Sanremo Music Festival – Eurovision Fam

Weekly Stream: 11 February

What’s happening, EurovisionFam? This week, LiliLoves and ShortcakeESC start off by updating everyone on the newly announced hosts for Eurovision 2024: Petra Mede, who had hosted previously in 2013 and 2016; and Malin Åkerman, a well-known and widely seen actress. We then move along to updates on the national finals that took place over Saturday.ContinueContinue reading “Weekly Stream: 11 February”

Angelina Mango will represent Italy in Eurovision 2024 with “La Noia”

Congratulations to the winner of the Festival di Sanremo, the newcomer Angelina Mango, who will be singing “La Noia” this year in Malmö. After a hot and contentious Sanremo where every artist had seized their moment, Angelina shone above them all and earned 1st place ahead of 2nd place entrant and fellow newcomer who wonContinueContinue reading “Angelina Mango will represent Italy in Eurovision 2024 with “La Noia””

Sanremo 2024: Meet the Returnees

Last week, I had the pleasure of introducing our Eurovision family to the new Sanremo artists: the ones with no previous track record on the greatest Italian stage of performance and musical art. A class who could claim their victory and/or go to Eurovision their first time around. Check out my flash reviews of theseContinueContinue reading “Sanremo 2024: Meet the Returnees”

Sanremo 2024: Meet the Newcomers

National final season is gearing up, and we are excited for the return of the great spectacle of Italian talent known as the Festival di Sanremo. We hesitate to call this just a national final, since this is the first show of its kind, and the very program that the Eurovision Song Contest bases itsContinueContinue reading “Sanremo 2024: Meet the Newcomers”

EurovisionFam Weekly Stream: February 12th

A member of the group VESNA, representing Czechia at Eurovision 2023.

We’re back from the monster Super Saturday and ready to give you our thoughts on the selections that took place in the last week. The Czech Republic, Croatia, Malta, Denmark, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, and Italy selected their songs! We also join the buzz for the semifinals that took place in the national finals of SwedenContinueContinue reading “EurovisionFam Weekly Stream: February 12th”

National Finals Explained — Sanremo

The neon sign to the Ariston Theatre, where the Sanremo Music Festival has been held since the 1970s.

Before there was Eurovision, there’s the Sanremo Music Festival, one of Italy’s most loved institutions. More than a mere national final, it’s an entertainment spectacle filled with music, banter, and some of the unexpected. Hold on tight!