Those excluded from the festival, from Bobby Solo to Morgan

The disqualification for 'defection', which cost Bugo and Morgan the exclusion from the Sanremo 2020 race, is an unprecedented case in the history of the Sanremo Festival, which includes a long list of excellent overtures, even if linked to different reasons . For Morgan it is the second time: in 2010 he was ousted, a couple of weeks before the start of the festival, for the statements made to the monthly Max on the use of the drug as an antidepressant, denied by the singer and confirmed by the editor of the monthly.
Among the first exclusions for songs not unpublished there was in 1957 that of La cosa più bella, performed by Carla Boni and Tonina Torrielli .
In 1964, the elimination of a very young Bobby Solo , competing with A tear on his face, was eliminated. The singer, shortly before the final evening, is struck by pharyngitis and, unable to perform the song live, is excluded from the competition, but is allowed to sing it in playback.
In 1987, Patty Pravo sings Lazily lady, but a group of passionate Pesaro denounces that it is a faithful copy of Dan Fogelberg's To The Morning. Patty is excluded.
But three years later he is the protagonist of another case: he autonomously decides not to participate because he is not happy with the song he was supposed to sing, Donna con Te. It is replaced by Anna Oxa who will propose the same song.
In 1992 Jo Squillo was excluded on the eve of the festival because his song Me gusta il movimiento had been mentioned in a concert. It is replaced by Pupo.
In 1996 Ornella Vanoni was barred from performing at the festival: her song, Bello amore, violated article 18 of the regulation, that is "the public performance of the musical part of the song, albeit with different words, probably without the artist herself knew about it. " A few days earlier, the song Mare mare, played by Emilia Pellegrino, with an identical melody had been broadcast on Radio2.
Gerardina Found is also included in the cast of the big names , but the night before the official list, Caterina Caselli of Sugar, the record company of the Found, warns Baudo that the song of the singer had already been performed in a live concert. Baudo excludes it.
With the same motivation, in 1984, Silvia Conti , admitted to the competition among young people with a sad story, was eliminated. In 2006 Simone Cristicchi ends up in the eye of the hurricane, competing among the Young, for having presented the song 'Che bella gente', already performed by the co-author Simona Cipollone, in a very similar form but with another title 'Embe'. , in '96 in a review of emerging talents. But according to the regulation, the non-originality of the piece must be objected within the first five hours after the first test in Sanremo. Cristicchi is "safe".
The story of Music and Words by Loredana Bertè is from 2008: after legal checks and investigations, the song is excluded from the race because the musical part is the same as Sesto Senso, a piece signed by Alberto Radius and Oscar Avogadro in 1988 for Ornella Ventura. But in consideration of Bertè's popularity and personal moment, at Baudo's request, she will be allowed to perform out of the race, both in a duet with Spain and in the final evening.
In 2012 Chiara Civello , with 'Al posto del mondo', and the couple Gigi D'Alessio-Loredana Berte ' , with' Respirare ', remain in the race. The piece by Civello had been performed in a different version at the selections of Sanremo Giovani in 2010 by Daniele Magro, while a 'taste' of D'Alessio-Bertè's song had been released by the two artists on their respective Facebook pages and on YouTube.
In 2014 Riccardo Sinigallia ended up out of the race: the organization excludes his song, Before going away, because according to the regulation it is not "new", as "already performed in public". The singer, who apologizes on stage and assumes all responsibility while claiming his "good faith", can still perform during the final, remaining out of competition.
The exclusion from Sanremo is a fate that has not spared even C laudio Villa , 'reuccio' of the Italian song, 4 wins and 3 second places: in 1982, in controversy with the organizer Gianni Ravera, he accepted an advice from the TV director Smiles and Songs, Gigi Vesigna, and refuses to join the group of eight Bigs who have the guaranteed final. He appears among the young people, to whom he had polemically subscribed, with the song Let's make peace, but is eliminated in the first round.
Excellent exclusions even among foreign super guests. The case of Rod Stewart , who arrives at Ariston in 1991 to exit a few minutes later, is 'emblematic' 'chased' by Adriano Aragozzini, who does not agree to make him perform one song instead of the two foreseen in the agreement between Stewart and Rai. The English singer will return to the Festival as a guest two years later with a piece taken from the Rolling Stones repertoire.