Sanremo Musical Festival marks an iconic week in the Eurovision and Italian musical calendars. Not only is it the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony locally but commonly supplies us with the Italian Eurovision contestant for the year.

During the Sanremo Giovani 2021 (a smaller contest dedicated to 'Newcomers' to the Italian music industry) this evening we were given the 26 contestants in the running for the 'Big Artists' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2021. It should be noted that occasionally the winner of Sanremo does not go onto represent Italy at Eurovision due to the uniqueness of the contest and the primary goal of presenting the Italian music industry to the local market and secondary to Eurovision.