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Rai 1 is ready to open the doors to the public in presence at the 72nd edition of Sanremo Music Festival on Tuesday, February first in prime time.
After 72 years of broadcasting this is the most important event for the Italian Pubcaster.
For the third time, Amadeus (I Soliti Ignoti) is back as the main host with the help of friends and colleagueas as popular comedian Fiorello who will join him on the famous stage at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, a seaside town on the northwest Ligurian Coast. A co-host will present the event with Amadeus each night, all of whom are well-known personalities in the world of showbiz: Ornella Muti, Lorena Cesarini, Drusilla Foer, Maria Chiara Giannetta and Sabrina Ferilli.

In Italy, the first days of February are the days of “Sanremo”, the Italian Song Festival that “no matter how it goes, it will be a success”. This is a slogan of one of the past editions, which together with the other one “because Sanremo is always Sanremo” summarise its spirit very well. From the 1960s, but even more from the 1970s on, the Song Festival will become above all a television event.
This year, the singing event celebrates its 72nd edition and 25 artistis will battling it out over five nights from 1-5 February 2022.
Now in its 72nd edition, Sanremo was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest and the winner often represents Italy in the European competition, which this year will be held in Turin on 14 May.

The following are the 25 artists and acts in competition this year: Achille Lauro, Michele Bravi, Iva Zanicchi, Rkomi, Fabrizio Mor, Irama, Mahmood & Blanco, Giusy Ferreri, Giovanni Truppi, Emma, Aka7even, Dargen D’Amico, Gianni Morandi, Ditonellapiaga e Rettore, Elisa, Noemi, Highsnob e HU, Le Vibrazioni, Sangiovanni, Massimo Ranieri, La Rappresentante di Lista, Ana Mena, Yuman, Tananai, Matteo Romano.

Each act performs a new, original song, which has never been released, with the winner selected by a jury and an online public vote.

The 25 artists, divided into two groups, perform their songs over the first two nights of the festival.
Over the years Sanremo has launched the careers of numerous Italian acts, notably Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti and Zucchero, as well as last year's winners Mäneskin who will return as special guests in 2022.

This year's special guests, in addition to Mäneskin who won Sanremo 2021 with Zitti e Buoni, will include singers Checco Zalone, Laura Pausini and Cesare Cremonini.