67%
13th

Le Vibrazioni
20
"Così sbagliato"
18th (2.10%)
14th
7th
3.61%
14th


Second evening


The first ten Big Artists each performed their song again and the first four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]



Big Artists




















































































































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average

Le Vibrazioni
1
"Così sbagliato"
8th (7.71%)
6th
5th
8.44%
6th

Nina Zilli
2
"Senza appartenere"
7th (8.88%)
2nd
8th
8.95%
5th

Diodato & Roy Paci
3
"Adesso"
5th (9.32%)
5th
1st
13.26%
4th

Elio e le Storie Tese
4
"Arrivedorci"
10th (3.66%)
8th
10th
4.30%
10th

Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico
5
"Imparare ad amarsi"
3rd (12.35%)
4th
2nd
13.94%
2nd

Red Canzian
6
"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"
4th (9.59%)
10th
8th
6.49%
9th

Ron
7
"Almeno Pensami"
2nd (14.96%)
3rd
3rd
13.87%
3rd

Renzo Rubino
8
"Custodire"
6th (9.09%)
9th
7th
7.29%
8th

Annalisa
9
"Il mondo prima di te"
1st (17.54%)
1st
3rd
16.10%
1st
Decibel
10
"Lettera del Duca"
9th (6.90%)
7th
6th
7.36%
7th


Newcomers
























































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Lorenzo Baglioni
1
"Il congiuntivo"
1st (49.91%)
2nd
2nd
35.32%
1st
Giulia Casieri
2
"Come stai"
4th (8.17%)
3rd
3rd
17.18%
4th
Mirkoeilcane
3
"Stiamo tutti bene"
2nd (25.18%)
4th
1st
28.87%
2nd
Alice Caioli
4
"Specchi rotti"
3rd (16.74%)
1st
4th
18.63%
3rd


Third evening


The other ten Big Artists each performed their song for the second time and the other four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]



Big Artists




















































































































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average

Giovanni Caccamo
1
"Eterno"
8th (4.86%)
7th
7th
6.31%
8th

Lo Stato Sociale
2
"Una vita in vacanza"
4th (7.94%)
1st
1st
15.63%
2nd

Luca Barbarossa
3
"Passame er sale"
2nd (12.43%)
5th
6th
10.21%
4th

Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo
4
"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"
6th (6.86%)
9th
5th
7.00%
7th

Max Gazzè
5
"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"
5th (7.34%)
4th
2nd
12.08%
3rd

Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli
6
"Il segreto del tempo"
7th (5.49%)
10th
10th
3.28%
10th

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
7
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
1st (41.18%)
2nd
3rd
25.38%
1st

Noemi
8
"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"
9th (2.98%)
3rd
8th
7.34%
6th

The Kolors
9
"Frida (Mai Mai Mai)"
3rd (8.71%)
6th
4th
9.12%
5th

Mario Biondi
10
"Rivederti"
10th (2.21%)
8th
9th
3.65%
9th


Newcomers
























































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Total
Mudimbi
1
"Il mago"
2nd (32.69%)
1st
2nd
31.77%
2nd
Eva
2
"Cosa ti salverà"
3rd (11.40%)
2nd
3rd
18.75%
3rd
Ultimo
3
"Il ballo delle incertezze"
1st (48.18%)
2nd
1st
38.42%
1st
Leonardo Monteiro
4
"Bianca"
4th (7.73%)
4th
4th
11.06%
4th


Fourth evening


The 20 Big Artists performed their songs as duets and the eight Newcomers also performed their songs again.[9]
























































































































































































































Artist - Guest[21]
Draw
Song
Votes
Place
Public
(weight 50%)
Expert Jury
(weight 20%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average

Renzo Rubino - Serena Rossi
1
"Custodire"
7th (4.74%)
15th
8th
3.52%
10th

Le Vibrazioni - Skin
2
"Così sbagliato"
15th (2.41%)
12th
10th
3.44%
13th

Noemi - Paola Turci
3
"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"
12th (2.90%)
20th
15th
2.91%
14th

Mario Biondi - Ana Carolina & Daniel Jobim
4
"Rivederti"
18th (1.62%)
15th
20th
1.72%
19th

Annalisa Scarrone - Michele Bravi
5
"Il mondo prima di te"
2nd (11.59%)
9th
3rd
7.87%
3rd

Lo Stato Sociale - Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano & Paolo Rossi
6
"Una vita in vacanza"
3rd (8.77%)
11th
1st
9.01%
2nd

