#travolta amadeus and co

[mossmx]

cmq per le faccende codacons è palese che è Amadeus che

spero che lo sfondino di multe C:

[sayitaliano]

Sanremo 2024 - the post!

Hello everyone! Here you’ll find this year’s Sanremo’s stuff and news (I’ll be uploading this post through all the week). The Festival will start on Tuesday February 6th at 8:30 pm (it’ll probably have a 5 minutes “anteprima = preview” every night), and end on Saturday February 10th, when the final will be broadcasted.

/ Official website / you can find loads of videos and interviews here + the latest news. You can already find the presentation videos of the songs made by the artists.

Rai’s website dedicated section (here) | youtube playlist | spotify playlist

TikTok official channel: @/sanremorai; @/sanremoesc Instagram official: @/sanremorai Twitter official: @/SanremoRAI; @/SanremoESC Facebook: festivaldisanremo

Also this year we’ll have the PrimaFestival, the small show broadcasted on Rai1 at around 8:30 p.m. (February 4th - February 10th). The hosts are Paola & Chiara (singers), Mattia Stanga and Daniele Cabras (tiktokers).

There's gonna be some kind of Dopofestival, with Fiorello and Alessia Marcuzzi (tv/radio host) called “Viva Rai2!… Viva Sanremo” (jingle/sigla) right after the end of each Sanremo's night (6th-9th Feb.). Gli Autogol (comedians soccer-related) will complete some missions for Amadeus on Raiplay.

CasaSanremo- A website about Sanremo and all the artists who will take part, with more infos and interviews (also Italian places and food specialties will be shown). Follow them also on their Social Media Channels, usually they make live video/interviews/shows on FB for example.

On Sorrisi&Canzoni you will find also other infos about Sanremo and every lyrics’s explanation (ofc ask me if you need a translation)

The # on this blog is #sanremo 2024, #sanremo, #sanremo2024 you can black any of these (the first one in particular) if you want.

To watch it live:

Raiuno -> just click on the first video on the left, or here, to open the Raiuno streaming immediately (I added the whole Rai channels things in case you had troubles connecting directly and wanted to try from there). The RAI’s geoblock is usually removed for Sanremo’s week, no need to create accounts or whatsoever to enjoy Sanremo online!! Remember you can rewatch the whole event and each performance on Raiplay few minutes after it has happened (and the whole week will be avaiable as well for basically the whole following year).

FESTIVAL LIS - songs and whole exhibition explained in signs language

FANTASANREMO - this year as well you can play while enjoying your Sanremo! How does it work? Every person “buys” 5 artisti and marks one of them as a captain. As in the last years, artists will have to do or say something while on stage to help you gain points (and also classification will have a say).

I’ll try to write down some more infos/links through the week.

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Hosts & Guests + Other Stuff

This years’ host will still be Amadeus (who choose the songs taking part into this Sanremo), a TV and radio host. He will be accompanied by a different co-host each night: Marco Mengoni (singer; first night); Giorgia (singer; second night); Teresa Mannino (actress, comedian; third night); Lorella Cuccarini (actress, tv host, dancer, dance teacher in AMICI tv show; fourth night); Fiorello (tv and radio host, comedian, singer; last night).

Some of the one-night guests during the week will be: John Travolta (actor, dancer); Giovanni Allevi (musician); Marco Mengoni (singer); Sabrina Ferilli (actress); Giorgia (singer) will celebrate her song "E poi"'s 30th anniversary; Russel Crowe (actor, singer); Eros Ramazzotti (singer) will celebrate his song "Una terra promessa"'s 40th anniversary; Roberto Bolle (dancer); the cast of "Mameli" (new serie about the guy who wrote our National anthem); Leo Gassman (actor, singer); the cast of "Il Mare fuori" (Raiplay serie); The Nuova Orchestra Santa Balera to celebrate "Romagna Mia"'s 70th anniversary; Gigliola Cinquetti (singer) will celebrate her song "Non ho l'età"'s 60th anniversary.

