Welcome back Eurovision fans to the world of Sanremo for the fifth and final time for this year. The 74th Festival di Sanremo, or the Italian Song Festival, one of the most beloved festivals of the whole world has reached the Fifth or La Quinta Serata, the last Night, the one that is going to define the winner of this year’s Festival and the possible entrant for Italy in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, since the winners will earn the well known “right of first refusal”, meaning the right to represent Italy only if they wish to do so.
Live from the coastal town of Sanremo, in Liguria, Teatro Ariston opened for one more and last time its gates and welcomed everyone around the world to celebrate, to feel and to dance to the Italian music. Tonight all of the thirty (30) entrants performed once more their songs, just like they did during the First Night, and were judged only by the public during the Night’s first round of voting at least, since during the second and final voting round a sum of televoting and the two juries was held and determined the winner. Thus, brace yourselves for La Serata Finale of this year’s Sanremo, keep reading and find out who was the ultimate winner of the Festival!
Apart from the live, and lucky, audience inside the Teatro Ariston, viewers of all around the world were able to watch for once more the Festival live on RAI Uno and RAIPlay or to listen to the live coverage from RAI Radio 2. Before the official starting of the Festival, Gazelle, Mr. Rain and Sangiovanni shared some of their thoughts for being part of a such a huge Festival.
As an opening ceremony the Italian Army Music Band inside the Teatro performed the Italian National Anthem.
In the beginning of the Night, the general ranking of all the thirty (30) contestants was revealed, according on how the results had been formed that far since the beginning of the Festival.
The presenters
For his fifth and final consecutive year, the famous Italian television and radio presenter, Amadeus, was the main host and the artistic director of the Festival, while on his side, as a co-host, for this final evening, was the famous Italian comedian, singer, radio and television presenter Rosario Fiorello, known just as Fiorello, who accompanied him during all the previous Nights but covering everything from outside the theatre, but now it was time for the audience to see Fiorello on stage performing a medley to Michael Jackson.
The Fifth Night’s format
The Fifth Night is also the final one, at the end of which everyone will know the one and only winner. The Night was consisted of two voting rounds. During the first one, which began right before the first candidate performance, all of the thirty (30) entrants performed for the last time their official entries, while during the second voting round, the top five from the first round had to reperforme their songs, so the winner could be determined among them. During the first voting round only the public determined the result, by holding the absolute 100% of the final result. That specific result was of course added up to the results obtained that far, from all the previous Nights. Ultimately, towards the end of the Night a second and final voting round among the public, the jury of the press and the jury of the radio was held.
The Fifth Night’s performances
All of the thirty (30) entrants had to perform for one final time their songs. The lines opened for the public to vote right before the first performance. Remember that the first voting round’s ranking was determined only by the public. Thus according also to the official running order that was released a few hours ago, the Fifth Night’s performances, along with their voting number, were the following:
(You can watch all of the thirty performanes by clicking on the songs’ titles)
01) Francesco Renga and Nek – “Pazzo di te“
The very first performance of the Serata Finale was by Francesco Renga and Nek.
02) BigMama – “La rabbia non ti basta“
According to Eurovision tradition performing at the second place is a “curse”. Is it the same for Sanremo? We shall see at the end. BigMama gave a very good performance of her song. What do you think?
03) Gazelle – “Tutto qui“
Gazelle gave a really emotional performance and he dedicated his song to his mother, Giovanna.
04) Dargen D’Amico – “Onda alta“
Dargen gave a really good performance of his song, with him being very comfortable on stage and communicative with the audience.
05) Il Volo – “Capolavoro“
Being incredible vocally for once more, Il Volo delivered an emotional performance of their song “Capolavoro”, the masterpiece.
06) Loredana Bertè – “Pazza“
One of the Night fan favourites, eccentric Loredana Bertè received an amazing round of applause, even before she started singing! Remember she was the winner of the First Night, voted by the press jury.
07) Negramaro – “Ricominciamo tutto“
Negramaro gave a really emotional performance of their song.
08) Mahmood – “Tutta gold“
An another favourite for the win, Mahmood who has already represented Italy twice in Eurovision, in 2019 and 2022 and reached the fifth place at the Second Night, gave an absolute unforgettable “gold” performance on stage along with his dancers.
09) Santi Francesi – “L’amore in bocca“
Santi Francesi gave a really good and emotional performance of their song.
10) Diodato – “Ti muovi“
Diodato gave a very beautiful performance along with his dancers on stage. Diodato came fourth at the First Night, by the press jury.
11) Fiorella Mannoia – “Mariposa“
Fiorella gave a fully energetic performance to a song dedicated to the empowerment of women and their ability to transform themselves into something even better, just like butterflies. At the end of the Night, Mannoia won the award for the best lyrics.
12) Alessandra Amoroso – “Fino a qui“
An artist with numerous hits in Italian music, Amoroso was really beautiful on stage.
13) Alfa – “Vai!”
One of the youngest participants of the Festival, Alfa was full of energy on stage.
14) Irama – “Tu no“
Coming second during the Second Night by the public and the radio jury, Irama was incredible vocally, giving a really passionate performance of his song.
15) Ghali – “Casa mia“
After a commercial break, the runner up of the Third Night, Ghali gave a really entertaining performance “chatting” with his alien friend about life on Earth on stage.
16) Annalisa – “Sinceramente“
First Night’s runner up, Second’s third place and one of the most favourite entries for the fans, Annalisa gave an really exquisite performance on stage
17) Angelina Mango – “La noia“
Right next was not only the runner up of the First Night and the winner of the Third one, but also the Lucio Dalla award receiver for this year’s Sanremo by the press; her name… Angelina Mango, with “La noia”, one of the greatest favourites to win! No matter her little fall at the end, she nailed the rest of her performance.
