Even at the end of the fourth evening Ermal Meta is still the helmsman of the provisional ranking of the Sanremo Festival. Willie Peyote (second) and Arisa (third) chase him, ahead of Annalisa, Maneskin and Irama. Out of the top ten Francesca Michielin and Fedez (17th), but also Orietta Berti (12th). This is the situation one step away from the final, when the opinion poll jury, the orchestra and the press room have already had their say. The latter awarded Colapesce and Dimartino, giving them the first place on Friday. But be careful: the televoting, in the final, could overturn everything.
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1. 56 -Here is the provisional ranking at the end of the fourth episode. P.rimo Ermal Meta. Willie Peyote and Arisa also on the podium. 4 Annalisa, 5 Maneskin, 6 Irama, 7 The List Representative, 8 Colapese Dimartino, 9 Malika Ayane, 10 Noemi. At two o’clock, the evening ends.
1. 48 – “We recovered 45 minutes, and let’s face it since everyone is complaining”, Amadeus points out (proudly). In fact, the evening, from the lineup, should have ended at 2 pm. Together with Fiorello, the conductor reveals the ranking drawn up by the press room. 1 Colapesce Dimartino, 2 Maneskin, 3 Willie Peyote, 4 The Representative of the List, 5 Ermal Meta, 6 Noemi, 7 Arisa, 8 irama. 9 Malika Ayane, 10 Madame, 11 Francesca Michielin and Fedez, 12 Orietta Berti, 13 Coma_Cose, 14 Max Gazzè. 15 The Social State, 16 Fulminacci, 17 Annalisa, 18 Extraliscio feat Davide Toffolo, 19 Ghemon. 20 Gaia, 21 Fasma, 22 Francesco Renga, 23 Bugo, 24 Gio Evan, 25 Aiello, 26 Random.
1.28 – Just before the end, here are the latest artists to perform: Gio Evan, Ermal Meta (who shortly before had complained on social networks about the late time of his performance), Bugo, Fulminacci, Gaia (who offers an excellent performance despite the vocal cord problems in the afternoon) and Random, presented as “Rendom” by Palombelli.
1.10 – Very touching moment, that of Alessandra Amoroso and Matilde Gioli. From the audience they recite a monologue dedicated to show business workers. “We are two women who have had the great fortune to make their dreams come true and today we are together talking from this empty audience, symbol of an unexpected present. Fear of not making it, of not going back to having the life as before, of losing everything for which one had fought, studied, worked. But work must be everyone’s right, not a stroke of luck ”. Amorous, moved, he sings “One night in Italy”By Ivano Fossati.
00.38 – The race goes on. There is Irama with the usual video from the other night (this will also be on air tomorrow), followed by Extraliscio, Ghemon. Francesco Renga he is forced to perform twice: the first one did not go well due to the usual technical problems. He greets his city, Brescia, because it is particularly affected by Covid.
00.20 – The race restarts at 00.20 with Fedez and Michielin. Also tonight they are separated by the ribbon (pink and no longer white) attached to the rods of their microphones. As explained by themselves, the tape symbolizes the distance meter imposed by the anti-Covid regulations. Fedez succeeds in the arduous task of getting out of tune even with the autotune. No autotune, however, for Alessandra Amoroso and Emma Marrone who duet on “Piece of heart“. With them, our live ends here as a sign of protest at the monster duration of this Festival. Just think that ten singers are still missing from the lineup, plus all the guests. The end is expected well after two in the morning.
00.15 – “But what’s the point?”, Is sung with The Welfare State, that enliven the evening after Palombelli’s monologue. One of them has the Nirvana shirt. After that, Amadeus launches the advertisement (and Tg1 60 Secondi) with the mask.
00.05 – It’s time for the long-awaited monologue by Barbara Palombelli. The queen of Rete 4 (and Canale 5) dedicates it to Italian women. Because, he says, “they have a fundamental role, that of keeping the country: they keep schools open, families quiet, they look after many people”. “I want to tell them who I am. I was a girl who loved the Beatles and the Roling Stones. I secretly listened to De Andrè’s songs, my father loved the Sanremo Festival, and then we saw Gigliola Cinquetti together. She wanted me to become like her, a peaceful life as he imagined for Gigliola Cinquetti ”. The monologue is interrupted by some Sanremo passages. They leave Luigi Tenco, the Poohs, the Matia Bazar, Luca Barbarossa. Cites Liliana Segre: “We must always rebel, we will never go well. They will humiliate us, they will try to get their hands on us. We will never go well with husbands, fathers, brothers. Not even Liliana Segre is good: you are a senator, you are 90 years old, and you cannot go and get vaccinated without unleashing deadly hatreds. We cannot give up even if the price is very high. Study to tears, work to independence. Run, go towards the future without letting your breath and dignity take away. Don’t give up girls. Make noise ”.
23.50 – Thirteenth in the race: the Coma_Cose, che Ibra presents (wrongly) as “Come things”. On stage they look at each other with eyes full of love, they love each other and it shows. Immediately after, here is Mahmood with a mash-up of his best songs. He sings “Soldi”, “Rapide” and his other hits. Fiorello exalts him: “He is ahead, he is already at the Festval of 2030. He is a recording, he is already mixed: he mixes himself, he does not drop, he does not go down”. He asks him to yodel, he plays along but says: “What are you making me do, Fiore! I who commit myself … “. On social media there are those who argue: “How to discredit an artist without realizing it”. Fasma follows, without technical problems.
