Sanremo 2022, Amadeus: “My Festivals, from Noise to Chills”

“My first Sanremo made ‘Noise’, the second left everyone ‘Shut up and good’, the third was from ‘Chills’ …”. Amadeus plays on the titles of the winning songs of its editions of the Festival, in the final press conference of Sanremo 2022. “Today is a special day that I want to remember forever: an incredible listening figure, which will remain”, does not hide his satisfaction with this third edition as conductor and artistic director. “The ‘treble’ is an important event, to use a term dear to us Inter fans: the only thing that went wrong was the derby”, he jokes about the match lost by Inter against Milan last night. Read also “We wanted to give priority to the public and especially to young people over other age groups – underlines Amadeus – I thank the singers, because the Festival starts from the songs and the real protagonists are them. I was overwhelmed by the musical proposals, more than 300 to have 25 on stage … My super guests were the singers in the competition “. Thanks to Rai CEO, Carlo Fuortes, who told me ‘do what you have in mind, I have full confidence in you’ and this gave me even more push and desire to go in the direction I already had in mind “. the singers in the competition, he explains, “I wanted not to make presentations in an institutional way, I needed warmth, to touch their hands or their arm, to support each other: there was a need for physical contact which also led to a more personal relationship between us “. So, thank” three of my great friends: Checco Zalone, Lorenzo Jovanotti and above all Fiorello. Starting well is essential and Ciuri was spectacular, for his quality and for his generosity. “” Mahmood and Blanco are two talents and the success they have had is well deserved. When I listened to their song, it really gave me the creeps “, then confesses Amadeus, recalling the title of the song. As for the winners,” they were clever to combine their efforts and brought a song of crazy elegance. I don’t want to say that I had already hypothesized their victory before, but I really thought that that piece was a masterpiece “. (By Enzo Bonaiuto)