More news about the format of Sanremo 2009 have been made public. News that can be called almost revolutionary. Gone are the different categories used in the past few years and even the main categories "Big" and "Giovani" have been renamed "Artisti" and "Proposte". Also the number of songs has been reduced a lot. Artisti category will have 15 songs, only 10 of them reaching the final after eliminations on first nights. Proposte will feature 8 songs, 2 of them coming from the SanremoLab.For the first time ever Sanremo will also have songs that have been heard beforehand elsewhere, namely the songs by the Proposte. Their songs will be played on radio a week before the festival.
Also the demoscopic juries have been thrown out of the window. The jury will be in Teatro Ariston and also the "giuria della qualitá" is no more; instead the orchestra will vote on the 4th night! Doesn't this sound like the Eurovision some 35 years ago when the jury was present at the hall and such...?
As the festival fills the TV screen for 5 nights and minimum 3 hours a night, that makes 15 hours of music.... err, music? Only 23 songs and 15 hours? I suspect there is going to be even more bla bla bla than ever before! It will be another year to turn into Youtube to catch the songs only then....
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