Sarah Toscano and Lil Jolie impossible to eliminate

Tonight, Saturday 13 April, the fourth episode of the Evening of Amici 2024 was broadcast where the students of Maria De Filippi’s talent show compete. After months of waiting, the 15 golden jackets were distributed to the best performers of this edition, who are divided into three teams. The first is captained by Rudy Zerbi and Celentano, the second by Emmanuel Lo and Lorella Cuccarini, while the last team is directed by the couple Anna Pettinelli – Raimondo Todaro. Once at the Evening, the judges of Amici 2024 also change: to choose the fate of the young artists the trio Cristiano Malgioglio, Giuseppe Giofrè and Michele Bravi. The fourth episode sees Sarah Toscano conquer the audience with What I Was Made For by Billie Eilish and Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift: Martina also featured with Texas Hold’Em by Beyonce. The decision on the elimination between Lil Jolie and Sarah Toscano has been postponed until next week. Here are the report cards.

Holden, rating 6.5: Francesca Tocca I don’t deserve you

Directly in the collection of the most forced choreographies of this edition (and absolutely not due to the presence of the dancer Francesca Tocca), Holden inaugurates (finally) the gauntlet with Mida, linked to staging. Mediterranean of Irama is still far from its happy shoresbut Rudy Zerbi draws on him Only Tonight and the melody of If It Rained Your Name by Elisa. There, she transforms into a dream pop interpreter, with a clear reference to The Weeknd, of absolute value. The most sincere demonstration of how justified the expectations regarding his musical future are, also certified by the streaming numbers achieved during his stay on broadcast. It seems enough tonight, but the last step to be among the best is missing.

Lil Jolie, rating 7: A game of resistance

Lil Jolie is, again, safe. Especially this time, when he tries to restore his own musical world, without having to surrender to the logic of the program. And it arrives No pain by Lucio Battisti, performed in the version by Giorgia featuring Martina: the two seem to want to bring the award-winning couple Elisa-Giorgia back to the stage, with mixed results. But then comes Patti Smith and hers Because The Nighta difficult attempt, especially when he tries to expend himself in the verses to accompany one of the most memorable refrains in the history of international music. He also has fun on the journey Black Horse And The Cherry Tree and Sergio Endrigo’s version of Out of sight. Ma is with Folly, among the most interesting of the first round of unpublished works, which finds its light. Today everyone would have reacted like Michele Bravi and perhaps, to hear her sing again next week, with Look for me by Renato Zero, is the right reward for all the difficulties faced in the last month. A gift to Lil Jolie, but above all to the Amici 23 audience.

Martina, rating 6.5: There is life on Mars

For those who ask her to be something more, to have mastery of the stage, to convey the same “sunshine” (quoting Michele Bravi) that his voice draws, Martina chooses a queen like Beyoncé and hers Texas Hold’Em. He masters all the vocal nuances of the song, transmits the right energy, even filling some silences with a hint of choreography. Yet there is still a transparent sheet between her voice and her emotionality, experienced almost as a guilt, which she chooses to leave in the featuring with Lil Jolie, but above all with Nothing like youhis new unreleased song. Free from judgement, she puts the singer from Campania in difficulty in the comparison. There is life on Mars, we will need to understand how to stimulate and bring all this connection back to the stage.

Midas, vote 6: From reggaeton to the Disney fairy tale

For those who haven’t found their key yet, there are those who need to show something else, so as not to run the risk of being categorized and defined. One of these is Midas, who wins the gauntlet with Holden on the staging of Mediterranean of Irama. If on the other hand there are those who cannot find their comfort zone in the search for a choreography, it is incredible to report that Mida does not allow himself to be buried by the presence of Francesca Tocca, on the contrary. She holds the stage and does not suffer from Holden’s vocal timbre, just as she will not suffer from Bad Bunny’s Titì me pregunto: it seems to be in San Juan, with Mida also offering the usual quality in writing the only performed verse. He offers a great support to Sarah Toscano in the collaboration in Stardust, also showing his nuance linked to Italian pop: not exactly convincing, almost accentuating the Disney effect the song was aiming for.

Petit, rating 6: With Voilà he shows his future

The verb of doing is immediately associated with Petit: the wheel of musical clothes to wear continues to turn, but above all the almost scientific search for a sound to overturn. It is the case of Sweet Home Chicago, which he reinterprets in his urban key, in which however a wall crumbles, and it is not the first time. Because the obsessive search for a cover to rap in Neapolitan, in the long run, could also weigh on the freshness of his unreleased songs. Mammami seems to hit the mark, with the audience response to suggest sobut tonight he reaches the sufficiency with a wonderful interpretation of A summer ago by Franco Califano. The French interpretation in the first verse of the song is one of the images of the evening, also the reason why it is not at risk of elimination.

