Sanremo where the Grand Finale of the 2021 Sanremo Song Festival is to take place.

Festival di Sanremo 2021 Grand Final inwards Italy.  Ciao Europe! We’re heading to Italy tonight, namely to Sanremo where the Grand Finale of the 2021 Sanremo Song Festival is to take place.  RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, will ane time again select its Eurovision hopeful via the internationally acclaimed Italian song contest.   The winner of tonight’s competition will be offered the golden ticket to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.  Italy will be fifth BIG 5 country to determine its Eurovision 2021 hopeful following France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.  The Grand Finale of the 2021 Festival di Sanremo will be held tonight at the Ariston Theatre inwards Sanremo and will be hosted by Amadeus.  The 26 Campioni candidates will fight for the coveted Sanremo trophy during tonight’s show.   The 2021 Sanremo winner will be determined via a combined televoting/press jury/expert jury deliberation.  The winner will be elgible to represent Italy at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, if he/she declines the invite it will be entirely upon RAI’s discretion to deliberate the 2021 Italian Eurovision hopeful.  Italy is ane of the founder members of the Eurovision Song Contest having debuted inwards the very first contest inwards 1956.   The country has won the event twice with Gigliola Cinquetti (1964)and Toto Cutugno (1990).  The country has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by its most celebrated and internationally acclaimed artists throughout its Eurovision history: Ana Oxa, Domenico Modugno, Albano, Romina Power, Franco Batiatto, Umberto Tozzi, Mahmood, Matia Bazar, Marco Mengoni, Emma Marrone, Il Volo, Francesco Gabbani, Raphael Gualazzi, Massimo Ranieri, Ricardo Fogli, etc.  Italy withdrew from the competition inwards 1998 and returned to Eurovision inwards 2011 after a 13 year hiatus.   Since their return to the contest the Italians have enjoyed great success inwards the event placing 7 times inwards the top 10 of the scoreboard.  The southern European country has partaken 45 times inwards Europe’s favourite television show.  inwards 2020 Diodato was set to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest inwards Rotterdam with his entry ‘Fai Rumore‘,  but the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus global outbreak.