Malgioglio: “ In the Rai1 party, my tribute to the Carrà ”

Cristiano Malgioglio is preparing to close this 2021 ” with a flourish ”. The singer who will be alongside Amadeus on Rai1’s New Year’s Eve live from Terni has in store ” a special surprise ” for his audience, reveals to Adnkronos: ” I am very excited because at midnight I will be able to sing for all fans of Raffaella Carrà my Spanish version of ‘Forte forte forte’, the piece I wrote for her ”. The piece that Malgioglio will sing half in Italian and half in Spanish, he explains, ” is beautiful and very danceable and I’m sure Raffaella would have liked it a lot. I am very happy to be able to pay this tribute to a woman with whom I had a special bond and to whom I was particularly fond. At midnight – the singer anticipates – while everyone will dance to the notes of Raffaella Carrà’s repertoire, I will arrive with some dancers and sing ‘Forte forte forte’. It will be a version that will appeal to both the Italian and Spanish audiences. ” The song, continues the singer-songwriter, anticipates the album that will be released in Argentina at the end of January. The version of ‘Forte forte forte’ in Spanish ” will be radio and disco and I will sing it for the first time on the occasion of New Year’s Eve ”. “Amadeus is a genuine, joyful and cheerful presenter. Last year he invited me to Sanremo but I told him that I was terrified of going up on that stage and that I preferred that he give my place to some young people … In the end he didn’t. given to a young man but to Orietta Berti ”, he continues bursting into laughter. “This year – continues Malgioglio talking about the singers competing in this edition of the Sanremo Festival – Amadeus has given us his soul because he had the genius of bringing together the old and the new generations. In short, it will be a Sanremo for all tastes. There will be Gianni Morandi who will return to the competition at the Festival after the extraordinary success he had as presenter, then there is the return of Massimo Ranieri who is very exciting and of Iva Zanicchi. But I always cheer for young people. I hope – he admits – that Mahmood (who will compete with Blanco, ed) or Achille Lauro win ”. When asked if he will go to the Sanremo Festival, Malgioglio reveals: “For this year I made a proposal to Amadeus. I would like to have an unpublished space of ten minutes on the Ariston stage but not as a singer. For now I prefer not to reveal anything – he concludes – I hope he marries this idea of ​​mine. ” (By Alisa Toaff)