The Italian music competition reaches its 73rd version and continues to unite generations The presence of the President of the Republic for the primary time in historical past has marked the beginning sign The most well-known influencer on the planet has taken benefit of her second to vindicate the wrestle of girls
The Sanremo competition lives once more and this yr reaches its 73rd version with a singular occasion. Among the rows of the well-known Ariston Theater, which has hosted for many years probably the most adopted social and cultural occasion within the nation, was the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella for the primary time in historical past. In his tribute, the singer Gianni Morandi sang the Italian anthem and the award-winning movie director Roberto Benigni devoted a tribute to the Constitution of the transalpine nation, which is celebrating its seventy fifth anniversary. A gesture that defines what Sanremo has been and is: a mixture of generations, kinds and a thermometer of right this moment’s Italy. The competition that, as outlined by the inventive director and presenter himself, Amadeus, at a press convention, can also be a spot of expression and variety. This yr he noticed for the primary time in his field a music that spoke explicitly of the heartbreak of two ladies, of the candidate Ariete, a really younger singer or the return of Paola and Chiara, the Italian Sonia and Selena.
The star, introduced weeks in the past, is Chiara Ferragni, probably the most well-known influencer on the planet. The Italian accompanied the presenter on this primary opening night time and can achieve this once more within the last this Saturday. Her presence attracts the gaze of followers and never solely and, as she herself has defined, she was making ready her tv look, the primary of hers exterior her consolation zone, social networks, for months. She needed to benefit from her place, with tens of millions of viewers like those that observe Sanremo yearly, to ship a message. In her first look, a couple of minutes after the beginning of the ceremony, she wore a white scarf with the embroidered message “pensati libera” (suppose free) devoted to all ladies. She was impressed, as she has written on her social networks, in a piece by the conceptual inventive collective Claire Fontaine.
Later, Ferragni, with a change of wardrobe, carrying a swimsuit that imitated her bare torso, devoted a speech to the lady who was sending a message to beat her personal fears. The influencer, with a turnover of 19 million a yr, needed to attract the eye of all the ladies who have been listening to that golden second of the gala. “You will really feel responsible for having desires apart from household as a result of our society has taught us that while you turn into a mom, you might be only a mom. They will make you’re feeling responsible if you happen to keep away from your youngsters. And when the identical therapy is reserved for males? Almost by no means”, recited Ferragni. She was undoubtedly additionally talking to those that on Tuesday morning determined to ask her on the press convention previous to the Festival about what her youngsters have been doing alone throughout today and if she would miss her husband, the rapper Fedez.
Ferragni needed to donate the big quantity paid to the presenters who, like her this yr, lead every version of Sanremo to an affiliation that helps ladies victims of gender violence. She sensed, thus, that this may be one of many subjects of the night time however, as well as, she didn’t miss the chance to vindicate part of her story. “Women make ourselves small within the face of insecure males, says somebody who accepted {that a} man unfold the narrative that he had invented for me,” Ferragni stated, referring to her former associate, Riccardo Pozzoli, who tried to steal credit score for her success.
Although the best controversy, of a political and worldwide nature, has been that of the presence of Zelenski. Last January the Ukrainian president, in an interview from kyiv with the presenter Bruno Vespa, expressed his curiosity in talking to the Italians on this version of the competition. The debate since then has been incendiary in Italian public opinion, very divided on the battle -more than 50% imagine that weapons shouldn’t be despatched to Ukraine-, and there was doubt that the Festival was an acceptable setting for a political message from this sort. The Ukrainian president would have despatched a video message, related to people who have already been seen in different worldwide occasions or settings such because the European Parliament. After the incessant criticism, it was determined that the presenter himself, Amadeus, will learn a letter despatched by Zelenski, within the last, this Saturday. “We are involved every single day with Ambassador Melnyk (Ukrainian in Rome) and we agreed yesterday for the intervention of the Ukrainian president, it is not going to be a video, however a textual content,” defined the particular person answerable for RAI Entertainment.
Between Tuesday and Wednesday all of the artists have already been exhibited. 28 singers of all ages and virtually all kinds. Highlights embrace Marco Mengoni, who already gained the competition in 2013, the artist Elodie and the Milanese duet Coma Cose, who speaks in his music about his personal relationship disaster. Also the well-known Colapesce and di Martino who already conquered Sanremo in one other version with ‘Musica legerissima’ -song later coated by Ana Mena-. But, past the music, the primary two nights have already left some moments that can go down in historical past. The winner of the final version, who was additionally a participant with Mahmood within the Eurovision Song Contest, Blanco, who offered his new music, destroyed the whole stage that had been ready for him. The younger man, with an irrepressible rage on account of a sound drawback, determined to cease singing and begin breaking all of the flower preparations, producing an virtually unreal scene for 3 minutes. In addition, Chiara Ferragni’s husband, the rapper Fedez, carried out with a freestyle criticizing, amongst others, varied ministers of the Brothers of Italy.