Italy: Here are the artists for Sanremo 2020

The Italian broadcaster RAI has announced the 24 contestants for the 70th Sanremo Music Festival in Italy to be held from 4 February to 8 February 2020. The contestants will compete for the first price in the "Big Artists" category – and the option to go to Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.

Sanremo 2020 – Lineup

• Achille Lauro – "Me ne frego"
• Alberto Urso – "Il sole ad est"
• Anastasio – "Rosso di rabbia"
• Bugo & Morgan – "Sincero"
• Diodato – "Fai rumore"
• Elettra Lamborghini – "Musica (E il resto scompare)"
• Elodie – "Andromeda"
• Enrico Nigiotti – "Baciami adesso"
• Francesco Gabbani – "Viceversa"
• Giordana Angi – "Come mia madre"
• Irene Grandi – "Finalmente io"
• Junior Cally – "No grazie"
• Le Vibrazioni – "Dov'è"
• Levante – "Tiki Bom Bom"
• Marco Masini – "Il confronto"
• Michele Zarrillo – "Nell'estasi o nel fango"
• Paolo Jannacci – "Voglio parlarti adesso"
• Piero Pelù – "Gigante"
• Pinguini Tattici Nucleari – "Ringo Starr"
• Rancore – "Eden"
• Raphael Gualazzi – "Carioca"
• Riki – "Lo sappiamo entrambi"
• Rita Pavone – "Niente (Resilienza74)"
• Tosca – "Ho amato tutto"

Some of the artists are linked to previous Eurovision Song Contests:

• Francesco Gabbani represented Italy in 2017 with Occidentali's Karma (6th)
• Raphael Gualazzi represented Italy in 2011 with Madness Of Love (2nd)

Italy in Eurovision Song Contest

Italy has been in Eurovision for 45 contests. They have won twice, in 1964 with the song "Non Ho L'étà" and in 1990 with "Insieme: 1992". Worst result was in 1966 where they finished last.

The most known song is "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" or better known as "Volare" from 1958. It is also the most covered Eurovision Song Contest song. The song has been covered by famous stars such as Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, David Bowie and many more.

Italy had a long pause from Eurovision Song Contest from 1998 to 2010. Since then Italy has been a "Big-5"-country, automatically qualifying for every year's Grand Final.