"Fiorello and I are aware of the difficult situation, but we have to find a balance between the 75 pages of the protocol and the TV show. But at home the spectators will have the pleasure of being distracted and thinking about a moment of lightheartedness. We have a duty to give 5 evenings of serenity ".
Amadeus said this in the press conference for the presentation of the next Sanremo Festival, scheduled from 2 to 6 March.
"I have the hope that it will be a festival of a small rebirth, because from there we have to start again, and at the same time of a great show. We are working all over the world to eradicate the virus and I am sure that from March onwards a glimmer we can see it, "continued Amadeus.
"It is a difficult Festival, but we have the duty to smile and give lightheartedness. The music never stops".
"We are working on the guests at the Festival. We will focus on Italian music. At the moment we have closed the contracts with
Ornella Vanoni, for a great tribute on Saturday evening, Negramaro, Alessandra Amoroso
", confirmed Amadeus at the press conference.
"It is true that there have been meetings with Adriano Celentano and Roberto Benigni, we are awaiting their response".
Amadeus returned to the possible presence of the two great artists on the Ariston stage.
"I hope their answer is positive. They belong to our history, of cinema, theater, music. Last year Benigni gave a moving moment, thinking of having them together on stage is a great gift to the festival".
"I can't confirm Loredana Bertè but I can say that it is my wish to have her on stage. I'm trying to bring her to the Ariston".
Amadeus added, who then said about Jovanotti that "there are big names, for which the doors are always open. If he likes to come and visit two old friends, he doesn't even have to knock".
"It will be a female festival. There will be a woman in the evening with me, but also other presences on stage, always starting from an idea. We will bring more women who will tell the female world. Among the various ideas, I am thinking of the
nurse Alessia Bonari
, who in March wore the signs of the mask worn all day on his face. His has become a symbolic photo in the first months of the pandemic ", added Amadeus.
The nurse from Grosseto had posted her photo on social media, which went viral.
"It would have been very easy not to do this festival, but instead we do and it is a new thing that we are going to experience".
Fiorello breaks into the Sanremo presentation press conference and makes his show
.
"I once did a show without an audience, because nobody really came, there were only two people: I was talking with the chairs, with the spotlights. Thanks Amadeus who proposed this to me. I can't wait to understand what will happen when on stage we say 'Good evening' and there will be no one ", continued the showman, then teasing his friend artistic director:
" Love you are great, you are the Swiffer of controversies, you collect them all. August with Morgan discarded, then the ship, then the 300 spectators in the hall, then the extras, then no extras and 'I leave the festival', then Ibra who argues with Lukaku, Fedez who plays 10 seconds of song. Love, it was better when you were just sexist. "
"I read that
Little Tony
would have turned 80 in these days. I would like to pay homage to him during the festival with his hits, from Laughing to Crazy Heart, maybe wearing a nice jacket with fringes".
This is the idea launched by
Fiorello
during the press conference of the Sanremo Festival, collecting the immediate green light from Amadeus.
"So - he said - we already have a number, I'm going to get ready".
"I was informed that Rai Pubblicità and Suzuki wanted
Giovanna Civitillo
with
Giovanni Vernia and Valeria Graci
at the
Primafestival
. I was pleased. Giovanna has an independent life, hers, she has already worked with Frizzi, with Bonolis. I'm happy if Rai Pubblicità and the sponsors have thought of her ".
Amadeus explained this at a press conference, answering a question about the presence of his wife, Giovanna Civitillo, in the cast of the program that will air before the evenings of the Festival.
Primafestival, added Amadeus, "is very important for Sanremo, but it is managed by other people. Deputy director Fasulo and Lucio Presta who has a personal relationship with the sponsors take care of it".
The controversies?
"I smile, we are scandalized by the wife and not by the lover"
, he commented.
"In case of positivity or quarantine or involvement in tracing, the current rules apply: in essence,
if a singer is positive, he will have to withdraw under the regulations
" which has been modified in this sense. This was explained by the deputy director of Rai1, Claudio Fasulo, answering the questions of the reporters during the press conference of the Sanremo Festival. "The same will happen if the artist is involved in the tracing of someone from his entourage. Basically we apply the rules that apply in all workplaces and beyond".
Fasulo confirmed that a case of positivity was found among the technicians at work in Rome
: "Fortunately, the rehearsals of the artists and orchestra had already been completed, the tracing procedures were started with the technicians who had come into contact with the positive people , are followed and will be buffered in the next few days. Fortunately everything is under control ".