On Wednesday 5 February, the second evening of the Sanremo Festival , the other 12 Bigs in the race will perform on stage: (in alphabetical order) Giordana Angi, Francesco Gabbani, Paolo Jannacci, Junior Cally, Elettra Lamborghini, Levante, Enrico Nigiotti, Piero Pelù, Nuclear Tactical Penguins, Rancore, Tosca and Michele Zarrillo. For the young, it's up to Fasma, Matteo Faustini, Martinelli and Lula, Marco Sentieri. The ladies of the festival are Tg1 journalists Emma D'Aquino and Laura Chimenti and Sabrina Salerno.
Superhost Zucchero, who returns live to Ariston waiting for the world tour , from Australia to the United States, from Canada to Europe to the Arena of Verona, dedicated to the new DOC album. At the Ariston he presents (with his musicians) his new single Spirit in the dark and other songs. The artist is trying out several and only in the late evening will he decide which ones.
Great expectations also for the reunion of the Ricchi e Poveri , in the original quartet version, 50 years after La prima cosa bella.
And again Gigi D'Alessio , on stage for the seventh time, the second as a guest, twenty years after his first participation with Non diregli mai, of which he offers a special symphonic version. The demoscopic jury still votes. After the performances, a ranking of the 12 Big songs is drawn up and, at the end of the performances, a joint ranking of all 24 songs in the race (based on the percentage of votes obtained during the first and second evening).
As for the Young, the two artists who win the direct challenges go on to the third evening, while the others are eliminated.