 On 12 October 2017, Italian broadcaster RAI akasimbisa kuti muiti kuti aizomiririra Italy panguva 2018 Eurovision Song Contest yaizosarudzwa kubva kukwikwidzana vemifananidzo panguva Sanremo Music Festival 2018. Maererano nemitemo yeSanremo 2018, anokunda muboka re Campioni kana Big Artists anowana kodzero yekumiririra Italy kuEurovision Song Contest, asi kana muimbi asingawanikwe kana kuramba kupihwa, varongi vechiitiko ichi vanochengetera kodzero yekusarudza mumwe mutambi kuburikidza nemitemo yavo. Makwikwi aya akaitwa pakati pa6 na10 Kukadzi 2018 uye anokunda akasarudzwa pazuva rekupedzisira remutambo. 