Sanremo 2009: here they are

The artists and songs for the next Sanremo festival have been announced today ending a speculation and guessing going on for weeks. From the ex-Eurovision artists we have Albano, Fausto Leali and Iva Zanicchi. Besides them previous winners - in various categories - include Alexia, Dolcenera, Marco Masini, Povia and Francesco Renga. From the various Idols reality things we have Marco Carta. Afterhours will take care of the rock, Gemelli Diversi of the italorap. For me the nicest surprise is Sal Da Vinci, the winner of the first Festival Italiano 1994 with Vera - the anti-Sanremo festival on Canale5 that lived a few years in the 1990's until RAI killed it.

CATEGORIA ARTISTI:

Afterhours - Il paese è reale

Albano - L’amore è sempre amore

Alexia feat. Mario Lavezzi - Biancaneve

Marco Carta - Dentro ad ogni brivido

Dolcenera - Il mio amore unico

Gemelli Diversi - Vivi per un miracolo

Fausto Leali - Una piccola parte di te

Marco Masini - L’Italia

Nicky Nikolai & Stefano Di Battista - Più sole

Patty Pravo - E io verrò un giorno là

Povia - Luca era gay

Pupo, Paolo Belli & Youssou’N Dour - L’opportunità

Francesco Renga - L’uomo senza età

Sal Da Vinci - Non riesco a farti innamorare

Tricarico - Il bosco delle fragole

Iva Zanicchi - Ti voglio senza amore

PROPOSTE 2009:

In this ex-New comers category we have the daughters of Zucchero and Red of the band Pooh, as well as a chorist of Lucio Dalla who makes a debut at tender age of 62. They will be presented along with big names of the Italian music: Pino Daniele, Riccardo Cocciante, Roberto Vecchioni, Gino Paoli, Massimo Ranieri and befoementioned Zucchero and Lucio Dalla amongst others.

Silvia Aprile - Un desiderio arriverá

Irene Fornaciari - Spiove il sole

Iskra Menarini - Quale amore

Filippo Perbellini - L'orgoglio

Chiara Canzian - Prova a dire il mio nome

Malika Ayane - Come foglie

Barbara Gilbo - Che ne sai di me

Karima - Come in ogni ora

Arisa - Sinceritá

Simona Molinari - Egocentrica

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