Furia Blanco on the stage of Sanremo 2023. It was just after midnight, when the first episode of the Festival had its blackout that will go down in history. Dressed in white, with a girdle, the 19-year-old Riccardo Fabbriconi from Brescia was performing The island of roses when suddenly as he was repeating the verse like a mantra “but I wanted you to be mine, mine, mine” he began to kick with a ferocity worthy of Alex’s Clockwork Orange the vases of roses present on stage. One, two, three, four, five shattered vases with kicks reminiscent of Gigi Riva’s bombs. Then suddenly Blanco momentarily calmed down. He went up to his guitarist, said something in his ear and at that the vocal and musical performance of the mini band has gone on standby. Stuff of a few seconds and the band decided that a few turns of chords had to be done anyway and continued.
But Blanco who first warned the public by saying “I can’t hear the voice”and pointing to the malfunctioning headset, however, he started kicking flower pots like a maniac again and this time it was total destruction. Five, six, seven, eight planters kicked right and left, then seized by the Maneskin-like prop-destroying demon he lifted whole blocks of flowers into the air with his hands and threw them back to the ground destroying them. Again a one-two punch worthy of Hulk Hogan. At that point he started yanking on the band members who were still playing and then slipped badly. A minute and a half of madness that Amadeus, for the first time in his life, as if he were in front of any Pedro, nhe failed to stemletting Blanco destroy half the stage. “Unfortunately, I couldn’t hear it through the headphones and I couldn’t hear my voice”, the singer spread his arms among the heaviest boos since those for Al Bano and Romina who finished third with Cara terra mia in 1989. “It wasn’t the voice and I still enjoyed it. The nice thing about music is that you don’t always have to follow a pattern. There are things that don’t go well, if you want I’ll do it again willingly, but I still tried to have fun”, shouted Blanco between surprised and spirited.
However, Amadeus invited him to return to perform later and explained to the audience: “It happens, the skiabbarabba left him“. It’s chaos. Amadeus evoked “the crime” par excellence: “It hasn’t been since the days of Bugo and Morgan that something like this has happened. But when it came to Bugo and Morgan, Fiorello helped me“. Gianni Morandi arrived with a broom to remove the destroyed flowers and commented with great irony: “With all the beautiful music we listened to this evening you will see that tomorrow we will only talk about this”. Then, the host addressed the audience in the hall: “I ask for silence, I respect that you didn’t like it, but if you wish to perform again at the end of the competition, we will give you the stage”. Kind, but in vain the appeal of the conductor who was also overwhelmed by the boos. While the extra work was done for the studio assistants who set about cleaning the stage from hundreds of petals and stems of roses destroyed by Blanco with mops in hand. The arrival of Gianni Morandi was also pleasant, holding the classic and ultra-popular Pippo broom, red and black, and set about sweeping in a tuxedo.
