At 4.30 in the morning on Tuesday Blanco was still not sleeping.
A few hours had passed since what no one had counted on: the destruction of the floral decorations during his performance.
It was an audio problem that had unleashed his destructive fury.
A technical error, Rai later explained, because a "wrong receiver" had been delivered to him.
And down with kicks, roses torn up, uprooted, overturned decorations, among the loud boos of the public.
4.30 and Blanco was mulling over the wrongdoing.
4.30, the time marked on the sheet on which he wrote a poem entitled "Ariston" and published in the morning on his Instagram profile.
His way of apologizing for a really out of line gesture.
"I apologize to the city of flowers", is the caption that accompanies the poem which reads: "
to count the insults he received in response to his post on social media.
More understanding Amadeus, who explained how Blanco had to kick a plant and roll around among the flowers - as he does in the video of the song L'Isola delle Rose that he was singing at the Ariston -, but not to exceed as he did later, just because annoyed by technical problems.
"No, it wasn't a prepared gag – underlined Amadeus, clearing the field of imaginative reconstructions -. Blanco is aware that he has done something he shouldn't have done. He didn't ask to be understood but to be forgiven," said the artistic director which tells of a phone call received.
"He was very sorry and apologized. At the age of 19-20 it happens that you do something that you don't want to do. We accept his apologies with serenity. He was wrong and he knows it first.
Punish him by excluding him from the festival for a while like they did Will Smith at the Oscars?
No, I don't think it's necessary". Colleagues were also understanding, from Tananai to Leo Gassmann passing through the Colla Zios. "If it had happened to us, we would have asked to repeat the exhibition".