A typo in the graphics during the first evening: while Gianna Pratesi was speaking, a writing with a spelling error appeared in the background
During the first evening of the Sanremo Festival 2026, a glaring graphic typo it interrupted the solemnity of one of the most touching moments of the event. While the artistic director Carlo Conti welcomed Gianna Pratesi on stage, a 105-year-old woman who was among the first to vote in 1946, the writing “54 percent to the Replica“, referring to the historian’s result referendum on the choice between republic and monarchy.
the “Repupplica” error on the Ariston ledwall
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THE’spelling errorwith the double “p” instead of the “b”, immediately made the social media tourtransforming a historic celebration for the 80 years of the Italian Republic into a moment of hilarity and a little bit of embarrassment for Rai. Despite the atmosphere of deep emotion created by the presence of Mrs. Pratesi, living witness of the first vote for women, the oversight did not go unnoticed to the millions of connected viewers.
