Sanremo, the fourth evening of the Festival: covers and duets. Jova-Morandi surprise

From our correspondent Francesco Rizzo

February 5th
– Sanremo

Ah, but then there is life, out of the bubble: Mahmood and Blanco look out from the balcony of their hotel in Sanremo, bless the fans and sing Chills. It really happened, it’s on Instagram. Signs of normality at the Festival, even if the pandemic has made the aspiring singers who, in the past, camped in the city center to be heard by the crowd almost disappear. Everything increases the calm before the storm on the decisive Saturday: with Morandi in third place and Elisa second, chasing her own Chillsyesterday the evening of the covers was staged, which always has the flavor of a first-class karaoke but hides, however, the danger of new votes.

Smoking

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The point is that, thanks to the covers, Sanremo becomes a team game: and so, the strongest expectation is for Morandi who involves Jovanotti in a medley of white tuxedos in which one sings the other’s hits, from Girl’s eyes to Lucky guy, moving Sanremo to Romagna for three minutes. Lorenzo, not satisfied, later becomes a professor to celebrate the value of school and poetry. Moments of jovanottismo. But, in the meantime, the others all seem forced to come back, even when they are convinced. Like Achille Lauro, who rereads with transport You are beautiful together with the roaring Loredana Bertè or the Vibrations that rediscover the master Beppe Vessicchio, turned negative, for Live and let die. They had already passed Noemi with You make me feel like (a natural woman)risky choice when you start in the middle of the table and Yuman, who darkens My way Sinatra, but also Truppi who – unfortunately now in Serie B – gives In my hour of freedom by De André, reread with Capossela (happily “scandalous” text, other than hands that go down). Not only that: it is a small blessing that a boy like Sangiovanni goes to recover, with Fiorella Mannoia, the Bertoli of Hard-nosed(“and now I should make the songs / with the exact dosages of the experts”, only he said it in 1979). And Ditonellapiaga-Rector’s idea of ​​choosing is also amusing No one can judge me, which seems almost an appeal that is still relevant. By now, moreover, the Sanremo of provocations has become an ecumenical Sanremo that welcomes everything: even the president Sergio Mattarella telephones Amadeus to thank him for the homage the night before and the reference to Mina’s last concert, in 1978, that Mattarella saw with his wife and brother Piersanti, later murdered by the Cosa Nostra. Mina herself, they say, liked it, Amadeus says he didn’t believe in a joke from Fiorello and, in short, all the stars are aligned. With the ratings of the third evening (9,360,000 spectators, 54.1% share), “Ama” again exceeds the 2021 audience and breaks away from Fiorello: so far the Festival travels on an average close to 55%, the highest since 1997 according to Rai data. And last night there might have been help from the penultimate co-host, Maria Chiara Giannetta, the actress of Blancawhich brought a breath of lightness and self-irony.

Scuffle

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Just a pity – in the first accounts – for Drusilla Foer’s fine monologue on individual uniqueness, broadcast late Thursday and which, in another location, would have better drawn the value of his presence at the Ariston. “Closure is a strong point”, Rai defends itself. But to drown everything thinks the social scuffle for the jokes exchanged with Iva Zanicchi, that “cultured” that in reality it was the singer who said, first, as a tribute to Drusilla. And the central question, as usual, evaporates. But then, Sanremo is a blender, who thinks more of Drusilla when Ana Mena, penultimate on Thursday evening, also makes the spectators in long dress dance on If you leave me it’s not worth it and when Irama summons Gianluca Grignani and makes a tour for the Ariston on the notes of My story in my fingers. Tonight, however, everything is decided: in the first part of the final (with the performance of the 25 artists) only the public from home votes. Once the first three artists have been defined, a new vote is triggered: televoting with a weight of 34%, the jury of the press room (33%) and the Demoscopica 1000 (33%). Anyone who listens to music, voter or not, has in any case already decided: the Italian top 10 of the Spotify platform is entirely from Sanremo.