How it works

There will be 30 singers in the ARTISTI (artists) section. It will be the only section, as last year. 27 artists were chosen by Amadeus, while the other 3 are the winners of Sanremo Giovani (held in December 2023). The winner of the competition will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest: if he/she/they won’t accept, the choice will be another artist, usually the 2nd classified or the next (the first one accepting). This year we're gonna listen to all the 30 songs on the first night. The 2nd and 3rd night, we'll get to listen to 15 songs each night. The artisti that are not performing during the 2nd night will introduce the performing ones and vice versa on the 3rd night. The artisti introducing the performing artisti will be decided by a public draw during the Sanremo's press conferences on the 2nd and 3rd day. On the 4th night, there will be the usual “covers” night: the artisti this year can choose any song, national or international, from any year (until December 2023) and by anyone (even themselves).

Day 1 - co-hosts: Marco Mengoni Prob. guests: Marco Mengoni; Zlatan Ibrahimovic; Federica Brignone; omaggio a Toto Cutugno; Banda dei Carabinieri + on the Costa Cruise: Tedua and in the square: Lazza We’ll listen to all the 30 songs (in order of performance: Clara, Sangiovanni, Fiorella Mannoia, La Sad, Irama, Ghali, Negramaro, annalisa, Mahmood, Diodato, Loredana Bertè, Geolier, Alessandra Amoroso, The Kolors, Angelina Mango, Il Volo, BigMama, Ricchie Poveri, Emma, RengaNek, Mr. Rain, Bnkr44, Gazzelle, Dargen D'Amico, Rose Villain, Santi Francesi, Fred De Palma, Maninni, Alfa, Il Tre). We'll have a first top5 rank (the whole list will be presented only Saturday):

Day 2 - co-hosts: Giorgia Prob. guests: the non-performing 15 artists; Giovanni Allevi; Giorgia; John Travolta; Nuova Orchestra Santa Balera; Leo Gassman; Cast "Mare fuori"; Ruggero del Vecchio + on the Costra Cruise: Bob Sinclair and in the square: Rosa Chemical We'll listen to 15 artisti (artist presenting -> artist singing in order of appearance: ghali -> fred de palma; la sad -> renganek; mr.rain -> alfa; diodato -> dargen d'amico; rose villain -> il volo; bnkr44 -> gazzelle; santi francesi -> emma; alessandra amoroso -> mahmood; il tre -> bigmama; angelina mango -> the kolors; fiorella mannoia -> geolier; sangiovanni -> loredana bertè; mannini -> annalisa; ricchi e poveri -> irama; negramaro -> clara) We’ll have an updated rank:

Day 3 - co-hosts: Teresa Mannino Prob. guests: the non-performing 15 artists; Russel Crowe and his band; Eros Ramazzotti; Sabrina Ferilli; coro Arena di Verona; Gianni Morandi; Stefano Massini e Paolo Jannacci + on the Costa Cruise: Bresh and in the square: Paola & Chiara The 15 artisti that didn't perform yesterday will perform their entry to the contest (artist presenting -> artist singing in order of appearance: loredana bertè -> il tre; alfa -> maninni; fred de palma -> bnkr44; clara -> santi francesi; il volo -> mr rain; gazzelle -> rose villain; dargen d'amico -> alessandra amoroso; bigmama -> ricchi e poveri; irama -> angelina mango; the kolors -> diodato; mahmood -> ghali; emma -> negramaro; annalisa -> fiorella mannoia; renganek -> sangiovanni; geolier -> la sad) Classification after tonight:

Day 4 - co-hosts: Lorella Cuccarini Prob. guests: Cast "Mameli"; principe Alberto di Monaco; Pecco Bagnaia; Elena Sofia Ricci e Margherita Buy; i Jalisse; il maestro Beppe Vessicchio + on the Costa Cruise: Gigi D'Agostino and in the square: Arisa The 30 artists will present a song’s cover, each of them will perform together with a guest or more, unless they're already a band/group and will decide otherwise.

