* Spotlight on the 2006 Festival di
Sanremo *
The 56th Anniversary of the Festival of the
Italian Song
February 27 to March 4, 2006
· Host
· Notes about this year's Festival
· Results
· Last year's Spotlight on Sanremo
· Looks like MB Radio is your best bet for all day Sanremo coverage. Also, listen and watch post-Festival coverage on Radio Italia.
Visit the RAI Official
Festival di Sanremo site
for more information! Like last year, many of this year's songs will be heard on Italian radio while the Festival is taking place. The compilation will be released immediately after the Festival ends and, in some cases, artists will be releasing albums with their new songs during the competition. · The hosts of this year's festival will be comedian Giorgio Panariello. Assisting him will be Ilary Blasy-Totti, wife of Roma soccer player Francesco Totti and Victoria Cabello, comedian and MTV VJ.
· H ere is the lineup for the 2006 edition of il Fesitval di Sanremo:
MaleGuest
Stars
Guests for the competition include:
Monday: John Travolta
Tuesday: Riccard Cocciante, Hillary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Francesco Totti(maybe)
Thursday: John Cena, Shakira
Friday: Orlando Bloom, Gavin DeGraw
Saturday: Christina Aguilera, Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti with Anastacia
The Festival this year ushers in yet a another format. There are 18 "big," well known artists, and 12 "giovani," the new artists. Here is how the fesival will go down (note: there will be no festival on Wednesday, March 1):
Day One (2/27): "I big" will all sing. Jury will be able to vote for the "big" at this point. "I giovani" are introduced for the first time.
Day Two (2/28): Three artists from each of the 3 main "big" groups will perform. One artist from each group will be eliminated; the other 2 will move on to the semi-finals on Day Four. There will be 6 "giovani" performing tonight and 3 will be eliminated. The remaining 3 move on to Day Four as well.
Day Three (3/02): Similar to Day Two. The remaining artists perform and a vote to decide who will take part in the semi-final on Day Four will take place again.
Day Four (3/03): "I big" winners from Day Two and Three will perform again, joined by special Italian and international artists. The winning 6 "giovani" also perform. The top 2 vote getters in each group, Male, Female, Group and New, move on to tomorrow's finale.
Day Five - The Final (3/04): Winning 8 members from yesterday perform their songs in full. Italian public will vote for the winner.
For more news on Sanremo '06, visit the RAI Official Festival di Sanremo site,
Italian newspaper sites such as La Stampa
or sites like:
MusicaItaliana's page.
Sanremo Online TV.