Sanremo, from Belen to Morgan: bold looks, out-of-program and controversy in history

1973 – The shoulders of Celentano – He has always been a character who has put provocation at the center of his long career. At first he was the first to bring rock and roll to Italy on the Ariston stage with his back to the public, then announcing to leave the event due to the exclusion of artists such as Ivano Fossati, Lucio Dalla and Antonello Venditti

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1978 – Rino Gaetano sings Gianna and pronounces the word sex – It was January 28, 1978 when, during the final of the Sanremo Festival, the presenter Maria Giovanna Elmi calls Rino Gaetano on the stage to sing Gianna. With a tailcoat filled with medals, tennis shoes and top hat, the singer-songwriter pronounced the word “sex” for the first time in his song. And it was immediately scandal!

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1986 – Bertè’s fake baby bump – Loredana Berté’s at the Sanremo Festival was a debut … with a bang! It was the year 1986 and the expectation for her interpretation was palpable: the song presented, entitled King, was performed by Berté with a fake baby bump and wrapped in a very tight dress. A performance that certainly did not go unnoticed, causing a sea of ​​controversy and also the ire of his record label which even went so far as to revoke the previously signed record contract

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1987 – Patsy Kensit and the “rogue” shoulder pad -The Festival of that year runs as always with its usual singing rites. But the scandal is always lurking on the Ariston stage. To provoke him is Patsy Kensit, one of the international super guests who at the time was at the top of the international charts. During her performance, the Eighth Wonder singer’s shoulder pad slides down, leaving her topless for a few seconds. But it is enough to light up the eyes of millions of spectators who remained as if hypnotized in front of such great beauty

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1989 – Conduction that disatro! – It is considered by all to be the most embarrassing conduct in the history of the Festival. We are in 1989 and the so-called quartet of the sons of art are called on the stage of the Ariston was formed as follows: Danny Quinn, son of Anthony, Paola Dominguin, daughter of a bullfighter and Lucia Bosè, then Rosita Celentano, daughter of Adriano and Gianmarco Tognazzi, son of Ugo. The result is not the best with a succession of ducks and blunders

1991 – Sabrina Salerno and Jo Squillo and the too sexy look – In that year’s edition two super sexy bombs take to the field at the Ariston, namely Sabrina Salerno and Jo Squillo with We are women, besides the legs there is more. The criticisms are focused above all on the look of the two singers who present themselves with very short miniskirts and minimal bikinis in contrast with the message of the song which instead wanted to be an incitement to the emancipation of women

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1992 – The arrival of Crazy Horse – Among the most embarrassing off-programs in the history of the Festival, the blitz by Mario Appignani, known as Crazy Horse, who in 1992 managed to get on the stage of the Ariston accusing the event of being made up. It was Pippo Baudo, helped by security, who blocked him and took him away, ironically: “Now someone will say that I hired him”

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1995 – Pippo Baudo, hero for a day – During the various Sanremo editions, extreme gestures have been made to get noticed. The most famous is that of Pino Pagano, an unemployed Bolognese who in 1995 threatened to throw himself off the Ariston balcony. Pippo Baudo convinced the man to get out. The host was hailed as a hero but, a few years later, Pagano himself admitted the fiction

1996 – Elio and the Tense Stories, irreverence arrives at Ariston – Among all the songs passed in Sanremo, the most irreverent, ironic and funny is The land of persimmons by Elio and the Tense Stories. The Sanremo chronicle tells that the song came in second place and won the Critics’ Award ‘Mia Martini’. The success of the piece is also due to the performances of the band: every night in fact the Elii put on a bizarre performance and on the evening of the final they appeared disguised as aliens or as Rockets. You choose

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1999 – Anna Oxa’s thong – In that Sanremo edition the singer caused a sensation not so much for her song Mercilessly which made her win the Festival but for her outfit. It was in fact impossible not to notice beyond the low-rise pants … the underlying thong. However, it was not the first time that Oxa brought scandal to the Ariston. In fact, already at his first participation in the 1978 Festival, the interpretation of A little emotionwas accompanied by an androgynous look: short hair, punk-style make-up and a black men’s suit