Covers’ list (in order of appearance):

Sangiovanni con Aitana - Medley di "Farfalle" e "Mariposas" (Sangiovanni)

Annalisa con La Rappresentante di Lista e il coro Artemia - "Sweet dreams (Are made of this)" (Eurythmics)

Rose Villain con Gianna Nannini - Medley

Gazzelle con Fulminacci - "Notte prima degli esami" (Antonello Venditti)

The Kolors con Umberto Tozzi - Medley dei successi di Umberto Tozzi

Alfa con Roberto Vecchioni - "Sogna ragazzo sogna" (Roberto Vecchioni)

Bnkr44 con Pino D'Angiò - "Ma quale idea" (Pino D'Angiò)

Irama con Riccardo Cocciante - "Quando finisce un amore" (Riccardo Cocciante)

Fiorella Mannoia con Francesco Gabbani - "Che sia benedetta" (Fiorella Mannoia -Saremo 2017) e "Occidentali's karma" (Francesco Gabbani -Sanremo 2017)

Santi Francesi con Skin - "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)

Ricchi e Poveri con Paola & Chiara - Medley di "Sarà perché ti amo" e "Mamma Maria" (Ricchi e Poveri)

Ghali con Ratchopper - Medley dal titolo "Italiano vero"

Clara con Ivana Spagna e il Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Regio di Torino - "Il cerchio della vita" (Ivana Spagna -Lion King's ST)

Loredana Bertè con Venerus - "Ragazzo mio" (Luigi Tenco con l'arrangiamento di Ivano Fossati)

Geolier con Guè, Luchè e Gigi D'Alessio - Medley dal titolo "Strade"

Angelina Mango con il quartetto d'archi dell'orchestra di Roma - "La rondine" (Mango)

Alessandra Amoroso con i BoomDaBash - Medley

Dargen D'Amico con BabelNova Orchestra - Omaggio a Ennio Morricone: “Modigliani” (sulle note di The Crisis)

Mahmood con i Tenores di Bitti - "Come è profondo il mare" (Lucio Dalla)

Mr.Rain con i Gemelli Diversi - "Mary" (Gemelli Diversi)

Negramaro con Malika Ayane - "La canzone del sole" (Lucio Battisti)

Emma con Bresh - Medley di Tiziano Ferro

Il Volo con Stef Burns - "Who wants to live forever" (Queen)

Diodato con Jack Savoretti - "Amore che vieni, amore che vai" (Fabrizio De André)

La Sad con Donatella Rettore - "Lamette" (Donatella Rettore)

Il Tre con Fabrizio Moro - Medley di Fabrizio Moro

BigMama con Gaia, La Niña e Sissi - "Lady Marmalade" (Labelle)

Maninni con Ermal Meta - "Non mi avete fatto niente" (Ermal Meta, Fabrizio Moro -Saremo 2018)

Fred De Palma con gli Eiffel 65 - Medley degli Eiffel 65

Renga Nek - Medley dei loro successi

Top 5 covers (all the other entries are considered as 6th):

We’ll also have a new general rank.

Day 5 - co-hosts: Fiorello Prob. guests: Roberto Bolle (dancer); Gigliola Cinquetti; Luca Argentero, Claudio Gioè (actors-Màkari 3) + on the Costa Cruise: Tedua and in the square: Tananai All the 30 artisti will perform again their songs (in order of appearance: renganek, bigmama, gazzelle, dargen d'amico, il volo, loredana bertè, negramaro, mahmood, santi francesi, diodato, fiorella mannoia, alessandra amoroso, alfa, irama, ghali, annalisa, angelina mango, geolier, emma, il tre, ricchi e poveri, the kolors, maninni, la sad, mr.rain, fred de palma, sangiovanni, clara, bnkr44, rose villain) and after midnight (prob. more like 1:30-2:30 am.) we’ll know the competition’s first 5 classified and all the special awards winners. The first 5 classified will perform again and get new votes to decide the final standings. The winner will go to the #ESC2024.

And the winner is: Angelina Mango!

Final standing:

Angelina Mango - "La noia"

Geolier - "I p' me tu p' te"

Annalisa - "Sinceramente"

Ghali - "Casa mia"

Irama - "Tu no"

Mahmood - "Tuta gold"

Loredana Bertè - "Pazza"

Il Volo - "Capolavoro"

Alessandra Amoroso - "Fino a qui"

Alfa - "Vai!"

Gazzelle - "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 la vita"

BigMama - "La rabbia non ti basta"

Rose Villain - "Click boom!"

