Everything is ready for the grand finale of a particularly difficult edition of the Sanremo Festival. The last appointment also begins with an unexpected event: a dancer from the Rai corps de ballet tested positive for the antigenic swab, so her colleagues were also placed in isolation. Also absent Simona Ventura: she too should have joined Amadeus, she too turned out positive to Covid.
On the other hand, the guest list is long. There will be Serena Rossi, Ornella Vanoni (with Gabbani), Umberto Tozzi, Riccardo Fogli, Michele Zarrillo, Paolo Vallesi, Dardust, Tecla Insolia, the Urban Theory, Alberto Tomba and Federica Pellegrini. The co-host of the evening will be Giovanna Botteri. Tonight the home audience will be able to change the fortunes of the standings through televoting. At the moment on the podium of the provisional classification there are Ermal Meta, Willie Peyote and Arisa, but Amadeus has assured that between the first and the thirteenth position there is a very low percentage difference.
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23.55 – There is an award also for Fiorello, that of the city of Sanremo. Amadeus: “I assign it to the person who illuminated at this Festival. Without Rosario Fiorello this Festival would not have been able to do it “. The showman thanks. “It is the best prize of my life, and who forgets it! I would like to say something strong and nice, but I can’t. I dedicate it to all those who have worked to ensure that this Festival reaches its fifth episode, and we have succeeded. It is our prize ”.
23.50 – “Do you have any complaints tonight?” Fiorello says to Bugo, provoking him. “Not in this round”.
23.40 – At dawn at 11.40pm, that’s it Giovanna Botteri. The correspondent of Tg1 told about the pandemic from China. “I saw it at the tiggì and thought that the virus would never arrive”, reflects Amadeus, thinking about a year ago. Her: “When I wrote to you, just a year ago, we had already seen that terrible, insidious, mysterious enemy coming. There had been signs but no one believed them. From day to night, an immense country, China, came to a halt ”. Even for her the empty theater is not a problem: “Those who follow us from afar love us. Even when we are imperfect. That warmth you feel gives you strength and courage. Here too the same applies: we know that others are there, and that they give us strength to not feel alone, to understand that you can do it. We will do it, I’m sure of it ”. Then he introduces Bugo.
23.35 – One year after the victory of Sanremo Giovani, he is back Tecla Insolia. He is here to present the fiction its Nothing: she will be the protagonist. “You were little, now you are a woman,” says Amadeus. “I was able to combine my two greatest passions, singing and acting. My parents have made me listen to Nada since I was a child, ”replies the actress / singer. Then there is Orietta with her vocal power, Arisa follows.
23.30 –In the end he is moved: “If Zlatan gets it wrong, you can get it wrong too. The important thing is to make a difference every day. Commitment, dedication, constancy, concentration. I organized this Festival to tell you that each of us in his own small way can be Zlatan, you are all Zlatan and I am all of you, this is not my Festival, it is not the Amadeus Festival, it is your Festival. It is the Festival of the whole of Italy. Thanks Italy, my second home”.
11.15 pm – Monologue by Ibra. “Why did Zlatan come here? Because he likes adrenaline, he likes to grow up. If you don’t challenge yourself, you can’t grow up. When you challenge, it’s like growing on the pitch. When you take the field, you can win or you can lose. I have played 945 games, I have won many, but not all. I have won 11 league titles, but or even lost some. I am Zlatan when I win and when I lose. I’ve scored over 500 goals, but I’ve also missed a few. Few. Some penalties went wrong but failure is not the opposite of success, it is a part of success ”.
23.00 – Ornella launches the shade: “There is no audience in the room … Oh well, the important thing is that there is an orchestra: they understand more, but they are all tired ”. He sings with Gabbani, then sends a message on the importance of having made this Festival: “This Festival had the task of cheering the public in such a difficult moment that it doesn’t seem to have an end: it is important to have done this evening anyway”. After, Willie Peyote arrives: he is second in the general classification. “Never say never,” could win.
22-50 – Francesca Michielin and Fedez give a better performance compared to past evenings. He is still very tense, then he enthusiastically welcomes the delivery of flowers for him too: “It’s important for everyone, thank you very much”. But from the stairs here Ornella Vanoni, accompanied by Fiorello. He says that the emotion is the same, even without the audience in the hall: “The audience is beyond and there is much, beyond where we see”. He makes fun of the orchestra conductor good-naturedly: “Mhow did you do your hair tonight? “. But let’s listen to it: “One more reason”, “The music is over”, “I fell in love”, “Tomorrow is another day”.
22.30 – Fiorello, who hadn’t been on stage for an hour, jokes about Swan Lake. “It lasts two and a half hours, there the Swan never dies. You see it: they are all the same, you have to understand who he is. After three hours, I heard the loudest applause of my life when he collapsed ”. On Twitter there are those who argue, they say that it is out of place to joke about opera while the theaters are closed.
22.05 – Even tonight, like yesterday, Amadeus looks like a train. Will he be able to make up time on the lineup ?! Here is Extraliscio with masked Davide Toffolo. It also comes Serena Rossi, presented as a representative of “made in Naples”. She is very happy to be on this stage, she promotes the format arriving on Rai 1 and sings “A te ”. Is it legal that he can do everything so well ?! Presents Colapesce e Dimartino, also among the favorites of this festival. Their “Lightweight Music”, the most aired song on the radio, brings a breath of lightness. Codes ten for Malika Ayane, to whom Fiorello delivers the flowers.
21.55 – Here is also Ibra. “I made a mistake: I didn’t choose your jacket tonight,” he tells Amadeus. So he tells his formation of the Festival. In defense there is the Orchestra, because “they defended the music with their teeth”. Amadeus has the role of goalkeeper, or the bench. He jokes about Achille Lauro: “I didn’t want to change shirts but he can’t because he’s always naked”. Francesco Renga follows.
21.50 – Ermal Meta (which at least tonight can be seen by his niece) puts a mortgage on the victory: he is first in the standings, he sings confidently, he aims for first place. After him comes Lightning with “Santa Marinella”: it is the sixth of the evening.
21.40 – A “proper tribute”, he says Fiorello, wearing a faithful reproduction of a jacket by Little Tony, whose the tongue has become “sickly”. Fiore is also ironic about the farewell announced by Amadeus: next year they will not be there. “I wish the best of luck to those who will come later: I wish you this audience full of people, there must be an audience that eats, international guests, a Festival full of people, but it must go very badly. I wish you so. I hope it goes wrong, ”he says between serious and humorous. Also quotes Franceschini: “He sent me a message, we in culture have a chat. He told me to talk about the 700 years since Dante’s disappearance. I declare it (it begins), what is in the middle you can read it because in the middle we have 26 singers ”.
21.24 – At 21.24, here is Fiorello’s first exit. Tonight he made himself want, but it was worth it. He pays homage to Little Tony with his greatest hits eight years after his passing.
9.15 pm – Irama is still in “dad”, The performance is the usual one of the other evenings: that of rehearsals. “I’m glad he had the same opportunities as the others,” says Ama. If he wins, they’ll connect with his hotel room. It follows Roll of Evan, with an elegant look and collected hair. First advertising.
21.00 – The opening of the final is entrusted to the performance of the Hymn of Mameli by the Band of the Navy. Behind them, the Amerigo Vespucci. “The empty stalls became beautiful with the Navy Band”, are the words of Amadeus. Ready, go: the evening is long, so the race starts right away. There is televoting tonight. The first is Ghemon. He follows Gaia. Excellent performance for her who yesterday (we remember) was voiceless. Her boyfriend conducts the orchestra.
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