Sanremo 2022 artists come from three different submissions: First the newcomers (over 700, read more here ) and Area Sanremo choose the 12 finalists for Sanremo Giovani, wherefrom two lucky ones get the ticket to the Big, and only, category in Sanremo 2022 itself, where the artists are chosen from submissions and invites from artistic director Amadeus & co. Area Sanremo gets four of its chosen artists to the Giovani final instead of two as previous years. The submissions were over 400, and after auditions 56 made it to further auditions on November 19-21, where from only 20 will make it to the next step. Yet another audition in front of Amadeus & co. will pick up the 4 for Sanremo Giovani live on television on December 15. They will join the eight chosen via Sanremo Giovani selections. Area Sanremo (ex-Accademia della canzone di Sanremo, ex-SanremoLab) has produced names like Anna Tatangelo (2001), Arisa (2008), Simona Molinari (2008), Renzo Rubino (2012) and Mahmood...