Sanremo 2022, the public returns to the Ariston and Amadeus gets excited: “We missed you”
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Sanremo – If Italy has “found itself” in the Mattarella bis at the Quirinale, the third term of Amadeus in Sanremo restarts from the “Mattarella of entertainment”: Fiorello arrives and the festival takes off. Black mask studded with glitter, thermoscanner in hand, the showman enters from outside the theater, measures the fever of the spectators, the master Leonardo de Amicis, the director of Rai1 Stefano Coletta, greeted by the ovation of the audience in the hall: “You are me misses, they are your third dose, they are the entertainment booster “.
Besieged for months by the pressing of Amadeus, he actually feels “a bit Mattarella: he didn’t want to come back either, he had made his plans, he wanted to do The Voice Senior “, he says, and then calls the applause and the Ariston chorus for the head of state.” Draghi wanted us to go to the Quirinale, he had already prepared the year-end speech to unified banks “, jokes Fiore and stings the no vax and conspiracy, touching his arm:” Attention is the vaccine, the strong powers, the microchip, the graphene … “.
“The first time I came for friendship, the second to confirm it, this time instead to break it “, he urges, turning to the ‘former friend’ Ama.” Do you know when you and I will meet again? At the funeral, the first one to go the other goes to see him. So if our lord calls the roll, you arrive first with the A “. He suggests his recipe for the future of Sanremo (” Call General Figliuolo: from the Astrazeneca theater, the over 80s sing first “) and then overwhelms the theater with a medley of ‘sad songs’: “It’s a very sad time, but sadness must be fought with good humor.” your presence … welcome back! “), the evening lights up again with i Moonlight, upon returning to the stage that launched them on the roof of the world and that tonight rewards them with a double standing ovation: Amadeus picks them up at the hotel in a golf car, Damiano, Victoria, Ethan and Thomas give the audience Shut up and good and Coraline and in the end they too are moved and the frontman gets tears.
The co-host is Ornella Muti: preceded by the controversy over his support for the therapeutic use of cannabis, he enters the festival ‘on tiptoe’, first in a nude-silver dress, then in black with a deep slit, lending himself to the liturgy of presentations, then paying homage to the great with he has worked on, from Ugo Tognazzi to Alberto Sordi, from Massimo Troisi to Francesco Nuti and launches an appeal: “Please, go to the cinema and the theater, they give us emotion and magic”.
Competing in the top twelve Big: the histrionic Achille Lauro, naked torso and black latex pants, sings Domenica and self-baptizes with a shell; Yuman, the winner of Sanremo Giovani, with Ora e qui; Noemi, in salmon-colored voile, for the seventh time at the Ariston with Ti amo I don’t know; an excited Gianni Morandi with Open All Doors, who launches Fantasanremo to the delight of virtual players; The List Representative who closes the performance with a clenched fist to the notes of Ciao Ciao; Michele Bravi with Winter of Flowers; Massimo Ranieri, back in competition after 25 years, with Letter beyond the sea, history of migrants; Mahmood and Blanco, among the favorites on the eve, who give the ‘Chills’ with one of the most convincing pieces; Ana Mena with Two Hundred Thousand Hours; Rkomi with Insuperabile. Dargen D’Amico sings Dove si balla, “we hope to return soon to dance in discos, places of great aggregation”, hopes Amadeus; Giusy Ferreri is in the race for the fourth time, with Miele. Excited, almost uncomfortable Matteo Berrettini, who left the racket for a tuxedo and celebrates sixth place in the ATP world ranking with his family in the audience and Fiorello who talks about his childhood dream of becoming a tennis player. All standing to dance with Meduza and Hozier with the world hit Tell It To My Heart. This year there is also the stage on the water: from the Tuscan coast Orietta Berti, dressed in fiery red, and Fabio Rovazzi launch Colapesce Dimartino with another hit from last year, Musica very light.
The chronicle of the evening
Ornella Muti remembers “her” actors
“Tognazzi an older brother. Deaf cheerful and very intelligent. Fabulous village, witty but also cynical”. Ornella Muti immerses herself on the Ariston stage in the memories of her career stimulated by Amadeus. Intense words, in particular, for Massimo Troisi: “It was a special meeting, it was as if he knew he had a time that could run out, he was hungry for life”. And again Gerard Depardeu “a vortex”, Stallone “unique” and then an excited greeting for Francesco Nuti. The choice to let the actress talk about her men did not like many of her social networks because they were judged to be “male chauvinist” and reductive of her artistic experience.
Måneskin, Damiano is moved after the second performance
The tears surprise Damiano, Måneskin frontman, when he finishes singing ‘Coraline’, on the stage of the Ariston. He and “his” Maneskin return as guests after 11 months from the victory and the success at the Eurovision Song Contest and the world accolades have not changed them. To console the frontman of the Roman band who cannot hold back the emotion is the embrace of Amadeus and a new standing ovation from the audience of the Theater, where their triumphal march started a year ago.
On stage the champion Berrettini
“I don’t have a racket and I don’t feel comfortable.” Thus the number one of the blue tennis, sixth in the world rankings, Matteo Berrettini, on the stage of the Ariston while the audience shouts at him: “You are beautiful”.
The Måneskin inflames the audience
Applaud the Måneskin, winners of the last edition, on the stage of Sanremo. The Roman band is back from a year of international success, from the Eurovision Song Contest to the opening of the Rolling Stones concert, to live performances all over the world. Their hits have whirled to the top of the charts in many countries, including the United States, considered the “homeland” of rock.
Fiorello arrives
Two years ago dressed as a priest, last year covered in flowers, with dark glasses and black lipstick. But this time Fiorello left Amadeus the task of opening the Festival, and at 9.35 pm he arrived to join Amadeus on the Sanremo stage. “I’m your third dose, I’m your booster” – began the showman and then, turning to Amadeus, Fiorello added: “I had to be at home with the plaid on my legs” referring to the long courtship of his friend to make him participate in the third leading edition.
The emotion of Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi enters the scene, who returns to Sanremo in the race after 22 years and ten from the experience as a conductor, and shows signs of emotion on his face when he is greeted by the warm applause of the public. “A myth of the Italian song” defines it Amadeus, introducing Morandi’s performance on the notes of Open All Doors, written for him by Jovanotti and arranged by Mousse T. And at the end he shouts ‘Fantasanremo’, to the delight of the participants in the fantagioco dedicated to the festival.
First release of Ornella Muti
Around 9.15 pm, the first outing of Ornella Muti, co-host of the event. The actress, long-white silver dress, a shower of embroidery and swarovski crystals, the strapless neckline, walked the steps of the stage to reach Amadeus.
Achille Lauro, first of the big names to tread the stage (video)
Sanremo 2022, Achille Lauro and the baptism that drives the Ariston audience crazy
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The big names of the early evening (Video)
