The Sanremo Festival falls silent: the tremendous victory of Mahmood and Blanco and the disaster of Ana Mena

29 years the first, 18 the second;

They are

and

, the winners of

and those who will presumably represent Italy in the

, which will be held in

this year after the victory last year of the Italian group

.

His

(

) fell silent from the first gala of the festival to the press and the public.

They were always the favorites and last night they achieved what could not be otherwise, to win.

Only

and

, second and third respectively, could give them some shade, but only something.

The changes and improvements that both have been adding during the four galas of

made it impossible for them not to be the most voted by the public at the last gala and for them not to become the new phenomenon of Italian music.

For once, whoever enters Sanremo as Pope does not leave as Cardinal.

, super favorites from the beginning, won

the 72nd edition of the most important Italian singing festival

They convinced the public, not only the youngest, who have voted for them with incredible percentages, and who are already downloading the song on all platforms;

they almost convinced the press room, which gave them second place, only behind

and they convinced the demographic vote that gave them victory without hesitation

"I do not understand very well what is happening, it is as if we were in a bubble," confessed

, who already won the

in 2019 and was second in

that same year, before the penultimate gala this Friday. His words are not surprising because

,

and

have been simply impressive. Not only was it that they were the favorites from the beginning of

, but their song immediately jumped

of the best-selling singles in Italy and also "broke" the

ratings , setting the

of reproductions in the first 24 hours on Spotify and entering the top 10 of the world list.

A phenomenon that is unprecedented.

Brividi

is a song that encompasses all the facets of love and that in a very short time has generated a symbiosis between the two singers that crosses the stage and the screen.

In the song, even their different visions of feelings, one more ethereal, the other more carnal, have merged perfectly, embodying the idea that it is possible to love in a universal sense.

The theme is that of freedom in a universal sense. In 2022 we can no longer stay close to the retrogrades,

and I hope that more than us artists who have a leading role in Italy will do so.

We are tired of people trying to judge others," explained Blanco, the youngest artist in history to win

.

The

, as told to

shortly before the festival began, occurred spontaneously and almost unexpectedly: "

in the studio of producer

. The chorus was born from a wrong chord in the piano. Then each one of us worked on the verses to tell

, "said Blanco.

Meeting again after a few months, the two songwriters immediately found

, despite their age difference and different characters,

calmer, while

, wilder and more unpredictable, though incredibly focused for his age.

The tribute to Raffaella Carrá, the explosion of Sanremo

Without a doubt, it can be said loud and clear that love has won in

. A

that, like every edition, becomes a spectacle, not only of music but of festivals. Last night, in addition to the victory of

and

, there were two protagonists above all:

and

. The first, because it was already screeching that none of the

galas had paid him the tribute he deserves. The reality is that the Festival had left the bomb for last.

The festival wanted to remember the famous and popular artist, whose death last July 5 shocked not only Italy, but also Spain and Latin America, with the launch of the musical in the stalls of the

theater , venue of the event that

, as it was affectionately known, presented in 2001. A

-style explosion that left the audience at the

speechless .

"16 dancers plus 1, as

would have said " with iconic songs by the artist, such as

,

or

among others, filled the stage with the strength that

always gave off.

vibrated from the

stalls to come back strong and full of energy in the hearts of the Italians.

But it was not the only moment of the night of a festival that in each edition surprises even more with what happens on stage. The other great protagonist was the actress

and her

, highly applauded by the public and critics. "When I heard about the monologue, I asked myself some questions. These two years have been very hard and we have done so many monologues... And then, many of the most beautiful topics have already been touched on by my talented colleagues, what could say?", began her performance sitting next to

, presenter of

, on the steps of the stage.

After citing many of the topics that today are at the center of the target (feminism, love addictions, inclusion...) he decided to end the "non-monologue" monologue by quoting the great

: "But why my presence must necessarily be linked to a great cosmic problem to justify the fact that I am here? I am here for my work, my choices, my loves and my friendships. In the end I thought that the best thing to accompany me on stage was this, our history".

The result of Ana Mena in Sanremo, a disaster;

she does not

And

?

The Spanish singer, who only the fact of having been part of the 25 artists chosen for the

has made history, she did not turn out as well as we would like her to have turned out.

Nor is the disaster of her song

because neither the press nor the demographic vote nor the televote liked it.

In all the galas she was between the penultimate and last place, and last night she finished penultimate only ahead of

and her

De Ella.

Things as they are,

's song , which has been very well received in Italy, was not a good song for

, although everything indicates that it will become a success on the music charts.

Last night he tried in every possible way to improve the voting of the previous days and add more points, he did not succeed.

But what

did do is that a Spanish woman stood on the

stage as a candidate and sang in front of more than 11 million people not only her

, but

himself .

The result, yes, was a disaster;

, no.

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