The 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival is underway. Amadeus leads with Gianni Morandi, with them Chiara Ferragni – for the first and last evening – to the debut on television.
After the minute's silence for the victims of the tragic earthquake between Turkey and Syria, an ovation for the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella (first head of state at Ariston in history), then Gianni Morandi sang the Mameli anthem in his honor with all the public.

Then Roberto Benigni's monologue , which celebrates 75 years of the "most beautiful constitution in the world" by recalling the founding fathers (including Bernardo Mattarella himself) and citing article 11 - "Italy repudiating war" - and the article 21 which defends freedom of expression.It is the sixth time in Sanremo for the Tuscan actor.















