Sanremo festival

The final night of the Sanremo festival in now underway live on Rai 1 from the Teatro Ariston of the Italian city. Vasco Rossi is a guest tonight. Kenneth from Mellieha has assessed yesterday's semi-finals for his blog. From Kenneth's Online Repository:

Last night I happened to catch the last hour or so of the Sanremo 2005 semi-finals on Rai 1. For some reason, yesterday's concert took longer than usual (apparently) and lingered on till around 2am. The stage was majestically brilliant. Once again, the Italians have proved that few people around the world are capable of staging any performance more professionally; a quick look at most Italian TV productions is enough to confirm this.

As usual, the orchestra (they do it live, not like the amateurs in Malta) was amazing, and they had a great guitarist, even if his solos were far too simple and short for my liking, but still he is to be commended for his style and versatility... Anyways, I was disappointed by the bands that made it to the semi-finals yesterday, even though the musical level was way higher than the Maltese in the we-have-money-to-waste Song for Europe. We want Gibsons playing decent music on stage.

A Guide to the Sanremo Festival