ITALY: SANREMO GIOVANI NAMES FOR THE AUDITIONS CHOSEN

Sanremo 2021 Giovani will provide two names for the Big category in next Sanremo festival and therefor could become also the Italian Euroviison entry in Torino 2022. Out of over 700 submissions 46 names were announced instead of planned 30 due to "high standard of submissions". The auditions will take place in Rome and only eight will make it to the live television show in December. As usual among the names are quite a few already familiar names with some success in their CV.

For example Blind, a rapper who has already sold platinum after his third place in X Factor. From last year's Sanremo we have Matteo Faustini, and Giulia Mutti from 2018. From X Factor also Mydrama and Manitoba, from Amici Enula and from The Voice Thomas Cheval trying again. Francesco Faggi is Elena Faggi's brother. She did Sanremo last year and together they have done Italia's Got Talent.

Angelina Mango is daughter of late legend Mango and Laura Valente, ex-vocalist of Matia Bazar.

Here's the full list of the hopefuls and their song titles yet to be released:

UPDATE November 22: These marked in blue made to the Sanremo Giovani

Bais - Che fine mi fai

Federico Baroni - Chilometri

Martina Beltrami - Parlo di te

Berna - Re Artù

Blind - Non mi perdo più

Edoardo Brogi - Pioveranno sassi

Carolina - Nemmeno le nuvole

Thomas Cheval - Sale

Ditta Marinelli - Male malo mala

Drama - Ma tu lo sai che

Elasi - Lap dance

Enula - Il buio

Esa - Come mai

Esseho - Arianna

Francesco Faggi - Mentalmente instabile

Matteo Faustini - Autogol

Marta Festa - Tiberio

Diego Formoso - Anche una sola notte

Fusaro - Senza coloranti aggiunti

Giuse The Lizia - Bee Gees

Kaze - Volevo portarti al mare

Malvax - Zanzare

Angelina Mango - La mia buona colalazione

Manitoba - Pesci

Matilde G - Lasciami qui

Mida - Lento

Melissa Morandini - Rumore

Giulia Mutti - Notte fonda

Mydrama - Soli

Nebraska - Jonio

Nuvolari - Farabutto

Obi - Inspirazione

Oli? - Smalto e tinta

Opposite - Settembre

Quomo - Animali

Matteo Romano - Testa e croce

Royahl - Trap boy

Samia - Fammi respirare

Santi Francesi - Signorino

Scozia - Britney

Tananai - Esagerata

Aurora Tumiatti - Maschere

Viito - Naturale

Yuman - Mille notti

Zo Vivandi - Spero di star male

Simo Veludo - Anni 60

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