The average number of listeners on the third evening of the Sanremo Festival increased slightly, but it did increase.

Yesterday, 9.5 million viewers watched the show, with a 60.6% share. Half a million more than the second night, but a decrease of over a million compared to last year's edition (10.7 million viewers). equal to 59.8% share).

Conti, however, is pleased: the audience share is the highest for a third night of the five-night festival. And the highest yet for this Sanremo, perhaps also thanks to the lack of competition from the Champions League playoffs.

The first part, from 9:45 PM to 11:33 PM, was watched by 12,585,000 viewers with a 60.4% share. The second part, from 11:37 PM to 1:14 AM, was watched by 5,941,000 viewers with a 61.3% share. The peak audience was at 10:11 PM with 14,199,000 viewers, and the highest share was at 11:04 PM with a 65.8% share. "Sanremo Start" – from 8:39 PM to 9:40 PM – attracted 11,177,000 viewers with a 46.3% share. "DopoFestival," broadcast from 1:14 AM to 1:59 AM, was watched by 2,900,000 viewers with a 50.9% share. “PrimaFestival”, from 8:30 pm to 8:38 pm, had an audience of 6,892,000 viewers with a 32.1% share.

The average audience of ten million now seems like a mirage : last year, the third night of the festival averaged 10,700,000 viewers, with a 59.8% share. Essentially, fewer people turned on the TV yesterday to watch Sanremo or any other program.

Today is one of the most anticipated events. The thirty competing artists perform, along with their guests, a song chosen from the great Italian or international repertoire.

Here's the complete list of duets and covers. Arisa with the Parma Regio Theater Choir - "What Women Don't Say"; Bambole di Pezza with Cristina D'Avena - "Cat's Eyes"; Chiello with pianist Saverio Cigarini - "I'm in Love with You"; Dargen D'Amico with Pupo and Fabrizio Bosso - "About Us": Ditonellapiaga with Tony Pitony - "The Lady Is a Tramp"; Eddie Brock with Fabrizio Moro - "Portami Via"; Elettra Lamborghini with Las Ketchup - "Aserejé"; Enrico Nigiotti with Alfa - "En e Xanax"; Ermal Meta with Dardust - "Golden Hour"; Fedez & Masini with Stjepan Hauser - "Wonderful Creature"; Francesco Renga with Giusy Ferreri - "Lonely Boy, Lonely Girl"; Fulminacci with Francesca Fagnani - "Words, Words"; J-Ax with Ligera County Fam. - "And Life, Life"; LDA & Aka 7even with Tullio De Piscopo - "Andamento lento"; Leo Gassmann with Aiello - "It Was All Already Planned"; Levante with Gaia - "I maschi"; Luchè with Gianluca Grignani - "Falco a metà"; Malika Ayane with Claudio Santamaria - "You Burst Inside My Heart"; Mara Sattei with Mecna - "L'ultimo bacio"; Maria Antonietta & Colombre with Brunori Sas - "Il mondo"; Michele Bravi with Fiorella Mannoia - "Tomorrow is another day; Nayt with Joan Thiele - "The song of lost love"; Patty Pravo with Timofej Andrijashenko - "I'll leave you a song"; Raf with The Kolors - "The riddle"; Sal Da Vinci with Michele Zarrillo - "Five days"; Samurai Jay with Belén Rodríguez and Roy Paci - "Baila morena"; Sayf with Alex Britti and Mario Biondi - "Hit the road Jack"; Serena Brancale with Gregory Porter and Delia - "Besame mucho"; Tommaso Paradiso with Stadio - "L'ultima luna"; Tredici Pietro with Galeffi, Fudasca & Band - "Vita". The performances are voted by the public with televoting (34%), by the Jury of the Press Room, TV and Web (33%) and by the Radio Jury (33%). At the end of the evening, the most voted artist is declared the winner of the Cover: a result that does not affect the final ranking of the festival.

The evening's guest is Bianca Balti, who returns to the Ariston "to tell us about a year of strength and energy," explained artistic director Carlo Conti.

"I had to process a loss, and I'm only just getting over it now, after more than a year," the model, recovering from ovarian cancer, said at a press conference. "I had to deal with the loss of that woman who hadn't experienced the disease and didn't have the scar. When people see your hair grow back, they think it's all over. Instead, that's when the recovery begins. But the life I had before and the carefree attitude will never return."

Francesco Gabbani performs on the stage in Piazza Colombo.

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