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#SANREMO 2014: PAPA BOYS AGAINST RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

Sanremo 2014 starts with fewer viewers than last year. In average 10,9 million (46,09%) tuned in to watch the show. The first part of the evening was instead 12,5 million (45,77%). That's about 1,7 million less than last year for the first part, and almost 2,5 million for the second part that also dragged later on the night. Last night's show was partially stolen by the protesters that had managed to climb up the ceiling of the theater and started shouting from there stopping the show and causing a general confusion. The most media coverage went to them obviously. Mission completed and hopefully worth it. Tonight Rufus Wainwright will be among the guest stars. Catholics and so called Papaboys aren't very happy to have him on stage. They are organizing sit-ins and prayers both in Rome in front of RAI's offices as well as in Sanremo. Not only is he openly gay he has also a song called Gay Messiah , that seems to be too much.Truth to be said, the song's some...

#SANREMO 2014 PRIMA SERATA - LIVE BLOGGING

We are about to start the 64th Sanremo festival. I will blog and comment live so please tune in. Allegria! 20.35 The preshow has started with Pif. We have a quick lesson of Sanremo; it's people, food, sights and all sort of useless facts.... Quite useless even if quite funny at times. The festival itself could have started at 20.30 instead of 21, as it will drag on way past midnight anyways.... 20.51 Sigla Eurovision!  20.53 Technical mistake to start with, the curtain didn't open! LOL. Fazio needs to improvise the opening..... remembering the events in Italy resently, train accidents, floods... and then it seems there are protesters in the theater shouting to be heard.... to Fazio to read their letter... Oh dear, this is going to be a loooong night! 21.01 Fazio gets their letter on stage and intends to read it. The guys are escorted down from the ceiling. They seem to be workers with problems from Naples and Caserta. Social networks are already in fire. Is this p...