The Sanremo Music Festival 2018 () was the 68th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo and organised and broadcast by RAI. Format Presenters Singer-songwriter and musician, Claudio Baglioni, was the main host and artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 2018, alongside co-hosts Michelle Hunziker and Pierfrancesco Favino. Voting Voting during the five evenings occurred through different combinations of four methods: Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting. Press jury voting, expressed by accredited journalists that followed the competition from the Roof Hall at the Teatro Ariston. A demoscopic poll, composed of a sample of 300 music fans, which voted from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos. Expert jury voting, resulting from points assigned by personalities from the world of music, entertainment and culture. The jury is composed by Pino Donaggio (president), Giovanni Allevi, Serena Autieri, Milly Carlucci, Gabriele Muccino, Rocco Papaleo, Mirca Rosciani and Andrea Scanzi. The three voting systems had a percentage weight so distributed: First, Second and Third Evening: 40% Public televoting; 30% Demoscopic poll; 30% Press jury voting Fourth and Fifth Evening: 50% Public televoting; 30% Press jury voting; 20% Expert jury voting In the final part of the fifth evening, a new rank indicating the first three acts -determined by the percentage of votes obtained in this evening's vote and those obtained in previous evenings- was drawn up. Selections Newcomers' section The artists competing in the Newcomers' section were selected through two separate contests: Sanremo Giovani and Area Sanremo. Sanremo Giovani On October 31, 2017, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2018 announced a list of 650 acts, but only 68 artists coming from all Italian regions -excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta- and from abroad were selected in the first phase. On November 10, 2017, Rai Commission announced the sixteen finalists. Group 1 Santiago – "Nessuno" (eliminated) Lorenzo Baglioni – "Il congiuntivo" Nyvinne – "Spreco personale" Dave Monaco – "L'eternità è di chi sa volare" (eliminated) Group 2 Mirkoeilcane – "Stiamo tutti bene" Luchi – "Gli amori della mente" (eliminated) Eva – "Cosa ti salverà" Iosonoaria – "Un cerchio" (eliminated) Group 3 Giulia Casieri – "Come stai" Davide Petrella – "Non può far male" (eliminated) Jose Nunes – "Parlami ancora" (eliminated) Antonia Laganà – "Parli" Group 4 Mudimbi – "Il mago" Carol Beria –