18) Geolier – “I p’me, tu p’te“
No matter the immense round of booing that he received during his win at the end of the Fourth Night, Geolier was certainly the biggest favourite to win the whole Festival, since he did not only win at the Fourth Night, but at the Second as well. His song is in the dialect of Naples, where he comes from making the majority of South Italy to stand by his side.
19) Emma – “Apnea“
The 2014’s representative Emma was totally confident on stage and gave a fully energetic performance of her song.
20) Il Tre – “Fragili“
Il Tre gave a really energetic and excausted performance on stage, however he held his breath really well.
21) Ricchi e Poveri – “Ma non tutta la vita“
The famous duo had a really great time on stage and enjoied it a lot along with the whole Teatro.
22) The Kolors – “Un ragazzo una ragazza“
Everyone in the audience enjoied The Kolors’ full of energy performance, even members from the live orchestra.
23) Maninni – “Spettacolare“
One of the most beautiful Italian ballads and Maninni was great on stage; at the end Maninni dedicated his performance at his parents and gave his mother his bunch of flowers,
24) La Sad – “Autodistruttivo“
La Sad really rocked the theatre with their powerful rock ballad and raised their own flag totally against all kinds of racism and discrimination.
25) Mr. Rain – “Due altalene“
Talking about a father who lost both of his children, Mr. Rain sang his entry “Due altalene” accompanied by two actual swings on stage giving a really emotional performance, dedicating it to all those people who are not longer with us, at least physically.
26) Fred de Palma – “Il cielo non ci vuole“
After his really good performance, Fred rapped for a little bit along with Fiorello and Amadeus.
27) Sangiovanni – “Finiscimi“
The youngest entrant of this year’s Festival, Sangiovanni, gave a totally respectful performance of his song.
28) Clara – “Diamanti grezzi“
The newcomer to the Festival, young Clara performed her song “Diamanti grezzi” dedicating her performance to her beloved brother. A talented artist that has surely a bright future to the Italian music stage.
29) Bnkr44 – “Governo punk“
Bnkr44 really enjoied their presence on Sanremo’s stage.
30) Rose Villain – “Click boom“
Last but not least, La Serata Finale of the Festival di Sanremo 2024 came to an end with Rose Villain’s performance, with her being very good vocally.
After all the thirty (30) entries had been performed, the lines were closed for the public, for that first voting round of the Night.
Special Guests
Of course La Serata Finale of Sanremo 2024 had also an amazing guest list. The Italian actor, model and television personality Luca Argentero made a lovely appearance along with the Italian actor Claudio Gioè. The Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle gave also an incredible ballet performance on stage, accompanied by his dancers. The Italian rapper Tananai was also present and performed live at the square of Sanremo, along with rapper Tedua, who had also performed during the First Night, was aboard on Costa Smeralda on the open sea singing “Red Lights“. However, the most undoubtedly exquisit guest was by far Gigliola Cinquetti, who was the very first Italian winner in Eurovision Song Contest back in 1964, with her beloved song “Non ho l’età”, which was actually performed 60 years later.
The first round’s results
As it is already mentioned, the Fifth Night’s voting procedure is consisted of two parts. Thus, during the first round, only the public was able to vote, hence the absolute 100% of the result was determined by televoting. This specific result was added to all the previous televoting results of the Nights, meaning the 50% of the Second Night, the 50% of the Third Night and the Fourth’s 34%. So , the top thirty general ranking was the following:
- Irama – “Tu no”
- Ghali – “Casa mia”
- Angelina Mango – “La noia”
- Geolier – “I’p me, tu p’te”
- Annalisa – “Sinceramente”
- Mahmood – “Tuta gold”
- Loredana Bertè – “Pazza”
- Il Volo – “Capolavoro”
- Alessandra Amoroso – “Fino a qui”
- Alfa – “Vai!”
- Gazelle – “Tutto qui”
- Il Tre – “Fragili”
- Diodato – “Ti muovi”
- Emma – “Apnea”
- Fiorella Mannoia – “Mariposa”
- The Kolors “Un ragazzo una ragazza”
- Mr. Rain – “Due altalene”
- Santi Francesi – “L’amore in bocca”
- Negramaro – “Ricominciamo tutto”
- Dargen D’Amico – “Onda alta”
- Ricchi e Poveri – “Ma non tutta ma vita”
- BigMama – “La rabbia non ti basta”
- Rose Villain – “Click Boom!”
- Clara – “Diamanti grezzi”
- Francesco Renga and Nek – “Pazzo di te”
- Maninni – “Spettacolare”
- La Sad – “Autodistruttivo”
- Bnkr44 – “Governo punk”
- Sangiovanni – “Finiscimi”
- Fred de Palma – “Il cielo non ci vuole”
The second round’s (Super Final) results and the Festival’s winner
Only the top five performaces qualified for the second round or the Super Final. The second voting round began among only those top five artists from the first round; during their recap of their songs the lines opened once more, so the public could vote one last time. During that time, the final result, thus the Festival’s winner as well, was determined by a voting split system among the public again, holding the 34%, the jury of the press TV and web, holding the 33% and the jury of the radio holding the rest 33%. Thus, the Festival’s very final top five was the following:
- Angelina Mango – “La noia”
- Geolier – “I p’me, tu p’te”
- Annalisa – “Sinceramente”
- Ghali – “Casa mia”
- Irama – “Tu no”
Of course this means that the official winner of the Festival di Sanremo 2024 and Marco Mengoni’s successor is Angelina Mango with her song “La noia”.
The only thing that remains to see is whether will accept to represent Italy in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö or not and if he/she does so, with which song of his/hers.
Source: RAIPlay
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