Sanremo Music Festival Director
Caludio Baglioni has changed the rules at the iconic event so
that big-name stars and newcomers are no longer put into two
separate categories.
Instead of Sanremo having 'Big' and 'New Proposals' groups,
there will be a single category in which the two winners of a
new contest for newcomers will be inserted, sources said
Tuesday.
The new contest, 'Sanremo Giovani' will take place from
December 17 to 21.
It will run over six days in two prime-time shows and four
pre-evening ones, sources said.
"I'm rasing the bar so as to achieve new records," said
Baglioni, who led a particularly successful edition earlier this
year.
The 69th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival will take
place on 5-9 February 2019.
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