🇮🇹 Sanremo 2023 Duet Partners Confirmed

Today, Festival Director Amadeus has revealed the duet partners for all 28 acts competing as part of Festival di Sanremo 2023. These duets will be performed as part of the fourth night of the contest, where the artists will cover a song from the 1970s, 80s, 90s or 2000s. These performances will take place on 10th February.

Sanremo 2023 Duet Partners

Competing Artist	Duet Partner	Cover Night Song	Original Artist
Anna Oxa	Iliard Shava	“Un’emozione da poco”	Anna Oxa
Ariete	Sangiovanni	“Centro di gravità permanente”	Franco Battiato
Articolo 31	Fedez	Medley	Articolo31
Colapesce Dimartino	Carla Bruni	“Azzurro”	Adriano Celentano
Colla Zio	Ditonellapiaga	“Salirò”	Daniele Silvestri
Coma_Cose	Baustelle	“Sarà perché ti amo”	Ricchi e Poveri
Elodie	BigMama	“American Woman”	Guess Who
Gianluca Grignani	Arisa	“Destinazione Paradiso”	Gianluca Grigiani
gIANMARIA	Manuel Agnelli	“Quello che non c’è”	Afterhours
Giorgia	Elisa	“Luce”/”Di sole e d’azzurro”	Elisa/Giorgia
I Cugini di Campagna	Paolo Vallesi	“Anima mia”/”La forza della vita”	I Cugini di Campagna/Paolo Vallesi
Lazza	Emma, Laura Marzadoni	“La fine”	Tiziano Ferro
LDA	Alex Britti	“Oggi sono io”	Alex Britti
Leo Gassmann	Edoardo Bennato, Quartetto Flegreo	Medly	Edoardo Bennato
Levante	Renzo Rubio	“Vivere”	Unconfirmed – possibly Andrea Boccelli and Laura Pausini, possibly Vasco Rossi
Madame	Izi	“Via del Campo”	Fabrizio De André
Mara Sattei	Noemi	“L’amour Toujours”	Gigi D’Agostino
Marco Mengoni	Kingdom Choir	“Let It Be”	The Beatles
Modà	Le Vibrazioni	“Viene da me”	Le Vibrazioni
Mr. Rain	Fasma	“Qualcosa di grande”	Lunapop
Olly	Lorella Cuccarini	“La notte vola”	Lorella Cuccarini
Paola & Chiara	Merk & Kremont	Medley	Paola & Chiara
Rosa Chemical	Rose Villain	“America”	Gianna Nannini
Sethu	Bnkr44	“Charlie fa surf”	Baustelle
Shari	Salmo	Medley	Zucchero
Tananai	Don Joe, Biagio Antonacci	“Vorrei cantare come Biagio”	Simone Christicci
Ultimo	Eros Ramazzotti	Medley	Eros Ramazzotti
Will	Michele Zarrillo	“Cinque Giorni”	Michele Zarrillo

What else do we know about Sanremo 2023?

Festival di Sanremo 2023 will take place between 7th – 11th February. 28 artists will take part in the contest – 22 established artists and 6 selected through Sanremo Giovani for newcomer artists. The shows will take place from the Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, across the five nights.

Here’s a little guide as to how each night of the contest will work!

Night	What Happens?	Voting	Hosts	Guests
Night 1 (7th February)	14 artists will perform their competing entry.	The press jury votes on night 1	Amadeus Gianni Morandi Chiara Ferragini	Elena Sofia Ricci Mahmood & Blanco Pooh Salmo*
Night 2 (8th February)	The remaining 14 artists will perform their competing entry.	The press jury votes on night 2 (and we receive a ranking of all 28 songs over the two nights)	Amadeus Gianni Morandi Francesca Fagnani	Al Bano Black Eyed Peas Fedez* Massimo Ranieri
Night 3 (9th February)	All 28 artists will perform their competing entry.	The demoscopic jury and public vote on night 3	Amadeus Gianni Morandi Paola Egonu	Måneskin Peppino di Capri Takagi & Ketra*
Night 4 (10th February)	All 28 artists will perform a cover of a song from the 70s, 80s, 90s or 00s with an invited guest.	The press jury (33%), demoscopic jury (33%) and public (34%) vote on night 4	Amadeus Gianni Morandi Chiara Francini	Guè*
Night 5 (11th February)	All 28 artists will perform their competing entry, and the winner will be decided!	The public vote on night 5, with the top 5 artists across all five nights making it to the podium, and a final vote across all three juries, weighted in the same way as night 4, determines the winner from these	Amadeus Gianni Morandi Chiara Ferragini	Gino Paoli Salmo* Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Guests marked with an * will perform on the floating stage – a cruise ship! Additionally, other notable Italian acts including Piero Pelù, Francesco Renga & Nek, Achille Lauro, La Rappresentante di Lista and Annalisa will perform live in the Colombo Square, near the Ariston Theatre, with clips of their performances broadcast during the live Sanremo shows.

Italy’s Eurovision Journey

Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since the very beginning and has always been considered a powerhouse in the contest. Italy has won the contest on three occasions: in 1964, 1990 and 2021. After 1997, Italy withdrew for a while, returning again in 2011 with Raphael Gualazzi, who sang ‘Madness Of Love.’ Raphael placed second in the 2011 Eurovison Song Contest, scoring 189 points.

Italy’s most recent entry in 2022 was ‘Brividi’ by Mahmood and Blanco, performed on home soil after rock band Måneskin won the previous contest in 2021. At the close of voting, Italy scoring 268 points in the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final, placing sixth.

Which pairing are you the most excited for? What songs are you hoping to hear on covers night this year? As always, let us know your thoughts by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter as we prepare for Eurovision 2023.

News Source: Rai

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