It is seldom that the attention of the public of the San Remo Festival move from the competition to a host, but that’s just what happened to Blanco during the prime time aired on Rai1 on February 7, when, due to a technical problem related to the performance of his song, the young singer from Brescia chose to exaggerate by destroying the scenography that the insiders had set up for him. The controversies arose immediately and the clear division between those who forgive him because of his age – Blanco is 20 years old – and those who consider his insubordination very serious because it was transmitted by the Public Service as a bad example for young people. It goes without saying that the journalists’ questions during the Sanremo press conference the following day were all for him.
«Blanco called me, he was very sorry, he apologizes to the Festival and to everyone. He was wrong. He meant no disrespect to anyone. I don’t want to excuse him: he asked to be forgiven, not understood, aware of having done something he didn’t want to do. But maybe at 19-20 you do things you don’t want to do. I accept the apologies with serenity », Amadeus had the opportunity to say before reading, a few moments later, a message written by Blanco himself and posted on his Instagram profile. It is a sort of poem pinned in pen on a notebook and addressed directly to the Ariston stage, the same who in 2022 consecrated him together with Mahmood making him also caress the dream of Eurovision.
«The flowers fall, the flowers break, the curtain falls, Ariston. I put you in tears like my mom. You saw me as fragile as a child. And here, right here where you taught me to run, I fell. I broke my face and I’m crying, Ariston. But then… I laugh. Because I’m not as perfect as you wanted me to be, but I’m finally myself. I love you, Ariston. With all my madness »writes Blanco adding his apologies to the «City of Flowers» as a caption. What happened on stage will still be talked about for a long time, given that the controversies in Sanremo have a cumbersome aftermath, but we know for sure that this episode will not compromise the career of one of the most promising young artists of our music.
Source: Vanity Fair
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