Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The Sanremo 70+1 festival would be cancelled altogether if the Covid-19 pandemia is still around in March, there's no Plan B, Amadeus the artistic director and host of the festival next year told to the media today. They have no intention of doing a festival without audience and the live orchestra in Teatro Ariston when the festival is due to happen from March 2 to 6, 2021, they will do it only if it can happen in a normal, the usual way. If not, they rather cancel it altogether. The fact is should it happen now the restrictions in place wouldn't let it take place.  However, the production team tries to stay positive and hope that Sanremo 2021 will indeed be The First Big Event Post-Covid-19. The work choosing the artists and songs starts officially next week but according Amadeus he has already received a few hopeful proposals. Before that in October there will be five nights of Ama Sanremo   to find out the six of the eight newcomers for the festivals out of about 5...

  Amadeus and his side kick Fiorello have been finally confirmed as the hosts of the Sanremo 2021 music festival that will be held a month later as in the recent years from March 2 to 6 . The 71th festival is supposed to go on as usual in its usual form and an extra month will give more time for the insecurities the Covid-19 has caused. However, as we all know, nothing is for sure these days, so there is also a Plan B, just like for the Eurovision song contest in the making even if the aim is to have the festival as close to its usual format as possible and never put the Plan B in action. These dates shouldn't cause any problem selecting the winner for Eurovision 2021 as well. If things go wrong there's always the option to send this year's entrant Diodato after all.  In best case the Covid-19 is under control then and Sanremo can and will be the grand opening of the big music events and comeback for the many artists who have had to cancel their tours this year and...