Clara - "Diamanti grezzi"

Renga Nek - "Pazzo di te"

Maninni - "Spettacolare"

La Sad - "Autodistruttivo"

Bnkr44 - "Governo punk"

Sangiovanni - "Finiscimi"

Fred De Palma - "Il cielo non ci vuole"

ANGELINA MANGO will take part at the ESC 2024! Other Awards: - Premio della critica “Mia Martini” : Loredana Bertè "Pazza" - Premio della sala stampa “Lucio Dalla” : Angelina Mango "La noia" - Premio miglior testo “Sergio Bardotti” : Fiorella Mannoia "Mariposa" - Premio miglior composizione musicale “Giancarlo Bigazzi” : Angelina Mango "La noia"

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Artists (+ lyrics):

Alessandra Amoroso - "Fino a qui"

Alfa - "Vai!"

Angelina Mango - "La noia"

Annalisa - "Sinceramente"

BigMama - "La rabbia non ti basta"

Bnkr44 - "Governo Punk"

Clara - "Diamanti grezzi"

Dargen D'Amico - "Onda alta"

Diodato - "Ti muovi"

Emma - "Apnea"

Fiorella Mannoia - "Mariposa"

Fred De Palma - "Il cielo non ci vuole"

Gazzelle - "Tutto qui"

Geolier - "I p' me, tu p' te"

Ghali - "Casa mia"

Il Tre - "Fragili"

Il Volo - "Capolavoro"

Irama - "Tu no"

La Sad - "Autodistruttivo"

Loredana Berté - "Pazza"

Mahmood - "Tuta gold"

Maninni - "Spettacolare"

Mr.Rain - "Due altalene"

Negramaro - "Ricominciamo tutto"

Renga e Nek - "Pazzo di te"

Ricchi e Poveri - "Ma non tutta la vita"

Rose Villain - "Click boom!"

Sangiovanni - "Finiscimi"

Santi Francesi - "L'amore in bocca"

The Kolors - "Un ragazzo una ragazza"

[all the lyrics can be found on this page]

(will edit with more updates, corrections and links as we get closer to the event)

[mirkwoodest]

Hi, I know what happened with Travolta! (I'm not sure how to explain it but I'll try)

This week takes place the Sanremo Music Festival (a HUGE event basically followed by the whole nation) and John Travolta was the international guest on Wednesday, at his request.

Amadeus (the host) and John Travolta had previously agreed on what to do onstage: Travolta had to teach Amadeus how to dance bits from his movies, and Amadeus (as a joke) had to teach him the chicken dance with a co-host and dancers dressed like chicks.

It was all scripted but Travolta did not play along (dunno why) and a moment that could've been silly but funny became cringe instead, so people protested. Furthermore, he did not sign the waiver to allow his exhibition to be broadcasted ever again and we Italians took it personally (it was a game, if you agree just go along with it and be a good sport).

(also, he was later accused of subliminal advertising because his shoes were not censored, but that's another story).

Side note: the following night the guest was Russell Crowe and he mocked John Travolta, so if there's now a beef between them, you know why.

Bear with us, tonight there's the final and then we will disappear.

No wait, explain the subliminal shoe advertising.

[breaddo]

What happened with John Travolta?

ok so john travolta was a guest yesterday on the second night of the stupid italian music competition (festival di sanremo) where the host (amadeus) and him did some dances from movies he was in and so on. (normal sanremo intermission antics) after this, amadeus pulls him outside the venue to meet his co-host (fiorello) and together amadeus and fiorello teach him to do a chicken dance for kids and they all do a silly chicken dance on live national italian TV. (normal sanremo intermission antics)

apparently he then didn't sign the release to rerun it or something even though it's also literally just sitting in the full evening video on Raiplay (timestamp is around 2:17:00 if you decide to look).

amadeus opens up today, the next evening, saying along the lines "theres been a lot of talk, and too much of it if you ask me, about john travolta. let's talk about giovanni allevi (another guest from yesterday and tbf he deserves to be talked about more from what i saw) instead"

the same evening russell crowe is a guest, co-host teresa mannino is telling crowe how he doesn't have an Italian(TM) surname "like dicaprio, deniro..." and crowe immediately goes "travolta" and makes chicken gestures and mouths "what the fuck" while amadeus bursts out laughing as the new apparent nr. 1 john travolta enemy. the festival di sanremo has become the enemy of john travolta, i guess.

so basically tl;dr john travolta participated in a run of the mill sanremo gag that was cringe and stupid and decided he didn't like that and the next night the hosts and russell crowe take the piss out of him on live national italian television.

