TO crowning an absolutely record year, including Sanremo won for the second time, Marco Mengoni is a guest tonight at 9.30pm on Real Time of the first appointment RDS Showcase 2023. Live shows of the most successful artists on the Italian music scene organized by the RDS radio network.
Recorded last December 6th at the Multimedia Auditorium in Rome, the concert is the first of three appointments of the radio’s musical format RDS 100% Great Hits conducted by Anna Pettinelli, historic (and much loved) voice of the radio.
Marco Mengoni, the live RDS Showcase 2023: the ladder
In the live broadcast, Mengoni, who will be the first co-host of Sanremo 2024, presents all his hits.
From classics like The essential, Warrior And No stress up to the very recent successes of Two lives – winning song of Sanremo 2023 –, the duet Crazy music with Elodie e the latest single Another story written together with the trapper Franco126.
Live previews from the RDS microphones
Before the performance, Marco stopped by the radio studios for a chat Together Roberta Lanfranchi and Claudio Guerrini, two of the RDS presenters most loved by listeners. «It’s been a very long two years, full of exciting, beautiful and unexpected things» said Mengoni. Then respond to the many curiosities of radio listeners.
For example What is the song that moves you the most when you sing it? «It seems like an easy question but it’s not – he replied. Warrior It’s definitely a song that touches me deeplybut also I truly loved you. Song related to gods experiences that also lead me to painful thoughtsso every now and then I “collapsed” singing it.”
Two livesthe most popular song googled by the Italians
Another goal achieved by Mengoni in 2023 also concerns the annual searches of Italians on Google. Two lives – winning song at the last Sanremo Festival and fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest –, stands out in the ranking of the most popular songs.
They are further down Super heroes by Mr. Rain, Ash of Lazza, Italodisco by The Kolors e Made in Italy by Rosa Chemical.
From the height of these successes, Marco then thought of a Christmas gift for the fans: Matter in special versionthe three vinyls Earth Leather And Prism made with recycled material and therefore with different shades.
The next events of theRDS Showcase 2023
After Mengoni, performing next Wednesday for RDS will be the undisputed queen of 2023, Annalisa. Singer who after years of honest apprenticeship is finally exploded with two hits which will torment us for a long time to come: Beautiful And my love. And already ready to conquer 2024 with the song competing in Sanremo 2024.
On December 27th it will be the turn of Thomas Paradise. Former frontman of Thegiornalisti, the singer-songwriter is now a soloist author of acoustic ballads that have forged a unique style, made of romance, melancholy and lots of sweetness. Among the hits he will certainly bring to the showcase: Don’t be afraid, Promiscuity and songs taken fromlatest album Amazing feeling released last September.
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