Second night of Sanremo draws 10.4m viewers, 60.1% share

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 8 - The second night of the 2024 Sanremo Song Festival attracted an average of 10,361,000 viewers or 60.1% of the TV audience share.
    That was slightly lower than the same night in 2023, when average viewers stood at 10.6 million, equal to 62.3% of the share.
    The first part of the second evening of the annual televised musical jamboree garnered 13.4 million viewers with a 57.6% share.
    Instead the second part was watched by 6.9 million viewers, equal to 66.2%.
    In 2023 the second night garnered 14.9 million viewers for the first part, or 61.1% of the share, and 6.4 million viewers for the second part, the equivalent of 65.6% of the share.
    Highlights of the second evening included a moving appearance by Italian pianist and composer Giovanni Allevi, who played to an audience for the first time in nearly two years after his diagnosis with multiple myeloma, a chronic blood cancer, in 2022.
    Co-conductor an singer Giorgia also received a standing ovation for her rendition of 'E poi' on the 30th anniversary of her interpretation of the song that launched her career at Sanremo in 1994 and of a medley of her biggest subsequent hits, closing with 'