Third appointment, this evening Saturday 4 April, with Canzonissima, the musical variety show led by Milly Carlucci from the Rai Auditorium of the Foro Italico.
After the first two episodes, they have already gained access to the final Arisa with “The football lever of the class of '68” and Fabrizio Moro with “Il mio canto libero”.
Now the competition reopens with a heterogeneous line-up that mixes generations and artistic postures: from the theatricality of Elio e le Storie Tese to the vocality of Malika Ayane, passing through Elettra Lamborghini, Enrico Ruggeri, Fausto Leali, Irene Grandi, Leo Gassmann, Michele Bravi, the Jalisse and the tenor Vittorio Grigolo.
The third episode dedicated to the symbolic song that represented a turning point in one's artistic life. An intense and personal episode in which music becomes memory, identity and story.
Alongside the competition, the program opens up to transversal incursions. In the studio Massimiliano Gallo, called to translate his artistic journey into performative form, while Pif and Giusy Buscemi will present the film “…che Dio pardon a tutti”, contaminating the musical story with the cinematographic one.
Live, a 25-piece orchestra directed by Maestro Luigi Saccà gives depth to the performances, while Matteo Addino's choreography amplifies the spectacular dimension. Canzonissima thus continues to oscillate between archive and entertainment, seeking in the song not just a memory, but a position.
THIS EVENING'S SONGS
Arisa – Sincerity
Malika Ayane – Feeling Better
Michele Bravi – The diary of errors
Elio and the Tese Stories – The land of persimmons
Leo Gassmann – That's fine
Vittorio Grigolo – Caruso
Irene Grandi – Bum Bum
Jalisse – Gloria
Fausto Leali – To whom
Elettra Lamborghini – Music (And the rest disappears)
Fabrizio Moro – Think
Enrico Ruggeri – Mystery
THE JURY
The structure of the vote remains unchanged: the “Magnificent 7” – including Claudio Cecchetto, Simona Izzo and Caterina Balivo – supported by the competing artists themselves and the social public. A hybrid system that reflects, with some inevitable friction, the tension between critical judgment and immediate consensus.
THE VARIOUS EPISODES
Each episode is built around a specific theme:
• The song of the heart: a song by other artists that inspired their career.
• Dedication: a song by others to dedicate to someone or something special.
• The first success: the piece from one's repertoire with which the relationship with the public began.
• Sanremo's revenge: a song that didn't win at the Festival, but remained in people's hearts.
• The song I wish I had written: a loved and admired song that every artist would have wanted to sign.
• Your greatest hit: the signature song of your career.
Each performance, introduced by a clip in which the artist tells the reason for his choice and the value that song had in his human and professional journey, will provide emotions, transforming the performance into a moment of personal as well as musical storytelling. At the end of each episode, the Canzonissima of the episode will be proclaimed and will enter the final episode.
In the final episode there will be a further round in which all the winning “canzonissime” of each episode will be re-proposed in order to then crown the Canzonissima 2026.
ON AIR
Tonight in prime time on Rai1