honestly just the fact that stupid sanremo antics reached american guests and will probably be on american news outlets is more insane than whatever actually happened 😭 there is some kind of discourse going on every year. one year a bishop condemmed sanremo in a letter and everyone thought fiorello got ex-communicated. last year a competing artist played homewrecker by kissing a famous artist in the front row with tongue in the middle of a performance while said famous artist's millionaire influence wife was co-hosting. if you want to see the real pinnacle of sanremo drama watch this video from sanremo 2020 instead where a duo derails the entire show after one of the artists changed the lyrics without notification to insult the other

[m2024a]

https://notizieoggi2023.blogspot.com/2024/02/chiara-ferragni-arriva-al-festival-di.html Chiara Ferragni arriva al Festival di Sanremo? Amadeus dice la sua Nella conferenza stampa che ha preceduto la quarta serata del Festival di Sanremo 2024 si è parlato molto dell’imprenditrice digitale Chiara Ferragni. Il direttore artistico Amadeus ha risposto alla domanda se avrebbe permesso all’influencer di spiegare sul palco del Teatro Ariston quanto accaduto con il caso dei pandori solidali. Chiara Ferragni, Amadeus la vorrebbe al Festival di Sanremo: “Gliel’avrei permesso” Il direttore artistico del Festival di Sanremo Amadeus ha ammesso che Chiara Ferragni sarebbe stata la benvenuta sul palco del Teatro Ariston. Nel corso della conferenza stampa che ha preceduto la quarta puntata della kermesse musicale il conduttore ha risposto a una domanda di Enrico Lucci, l’inviato a Sanremo per Striscia la Notizia. In tono provocatorio il giornalista gli ha fatto una domanda intensa. Dato che John Travolta e Russell Crowe non li hai invitati tu, se si autoinvitasse Chiara Ferragni, la faresti salire sul palco per farci capire quali sono stati i suoi errori di comunicazione? La risposta del conduttore del Festival di Sanremo Amadeus non è tardata ad arrivare: “Se me lo avesse chiesto, glielo avrei permesso“. In molti ricorderanno come Chiara Ferragni accompagnò il conduttore sul palco dell’Ariston durante la prima e l’ultima serata. La risposta del direttore artistico arriva in seguito al celebre scandalo dei pandori solidali: il prestigio della kermesse avrebbe certamente potuto riabilitare la figura dell’influencer offrendole la possibilità di spiegarsi davanti a milioni di persone. Inoltre durante la conferenza di giovedì 8 febbraio Amadeus aveva anche ironizzato nuovamente sulla figura della Ferragni sostenendo che avrebbe diviso a metà con lei la multa ricevuta dall’Antitrust per pubblicità occulta a Instagram. “Qui si può dire social o ti fanno la multa? Te l’hanno fatta di 180 mila euro?“, gli aveva chiesto la co-conduttrice della quarta serata del Festival di Sanremo Teresa Mannino. “Sì, ma farò a metà con Chiara“, aveva risposto il direttore artistico. Quando però il conduttore Amadeus era stato raggiunto dal giornalista Valerio Staffelli di Striscia la Notizia per la stessa questione aveva risposto in maniera completamente diversa e non era sembrato affatto preoccupato. Certo, è una bella multa, ma la strategia non è stata di Chiara Ferragni. Se pagheranno gli italiani? Eh, vediamo, però la Rai ne ha intascati tanti di soldi grazie alla pubblicità data anche dai social. E così capiremo se questi 175 mila euro dovrò pagarli io. Capiremo con la Rai, cosa deciderà di fare. Non so darti una risposta al momento

[lamilanomagazine]

