Desire for carefree, desire to fall in love, desire to return to live and hug. Sanremo tries again, despite the second year of the pandemic, to be the festival of joy and restart. But for now it is above all the Sanremo of unpredictability with Fiore that appears by surprise and the list of super guests “on which we are still working”. And of course there is always the Covid problem, which could create unexpected events, like last year with Irama.
«I want to thank Fiorello of all, because when I saw him arrive I rediscovered the meaning of life, of unpredictability, of when a friend arrives and you don’t know what can happen. It exudes talent, exudes generosity ”, says the director of Rai1, Stefano Coletta, during the first press conference of the 72nd Sanremo Festival. «This year – underlines Coletta – is the Festival for everyone even more than other years. There will be lightness, depth, even a provocative register, there are five important women, who will also bring a new register ».
Amadeus takes the floor and pays homage to Rino Petrosino, “great photographer and great man”, who died today, who immortalized half a century of music in Sanremo. Then we get to the heart by talking about the now well-known Irama award. Also this year, in fact, if any singer should test positive at Covid, the rehearsal video will be broadcast. «All the artists are aware that the rehearsals are filmed and that in case of impossibility to perform the recording will be used, so I advised everyone to do their hair well», jokes Ama.
Immediately afterwards, the conductor confessed that he had stressed Fiorello since this summer to get him back on the Ariston stage, but that he has not received an answer: «I swear that until last week I was almost convinced that Fiorello would not have come. It shows that I had Fiorello’s outline prepared. I told him: if you don’t come, I walk with your silhouette. When I saw it, I was happy. He said to me: fucker, did you really think I was leaving you alone? ». But if Fiore will make an appearance or will be a regular guest, at the moment it is not to be known: «It’s the first evening, then I don’t know».
Speaking of guests, Amadeus does not exclude a sportsman on stage: «We are thinking about it, it is not obvious that he will be there but I like sport. Ibra? In addition to being a great champion, he is also a good person, I have great esteem and affection for him ». There will be many actors of Rai fiction, from Luca Argentero to Claudio Gioè, from Anna Valle to the return of the two protagonists of The brilliant friend Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco. There will be no foreigners: «Agreements of this kind must be made months in advance, but the situation of the pandemic has not helped us. We tried – we admit it – but we didn’t succeed ». Ama, who reaffirms his confidence in vaccines, does not mean that “there will be a space dedicated to vaccination or the pandemic. Covid is already talked about enough “. “However, Rai cannot ask anyone whether or not he is vaccinated – explains Coletta -, so not being vaccinated cannot lead to exclusion from the race”. Those who go on stage will be swabs every 48 hours, while the Super Green Pass will be sufficient for the Ariston audience.
It will be late again this year: “We certainly won’t finish before half past one.” But the artistic director assures us that compared to the last edition the competition will be less diluted: «We will try to bring together a greater number of artists competing, especially from Thursday when all 25 will perform. We will not make two artists a guest, two artists a guest. .. “.
On the Covid front, if Amadeus turns out to be positive, there is no alternative plan. “If I get Covid, stay with me for 10 days until I recover. There are no plans B. ‘ Among the novelties of this year is the return of the opinion poll made up of a thousand “music users” aged 16 and over, who belong to different areas of Italy, different ages and just.
Then there are the co-hosts. Tomorrow, in the early evening, it will be Ornella Muti “who with her 90 films will be able to bring her story – explains Amadeus – while on the second evening we will have a young actress like Lorena Cesarini who will be able to make herself known to the general public, as happened last year. in Colapesce and Dimartino. Then we will have Drusilla Foer, of whom I have read the book and that I really like: it will be a nice discovery for those who do not know her yet. On Friday we will have Mara Chiara Giannetta who I liked in Blanca and then she came to I soliti ignoti and I liked her very much. On Saturday we close with a miracle like Sabrina Ferilli, which everyone likes: adults and children alike. As I have already said, this is my tribute to five actresses ».