“I will not do the festival next year” – Corriere.it

There will be no Amater, we had already decided, Fiorello and I joked about it, but the third Sanremo in a row will not be there. Pending the final, Amadeus clarifies that has other projects in mind for next year. I find in San Remo a reason for joy and pride, a great prize, the pinnacle of a director’s career. I am grateful to Rai, I am grateful to Teresa De Santis who entrusted me with my first Festival last year, I am grateful to Stefano Coletta who called me. I was chosen for two years, for two different but equally historic San Remoes, the 70 year edition and then this one, from the youth to the pandemic. But after two editions there will be no third. For me we sanremo an event, part of an idea and then it becomes a reality, it cannot be a routine.

Waiting for the full names for the future (with Cattelan we have not talked about the Festival), Rai1 director Stefano Coletta prepares an initial assessment and exaggerates with adjectives: In a week in which people have not stopped being informed, while infections increase, it is a heroic act of Rai to have carried out a very strong cultural operation. Then he reflects: We have responded to the calls of ministers, politics, those that lead this country to give a sign of sober entertainment. It was an action of great courage, nobility, harmony with the country. Public service has revived a market that had stoppedIf young people stop, art stops. This Festival will stay in our lives for a long time, hoping that next year it will not have to deal with exclusions, quarantines, lack of public, guests who cannot come, everything that is part of the entertainment.

in the meantimethe fourth night’s ratings went up slightly compared to the previous day: the Festival was followed in the first part by 11,115,000 spectators (43.2% share), in the second by 4,980,000 (48.1%). On average, the evening reached 8,014,000 viewers (44.7% share).

Giovanna Botteri was also among the guests of the last night.: Me in San Remo? Something happened, it means that the rates have been completely annulled – says the journalist -. Nothing in particular will happen, they called me because of who I am, to tell the things that I always tell. I represent the revenge of the nerds. Many will think, “If she did it, we can all do it.” We begin to appreciate even the imperfection, to be pleased with our defects, to be more tolerant, more understanding, understanding even if we do not perfectly respect all the canons. Long live normalcy.

Ornella Vanoni and Francesco Gabbani will also take the stage. Then Riccardo Fogli, Michele Zarrillo and Paolo Vallesi. In the sports part, Alberto Tomba and Federica Pellegrini linked to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. And again Serena Rossi and Tecla Insolia (both to launch their new Rai1 projects), Giovanna Botteri. In an evening that promises to be, as always, quite long, the 26 Greats of the race will sing, judging by the televoting that will decide which will be the three to access the final challenge. At that time, televoting, the press room and the opinion poll jury will decide the winner.