Sanremo 2022, the festival takes off. And Zalone shocks: impropriety is rock

by our correspondent Francesco Rizzo

February 3
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You are to see that the secret of Amadeus in Sanremo, where there are even rumors of a fourth edition in a row, is not simply to become the servant and victim of the talent of the moment, like certain shoulders that have made the most beloved comedians giants. It was clear from 2020 with Fiorello, apparently out of the game since yesterday: “Now plaid and herbal tea”, the showman said yesterday. But, after all, who would have ever fielded him on the same evening as Zalone? Because Checco is the cyclone that crosses the second night of the 2022 Festival, a genuine Zalone, incorrect and irreverent (“I love the populace”, shouts from the gallery) when he targets Amadeus, for example, on the theme of co-hosts (“Bella l ‘idea of ​​Muti dubbed by De Filippi “), of parity or politically correct. And that forces the artistic director of Sanremo to be his reader for a musical fairy tale in dialect, between Calabrese and Brazilian trans, to condemn homophobia but in his own way, working in reverse. Much more Zelig than Ariston. And when everything turns towards a decidedly little oratorial rereading of At least you in the universe, Zalone specifies: “In the event of complaints, the court of jurisdiction is that of Amadeus”. Ale.

BIOPIC

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Ironic that, after him, the super-guest Laura Pausini goes on stage – to present her biopic Pleasure to meet you, released in April – that Checco targeted years ago in a sketch on the Marco de La solitudine. Laura, among other things, will lead Eurovision 2022 in Turin, in May, with Mika and Alessandro Cattelan. After all, those who have had the patience to dig assure that the word most used in the texts of this Sanremo is chemical: the numbers between Amadeus and Zalone will tell. For now, “Ama” is at its best in three editions: on Tuesday, in front of the TV there were, on average, 10 million 911 thousand spectators, equal to a 54.7% share (record since 2005). With Mahmood and Blanco bringing the average share of 15-24 year old girls to 82%. And then 1.2 million views (+ 37% on 2021) in live streaming, a record and 5.7 million overall interactions (+ 43%) on social networks. And the songs of the second evening? Sangiovanni strikes for the casual fun despite his 19 years, the same intimidated Matteo Romano who sings Virale almost apologizing for the disturbance, after having emerged from the TikTok nursery. And if the Vibrations quarrel with the voice (and pay homage to Stefano D’Orazio, the Pooh drummer who died in 2020), the Neapolitan singer-songwriter Giovanni Truppi demonstrates how, on stage, a black tank top is enough if you have something to say and you can say it (” and now that I also know your bitterness / and the wordless darkness in which you are naked with anger / I wanted to tell you that my soul wants you “). But to attract attention is above all the anti-racist and moved monologue by Lorena Cesarini, second co-host, Italian-Senegalese actress (“You’re Italian!”, They shout at her from the audience) who denounces the insults suffered after receiving the invitation to Sanremo, offering a reflection on the banality of everyday racism. Intervention too long, someone complains: always better than too bland.

STAIRS

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But it is really an evening under the sign of Venus: Ditonellapiaga and Rector sing (coincidentally) Chemistry, Elisa is queen of elegance, there are also Emma and Francesca Michielin, the first to roar Every time it is like this, the second to direct it, in virtue not only of friendship but also of the path taken at the Conservatory. And there is Iva Zanicchi, who in Sanremo has won three times, the first in 1967, the last in 1974: she pretends to go up the stairs, makes fun of herself, shouts “for me the Festival can end here”, making fun of the FantaSanremo, the social phenomenon that crosses the Ariston. It’s just a pity that Ragadi is not participating in the contest, the singer with a hat who dismantles the clichés about the successful rapper but with a difficult past (“what do you know about my PlayStation 2 when 3 came out” and “I’m not poor, I’m not very rich “) and who suddenly appears and is chased by an increasingly involved Amadeus. Then take a good look and Ragadi is Zalone. Too bad, he would have won hands down.

There is also Milan-Cortina

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In their own way, the Winter Games land in Sanremo. At the end of the second evening of the Festival, in fact, Arisa and Malika Ayane interpreted “Up to dawn” and “A little further away”, or rather the two possible anthems of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics; the two singers will fly to China to participate in the closing ceremony of the 2022 Games. How will the hymn be chosen? With an online contest on the official website of Milan Cortina 2026, until February 22nd. Last night Arisa and Malika Ayane also presented the official ambassador jacket of the Winter Olympics to the conductor and artistic director of the Festival, Amadeus. Maestro Beppe Vessicchio oversaw the artistic direction of the initiative that led to the choice of the two pieces, presented in the tender phase by the Musical Body “La Cittadina San Pietro Martire di Seveso” of the province of Monza and Brianza and by the CPM Music Institute of Milan, school founded and chaired by Franco Mussida.