Dafter returning last year with Words said badly (22 years later Of Sun and of blue), Georgie she is back at the festival as co-host of the second evening of Sanremo 2024. The opportunity is also to sing And then, the song he presented at Sanremo 1994, 30 years ago. A beautiful anniversary.
Sanremo 2024 and Giorgia: 30 years of And then
The experience as co-host is completely new for her, on the stage of the festival he has always and only sung. She made her debut in 1994 at the age of 23 among the New Proposals with And then. The look was a modest total black, a proto emo Nineties style: jeans and a zip cardigan with a V-neck. And the nonsense of a visible navel combined with a row of pearls.
Written by her with the producers Massimo Calabrese and Marco Rinalduzzi, And then it marked the beginning of a long career not always up to his voice.
Giorgia and her look at Sanremo 1994 for “E poi”.
History and success of And then
The success of And then it is due – in part – to Pippo Baudo, presenter and artistic director of that edition, who suggested a change to the excerpt a few days before the debut. A detail mentioned by Giorgia in today’s conference, February 7th.
Despite that change, the song only reached seventh place on the chartsthe competition that year was very high: among the singer’s competitors there was a certain Andrea Bocelli and his The calm sea of the evening. Instead, the public success was incredible – today again And then It’s part of his repertoire.
On the occasion of 30 years since the release of the song, Giorgia celebrates the anniversary by singing it tonight at Sanremo 2024. I will do the same as Eros Ramazzotti tomorrow 8 February with Terra Promise (40 years) and on Saturday 10 Gigliola Cinquetti with Non ho l’età (60).
Giorgia singer, co-host and also actress
Concerned not to make a disfigurement after Marco Mengoni’s feat, Giorgia – despite the anxiety – should feel calm. In the past he has shown that he doesn’t take himself too seriously even when the moment is solemn.
In the last months for example, she was one of the recurring guests of Long live Rai 2and in the unusual role of an actress. Trying his hand at various gags until starring in the elusive series Escape, in which she plays the wife of a criminal.
That’s not all, because the debut has also arrived at Cinema. The creator of this new page was Rocco PapaleoThat he enlisted her in Forgottenreleased last April.
In the film she plays Olga Santopadre, a physiotherapist and director of a choir who will turn the life of the protagonist Orlando upside down (Papaleo). Test largely passed which brought her a nominated for the Nastri d’Argento for Best Actress in a Comedy Film.
Giorgia sings “E poi” at Sanremo 2024. (Getty Images)
Giorgia’s performance at Sanremo 2024
«It was 1994 when she made her debut at a very young age with a timeless song of which she herself was the author», begins Amadeus in introducing Giorgia. «A song that made the history not only of the Sanremo Festival, but that of Italian songs». The singer materializes on stage a few seconds later.
Tailcoats for special occasions, shorts that leave the legs bare and leather boots up to the knee. On stage the lights dim and Giorgia sings the song which kicked off his career. The arrangement is different from the 1994 one, but lclass and elegance are the same as always.
L’performance lasts 4 minutes and gets her a well-deserved standing ovation. Say thank you with a bow. After all, class is not water. Before closing the amarcord moment, Amadeus joins her on stage with a cake and a candle. They blow together and greet Pippo Baudo, the one who wanted her on that stage thirty years ago.
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