«Vces the 74th edition of Festival of the Italian song Angelina Mango!». With this ritual phrase Amadeus and Fiorello announced the winner of Sanremo 2024. The 22-year-old singer, daughter of Mango and Laura Valente, triumphed with Boredom. Plot twist after days of controversy that left Geolier the favorite with I’m for me, you’re for you.
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Sanremo 2024, the winner is Angelina Mango
“You’re crazy,” he says after letting out a scream of joy. «Thank you, thank you, thank you all. You have no idea how I feel. Heartfelt thanks to the orchestra, to you (Amadeus, ed), to Fiorello, to you, to my team, to my mother, to Fil (his brother Philip, ed), to my family. Thank you for coming this evening » she says trembling and with her voice cracking with emotion.
Then he adds: «I feel so small compared to all this. I want to thank with all my heart the giants who trusted me: Dardust, Madame and Giovani Allotti”. Dardust and Madame sign the text, while Allotti is the conductor. She is the first woman to win 10 years after Arisa’s victory with Against the wind.
Immediately afterwards she performs to celebrate the victory on the stage that marked her birth. A victory, his, which beats the Festival favourite. In fact, Emanuele Palumbo alias Geolier won the cover evening amidst boos in the audience and protests. It seemed he could win thanks to televoting, but instead the weighted average of the three juries led to a different result.
Angelina Mango won Sanremo 2024 with “La noia”. (Getty Images)
The final ranking
The final ranking saw Angelina and Annalisa placed in the final five with Sincerely, Geolier with I’m for me, you’re for you, Ghali with My home and Irama with Not you.
After 30 performances, the televoting was reset and a new vote began in which the three juries participated: Radio Jury, Press Room Jury and televoting with a weight of 33%, 33% and 34% respectively. The final result is: fifth place for Irama, fourth place for Ghali, third place for Annalisa and second for Geolier.
A triumphant debut
Angelina Mango conquered everyone not only with the song, but also thanks to her stage presence. Charisma, energy, skill, technique, voice: it’s pure dynamite. A stage animal who demonstrated his caliber from the first evening. The song is an addictive cumbia, which behind the fast pace, brings a profound text. A hymn to life that she herself is the bearer of, combining singing with choreography worthy of an experienced performer.
During the final, shortly before the end of the first performance, he trips on the steps. A fall that causes no consequences and for which he apologizes more than once. He thanks everyone “from the bottom of my heart, you gave me a wonderful week.” Ariston rewards her with a standing ovation. “Sorry again,” he repeats before leaving the stage, but the audience is in raptures and has only appreciation for an extra-program that has dampened the tension.
Speaking of the fall, in the Blueroom of Rai Radio2 Ema Stokholma and Gino Castaldo said that she was not hurt and that she was fine. «I was so happy that I lost myself»explains.
Angelina Mango sings “Ła rondine” on the covers evening.
Angelina Mango enchants Sanremo 2024 with The swallow
Boredom is the winning song, but Angelina Mango took home two other victories. Primarily, the Lucio Dalla press room award and then the moral victory of the covers evening. Although Geolier took first place, his performance was incredible. He interpreted The swallowone of the most famous songs by his father Mango, who passed away in 2014.
He brought it on stage accompanied by the string quartet of the Orchestra of Rome. A thrilling arrangement, different from the original, in which every note touches the chords of the listener. Sing, Angelina, and in those verses dedicated to “my swallow gone away” she seems to be addressing her father. The emotion is great and the performance ends with thunderous applause from Ariston, all standing.
And she observes moved, thanks with a nod of the head, while in the gallery there is a banner with the words “Thank you Pino”, referring to Mango. For her, an upward path continues, which began in Friends 2023where she placed second.
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