"Nessuna lacrima" (eliminated) Ultimo – "Il ballo delle incertezze" Aprile & Mangiaracina – "Quell'attimo di eternità" (eliminated) On December 15, 2017, the sixteen finalists performed their songs at Villa Ormond in Sanremo, with the show Sarà Sanremo broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Claudia Gerini and Federico Russo. The six selected by the jury were added to the two entries of Area Sanremo, for a total of eight young emerging artists in the category of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018. Lorenzo Baglioni, Mudimbi, Eva, Mirkoeilcane, Giulia Casieri and Ultimo were chosen as contestants of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018. Area Sanremo After the auditions, RAI Commission -composed by Massimo Cotto, Stefano Senardi, Antonio Vandoni, Maurizio Caridi and Maurilio Giordana; plus the participation of Franco Zanetti and Amara- identified 8 finalists for the competition among the 145 acts: Martina Attili Alice Caioli Diego Esposito Manuel Foresta Andrea Maestrelli Leonardo Monteiro Giorgia Pino Daniele Ronda Newcomers' Finalists Lorenzo Baglioni - "Il congiuntivo" Mirkoeilcane - "Stiamo tutti bene" Eva - "Cosa ti salverà" Giulia Casieri - "Come stai" Mudimbi - "Il mago" Ultimo - "Il ballo delle incertezze" Leonardo Monteiro - "Bianca" Alice Caioli - "Specchi rotti" Big Artists section The Big Artists section of the contest will revert to 20 artists, after briefly going up to 22 last year. Unlike in previous years, there will be no eliminations during the four weeknight shows. All the artists will perform several times and will be scored during the week, but they will all advance to the final night. Competing entries Shows First evening The 20 Big Artists each performed their song for the first time. Second evening The first ten Big Artists each performed their song again and the first four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time. Big Artists Newcomers Third evening The other ten Big Artists each performed their song for the second time and the other four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time. Big Artists Newcomers Fourth evening The 20 Big Artists performed their songs as duets and the eight Newcomers also performed their songs again. Fifth evening The 20 Big Artists will again each perform their entry for a final time. The top three will face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2018 will be decided. Superfinal Special guests The special guests of Sanremo Music