Rome – The Sanremo Festival 2023 “it will start on Tuesday 7 February and will end on Saturday 11 February”. It was to formalize the dates Amadeus, live on Tg1. “From today – recalled the conductor and artistic director – the curtain rises on the 73rd edition of the festival, with the publication of the regulation of Sanremo Giovani: the songs of the boys can arrive as early as 12 May, there is time until 12 October. On the evening of 12 December we will know who are the first three who, as in the last edition, will be automatically admitted to the competition among the Big ones “.
After the record edition 2022 Amadeus starts again from Sanremo Giovani confirming the last year’s proven and winning formula. As in the previous edition, in fact, the 3 winning artists of the final evening of the ” contest ” will have direct access to the competition of the Champions of the Festival of February 2023. The 12 finalists of Sanremo Giovani will have to overcome a series of steps before landing – Monday 12 December – at the final evening live on Rai1, from the Sanremo Casino Theater. In a first phase, the Artistic Director and the Musical Commission chaired by him will be engaged in listening to all the pieces presented, in compliance with the participation requirements (including that of belonging to the age group 16-29 years) and in the choice of the 30 artists who will perform in the final live auditions in Rome.
The 8 of the 12 finalists of Sanremo Giovani will then be selected who, together with the other 4, chosen by the Music Commission among the winners of the Sanremo Area contest, will compose the parterre of the grand final in December 2022. The 3 winners, who will enter the February 2023 event, will have to propose a new song compared to the one with which they performed during Sanremo Giovani. ” Listening to songs is one of the greatest privileges of the Artistic Director. I feel the responsibility to affect the future of many young people ”, comments Amadeus. ” Sanremo Giovani has become over the years an essential appointment for new talents and this is demonstrated by many winning careers. Thanks to Rai which with strength and continuity pursues the promotion of young artists and Italian music ”.