No need for Sanremo for dummies this time, as it's going to be all very easy and simple come February 2019. As the Newcomers will have their own show already in December (two of them will join the Big) for the first time since 1983 (with the exception of the messy year 2004) when the Newcomers selection was created, won by certain Eros Ramazzotti btw, there will be one category only.
The formula of how the evenings run is very simple: the first night all 24 entries will be performed, the second and third night half or 12 of them, and the fourth night is the event night when all the songs will be performed again but this time with guests and different arrangements. For the final and fifth night all 24 songs will be again performed.
The voting is on every night and as usual it's a threesome: televote (40%), demoscopic jury (30%) and the media present in press room (30%). That voting will be the same for the three first nights, and in the end of the third night the results will be summed up to have a ranking.
Fourth night the voting is a different threesome: televote (50%), media in press room (30%) and expert jury (20%). These results will be summed up to the previous ranking. The most voted entry on the night may receive a special award.
The final night yet another threeway voting: televote (50%), media at the press center (30%) and expert jury (20%). The voting will be added to previous ranking and the top3 will be announced. They will re-perform (or clips of the last performance will be shown or bits of it) and another voting will take place (televote50+press30+experts20) and the votes will be added to the ranking and voilà, we will have the winner and maybe the Italian entry for Tel Aviv. Should the winner turn down the offer, Rai will choose whoever they please with their own criteria....
The artists taking part will be made public latest by December 22, 2018. The songs must be in Italian and the max lenght is 4 minutes. The songs may be made public and commercially available only after the first night has concluded (so not as soon as it has been performed in Teatro Ariston).
As usual the final night various awards besides the top-3 are handed out: Critic's choice, Best Lyrics, Best Music, Best performance.
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