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2001 – The split guitar of Placebo and the “vaffa” to the public – In that year the Festival was run by Raffaella Carrà. Well, even such a professional had to give up in front of the Placebo’s performance. Not so much for the performance, but for the 30 seconds of madness that followed: the leader of the band Brian Molko, smashed the guitar on an amplifier and then responded with a “vaffa” in the face of the audience who whistled and shouted “fool”. The national Raffaella then apologized to the audience in the theater and to the viewers

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2002 – Benigni’s assault on Manuela Arcuri – Nobody is as little controllable as Roberto Benigni. It was also Manuela Arcuri who paid for it on the Ariston stage, who in 2002 found the head of the “toscanaccio” under her skirt. Actually Benigni is not new in terms of finding the Ariston. However, we must go back to 1980, when he was the host of the Festival and interrupted the presentation of the songs to kiss his colleague Olimpia Carlisi

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2007 – The fall of Michelle Hunzicher – A real tumble among the most memorable on the Ariston stage. Live Michelle stumbles and falls tumbling to the ground, immediately assisted by the conductor of the edition, Pippo Baudo

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2010 – Dita von Teese, the queen of burlesque, arrives – The curtain rises on the Sanremo Festival amidst criticism and compliments, like every year, but the real star of the first evening is undoubtedly her, the queen of burlesque, Dita von Teese and her glass of martini. Almost without veils, Dita von Teese conquers Ariston not without controversy

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2010 – The revolt of the orchestra – In that edition, the orchestra rebelled against the elimination of Malika Ayane, after the televoting had instead rewarded the trio formed by Pupo, Emanuele Filiberto and Luca Canonici. Whistles and scores thrown to the ground left Antonella Clerici speechless, who was at the helm of the Festiva that year

The singers of Sanremo 2022, Emma Marrone with Every time it is like this. PHOTO

2011- The sapphic kiss, Canalis and Belen – The two show girls, on the second evening of the Festival of that year, let us imagine a sapphic kiss. It is actually an innocent kiss on the cheek well orchestrated

The singers of Sanremo 2022 Mahmood and Blanco on stage with Shivers PHOTOS

2012 – The butterfly of Belen – From the steps of the Ariston to a real social phenomenon. We still continue to talk about that daring tattoo on the inner thigh of the soubrette and in fact it has entered the history of the Festival

The singers of Sanremo 2022, Noemi with I love you I do not know. PHOTO

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2017 – Diletta Leotta, her complaint in a too sexy dress – Leotta denounces cyberbullying in Sanremo wearing a very sexy red dress and the controversy immediately arises. Most of the criticisms came from those who wanted more sobriety on the part of the journalist in light of the message she wanted to send.

Singers Sanremo 2022, Massimo Ranieri with Letter beyond the sea PHOTO

2020 – The Achille Lauro scandal disguised at the Festival – A mask for every evening on the Sanremo stage. No one before Achille Lauro at the Ariston had dared so much and above all no one had thought of singing their own piece disguised as Saint Francis, David Bowie, the Marchesa Luisa Casati Stampa and Queen Elizabeth Tudor. A superlative performance that stunned audiences in theater and on TV and appreciated by critics

The singers of Sanremo 2022, Achille Lauro with the song Domenica FOTO

2020 – The quarrel on stage between Morgan and Bugo – In the fourth episode of the festival the break between Bugo and Morgan is consumed live, during the performance of the duo for Sincere. Morgan changed the words of the text without warning, insulting his colleague. Bugo left the stage and Morgan uttered the famous “What’s going on?” Thus exploded a soap opera that was among the most discussed topics of that year, not only in relation to the Festival or to music but in entertainment everything: the video of the performance was the most viewed of 2020 on YouTube

The singers of Sanremo 2022, Sangiovanni with the song Farfalle. PHOTO