Sanremo’s artistic director Amadeus revealed the songs and duet partners for Covers Night, the fourth night of Sanremo 2024.
Sanremo 2024 Covers Night
Night four of Sanremo 2024 will see all of the competing artists performing a cover of a song (released before the 31st of December 2023) with an artist not competing at this year’s festival. The list of partners and songs is as follows:
| Artist | Duet Partner | Song |
| Alessandra Amoroso | Boomdabash | Medley |
| Alfa | Roberto Vecchioni | “Sogna, ragazzo, sogna” |
| Angelina Mango | The string quarter of the Orchestra of Rome | “La rondine” |
| Annalisa | La Rappresentante di Lista, Artemia Choir | “Sweet Dreams (Are made of this)” |
| BigMama | Gaia, La Niña, Sissi | “Lady Marmalade” |
| Bnkr44 | Pino D’Angiò | “Ma quale idea” |
| Clara | Ivana Spagna, the Choir of Children’s voices from the Teatro Regio of Turin | “The circle of life” |
| Dargen D’Amico | BabelNova Orchestra | Homage to Ennio Morricone |
| Diodato | Jack Savoretti | “Amore che vieni, amore che vai” |
| Emma | Bresh | Tiziano Ferro medley |
| Fred De Palma | Eiffel 65 | Medley of the greatest hits of Eiffel 65 |
| Gazzelle | Fulminacci | “Notte prima degli esami” |
| Geolier | Guè, Luchè, Gigi D’Alessio | Medley entitled “Strade” |
| Ghali | Ratchopper | Medley entitled “Italiano vero” |
| Il Tre | Fabrizio Moro | Medley of the greatest hits of Fabrizio Moro |
| Il Volo | Stef Burns | “Who wants to Live Forever” |
| Irama | Riccardo Cocciante | “Quando finisce un amore” |
| La Sad | Donatella Rettore | “Lamette” |
| Loredana Bertè | Venerus | “Ragazzo mio” |
| Mahmood | I Tenores di Bitti | “Come è profondo il mare” |
| Maninni | Ermal Meta | “Non mi avete fatto niente” |
| Mr. Rain | Gemelli Diversi | “Mary” |
| Negramaro | Malika Ayane | “La canzone del sole” |
| Renga Nek | Medley of their greatest hits | |
| Ricchi e Poveri | Paola & Chiara | Medley of “Sarà perché ti amo” and “Mamma Maria” |
| Rose Villain | Gianna Nannini | Medley |
| Sangiovanni | Aitana | Medley of “Farfalle” and “Mariposas” |
| Santi Francesci | Skin | “Hallelujah” |
| The Kolors | Umberto Tozzi | Medley of the greatest hits of Umberto Tozzi |
Italy’s Eurovision History
Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since the very beginning. It has always been considered a powerhouse in the contest. The country has won the contest on three occasions in 1964, 1990 and 2021. Italy withdrew after 1997, returning in 2011 with Raphael Gualazzi who sang ‘Madness Of Love’. Raphael placed second in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest after scoring 189 points.
Italy’s most recent entry in 2023 was “Due Vite” by Marco Mengoni. At the close of voting, Italy scored a total of 350 points in the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final, placing 4th. Of these, 176 points came from the juries, whilst the remaining 174 points came from the televote.
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News Source: RAI
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