ITALY: SANREMO 2021 - TERZA SERATA - ERMAL META, ANNALISA AND IRAMA IN TOP-3

Two nights down, three to go and tonight's the usual covers night. This year however the Big artists are not performing Sanremo classics with guests but they were free to choose basicly any Italian classic, and whether to have guest stars along them or not. And yes, the performance has weight on the final result, voted by the choir and orchestra in Teatro Ariston. Something I have never and never will understand. Is this the moment you pay if you have been bitchy at the rehearsals or viceversa? In reference to Domenico Modugno's last place in Eurovision 1966 with fabulous Dio, come ti amo (sung last night by Gigliola Cinquetti, btw) simply because he was bitchy and diva in the rehearsals as the legends tells.....

The full ranking of the past two nights, voted by Demoscopic jury stands as:

1. Ermal Meta, 2. Annalisa, 3. Irama, 4. Malika Ayanae, 5. Noemi, - in short all the most traditional Sanremo songs all in top by real big Big names - 6. Fasma, 7. Francesca Michielin & Fedez, 8. Lo Stato Sociale, 9. Willie Peyote, 10. Francesco Renga, 11. Arisa, 12. Gaia, 13. Fulminacci, 14. LRDL, 15. Måneskin, 16. Max Gazzé, 17. Volapesce Dimartino 18. Coma_Cose, 19. Extraliscio, 20. Madame, 21. Gio Evan, 22. Orietta Berti, 23. Random, 24. Bugo, 25. Ghemon and 26. Aiello

Anyways, next to Amadeus tonight are Fiorello and Zlatan again, top model Vittoria Ceretti and Achille Lauro will have Emma and Monica Guerritore in his performance. Add Negramaro, Sinisa Mihaljovic,

Among tonigh't co-stars with Big we have Roy Paci (already in Sanremo with Diodato, Michele Bravi, Samuele Bersani, Le Deva, Nesli, Neri per Caso, Neffa, The Kolors, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari, Rettore.... All this sounds fun but I must admit I have never quite understood why? Especially how these covers are voted and added to the total score. WHY???

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Negramaro open the night with a tribute to late Lucio Dalla and his evergreen 4 Marzo 1943....

The original performer of the song in brackets.

Noemi - Prima di andare via (Neffa) with Neffa ***

Fulminacci - Penso positivo (Jovanotti) with Valerio Lundini and Roy Paci ***

Francesco Renga - Una ragione di più (Ornella Vanoni) with Casadilego **

Extraliscio feat Davide Toffolo - Rosamunda (Gabriella Ferri) with Peter Pichler **

Fasma - La fine (Nesli) with Nesli **

Bugo - Un’avventura (Lucio Battisti) with Pinguini Tattici Nucleari **

Francesca Michielin and Fedez - E allora felicità Medley: Del Verde (Calcutta), Le cose che abbiamo in comune (Daniele Silvestri). Felicità (Romina Power & Albano), Fiumi di parole (Jalisse), Non amarmi (Francesca Alotta & Aleandro Baldi) *****

Irama - Cirano (Francesco Guccini) with the voice of Francesco Guccini ***

Måneskin - Amandoti (CCCP) with Manuel Agnelli **

Random - Ragazzo fortunato (Jovanotti) with The Kolors ***

Willie Peyote - Giudizi Universali (Samuele Bersani) with Samuele Bersani ***

Orietta Berti - Io che amo solo te (Sergio Endrigo) with Le Deva ***

Entra Zlatan at 11pm finally. Three hours delayed due to an accident on motorway. In the end he got a lift from a motorbike! Perche Sanremo è Sanremo! :-) Actually he's quite funny tonight. Or is the evening just a bit boring? But where's Fiorello??

Gio Evan - Gli anni (883) with The Voice Senior singers **

Ghemon - L'essere infinito Medley: Le ragazze (Neri per caso), Donne (Zucchero), Acqua e sapone (Stadio), La canzone del sole (Lucio Battisti) with Neri per caso **

Storms Fiorello on stage wondering if Amadeus has forgotten about him as he never calls him...... My thoughts exactly.

La rappresentante di lista - Splendido Splendente (Donatella Rettore) with Donatella Rettore ***

Arisa - Quando (Pino Daniele) with Michele Bravi *****

Achille Lauro show with Emma

Madame - Prisencolinensinainciusol (Adriano Celentano) ***

Lo Stato Sociale - Non è per sempre (Afterhours) with Sergio Rubini and “I lavoratori dello spettacolo” aka entertainment industry workers ***

Annalisa - La musica è finita (Ornella Vanoni) with Federico Poggipollini

Gaia - Mi sono innamorato di te (Luigi Tenco) with Lous and the Yakuza ***

Colapesce e Dimartino - Povera Patria (Franco Battiato) **

Coma Cose - Il mio canto libero (Lucio Battisti) with Alberto Radius and Mamakass ***

Max Gazzè - Del Mondo (CSI) with M.M.B and Daniele Silvestri **

Malika Ayane - Insieme a te non ci sto più (Caterina Caselli) ***

Ermal Meta - Caruso (Lucio Dalla) with Napoli Mandolin Orchestra *****

Aiello - Gianna (Rino Gaetano) with Vegas Jones ***

It looks like Ermal Meta has it already in pack, with only Annalisa a minor chance to beat. Tonight's results - voted by the choir & orchestra: Irama, Noemi and Michielin & Fedez may have just lost their chances.due to a COVER. I don't get it.

1. Ermal Meta, 2. Orietta Berti, 3. Extralischio, 4. Willie Peyote, 5. Arisa, 6. Måneskin, 7. Annalisa, 8. Max Gazzé, 9. LRDL, 10. Ghemon, 11. Lo Stato Sociale, 12. Gaia, 13. Irama, 14. Colapesce Dimartino, 15. Fulminacci, 16. Malika Ayane, 17. Noemi, 18. Madame, 19. Renga, 20. Fasma, 21. Michielin & Fedez, 22. Aiello, 23. Bugo, 24. Gio Evan, 25. Random, 26. Coma_Cose

And the full ranking of the three nights Top-10:

1. Ermal meta

2. Annalisa

3. Willie Peyote

4. Arisa

5. Irama

6. Lo Stato Sociale

7. Malika Ayane

8. Extraliscio

9. Orietta Berti

10. Måneskin

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