The Sanremo Song Festival improved on
its first night audience figures for the first time on its
second night Wednesday, drawing 11.32 million viewers and a
55.8% share compared to 10.911 million and 54.7% on the opening
night Tuesday.
It is the best second night audience figure for the week-long
extravaganza since 1995.
Tuesday night saw a star turn by comic actor Checco Zalone and
the announcement that Mika, Alessandro Cattelan and Laura
Pausini will host the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin on May
10-14, after last year's win by Roman rockers Maneskin.
Senegal born actress Lorena Cesarini also spurred applause with
an impassioned appeal against racism while there was a heartfelt
tribute to screen icon Monica Vitti who died Wednesday aged 90.
Elisa topped the contest voting on the second night, joining
first-night stars Mahmood-Blanco at the top of the rankings.
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