Some news from the 60th Festival di Sanremo coming up next 16-20 February. The names of the 14 Big and 8 artists in newcomers category, this time called Sanremo nuova generazione will be announced December 18. The revolution in the rules is that songs are accepted not in pure Italian but also in dialects (but still not in foreign languages), meaning songs in napoletan, sardinian, sicilian or friulian for example could be heard for the very first time! And the real scoop: songs by foreign writers are also accepted!
Anyways, what strikes me the most that despite five long evenings less and less songs are heard. 14 + 8 makes 22 and there used to be more songs in one category alone before, and without many eliminations. Now there will be eliminations of some kind each and every evening so that Saturday night we have only three (3!!!) songs left. For a show that will last for hours.... Oh well, the endless bla bla bla of the hosts, advertising, foreign guests that come on stage for 5 minutes and earn a million euros for that are most likely more important. And then RAI has interest in Eurovision? Is it too much music and too little time wasting uselessness?
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