The Sanremo Festival "will again be entrusted to the artistic director Amadeus , a measured, polite person, but also a great entertainer, who has done a great job of selecting the songs. Together with him there will be the great Fiorello. It will be a Sanremo that will reopen the our normalcy: long live Sanremo ". This was announced by Rai1 director Stefano Coletta, during the presentation of the 2020/2021 schedules, also explaining that the next edition of the Festival "was postponed from 2 to 6 March" precisely to try to "achieve it in the traditional formula. On the floor B is thinking about it, but plan B is not Sanremo, "he added.
"The voice senior, a program that has never been adapted for this age group. Will arrive with Antonella Clerici, we will go in search of late talent", said the director of the flagship Rai , explaining that "for the first time the over 60s are brought into play".
Among the news of the next season: M aria De Filippi, Sabrina Ferilli and Fiorella Mannoia will present on November 25 in the day against violence against women, an evening event to raise awareness on the topic, through music and words. "This must be a Rai1 that sends powerful messages - said Coletta - I think it's the best thing I've ever done in Rai's many years. These three women will raise awareness about this battle". Coletta then thanked Maria De Filippi in particular "who received permission from her company to run this program".
"We are trying to bring all the resources that are part of the canon to Rai, including extra-jettison: we are talking to the institutions for this", said CEO Rai Fabrizio Salini.