Sanremo 2024: la classifica della seconda serata, Geolier in testa

Sanremo 2024: la classifica della seconda serata, Geolier in testa. Ad annunciare la top five della seconda serata del Festival di Sanremo Amadeus e Giorgia: Geolier, Irama, Annalisa, Loredana Bertè, Mahmood; la classifica è stata stilata in base al gradimento della nuova giuria delle Radio e del Televoto. Nella seconda serata della 74esima edizione del Festival di Sanremo si sono esibiti 15 artisti, presentati dagli altri 15 in base a un abbinamento deciso a sorteggio. All’esito del risultato complessivo della votazione è stata stilata una classifica delle 15 canzoni eseguite nel corso della serata. La rassegna più importante della canzone italiana inizia subito con il maestoso talento di Giorgia, il ritorno di Giovanni Allevi, dopo un lungo periodo di cure per il mieloma. Avvolto dal caldo abbraccio del pubblico, che lo accoglie con una lunga ovazione, il musicista racconta il suo percorso nel dolore e innalza il suo inno alla bellezza della vita e della solidarietà: "All'improvviso mi è crollato tutto. Non suono più il pianoforte davanti ad un pubblico da quasi due anni. Nel mio ultimo concerto, alla Konzerthaus di Vienna, il dolore alla schiena era talmente forte che sull'applauso finale non riuscivo ad alzarmi dallo sgabello. E non sapevo ancora di essere malato. Poi è arrivata la diagnosi, pesantissima. Ho perso il lavoro, i capelli, le certezze, ma non la speranza e la voglia di immaginare, come se il dolore mi porgesse inaspettati doni". Lo spettacolo prosegue con la gara, e nel mentre con una esplosiva standing ovation dell'Ariston la quale premia Giorgia, che trent'anni dopo incanta con E Poi, e con un medley da brivido: Oronero, Gocce di memoria, Quando una stella muore, Di sole e d'azzurro, Come saprei. Applausi anche per Loredana Bertè, che entusiasma con il suo brano Pazza. Il flop della serata: Occasione gettata al vento con John Travolta, l'attore internazionale non ha avuto il giusto omaggio. La star ricorda il Maestro Fellini: "Ho visto per la prima volta La strada a quattro anni, mi sono innamorato di Giulietta Masina", ma ahinoi, dopo aver accennato i passi di Saturday Night Fever, finisce con il ballare imbarazzato la qua qua dance con Fiorello. E i social non perdonano. Cos' è successo nella seconda serata: La Sad stupisce con un look inaspettato e "sobrio", smoking e creste colorate all'ingiù. Momento cult quello di Dargen D'Amico: "Volevo tornare su quello che ho detto ieri sera. Quando sono tornato a casa ho cominciato a leggere qualcosa e mi sono preoccupato quando ho visto che il mio era un messaggio politico. Io non volevo essere politico: in vita mia ho fatto tante cazzate, peccati anche gravi, ma non ho mai pensato di avvicinarmi alla politica. Ero guidato dall'amore e dalla sensazione che sono sempre più le cose che abbiamo in comune e su quello mi vorrei concentrare". A Sanremo anche Cortina 2026: Saranno due vivacissimi ermellini le Mascotte dei Giochi Olimpici e Paralimpici di Milano Cortina 2026. Hanno fatto il loro debutto sul palco del Festival di Sanremo. La Mascotte dal manto chiaro si chiama Tina e rappresenterà i Giochi Olimpici Invernali del 2026. Milo, il fratello dal manto bruno, sarà invece il testimonial dei prossimi Giochi Paralimpici Invernali. I loro nomi sono i diminutivi di quelli delle due località protagoniste: Tina da Cortina, Milo da Milano. Mercoledì 8 febbraio si procederà con la terza serata del Festival che prevede le esibizioni dei 15 cantanti in gara che non si sono esibiti nel corso della seconda, presentati dagli artisti che hanno già cantato. Come co-conduttrice, insieme ad Amadeus, ci sarà Teresa Mannino.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[hotchocolatelovesyou]

I just want to add that the Sanremo audience is veeeery lively and they will 100% boo you (and worse) if they don't like something or someone. If John Travolta ever goes back on that stage, he will be insulted and booed all the way back to America lmao

Even the orchestra might flip out. No, no one is safe. And no, I'm not exaggerating in the slightest.

Anyways, update! Get comfortable, it might be longer than expected.

So, Travolta went to Sanremo in a suit and a pair of white sneakers. It seems pretty basic, mh? Mind you, the shoes were from a brand called U-Power, and Travolta is one of their testimonials. The brand, since Travolta was dancing and obviously moving his feet, was clearly on display and now Rai (Rai for Italy is like Fox for America, yes?) wants to sue U-Power and Travolta for covert advertising. The funniest thing is that Rai might be sued too. Again.

