The first evening of the festival kept its promises. The ratings speak for themselves: Sanremo is liked, a real success for the third artistic direction of Amadeus. Ten million and 911 thousand viewers and 54.7% share , for the opening night of the Sanremo Festival, on Rai Uno.
The first episode of Sanremo 2020 had reached 52.2% share with 10,058,000 net spectators. The decline in 2021 when the first episode of Sanremo 2021 had only 8,363,000 net spectators for a 46.6% share. The first part of the first evening of the festival had 54.5% with 13 million 805 thousand spectators, the second 55.4% with 6 million 412 thousand.
In 2021the first part of the first evening of the festival had registered 11 million 176 thousand spectators with 46.4%, the second 4 million 212 thousand with 47.8%.
For the accuracy and the best start of the Amadeus management, in the name of joy, fun, but also emotions: between the emotion of Amadeus, at the beginning of the evening, to continue with that of Gianni Morandi who returns to the festival after 22 years and he gets excited by the appalusions, up to the tears of Damiano of Maneskin, after the second performance, with the song Coraline.
To find a better debut than last night, you have to go to the Sanremo 2018 Festival, the 68th edition, the first curated and conducted by Claudio Baglioni with Michelle Hunziker and Pierfrancesco Favino, won by Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro: 11,603,000 net spectators but lower share: 52.1%.
The concentration of share this year, in fact, is the best of the last 20 years: In 2002 the first episode that marked the return to the conduct of Pippo Baudo brought in front of the television screens 12,461,000 spectators for 56.22%.
We will see what happens in the next few days. This evening promises well, in addition to the performance of the other 13 “Artists” in the race, of the second tranche, there will be another super special guest, for the first time at the Ariston, the much courted Checco Zalone, and another star international Laura Pausini. This time the co-host will be a young actress Lorena Cesarini. The CEO of Rai, Carlo Fuortes
“The audience figures of the first evening of the Sanremo Festival are a great satisfaction for Rai. That the feedback from the public has such large dimensions and a notable recognition of the quality of the commitment that he has been working for months for the preparation of the Festival, for the talent of the artists and for the artistic choices made “. It was underlined by Fuortes who comments on Auditel’s success on the evening of his debut.
“The audience figures of the first evening of the Sanremo Festival – says Fuortes – are a great satisfaction for Rai. That the audience’s feedback has such large dimensions and a notable recognition of the quality of the commitment of those who have been working for months for the preparation of the Festival, for the inspiration of the artists and for the artistic choices made .It is a clear sign of a clear recovery of Italian music and of the role that public television must have in intercepting this phenomenon . An objective achieved through a dialogue between different generations and artistic genres that manage to form such a large audience “. The director of Rai1, Stefano Coletta
” It was an extraordinary debut with an average share of 55 percent and almost 11 million viewers , one of the best results ever. The desire for lightness, sharing, the excellent musical level, the innovation of the visual language and the right television rhythm was rewarded “. Commented the director of Rai1.” Amadeus and Fiorello brought talent, but above all the heart on the stage of the Ariston, managing to speak to everyone,
My thanks go to them, to the managing director Carlo Fuortes, to the president Marinella Soldi and to all the RAI management who have allowed the extraordinary success of this festival opening “.
The first part of the opening evening, from 21.23 to 23.38, had 13 million 805 thousand spectators, with a share of 54.5 percent, while the second, from 23.43 to 25.12, was followed by 6 million 412 thousand spectators with a share of 55.4 percent. spectators and was registered at 21.46 with 16 million 517 thousand spectators, in terms of share at 23.38 with 58.9 percent.
