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Sanremo doesn’t “settle in”. It locks in. Night one is the grand parade where everyone arrives, waves, and tries not to look like they’ve forgotten how to breathe. Night two is where the festival quietly...
Sanremo has started, which means Italy has collectively agreed to stop functioning normally for a week and to treat a song contest like it’s a national referendum with sequins. Night one of the 76th Festival...
Sanremo is meant to be Italy’s annual week-long group chat, the one where everyone pretends they’re only here for the songs while absolutely living for the side plots. Except this year the side plot...
Just when everyone thought the biggest Italian Eurovision headline this week was Levante and her hypothetical refusal to go to Vienna, Italian broadcasting politics decided to join the party. Three members of RAI’s board...
There’s something almost ritualistic about waiting for the Sanremo line-up. People pretend they’re “not that bothered”, but the second the TG1 jingle plays, half of Italy forgets what they were doing. And today, in...
In recent days, a word has started echoing loudly around Sanremo 2026: refusal.According to growing whispers from inside the industry, a surprising number of high-profile artists have quietly — and in some cases very publicly — turned down...
It appears the Sanremo Festival has escaped the removal van — at least for now. After months of tense stand-offs, whispered threats, and enough relocation rumours to rival a Premier League manager’s sacking season,...
As if Eurovision-style drama weren’t enough, Italy’s own Festival di Sanremo is facing a backstage soap opera of its own. The RAI — Italy’s public broadcaster and self-proclaimed guardian of glitter, ballads and patriotic...
It seems the only drama in Sanremo this year won’t be confined to the stage. The Italian music industry has drawn a sharp line in the Ligurian sand, with the FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) firmly backing RAI in its...
Move over, telenovelas – the real drama in Italy right now isn’t on screen, it’s behind the scenes of the country’s most sacred TV event: the Sanremo Music Festival. Yes, that Sanremo, the one that launched international...
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