all the reasons, presumed and real, for abandonment

Why did Amadeus leave Rai to move to NOVE? The demand is among the most inflated of the week, a worry for families gathered to watch Your Business parcels at dinner time and of Generation Z who still dreamed of being able to follow a Sanremo Festival without having to constantly consult Wikipedia. From Rai they say they are worried but incapable of holding him back (“the certainty remains that we have made all possible proposals to Amadeus in economic and editorial terms, in full guarantee of maximum artistic freedom“, they say). Amadeus from his speaks of “new challenges and new dreams” in one of the most classic and diplomatic farewell speeches, Giorgia Meloni resolves it with “the Italians can judge for themselves whether there is government control over RAI“. Oh yes? And how?

Povia, Insegno, Borselli and Mogol: the alleged names of discord

Meanwhile, in recent days the open scenarios have included some very imaginative names. In each one there is the possibility that a knot created the tangle, which now seems impossible to untangle. In line, those advanced by Corriere: Povia, Pino Insegno, Hoara Borselli and Mogol. And why is it them? “Povia would have wanted him competing in Sanremo, Hoara Borselli as guest and Mogol as artistic director at his side. Finally, a “courtesy lunch” would weigh on Insegno. All requests returned to sender“, writes the newspaper.

In this regard, there was talk of a strenuous defense of the host towards the concept of freedom. Freedom to call whoever he wants into his broadcasts, not to go to other Rai studios to “save” programs in difficulty, as done by Carlo Conti with Pino Insegno at The merchant at the fair, not to suffer alleged “corporate impositions” on the line to be adopted. But that is not all.

What would Amadeus have asked Rai

The hypotheses have gone so far as to suppose one specific request for a program for his wife Giovanna Civitillo, who was his shadow at the Festival and is his companion in teleshopping on the flagship network, with the ultimate ambition of “reuniting the family in Milan”. Hence the wingspan towards the greatest dream, that of build your own company with which to produce formats to sell to TV. Fabio Fazio’s Officina model, so to speak, which however is no longer applicable in Rai because with the new rules those who produce cannot lead.

The answer to this would have been feeble, that is no type of problem to negotiate on an economic levelto the extent possible of state TV, and the offer from general director Giampaolo Rossi to create a factory, directed by Amadeus, to innovate entertainment.

The Lucio Presta knot

In the midst of all this, there is a man who has been silent for months but seems to be just waiting for the most propitious moment to have his say. We are talking about Lucio Presta, former manager of Amadeus and partner of Paola Perego. Shortly before Sanremo, the breakup between the two, which was followed by the alleged request of the Affari Tuoi host not to have him in the company. The reasons have always been unknown and Presta wanted to break the silence on April 10: “I think the time has come to say who and how the people are and how the events unfolded. I saw many faces full of masks. It’s time to reveal the facts and circumstances“. In short, the climate is not the best.

Amadeus’ response was timely: “It wasn’t an easy choice for me also considering the important efforts made by Rai to retain me and without ever having made any request to favor my family members or to exclude my past collaborators, despite what has been circulated in the press in recent days. It’s not my style“.

What happens in Tele Meloni’s Rai

Roberto Sergio, CEO of Rai, obviously denied all the rumors to AdnKronos: “An infinite number of false news reports referring to the Amadeus contract, including through authoritative newspapers, are damaging the Rai company. This is all unacceptable“. He can’t figure it out. The same thing happened with Fazio until he definitively left the company and felt free to explain himself to the public, going into detail about the reasons that led him and the entire Che tempo che fa team to migrate to NOVE. It must be said that politicizing his exit from state TV made sense, less so with regards to Amadeus, who has always maintained a lower profile in this sense and will find himself responsible for new projects and, probably, for a renewed professional identity, trying to avoid the most insistent (and recurring, given the latest on Sciarelli and Ranucci) hypothesis, namely the one in which the domino generated by Tele Meloni blew up more than a few tiles.