Mahmood famously won Sanremo giovani 2018 securing a spot in the Sanremo 2019 line up and went on to win it with Soldi, and placing 2nd at the Eurovision, not so far behind eventual winner Duncan Laurence. This year three acts will earn a place in the Sanremo 2024 line up with 27 other acts, including Mahmood aiming for his third win, along with previous Eurovision entrants Ricchi e Poveri (ESC 1978), Emma (ESC 2014), Il Volo (ESC 2015) and Diodato who missed his chance in 2020 when the contest was cancelled. Mahmood may be an exception to have had such success among the Sanremo giovani qualifiers but this year we may have another one that could maybe go all the way. In general I think the standard is pretty high with some variety in musical styles yet being very much the music Italians like and listen these days.
This year's Sanremo giovani acts were chosen as usual with two different selections: majority comes from standard selection organized by Rai chosen out of 654 applications, out of them 49 made the live auditions and only eight made the cut. Area Sanremo selection, organized by Municipality of Sanremo along with Sanremo symphonic orchestra foundation got 772 applications where first cut to 50, then 20 after auditions and eventually four.
Aamadeus will be hosting the show on Rai1 live from Sanremo Casino on Tuesday December 19, 2023. No public voting but a 50/50 vote by Amadeus himself and a musical committee. We must also remember they already know also their unreleased Sanremo 2024 entry so someone might be strong here but that song isn't, and vice versa.
Watch all videoclips here or by clicking the titles below:
Bnkr44 - Effetti speciali ****
Quite enjoyable, but there's so many (vocal) "special effects" that might go wrong live that I don't know how it will work out. One of the strongest entries what comes to streams and social media, but then again people aren't voting. Then again, gets more enjoyable with every listen (I'm at listen number 3 now, lol)
Clara - Boulevard ****
Somehow I like her a lot. Uh la la. Female artists tend to have hard time in Sanremo so I hope at least one of them would make the line up.
Dipinto - Criminali ***
I can't get over the fact he looks rather like a good boy who helps grannies across the street and carry their grocery shoppers home rather than one that hangs out with "criminals" and is a tough guy with fast cars. I don't buy this but there's worse.
Fellow - Alieno ***
I suspect this is a jury favorite. He looks like young Riccardo Cocciante and the song has its moments but I'm a bit bored tbh.
Grenbaud - Mama **
This one's aboyt two minutes of nonsense that goes nowhere. Ram pam pam as Bess would put it.
Jacopo Sol - Cose che non sai ***
Another one that doesn't really go anywhere, with beats that sound already old but not retro enough to sound cool now. Very mixed emotions about this one.
Lor3n - Fiore d'inverno *****
Ok, I like this one. Maybe banal and classic one but it works and I can even forgive him that Tu -uh -uh and artists name. Somehow the verses are very Diodato.
Nausica - Favole ****
Ok, I just love that harp and her, too, I only wish the song was stronger. In short I'd love to like this a lot more than I do.
Omini - Mare forza 9oi ***
Why am I thinking Lúnapop? Not exactly my cup of tea but the chorus is strong even if unoriginal and quite an earnworm.
Santi Francesi - Occhi tristi *****
This is the one. The one to beat. The one that could challenge the Big in February if their eventual Sanremo is their best effort yet. They already won X Factor and enjoy the momentum.
Tancredi - Perle ****
Another one with some solid social media support, but as people are not voting will he make it? Nothing special but a very typical Italian hit song that could play for months on radios. But is he a new Tananai or not? Maybe not in the end.
Vale LP - Stronza ***
I must say I didn't care about this with the first hearing but in the end this one's got its worth as well. But if one of the ladies should make the cut I hope it's one of the other two, as they seem more original and fresh, there are so many who sound like Vale LP already.
So, I think Santi Francesi is a surely in, but the other two? Probably Bnkr44, Tancredi or Fellow, but I hope Santi Francesi, Lor3n and Nausica/Clara.
UPDATE: Surprisingly (but it's a very nice surprise!) Clara won Sanremo giovani gaining access to Sanremo 2024 along with Santi francesi and bmkr44. :-)
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