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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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