Il 2021 Festival of Sanremo (expected from 2 al 6 March) has not yet begun, but the first controversies have already broken out. It is not about excluded singers or overpaid guests. This time the whole is called into question Italian song festival, come to his 71esima edition. The bone of contention concerns the public. As you know, due to the restrictions against the Covid-19, cinemas and theaters are temporarily closed. Allowing the public to enter the Ariston theater would mean creating crowds. Despite some ideas proposed by the artistic director Amadeus (to run for the second year in a row), the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, with a tweet he completely closed the door to any eventuality of having the public in the hall. According to recent rumors, in light of this, both Amadeus and Fiorello they would be ready to leave the running of the Festival.

Theater or TV studio? What will happen to the Sanremo 2021 Festival?

Sanremo 2021 has become a real case. If on the one hand the MIBACT says no to the public (appearing), on the other side there RAI is looking for a solution to avoid a postponement of the Sanremo 2021 Festival in May (a possibility already discarded by Amadeus and RAI) or even the cancellation of the entire edition. A few days ago Fiorello, in connection with What's the weather like di Fabio Fazio, had declared that during the days of the festival "the Ariston will not be a theater but a television studio»To emphasize that the same rules valid for other TV programs could have been applied, with the use of extras. Even the director of RAI 1, Stefano Coletta, during a press conference, he had expressed the same considerations as Fiorello. According to Coletta: "the Sanremo Festival 2021 will be a TV show in 5 bets», To be carried out in maximum safety.

Ariston Theater - Sanremo Festival 2021
Photo: © Jose Antonio - Wikimedia Commons.

Conducting the Festival with an empty hall is neither Amadeus' or Fiorello's intentions. Furthermore, RAI could see its flagship event crippled. The CTS and the Minister of HealthRobert Speranza, seem to be of the same idea as Franceschini, ie oriented towards the stop to the public. However, the decision has not yet been made and it could too slip to the next few weeks, depending on theRT index of the region Liguria. What will remain of this Sanremo 2021 Festival? Will the line of RAI and Amadeus prevail (following the directives of the DPCM for television studios) or the harsher one of Franceschini? In short, the Ariston will be a television studio or ,? The first episode of Sanremo is already on the air but this time, the technical-scientific committee will vote.

Sanremo Festival 2021: Amadeus doesn't fit without an audience last edit: 2021-01-29T09:00:00+01:00 da Antonello Ciccarello

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