Spectator warned, spectator saved.
Amadeus has already said and repeated it several times: it will be, like the previous editions he directed, a festival that will stay up until the wee hours.
Maybe even very small.
"We'll do it at two in the morning, or maybe a little more - the artistic director puts his hands forward -, more or less like last year".
After all, with 30 singers competing, guests and co-hosts, it couldn't be otherwise.
TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY - All 30 competing songs make their debut at the festival.
The press room jury will judge them.
At the end of the evening a ranking will be drawn up and the top ten announced by Amadeus.
On stage, alongside Ama, will be Marco Mengoni, winner last year with Due Vite.
On the guest front, Lazza will perform on the stage in Piazza Colombo, while Tedua will be connected from the Costa Smeralda ship anchored off the coast of Sanremo.
Among the guests at the Ariston, Edoardo Leo to present the fiction "Il clandestino".
WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY - 15 singers perform tonight, presented by those who are resting (with a draw).
At the end of the evening a new ranking will be compiled, with the vote of the new Radio and Televoting jury.
Co-host, Giorgia who will also celebrate 30 years of E Poi.
John Travolta arrives at the Ariston.
Giovanni Allevi also returns to perform, returning from a two-year battle against multiple myeloma.
In quota fiction Leo Gassmann, who plays Califano, the cast of Mare Fuori and the Nuova Orchestra Santa Balera for the 70 years of my Romagna.
Rosa Chemical is expected from Piazza Colombo, Bob Sinclar makes the Costa Smeralda ship dance.
THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY - Same mechanism as the day before: 15 artists on stage, presented by the other 15. Same mechanism also for voting and ranking.
Co-host is Teresa Mannino.
Directly from Australia, Gladiator Russell Crowe returns to Sanremo after more than 20 years with his band Indoor.
Eros Ramazzotti celebrates 40 years of Promised Land, with which he won among the New Proposals.
Paola & Chiara arrive in Piazza Colombo, Bresh is on the floating stage.
Stefano Massini and Paolo Jannacci propose the unreleased L'uomo nel Lampo, a piece of social denunciation.
The fiction showcase is for Sabrina Ferilli, protagonist of the new series Gloria.
FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY - It is one of the most loved events of the festival, the evening of covers and duets, to the tune of hits from the past.
The performances will be voted with a mixed system: televoting (which will have a weight of 34%), the press room (33%) and the radio jury (33%).
At the end of the episode, a new ranking will be drawn up and the top ten positions will be announced and the winner of the evening will then be proclaimed.
The co-host is Lorella Cuccarini.
On stage the cast of the Mameli series.
Arisa in Piazza Colombo,
SATURDAY 10 - For the final evening, all 30 Bigs are back on stage, also presented by co-co Fiorello.
At the beginning of the episode Amadeus will reveal the provisional ranking based on the average of the first four evenings and will start the televoting.
At the end of the performances, the overall ranking will be drawn up and the first five songs will be performed again and then, starting from scratch, a new vote will be taken by the three juries which will decide the winner.
On stage the Doc Luca Argentero, Claudio Gioè for Makari 3, the etoile Roberto Bolle and Gigliola Cinquetti, 60 years after Non ho l'età.
Encore for Tedua who greets from the Costa Smeralda, in Piazza Tananai.
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