Tonight's main event is the Newcomers final. Besides that all 26 Big artists will perform again and as guest we have Eurovision veterans Mahmood and Emma Marrone aka the highest and lowest placed Italian acts since their return to Eurovision in 2011. And as it seems, Ermal Meta is strongly heading to another victory as he has topped every partial voting so far.
Add Alessandra Amoroso, Beatrice Venezi, Barbara Palombelli, Matilde Giodi.
Tonight also the first awards are handed out: Premio Sala stampa Wed Lucio Dalla and Premio della Critica Mia Martini.
Today's bad news is tomorrow night's co-hostess Simona Ventura has also tested positive for Covid-19 and has to skip her duties tomorrow. As we remember in competition Irama is in quarantine and stays in competition thanks to rehearsal video.
This 71st Sanremo has been a real roller coaster. The first night was a bit of a undertone affair, the second night was a lot of fun and entertainment, the third... well. Yawn. I don't get the need for this karaoke night, especially as none of the artists really dared to go and make their chosen song something else but just pretty much singing the original. And those who did something else like Francesca Michielin and Fedez were punished by the voting, which COUNTS to the total. WTF? That's simply insane. The cover has nothing to do with the song in competition. It all makes it a competition between ARTISTS and not SONGS. like all those Eastern block music festivals were you sing multiple songs, local covers and who knows what besides that entry of yours. Can we just get rid of it? Or simply have a voting and special prize for it apart from the final result?
Rant over.
LIVE
Enter Amadeus followed by Fiorello in a wig and Wake me up before you go go by Wham! No wonder, this night is going to be loooooon.....
Enter Beatrice Venezi and we are ready for the Newcomers final. My ranking: Gaudiano, Wrongonyou, Folcast, Shorty
Newcomers:
Davide Shorty - Regina ***
Totale 24, 4 (televote 27,1%)
Folcast - Scopriti ****
Totale 24,1 (televote 23,4%)
Gaudiano - Polvere da sparo *****
Totale 28,0 (televote 33,5%)
Wrongonyou - Lezioni di volo ****
Totale 22,5 (televote 16,0%)
The results come as soon as Wrongonyou has finished his song...... and he finishes 4th! Third is... Folcast.
The winner is..... GAUDIANO!!! Yes!
Big:
Annalisa - Dieci *****
Aiello - Ora *
Måneskin - Zitti e buoni *
Noemi _ Glicine ****
Orietta Berti - Quando ti sei innamorato ****
Colapesce e Dimartino - Musica leggerissima *****
Max Gazzè - Il farmacista ***
Willie Peyote - Mai dire mai (La locura) ***
Malika Ayane - Ti piaci così ****
Achille Lauro show.... con Fiorello!
La Rappresentante di Lista - Amare ***
Madame - Voce *
Arisa - Potevi fare di più ***
Sabrina & Jo Squillo re-performing their Siamo donne. Not. Men in wigs. Fiorello and Amadeus.
Coma_Cose - Fiamme negli occhi **
Fasma - Parlami **
Lo Stato Sociale - Combat Pop **
Francesca Michielin e Fedez - Chiamami per nome *****
Alessandra Amoroso.... (Why isn't she in competition?!) ...with Emma
Irama - La genesi del tuo colore ****
Extraliscio feat. Davide Toffolo - Bianca luce nera **
Ghemon - Momento perfetto *
Francesco Renga - Quando trovo te *
Bugo - E invece sì *
Gaia - Cuore amaro ***
Fulminacci - Santa Marinella ***
Ermal Meta - Un milione di cose da dirti ****
Gio Evan - Arnica **
Random - Torno a te *
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