23.30 – But one of the cult moments of the episode is the one with Fiorello and Amadeus in version Sabrina Salerno and Jo Squillo. Undressed properly, they sang “We Are Women”. “You made history ”, says Fiore at the end of the performance. “And we ruined it,” Amadeus retorts. Moment of fooling around, Amadeus thus evokes the good times gone by “Such and Quale ”in Santy Marton version.
23.15 – Tonight there is a lot of stuff in the lineup: there is more space for the singers than for the side dish. It was time. It goes on with The List Representative, one of the beautiful revelations of this edition. It follows Madame. How are they united? From Dardust, who produced both (good) songs. The twelfth in the race is Arisa. We wouldn’t say “You could have done more” to her: she was very good tonight too.
23.10 – But the real show tonight does Achille Lauro. He goes down the stairs with the wedding march with the producer Boss Doms, who kisses (twice). “They are the aesthetics of refusal, against the homologation of“ it has always been done this way ”. God bless who cares”He says before singing “I do not care” e “Rolls Royce”, The songs with which he presented himself at the previous editions of the Festival. Inside the painting, as a mysterious guest, there is also Fiorello. They won them tonight! “I’ve known him for 35 years but I’ve never seen him like this,” says Amadeus, ecstatic. The comedian replies: “I’m part of the painting, I can’t speak, take me away. I am loyal to my role as a manager ”. Eventually he gets carried away as if he were a statue.
22.40 – Dressed as Salvator Dalì, Max Gazzè continues to make a show. It is the “unexpected” card of this edition: it also convinces with “Il Farmacista”. Willie Peyote, who is on the podium of the provisional standings, also makes a good impression: he is one of the revelations of this edition. Always elegant Malika Ayane.
22.20 – Gag between Fiorello and Amadeus, a bit of Villaggio Valtour, but it takes that too. The next in the race is thereto Berti. Orietta is always Orietta: sings “When you fell in love”From motionless, but fills the scene with his voice. Flawless, elegant: it was needed. Immediately after, Amadeus welcomes Ibrahimovic. He presents him as “the superhero of the Festival”. The player replies: “You underestimated me “. A role-playing game continues between them: self-deprecating “megalomaniac” Ibra, Ama sacrificial victim. Presents Colapesce e Dimartino, which are given to potential winners of this Festival. They are the most played song on the radio. Indeed the song convinces and is “very light”. We like it.
22.05 – The woman of the evening is Barbara Palombelli, the face most present on TV with three programs under his belt. Amadeus chose her for this with the idea of a grandmother-valet. “Sanremo was my dream,” he says. Fiorello, with her, immediately sets the record straight: “I am amorino, he is potato”. She replies: “I call him Franci, or puppy”, speaking of her husband Francesco Rutelli. The first Big that presents is Noemi. “Glicine” is a good piece, even if at the end of the third evening it ended up out of the top ten. Among the authors there is also Mahmood (which signs itself as Trattroli, a collective). She is charged, she wants to do well.
21.55 – The race continues with i Nazi-, uh, the Maneskins (the quote is from Orietta Berti). Every time seeing them on stage gives energy. Damiano has a bodysuit, he takes the flowers of Sanremo instead of his colleague Victoria. “Shut up and good”, they could reach the podium.
21.45 – IS Annalisa the first to perform for the Big competition. Amadeus says the rankings are all very close, games can change. The colleagues in the press room are voting tonight. Immediately after, it arrives Aiello. Black nail polish, dressed in feathersand: he must redeem himself from the penultimate provisional position. On social media, his first performance has become a meme, tonight he seems more measured and screams less. “Sex and ibuprofene ”is now a must.
21.35 – The prizes are awarded. Beatrice Venezimeanwhile, she claims the title of Conductor (and not Conductor) of the Orchestra. “Whether she’s a director or a director, besides being good she’s also beautiful,” Amadeus will say later. Wrongonyou wins the Mia Martini Critics Award. Davide Shorty wins the Lucio Dalla award. And the victory? The award is presented by the President of Liguria Giovanni Toti, who says: “It was a difficult festival, you filled an empty audience. You made those who look at you from some hospital, some patients, some nurses smile ”.
21.25 – The victory goes to Gaudiano. Second Shorty, third Folcast, fourth Wrongonyou. The winner is moved and dedicates the victory to his father who passed away two years ago. “What happened is something exceptional. I dedicate it to my father, my family, the people who supported me. My father left two years ago, now I feel him here with me. Thank you all”.
21.15 – But here’s the youth race. The winner will be announced tonight. Amadeus joins the conductor Beatrice Venezi, who had already been a judge of Ama Sanremo and Sanremo Giovani. First Davide Shorty, then Folcast, Gaudiano and Wrongonyou.
21.05 – Ready Set Go. “Tonight everyone is there, the Young and the Old, until the forces leave our bodies “jokes Fiorello, who walked down the stairs to the notes of “Wake me Up Before You Go-Go” with a wig to look like Sabrina Salerno. Later, in fact, he and Amadeus will play “We are women”: Fiore will be Sabrina, Ama Jo Squillo. “We will celebrate this duet with a very important text”, is the promise. We will see some good ones.
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