Max Gazzè - Rita Marcotulli & Roberto Gatto
7
"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"
5th (5.86%)
5th
7th
6.32%
7th
Decibel - Midge Ure
8
"Lettera dal Duca"
14th (2.70%)
15th
16th
2.70%
15th

Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico - Alessandro Preziosi
9
"Imparare ad amarsi"
8th (4.12%)
3rd
6th
6.61%
5th

Diodato & Roy Paci - Ghemon
10
"Adesso"
13th (2.74%)
5th
2nd
6.44%
6th

Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli - Giusy Ferreri
11
"Il segreto del tempo"
11th (3.01%)
15th
19th
2.24%
18th

Enzo Avitabile & Peppe Servillo - Avion Travel & Daby Touré
12
"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"
10th (3.50%)
10th
13th
3.46%
12th

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Simone Cristicchi
13
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
1st (23.71%)
2nd
4th
15.71%
1st

Giovanni Caccamo - Arisa
14
"Eterno"
16th (2.40%)
7th
12th
3.49%
11th

Ron - Alice
15
"Almeno pensami"
9th (3.58%)
1st
5th
7.00%
4th

Red Canzian - Marco Masini
16
"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"
17th (2.22%)
13th
14th
2.53%
16th

The Kolors - Tullio De Piscopo & Enrico Nigiotti
17
"Frida"
4th (6.62%)
8th
8th
5.65%
8th

Luca Barbarossa - Anna Foglietta
18
"Passame er sale"
6th (5.68%)
3rd
11th
5.46%
9th

Nina Zilli - Sergio Cammariere
19
"Senza appartenere"
19th (1.24%)
14th
17th
2.39%
17th

Elio e le storie tese - Neri per Caso
20
"Arrivedorci"
20th (0.59%)
15th
17th
1.53%
20th


Fifth evening


The 20 Big Artists will again each perform their entry for a final time. The top three will face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2018 will be decided.[9]



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Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place[22]
Public
(weight 50%)
Expert Jury
(weight 20%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average

Luca Barbarossa
1
"Passame er sale"
4th (9.95%)
3rd
11th
6.83%
7th

Red Canzian
2
"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"
13th (2.07%)
13th
16th
2.06%
15th

The Kolors
3
"Frida"
5th (8.50%)
10th
8th
5.99%
9th

Elio e le Storie Tese
4
"Arrivedorci"
19th (1.03%)
16th
19th
1.14%
20th

Ron
5
"Almeno pensami"
7th (4.75%)
1st
7th
7.13%
4th

Max Gazzè
6
"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"
6th
5th
4th
6.93%
6th

Annalisa
7
"Il mondo prima di te"
3rd (10.02%)
6th
6th
8.31%
3rd

Renzo Rubino
8
"Custodire"
11th (2.38%)
17th
12th
2.69%
13th

Decibel
9
"Lettera dal Duca"
15th (1.74%)
17th
15th
1.99%
16th

Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico
10
"Imparare ad amarsi"
8th (4.08%)
2nd
4th
7.07%
5th

Giovanni Caccamo
11
"Eterno"
10th (2.48%)
11th
13th
2.99%
10th

Lo Stato Sociale
12
"Una vita in vacanza"
2nd (10.15%)
8th
1st
10.50%
2nd

Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli
13
"Il segreto del tempo"
12th (2.08%)
17th
19th
1.70%
18th

Diodato & Roy Paci
14
"Adesso"
9th (2.80%)
6th
2nd
6.78%
8th

Nina Zilli
15
"Senza appartenere"
18th (1.40%)
11th
17th
1.94%
17th

Noemi
16
"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"
16th (1.60%)
17th
14th
2.09%
14th

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
17
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
1st (24.58%)
4th
3rd
16.56%
1st

Mario Biondi
18
"Rivederti"
20th (1.00%)
9th
17th
1.69%
19th

Le Vibrazioni
19
"Così sbagliato"
17th (1.52%)
13th
8th
2.82%
11th

Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo
20
"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"
14th (1.75%)
13th
10th
2.79%
12th


Superfinal




  •   Winner


  •   Runner-up


  •   Third place














































Artist
Draw
Song
Votes
Place[22]
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 20%)
Public
(weight 50%)
Average

Annalisa
1
"Il mondo prima di te"
3rd
1st
2nd (23,44%)
26,94%
3

Lo Stato Sociale
2
"Una vita in vacanza"
1st
3rd
3rd (22,10%)
28,40%
2

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
3
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
2nd
2nd
1st (54,41%)
44,66%
1


Special guests


The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2018 were:[23][24][25]



  • singers / musicians: Biagio Antonacci, Gianni Morandi, Gianna Nannini, Nek, Gino Paoli, Laura Pausini, Max Pezzali, Piero Pelù, Danilo Rea, Francesco Renga, Shaggy, Sting, James Taylor.

