A bit over month to go before Stefano de Martino will reveal the 23 Big artists for the 77th Sanremo festival to be held next 16-20 February with the special Eurovision selection show to be held on 19. Stefano De Martino will be first new Artistic director after five years of Carlo Conti, five years of Amadesu and two odd editions in between by Claudio Baglioni. De Martino is of different generation at 37 than the three others (65-75 years) but the rumored artist list seems pretty much same as every year. Quite a few rappers included but it's clear they all won't make it, it's been the same the past years. It'll be interesting to see how much different the final list will be from this rumored and speculated one published by All Music Italia (and some others). Another thing to look forward and to pay attention is the more focused Eurovision link. I still think the special Eurovision night is not needed and eventually may only end up harming Italy's results in the co...