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Sanremo 2021, Amadeus: “Negramaro and Alessandra Amoroso guests”

«This Sanremo is difficult, needless to say that it is not. But we have a duty to smile “ explains Amadeus during the first press conference of the first Festival after the outbreak of the pandemic, the first that will do without the audience in the hall to comply with the rules prescribed by the protocol approved by the CTS so that Sanremo could be done despite everything. The edition of “70 + 1”, as Amadeus calls it, will be different in form but identical in substance: the center of it all will, of course, be music, carried out by the 26 Big in the race and by the 8 young people who, for five evenings, will try to bring the joy of sharing and the urgency of normality to the homes of the Italians together with a show that is slowly taking shape and structure day after day .

“All those who go on stage will be essential to give joy to the public” says Amadeus before confirming the presence of Fiorello, of the co-hosts announced so far Naomi Campbell, Matilda De Angelis ed Elodie, Achille Lauro, Zlatan Ibrahimović and the first confirmed guests ranging from Ornella Vanoni to the Negramaro up to Alessandra Amoroso.

«I have broken many records in my career, I miss one. Spectators, Amadeus and Fiorello, get ready, I’m on my way and let’s make another record “explains Ibra in a video message before Amadeus tells us that yes: the Milan striker will be present for all five evenings together with Achille Lauro who, also in a video link, announces the development of 5 paintings that will allow him to return “with his madness” and talk about a story “which is not only mine, but that of all of us”. The scenography, futuristic, spatial and beautiful, is also created this year by Gaetano and Chiara Castelli, which had to revolutionize the original plans in the light of the reorganization of the Ariston in view of the absence of the public among the armchairs. As for the other guests, Amadeus confirms the contacts with Celentano and Benigni but does not ensure their presence: the same goes for Loredana Bertè, that the artistic director would like at his side, and for Jovanotti, who is a friend and, as such, does not need an invitation if he decides to look out in Sanremo.

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«The protocol is a way to ensure that Sanremo is carried out in the best way, that the artists feel safe. This is the most important thing. Then we have to think about the show “insists Amadeus before Claudio Fasulo confirms that the Ariston Theater will become a sort of Covid free zone, a space in which the millimeter organization of the sectors (authors, radio, entourage, etc.) will be studied to the millimeter to ensure the safety of all: «We have to navigate on sight, everything must be monitored, we will understand day by day what to do. But I want to reassure everyone “ resumed the director who, if it were positive, could leave the management in the hands of Fiorello who, however, puts his hands on and immediately asks for the intervention of Conti, of Fazio, of Greco, of any conductor who can lighten up on him the pressure. Together with the possible presence of Alessia Bonari, the nurse from Grosseto who became the symbol of the fight against Covid during the first lockdown, there are many ideas on the table: from a tribute to Little Tony proposed by Fiorello to a possible tribute to Cursed spring by Loretta Goggi who turns 40 in 2021. The machine of Sanremo 2021, then, will count not only on the support of Radio2, but also onOtherFestival, the strip that will be broadcast from the Ariston mezzanine and will be conducted by Giovanni Vernia, by Giovanna Civitillo and Valeria Graci, and from Behind the Festival which last year gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the fight between Bugo and Morgan. On the controversy of the past few weeks and the possible threat of abandonment, Amadeus finally comments as follows: «By nature I never give up something I’m working on. Each of us does something that is fundamental for the Festival. I alone could not do anything. I never said ‘I’m leaving Sanremo’. What I said at one point was ‘we must all be united’.

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