Sarah Toscano, rating 7.5: 7 songs are not enough for me

She arrives after a fairly hectic week, after having expressed doubts about her integration into the house, but above all after a forgettable performance last week, due to technical malfunctions that forced her to repeat her performance three times. The only one of the evening, a premeditated rest for tonight’s episode, which saw her perform seven times. If Lil Jolie’s resistance to constant challenges stands out, not all of them deserving of defeat, Sarah leaves tonight feeling like an artist with a strong new pop connotation, especially linked to figures like Billie Eilish. His interpretation of What I Was Made Forwinner of the 2024 Oscars thanks to the film Barbie, it is the emotional moment of the evening. It is very difficult to draw such an intimate line and find yourself, after a few minutes, wearing the shoes of the biggest international pop star: Taylor Swift. Cruel Summer it is such a famous piece, in which it is impossible not to compare the two interpretations, with obvious differences: Sarah Toscano does not disappoint, and there are few in the house who can measure themselves on that level. Half a vote less for Heart by Rita Pavone: reckless and too weak of an attempt.

Lorella Cuccarini and Emanuel Lo, vote 7: Cuccalò or Zerbolò

If for Rudy Zerbi, the trolley represents a door to a magical world of Canale 5 entertainment, the strategy imposed by the couple Lorella Cuccarini and Emanuel Lo is a demonstration of unparalleled strength. And to think that the evening began with an almost didactic discussion on dance with Alessandra Celentano for Emanuel Lo, perhaps too criticized for having expressed a timid attempt at public service on dance. Leaving the public with yet another dance test, a mix between Michael Jackson and Raffaella Carrà, they play the same coin used with them in recent weeks, aiming for the trio of “future finalists” in the first round, naming Petit, Holden and Marisol. There is wind of war and a number that resonates like an echo: 60%.

Rudy Zerbi and Alessandra Celentano, rating 7: Theater and opera

Rudy Zerbi, in a tribute to Arturo Brachetti, transforms himself and the evolution of the judges’ characters within the broadcast in each episode. His competitive spirit has almost disappeared, and this is unfortunate, he is preparing fertile ground for the next episodes, gathering on the one hand the public’s favor, on the other, putting a frame on opposing teachers. The gag with Anna Pettinelli is taken almost to the extreme when we see Omar enter with cups of coffee and tea, but it is in the Zerbolò performance that it is necessary to underline how much Zerbi has become a theatrical mask in the show, without ever lowering the level. A bit like what initially happened to Alessandra Celentano, in the verbal clash with Emanuel Lò, in which she discusses the dancer’s attempted explanation, replying in an adolescent tone. But when the curtain rises, she appears blessed and sinuous, reversing the fate of the evening. She won’t help her win the golden glove, but who knows what the muse will think of her defeat.

Anna Pettinelli and Raimondo Todaro, vote 8: Finally the victory

The next attempt, if they had not won tonight, could have become fatal for Anna Pettinelli and Raimondo Todaro. For weeks they have been throwing themselves into stunts, taken at the edge of the orthopedics department of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, but this evening Anna Pettinelli and Raimondo Todaro won. And there is no need to remember the song, which has already been in the background for some performances, but we must underline Anna Pettinelli’s perseverance in falling, getting up, falling, getting up again. In short, we understood each other. For Raimondo Todaro, sportsmanship award for a smile to the rhyme of Holden “Francesca Tocca I don’t deserve you“, but above all for having brought the competitiveness of Anna Pettinelli with sensational performances. Maybe even a little dangerous.

Michele Bravi, vote 7: The genuineness of uncertainty

Michele Bravi’s sincerity is his devastating weapon: you can read it in his music, you can also observe it when he honors Frank Sinatra and others My Way, creating a particular tension in the audience. We applaud her when, at the end of the episode, she overturns the rules, creating an empathetic dimension even with two girls, who like him in the past, they are going through the most difficult moment of their journey: possible elimination. And when uncertainty prevails over security over the choice of a talented singer’s future, It’s okay to put the handbrake onbeing honest with oneself and with others, without necessarily having to experience the remorse of a result that is not 100% felt.

Gaia, vote 9: Goddess

There are few singers in Italy who have been able to translate the feminine into music, filling it with their own personal baggage, with their own South American melodies. There are few performers with a voice like Gaia’s, there are even fewer who are so recognizable with their own vibe.