When Sanremo 2021 will start, the pandemic will not be over yet. That's why the event, scheduled 2 from March to 6 next, will not take place in the same way as always. The public will be there, as anticipated and repeated several times. But the location will be different: instead of the Ariston Theater, one cruise ship. At least according to the previews.
Sanremo 2021, a cruise ship for everyone
In recent days, even before the appointment of the 26 Big in the race (with many young people and many surprise rappers), there was talk of how to secure the public and the participants in the singing festival. The director of Rai Uno Stefano Coletta e Amadeus, conductor and artistic director of Sanremo 2021, had reiterated the impossibility of a race without an audience. The solution? A cruise ship, a sort of "Covid-free bubble" for a safe edition. According to Dagospia, the solution would have been identified by the resigning president of Rai Pubblicità Anthony Marano. His idea of the 500 people, all with negative buffer, in quarantine aboard the Costa Crociera Smeralda. The Palafiori would therefore be reserved for professionals (record companies, journalists, radio hosts), while the corollary programs would be broadcast from different locations in the city.
The position of Amadeus and of Michael Anzaldi
“The whole Sanremo area will be reorganized given the pandemic situation. That of the ship is a beautiful idea. We must be good at securing the whole area and also the people present at the Ariston with precise health protocols ": these are the words of Amadeus, who said he was in favor of the original solution.
His position is in stark contrast to that of the secretary of the Rai Supervisory Commission Michael Anzaldi: "While all theaters and museums have been closed for months, while concerts have been banned for some time and the entire cultural industry is on its knees, the rich Rai, the only company in Italy that has no budget problems because it is kept by the money from the Italian canon, he would like to have a preferential lane for Sanremo, circumventing the law with a dubious operation that would bring hundreds of people to the Ariston as a public. The confirmation given to the press that one would be thinking of such a solution is very serious, clarification is urgently needed in the Supervisory Committee ".
What we know about Sanremo 2021
Doubts for the location aside, Sanremo 2021 will take place. And it will also have super guests. “From today it is official: I will be part of the cast of the 71st Sanremo Festival bringing on stage 5 paintings, 5 works of authorship. Many thanks to Amadeus, Lucio Presta and all Rai for the great opportunity "he wrote on social media Achille Lauro, confirming his role as a guest for the entire event. At his side, a surprise name: Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "Ibra will be there all five nights and will not miss any AC Milan match, despite the fact that as an Interista I have tried in every way," joked Amadeus. And the confirmation also came from Milan. Among the super guests also Elodie, as announced by the host: “Elodie will be with me, she will be one of the women of the festival. Last year she was in the race, this time she will be co-host for one evening. She has a very strong audience, she is beautiful, witty, funny, ironic ".
