The news is official: Carlo Conti will be the next host and artistic director of the Sanremo Festival. It is the confirmation of what has already been hypothesized for some time, but the real news is that Conti will be on the Ariston stage for two years: in 2025 and 2026by «unanimous decision of the Rai top management».
«The tom tom has already started, my phone is ringing. It makes me very happy. I return to Sanremo after seven yearsI will try to resume that work done and carried forward to a great extent by the two editions of Baglioni and to a great extent by the five editions of Amadeus”, explained the presenter this morning, at Tg1 of 8.
«Music will be at the center as always, the current one, which is popular, we hope to do a good job and continue the wonderful tradition of this event that brings everyone together, the whole family in front of the TV». And, when asked if Pieraccioni and Panariello will also be on stage, he replied: «I don't think so, at least not in permanent presence. We already do too many things together, I can hardly stand those two anymore… The idea is to alternate and propose something different». The first to write to him was Fiorello: «If we had been on the air, we would have had a lot of fun».
And again: «I accepted thanks to the great affection of our company, from the CEO to the general manager to the entertainment director, up to the cleaning lady, the cameramen, the technicians, I felt this cheering for me that made me say: let's go back. For the next two years I will be the artistic director, moreover it is also a nice way to celebrate my first 40 years of Rai, the first contract dates back to June 1985″
Carlo Conti had already hosted the Sanremo Festival for three editions, from 2015 to 2017. «He is a professional who also paved the way for Amadeus' great results and we are happy with his return to leading the event”, commented Enzo Mazza, CEO of Fimi (Italian Music Industry Federation), praising Rai's choice. «It is a particularly happy moment for the Italian music industry and the artistic director will have before him a wide choice of multi-platinum talents who dominate the charts to bring to the competition».
Source: Vanity Fair
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