"Love you invited Al Bano, Morandi and Ranieri but a woman is missing, my age is the only one left".
This is the appeal launched by Iva Zanicchi in connection with Non Stop News on RTL 102.5.
The artist participated eleven times in the Sanremo Festival and won three, becoming the female singer to have won the singing event several times.
And it is precisely on the women competing this year that Iva Zanicchi bets: "On paper there is a respectable women's team. Amadeus, just like last year, is doing a great Sanremo. I bet
everything on Madame
but I expect so much also from Elodie".
On Chiara Ferragni, Francesca Fagnani, Paola Egonu and Chiara Francini, the co-hosts chosen by Amadeus, Zanicchi says: "I imagine they will say little, so I hope they wear fabulous clothes".
"I hope Fiorello arrives," she adds.
The singer, historical figure of Italian music, underlines the importance of the Sanremo Festival, not only for the singers in the competition but for the whole country: "Sanremo is essential for young artists, they must arrive prepared and with beautiful songs, not c "is the most important showcase. The Sanremo Festival is the only thing that unites Italy, let's keep it dear", he concludes.