Overview
- Raf will compete at the Festival di Sanremo from 24 to 28 February with the song Ora e per sempre, marking his fifth appearance.
- He wrote the track with his son Samuele (D’Art) after developing a musical idea together at the piano.
- He will perform Nik Kershaw’s The Riddle with The Kolors during the festival’s cover night.
- He says he would decline a Eurovision slot, calling the event kitsch and questioning Israel’s presence while Russia remains excluded.
- He reflects on his difficult 2015 Sanremo, when bronchitis led to an early exit, and outlines what’s next with a new Warner album due in the autumn and an Infinito tour across Italy in summer and arena dates in October in Naples, Milan and Rome.