Simona Ventura (fifth night).
The whole week will be without audience due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the very first time that the contest will be held in an empty theatre.
A few notable comebacks are to be underlined: Arisa (winner in 2009 in the Nuove Proposte and again in 2014 among the Campioni), Francesco Renga (winner in 2005) and Francesca Michielin (winner in 2016 and Italian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm). An anecdote:
Orietta Berti first took part to the Festival of Sanremo back in
1965 with the song
Io ti darò di più, competing a total of 11 times. This Wednesday’s will be her 12th appearance.
Situated in Florence’s Baroque San Firenze palazzo, the city’s former courthouse,
the restored historic spaces serve as the foundation’s operational hub and a physical expression of its mission of empowering people and communities. The premises will be open to the foundation’s worldwide community, welcoming young people and thinkers from all walks of life. Planned to coincide with the
International Day of Education on January 24, the inauguration marks the first of a series of public events planned throughout 2021 to celebrate the Andrea Bocelli Foundation’s tenth anniversary year.
“When my family and I established the Andrea Bocelli Foundation in 2011, we were inspired by the joy and love we were given by fans from around the world,” stated