The singers of Sanremo 2022, Gianni Morandi with the song Open all doors. PHOTO

Gianni Morandi returns to the race in Sanremo after 22 years. He sings “Open all doors”, a song written for him by Jovanotti.

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It is not the first collaboration between Morandi and Jovanotti: the artist returned to the charts last June with the summer song “L’allegria”, written by Lorenzo Cherubini himself.

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Gianni Morandi has so far participated in the competition six times as a competitor at the Sanremo Festival: in 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1995 and 2000.

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Morandi won the 1987 edition with Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri, presenting “You can give more”.

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In 1995 he came in second place with “In love”, sung in tandem with Barbara Cola.

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In 1999 Gianni Morandi was a special guest of the singing event, where he sang “Vita” and “Leave for love”.

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In 2000 he participated in the race with “Innamorato” and finished third.

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Gianni Morandi presented two consecutive editions of the Italian Song Festival: in 2011 (when Roberto Vecchioni won) and in 2012 (with the victory of Emma Marrone).

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Gianni Morandi boasts over thirty studio albums and over 50 million records sold worldwide.

Gianni Morandi will “challenge” his nephew Paolo Antonacci in Sanremo, who is the author of the song brought to the competition by Tananai, one of the three youngsters admitted to the Big group.