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The 72nd Festival of Sanremo premiered with 10mln viewers in the first night and 11mln in the second

The 72nd Festival of Sanremo premiered with 10mln viewers in the first night and 11mln in the second
Italy's most popular song contest returned to its usual venue at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, a seaside town on the northwest Ligurian coast, with 25 artists battling it out over five nights from 1-5 February 2022 with strong results and lots of news in the Italian daily talk shows.

Sanremo’s Week is the most talked event of the season and is achivieng million of viewers with the presence of Amadeus as main host and his co-presenters. In terms of share, the debut on Tuesday, February 2 was the best. The 72nd Festival di Sanremo opened on Rai 1 with 10.911.000 viewers and 54.7% share. The first and main part had 13.805.000 and 54.51% share. A year ago, the launch got 8.363.000 and 46.6% share. More than 200.000 people watched the event online. The show hosted by Amadeus sees every night a different co-host: Fiorello (1th night), Checco Zalone (2nd night) and an Italian actess: Ornella Muti and Lorena Cesarini. Also, last night was announced the trio of presenters for the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin: Laura Pausini, Mika and Alessandro Cattelan.
The second night, on Wednesday, February 2 achieved another record with 11.3 million viewers and an audience share of 55.8%.
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