The 5 best moments of the Sanremo 2023 finale

This 73rd edition of Sanremo comes full circle: Mengoni wins today as he won exactly ten years ago. A result that many expected even if, according to Twitter's cultural thermometer, the composition of the Top 5 was unloved since it excluded all the female contestants as well as most of the younger contestants. The rest of the evening went by like a march, shifting from one performance to the next and with a level of quality that, perhaps after fixing the mysterious audio problems, seemed better. More complicated was the final part in which everyone had to perform over and over again in close quarters-perhaps the part of Sanremo's format that would be appropriate to change or speed up. Precisely this speed on the schedule left little room for the unexpected, which, in any case, occurred.

So here are what were the top 5 moments of the Sanremo 2023 finale.

1. Rosa Chemical and Fedez

This is great television. Rosa Chemical first twerks about Fedez in the front row, before the eyes of her mother-in-law and several dozen of the highest ranks of the Rai hierarchy. A live kiss follows. Shortly afterward, videos begin to circulate of Fedez being called back to the stage by his co-host wife, with the two going backstage together. Fiorello and Ornella Vanoni jokes follow with Fedez, who, back in his seat, has the most embarrassed face in the world when they frame him. No crumbs left.

2. Gino Paoli spills the tea

We couldn't care less about Little Tony's marital affairs. But the effect was the same as when grandpa takes the floor during a luncheon and ends up inadvertently saying something completely outrageous. And considering how Paoli's speech was supposed to be a relatively quiet part of the evening we can only thank our veteran of Italian music for sending Amadeus and Morandi into a panic for a quick, ecstatic moment.

3. The guy making faces behind Amadeus

It lasted a blink of an eye - but we saw it. Some men just want to see the world burn. And our chaotic energy king succeeded - in his own small way.

4. The meme-reading moment

There was an instant of lucidity when the scriptwriters realized that it was Twitter memes that have lifted the Festival's fortunes in recent years. That instant passed very quickly. That's why they decided to have Chiara Ferragni read the memes projected on a screen as if it were a lesson for boomers who don't know how to find memes on the Internet or who haven't quite figured out what they look like. Which is forgivable. But when Morandi said (we paraphrase) «Only her could find us some memes», all Millennials watching from home simultaneously raised their eyebrows expressing their dissent.

5. Chiara Ferragni like Lady Gaga

The shoulder cape, the brooch, the Hunger Games-fashion vibe.