The host: “I started working on Sanremo in the summer of 1999, but I managed to make the musical breakthrough from the second Festival, the year of Maneskin’s victory”
– sanremo (imperia)
Between the safe second-hand (Fiorello and Ibra) and the winning bets (Mengoni host and singer), between musical choices that immediately create debate (Bertè in the lead for the press room) and rare tears in the score (Dargen and the pro intervention -Gaza), Amadeus’ fifth Sanremo takes off well. Even without controversial peaks or mini-scandals, as someone points out. Over 65.1% share, the highest result since 1995 and an average of 10.56 million spectators, galloping through the prairie of not exactly aggressive counter-programming (“After ‘Terra amara’ there are only bars”, he admitted days ago Piersilvio Berlusconi).
the numbers
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The data confirm both a rejuvenation of the audience (+3% share compared to 2024 for spectators up to 24 years of age), and a growth in those who follow the Festival via Internet: Rai declares a +50% of connected devices compared to 2023 and 25 million registered users on RaiPlay. There was also a 27% increase in connected “small screens”, with half of the audience being under 34 years of age. In short, the data released by Rai say that more and more the public watches (or watches) Sanremo via the web. The peak in ratings was instead reached with the intervention of the mother of Giò Giò, the musician killed in Naples. Finally, the share peak occurred with Big Mama.
variety
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“This Festival is not over yet – is Amadeus’s superstition on the numbers – The future? I feel the need to stop, to think about something else or to have time to find new ideas. There is also the possibility of a variety show with Fiorello on the table, we’ll talk about it after Sanremo. As for 2025, Rai will be able to find a new ‘coach’ for this team.” There is also an assessment of these years: “I started working on Sanremo in the summer of 1999, but I managed to make the musical turning point from the second Festival, the year of Maneskin’s victory, which acted as a watershed for the names of emerging artists in Sanremo”. As for the theme of tractors at the Festival, “I’m not Rai, the doors are open but tell me who I have to get on stage”. For its part, state TV explains that dozens of requests from individual farmers are arriving but it is a question of deciding who, if necessary, to take to the stage.
second episode
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Tonight 15 singers will be on stage, with radio and televoting. Each artist is introduced by a colleague (the mechanism is repeated tomorrow but with a new random drawing of the pairings). It’s up to Giorgia to take on the role of co-host. The guests will be Giovanni Allevi (who returns to the stage after his battle with illness), John Travolta and Leo Gassman. Gianni Morandi is expected tomorrow.
rankings
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Meanwhile, the first thermometers unrelated to TV ratings are activated: the bookmakers give Annalisa and Angelina Mango the lead for the final victory (3.50 odds), ahead of Geolier, Bertè and Amoroso while Bertè is still in pole position for the Lucio Dalla prize (1.57 the share). On YouTube, however, Trending Music Videos records 15 Sanremo videos out of 20, with Geolier still in the lead. Finally, the 41 videos published yesterday from Sanremo’s TikTok profile reached a total of 5.8 million views.
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