  • bands / music groups: Il Volo, Negramaro.

  • actors / comedians / directors / models: Stefano Accorsi, Carolina Crescentini, Elena Cucci, Nino Frassica, Rosario Fiorello, Claudia Gerini, Massimo Ghini, Sabrina Impacciatore, Ivano Marescotti, Giulia Michelini, Giampaolo Morelli, Gabriele Muccino, Stefania Sandrelli, Valeria Solarino, Gianmarco Tognazzi.

  • other notable figures: Antonella Clerici, Pippo Baudo, Franca Leosini, Giorgio Panariello.



Related shows



Prima Festival


Sergio Assisi and Melissa Greta Marchetto present Prima Festival 2018, a small show on air on Rai 1 immediately after TG1. The show features details, curiosities and news relating to Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[26]



Dopo Festival


Edoardo Leo and Carolina Di Domenico, with the participation of Sabrina Impacciatore, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Genovese, Rocco Tanica and a group of journalists of Italian press, presents Dopo Festival 2018, a talk show on air on Rai 1 immediately after Sanremo Music Festival. The show features comments about the Festival as well as interviews to the singers competing in the song contest.[27]



Broadcast and ratings



Local broadcast


Rai 1, Rai Premium, Rai Radio 1 and Rai Radio 2 are the official broadcasters of the festival in Italy. The show is also available in streaming via website on Rai Play.



Ratings Sanremo Music Festival 2018


The audience is referred to the one of Rai 1.






































































Live Show
Timeslot (UTC+1)
Date
1st time
(9.00pm - 0.00am)
2nd time
(0.00am - 1.00am)
Overall audience
Viewers
Share (%)
Viewers
Share (%)
Viewers
Share (%)
1st

9.00 pm
February 6[28]
13,776,000
51.4%
6,624,000
55.4%
11,603,000
52.1%
2nd
February 7[29]
11,458,000
46.6%
5,870,000
52.9%
9,687,000
47.7%
3rd
February 8[30]
12,657,000
51.1%
6,146,000
54.4%
10,825,000
51.6%
4th
February 9[31]
12,246,000
49.1%
6,985,000
57.1%
10,108,000
51.1%
5th
February 10
13,240,000
54.0%
10,404,000
69.0%
12,125,000
58.3%


Ratings Prima Festival 2018

















Episode
Timeslot (UTC+1)
Date
Viewers
Share (%)
01
02
03
04
05
8:30 pm
February 6[32]
February 7[33]
February 8[34]
February 9[35]
February 10
8,251,000
7,346,000
7,232,000
7,021,000
TBA
29.8%
28.2%
27.9%
27.4%
TBA


Ratings Dopo Festival 2018

















Episode
Timeslot (UTC+1)
Date
Viewers
Share (%)
01
02
03
04
05
1.00 am
February 6[36]
February 7[37]
February 8[38]
February 9[39]
February 10
2,078,000
1,979,000
2,042,000
2,400,000
TBA
37.1%
37.3%
38.0%
41.7%
TBA


International broadcast


The international television service Rai Italia broadcast the competition in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.
The contest will be broadcast in Albania by RTSH and Russia by Vremya.
The contest is also visible via website on Eurovision.



Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest


The winners of the Big Artists category received the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. However, winners are not obliged to take part in Eurovision, as seen in 2016 when Stadio declined to participate in the contest, which did not happen in this edition. In the event that the winner decides not to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, RAI and the organisers of Sanremo Music Festival usually reserve the right to select the Italian entrant to themselves, in the case of 2016 selecting runner-up Francesca Michielin.


There were several former Italian Eurovision representatives feature in the Big Artists category this year. Nina Zilli came 9th in 2012 with "L'amore è femmina (Out of love)". Riccardo Fogli came 11th in 1983 with "Per Lucia". Enrico Ruggeri, the lead singer of Decibel, came 12th in 1993 with "Sole d'Europa" and Luca Barbarossa also came 12th in 1988 with "Vivo (Ti scrivo)".



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