Mattarella calls Amadeus: "The president compliments me"
The conductor moved: “A beautiful phone call”. Record of audience also for the third evening, it is the turn of the covers and of the actress Maria Chiara Giannetta
Those of the third evening of the Sanremo Festival are still record numbers.
But for Amadeus one of the greatest satisfactions is having received the compliments of the newly resettled President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, to whom a tribute was paid yesterday at the opening: the orchestra mentioned Mina's masterpiece, "Grande, grande, grande" .
"I received a phone call from President Mattarella - said Amadeus in the traditional press conference at noon - if I hadn't seen 06 and the person who called me saying he would pass me the president, I wouldn't have believed it. It was a phone call. beautiful: the president followed the festival, complimented him and thanked him for the gift that moved him ". "It is his phone call that moves me, I told him - he added -. It was a simple tribute, made with the heart. The president recalled the evening at La Bussola, being a big fan of Mina he really liked our homage. I sincerely thank him ".
THE LISTENINGS - The third evening - from 9.30 pm to 1.46 am on Rai1 - was seen by 9 million 369 thousand spectators with a share of 54.1 percent. The first part (21.30 - 23.42) had 12 million 849 thousand viewers, with a share of 53.2 per cent, while the second part (23.46 - 1.46) was seen by 5 million 455 thousand spectators, with a share of 56.8 per cent.
On social media, there were 5.3 million interactions in 24 hours, 80 percent of the total generated yesterday by TV programming. In total, Sanremo 2022 in just three days generated 17 million interactions, up 9 percent compared to the same days in 2021.
THE PROGRAM - Tonight, alongside Amadeus there will be Maria Chiara Giannetta, the protagonist of Blanca, the revelation fiction of the TV season.
For the competition it is time for duets and covers: on stage the reinterpretations of songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
Le Vibrazioni will propose Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney, with Sophie and the Giants and maestro Peppe Vessicchio. Ditonellapiaga and Rector, Nobody Can Judge Me by Caterina Caselli. Michele Bravi will measure himself against I would like ... I would not ... but if you want, by Lucio Battisti to whom Giusy Ferreri will also pay homage with I will live without you, paired with Andy from Bluvertigo. Massimo Ranieri will pay homage to Pino Daniele with Anna will be performed with Nek; Tananai Raffaella Carrà with A make love begins you, with Rosa Chemical, while Fabrizio Moro chose Men alone from the Poohs. Rkomi will duel with the Caliber 35 in a medley of Vasco Rossi's successes.
Medley also for Ana Mena with Rocco Hunt and for Gianni Morandi with Mousse T. Giovanni Truppi has chosen de André with In my hour of freedom, with Vinicio Capossela; Elisa, What a feeling, by Irene Cara (from Flashdance). Noemi will perform in You make me feel (like a natural woman), one of Aretha Franklin's hits, while Iva Zanicchi will propose Canzone, by Don Backy and Detto Mariano, in the version of Milva.
Achille Lauro wanted Loredana Berté next to him in You're beautiful; Dargen D'Amico will propose his version of Patty Pravo's Doll; Emma, Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, with Francesca Michielin. Mahmood & Blanco will re-read Il cielo in una stanza by Gino Paoli; Matteo Romano Your Song, by Elton John, paired with Malika Ayane; Yuman will present Frank Sinatra's My Way with Rita Marcotulli; Aka 7ven will duet with Arisa on the notes of Cambiare by Alex Baroni. Sangiovanni called Fiorella Mannoia to pay homage to Pierangelo Bertoli with A hard snout. The List Representative chose Be My Baby delle Ronettes, with Cosmo, Margherita Vicario and Ginevra; Highsnob and Hu will propose I am in love with you by Luigi Tenco, with Mr Rain; Irama will be on stage with Gianluca Grignani on the notes of My story between the fingers.
THE VOTE - To vote will be: the public through televoting (with a weight of 34% of the overall result), the Jury of the Press Room, TV, Radio and Web (33%) and the Demoscopica 1000 (33%). The average of the overall voting percentages obtained during the evening and those of the previous evenings will determine a new general classification.
(Unioneonline / D)
