We are here. Sanremo Festival is coming, and – this year more than ever – good results are urgently needed. Between announcements about Tg1 surprises Long live Rai2! and social achievements, the 73rd edition information was 3450, with the result that we now have a fair amount of confusion. We just know that there will be a lot of people (true) and that it will be late. Too late. From the series: call yourself sick at work or force yourself to work smart because it will be difficult to fall asleep before 2 am.

So, let’s sum up the program, co-hosts, contest performers, duets, guests, super-guests and scenography.

Program

Let’s start with the basics: it starts on Tuesday, February 7th and ends on Saturday, February 11th. There are 28 singers in the competition and they will perform as follows: the first 14 on Tuesday, the remaining 14 on Wednesday. Both evenings only the press will vote. Televoting and opinion poll juries come into play on Thursday when all 28 singers perform. Then on Friday there will be a duet night, and here, ladies and gentlemen, 60 artists will touch each other: from the series we will never fall asleep. However, this tirade will serve to prepare us for the grand finale, that is, for Saturday: all 28 singers sing again, interspersed with half a centner of guests and performances. Among other things, this year the podium will not only be 1st-2nd-3rd, but will also include 4th and 5th places. Once the public determines the top five, the Demoscopic Jury and the press will also take to the field for the final race. Here’s Ariston. In fact, two other mini-Sanremos, let’s call them that, take place in parallel: one on a cruise ship, where, among other things, Psalm, Fedez AND Ge; the other is on the outside stage in Colombo Square where they will sing Neck paired with Francesco Renga; Annalize; List Representative; Achille Lauro; Piero Pelu.

co-hosts

Amadeus will be in great company. To begin with, he will always support him, throughout the series, Gianni Morandi. After that, according to tradition, the co-host changes every evening. Open and close dances on Tuesdays and Saturdays Claire Ferragni. Officially, he arrives alone, but as if Fedes was also on this stage, since ours will hold court in the daily strip. wild moss (yes, it would be a podcast, but on occasion it becomes a TV program broadcast at 18.45 Paradise Dew), will perform on a cruise ship, and then a duet with Article 31 Friday night. On Wednesdays, the hostess will be the “beast” Francesca FagnaniOn Thursday it will be the turn of the actress Claire Franchini and in the evening of duets there will be a volleyball player Paula Egonou.

Guests (musical and others)

Guest head. Let’s start with the music. About vocals super international guests we have Black Eyed Peasexpected on wednesday and then i Maneskins. Yes, they are technically Italian, and Amadeus said, “Superguests will only be Italian if they are over 70.” Maybe by adding the age of the group members, we get … But so be it. The rock of the gods will arrive Thursday evening in Ariston. Maneskins and with them will be the legendary guitarist Tom Morello. Saturday, for the grand finale, I Depeche Mode who therefore return after 33 years to Ariston. The band had already been a guest in 1986 (the year of their strippedfirst excerpt from black holiday), then in 1989. Everything counts and finally in 1990. Enjoy the Silence.

As for the Italian guests, they will perform on Tuesday Mahmoud and Blanco: Again, they are not 70, but they are the reigning champions. So it seems that the exception is correct. Also on Tuesday it will be the turn of the gods fluff and the next evening we will see Morandi perform in tandem with Albano AND Maximum rainier. Saturday night ends Gino Paoli.

But let’s move on to the non-musical guests. The most talked about for sure Zelensky: The Ukrainian President will deliver a pre-recorded 2-minute video message on Saturday evening. His participation caused an uproar among those who claim that this is an inappropriate interference, and among those who, on the other hand, remember that politics have always been involved in Ariston. Some – fortunately few – even invoked the level playing field, shouting “if he speaks, then Putin must intervene too.” Among the non-musical guests, the humorous part will be entrusted to hard angel: running Hyenas and then exploded on the Web, will be the guest of the second episode.

As for semi-promotional guests, Tuesday will arrive in the city of flowers Elena Sofia Ricci talk about your new fantasy, Flowers over hell broadcast after Sanremo. “They asked me for a song to enter, and I chose Fighter from Fiorella Mannoia: a song that matches the character of Olivia Battaglia, which I play in Flowers Over Hell and also for me,” the actress anticipated into the microphones of Rtl 102.5. Then the turn will come Francis Arcthe episode is expected to air on wednesday night Stay with mewhile the cast Exit to the seaa very popular prison series, the third season of which will be aired from February 15th. Paradise Dew (but come on Riplay started February 1). We’ll see Saturday night instead Louise Ranieri, the star of Lolita Lobosco. Finally, lovers Linen for pillows will be able to meet their star in San Remo: actor Red door 3 is evidence Literary Lounge Casa San Remo.

photo courtesy of ettore ferrari/rai

After the Fiorello Festival

However, all these days the question of questions has been: “Will Fiorello be there?” Well, the answer is “yes, even if it’s pure”. In fact, according to the announcement made on Tg1, “Chiuri” will not be physically present at Ariston, but will comment on it in some way. After the festival especially for him. From Tuesday to Friday Long live Rai2! marries at night, right after Sanremo Festival: every evening/night, as soon as the event ends, the line will be given to Fiorello and his friends, who will comment on everything that happened in Ariston for 45 minutes. Episodes aired exclusively on Rai Unothey will be called Long live Rai2: Long live Sanremo! At night and will be broadcast live and then repeated in the morning on Paradise 2 canon at the time. However, there is always hope for last-minute carrambata with Fiorello in the flesh. Same Amadeus however, he has booked a room in San Remo for an old friend… As for other appointments, the festival will be preceded by a striptease wild mossheld Fedez at 18.45 RayDewand then from PrimaFestivalevery day at 20.25 Andrea Delogu to management and Jody Chechetto They own purpose as messengers.

photo courtesy of Maurizio d’Avanzo/Ray

Scenography and paintings

Even the studio was transformed: abandoning the inflated walls, production designers Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli focused on the domed ceiling. The result is breathtaking, even if it has little effect at times. Church of San Pietro… “We were thinking about building a special “sky”, returning to the pleasure of “built” scenographic architecture, accepting all its tasks,” the decorators explain, “It is a suspended elliptical dome, but closely related to the rest of the scenography, 21 meters wide and up to 11 meters high. It will have ‘hidden mirrors’ and a moveable top, with perfectly built-in lights that can tower over the performers on stage.” Obviously, the mythical central staircase, designed to “emphasize the centrality of the artists”, has been preserved, and the curtain has also been restored. In addition, among the exceptional graffiti, it is worth mentioning the picture: a self-portrait of the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens will be exhibited at the entrance to Ariston. The idea came from the president of the Liguria region and cultural adviser Giovanni Toti: “He will be among the non-competitive guests, but certainly one of the main characters of the festival,” he explained, “Rubens is definitely a pop icon. It will be a mixture of different, but a popular art form in its own way and a way of promoting our region. Many people who come to the Ariston Theater in Sanremo to see more will be impressed and inspired by the vision of the painting. great Flemish painter and perhaps decide to visit Genoa and discover its beauties.”

Great absent

Well, yes, even if 3450 guests arrive in Ariston, the great absentee: Beppe Vessicchio. The famous conductor will not lead the Ariston orchestra. Therefore, we will not hear the mythical: “Beppe Vessicchio conducts the orchestra.” A real shame, because by now he was the pillar of Sanremo…