First of first, it's unclear the reason why Travolta was even at the Festival. Amadeus said that Travolta himself volunteered for a guest appearance since he was already in the area (some articles say he was in France, others say he was already in Italy), BUT apparently Rai and the actor might have started seeking agreements for him to come to Sanremo way back in October instead. It is also not true that the actor was paid a lot, they simply reimbursed him for his expenses - while still very fucking expensive (hah), it's also not that much for people of his caliber.

It was also discovered that U-Power had announced on their website that their brand would've been the protagonist of the evening "with a special guest" (Travolta, their testimonial), clearly speaking of the festival.

It has been then speculated that U-Power literally paid Travolta to go to Sanremo, just to sponsor the shoes.

U-Power is denying everything and the company is claiming that the actor's presence at the festival had nothing to do with the brand in any way, but some things simply don't add up.

You have to understand that last year, Amadeus was co-hosting with Chiara Ferragni (another whole fucking mess by herself, but let's not get too carried away, just know that there might be a new law with her name). As a funny sketch, they were both joking about the fact that Amadeus did not have an Instagram account. Chiara, who started her career by being an influencer, helped him create one. On live television. On the opening night. Yup, Rai was fined 180 million euros for covert advertising. If I remember correctly, they had even posted a selfie as a first post to complete the account lol

Anyway, the point is that covert advertising is a big no no for Rai now.

This is indeed another topic that bothered Amadeus because the host saw this whole deal as another way to create drama (not necessarily from Travolta, more like from the public and social media in general). Still, there are some doubts about his and Rai's innocence:

Amadeus removed his own shoes to dance like Travolta does in Pulp Fiction - and this might be seen as a way to get more attention on the actor's shoes in comparison.

He also said to the actor "don't worry, be happy" - which is U-Power's slogan or something

Rai is guilty (bc they are) of not hiding the brand - they are defending themselves by claiming that Travolta came to Sanremo the very last second and he simply walked on stage. No one paid much attention to his sneakers because they didn't know the brand (and neither did Amadeus)

The assistant (?) they had picked to work with Travolta behind the scenes might have been too shy to ask the actor to cover his shoes with tape, maybe intimidated by how famous the dude is or by his big personality - gaining another accusation of being unprofessional, because why would they choose someone unable to stop the celebrity?

The owners of U-Power were literally in the front row at the Ariston Theatre (where the whole Festival takes place)

Now.

You guys, between me and you, I do not believe for a second that Amadeus is guilty of anything. At least not on purpose. He doesn't speak English, and "don't worry, be happy" is literally the most basic English phrase ever (@U-Power: do better), he was probably only trying to make a joke + the poor man is probably just a fan of the movie and wanted to recreate one of its most iconic scenes. Però è un po' sfigato, questo sì.

Rai is obviously ready to throw lawyers left and right. They are claiming to be innocent of all accusations, and in my opinion? I 100% believe in their incompetence. If I had one nickel for every time some technical issue happened over the course of the festival, I'd have many nickels, I'll tell you that. Also, no one here ever heard about U-Power's existence before this mess, so I can't really blame them for not knowing either. Even if they did, Rai had already lost quite much last time, why would they risk doing it all over again for an unknown shoe's brand of all things? But this is just my opinion, I guess we'll see.

Anyhow, tonight is the last night of the festival and also the most important one, so I 100% assure you that not one single person in Italy will give a fuck about Travolta and his shoes, at least not while they're watching Sanremo lol

I'm not sure if you're aware but John Travolta was invited to the Sanremo Festival (a very BIG deal) in Italy and the hosts, Amadeus and Fiorello, made him dance the "qua qua qua" (the chicken dance). He had to wear a chicken hat, but Travolta refused. He also didn't sign the documents that would allow the whole scene to be played again - so the whole chicken dance thing with him will not be shown in tv ever again - and he's been receiving so much shit by Amadeus and everybody else because he obviously knew what was going to happen and he was like super paid for his appearance

and it doesn't stop here lol

The festival lasts a week, and they have guests every night - yesterday night was Travolta, tonight was Russell Crowe. Crowe loves Italy, Italy loves Crowe. Crowe sung with his band (he was great tbh) and he then answered some questions asked by the hosts. He low-key made a joke about the Travolta thing and Amadeus had to high-five him (because how can you not) and now we are all waiting (but not really, the festival is much more important) to see if the fucking festival will make two Hollywood stars fight or not.