We are at the final evening of the 73rd Sanremo Festival. Alongside Amadeus and Gianni Morandi, the influencer Chiara Ferragni returns to the role of co-host. Guests tonight are Gino Paoli, Ornella Vanoni and Depeche Mode. The Achille Lauro concert is scheduled in Piazza Colombo, a piece of which will be listened to in direct connection with the Ariston theater. All 28 artists in the competition will perform and at the end of the evening, in which the public will vote through Televoting. The average of the percentages obtained by each song in the five evenings will determine a new ranking.
At that point, before the top 5 classified songs are re-proposed, Amadeus will read the message from Ukrainian President Zelensky. Then, on the songs just performed, the public from home will express themselves with televoting (34% weight), both the Press Room, TV, Radio and Web (33%) and the polling jury (33%) will also vote.
The song with the most votes from the three different juries will be declared the winner of the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival. The songs classified in second, third, fourth and fifth place will also be proclaimed. Before the announcement, however, the Ukrainian group Antytila will perform.
- 20:53
Gianni Morandi sings Lucio Dalla
- 7:00 pm
The lineup of the final evening with the order of exit of the 28 competitors
Tananai and thanksgiving to the Ukrainian couple
Tananai sings Tangothen thanks the festival: “You have made me grow in a year. And I am happy also and above all for Lisa, Olga and Maxim, the protagonists of my video without whom this song would not exist and the thing I am most proud of would not exist”.
The video of the competing song tells the long-distance story of Olga and Maxim, two 35-year-old boys from Smolino, a town in the Ukraine in the Kirovohrag province, who together have a 14-year-old daughter, Liza.
Chiara Ferragni, armor for a nude look
Long blue dress and nude-look armor, Chiara Ferragni enters. In the audience the sister and Fedez are cheering. A golden bust, above which a large padlock is carved, and the body wrapped in an imposing blue cloth. In the first appearance on the Ariston stage, where she is co-host of the final evening of the Sanremo festival, Chiara Ferragni brings the woman mother and warrior to the stage. She explains the concept herself by posting an explanation on Instagram, which underlines: “Being women without having to be considered only as mothers. The female fight against the guilt of wanting to reconcile everything”.
Mara Sattei, from Fiumicino to Ariston
Mara Sattei sings Two thousand minutes. Among the authors of the song there is also his brother Thasup, after the performance the singer from Fiumicino greets her parents sitting in the stalls at the Ariston. A family united by music and the Sanremo Festival.
The Colla zio sing and have fun on stage
The song is nice, Colla zio sing well and have fun and have fun on stage. The song, however, is not only not overwhelming but has the refrain with a harmonic turn that is very similar to Waiting for the sun of Neffa.
Elodie, the look pierces the screen and the song grows
First singer in the competition Elodie, look and presence that pierces the screen, as usual. The song, Two, on the fifth listening it is appreciated more. The first conductor Carolina Bubbico also offers the second voice: it is the first time at the Festival of a maestro-singer.
Gianni Morandi sings Lucio Dalla
Gianni Morandi entered the Ariston with the guitar over his shoulder and sang Piazza Grande for Lucio Dalla who would have turned 80 this year. Then he sang on, accompanied by the orchestra, Future And Caruso. Standing ovation and emotion at the Ariston, Morandi concludes in tears.
At the start with the Anthem of Mameli from the band of the Air Force
Mameli’s hymn performed by the Air Force band at the opening of the final evening of the Sanremo Festival. Guest the Chief of Staff, Luca Goretti, for the 100th anniversary of the Air Force corps. Among the events of the anniversary that is being celebrated this year, the flight of the tricolor arrows over all the Italian regional capitals.
The mayor of Ronciglione supports Mengoni
“Marco has already won for us Ronciglionesi, and perhaps not only for us. But in order for the final result to be there, he needs our help, from that community in which he grew up and which feels like home. Today we have the opportunity to thank him with our vote.
The system provides for televoting and we must be ready to give it to our fellow citizen”.
Zelensky in Sanremo at 1.15 am
The story regarding the intervention of the Ukrainian president Zelensky is complex and convoluted. At the press conference it was announced that the reading of the letter is scheduled for 1.15, after the performance of all the competitors, Amadeus said no to a possible advance. “The controversies are inherent in the festival”, but on the issue of the Ukrainian president Zelensky’s speech “they were particular: there was talk of censorship, conditioning on the text: it is all absolutely unfounded”. He says it Carlo Fuortes, CEO of Rai, in the press room in Sanremo, next to the Ukrainian ambassador in Italy Melnyk. “We thought it was important to restore the truth of the facts,” adds Fuortes.
All ready for the Sanremo final: Mengoni still leading the standings
All ready for the final evening of the 73rd edition of Sanremo 2023. The evening of duets and covers saw Marco Mengoni as the winner of the evening with his “Let it be” together with the Kingdom Choir and still in the lead, for the fourth evening, to the general classification.
In the top five after Mengoni, Ultimo, Lazza, Giorgia and Mr Rain. Success for ratings with a 66.5% share that hasn’t been seen since 1987.
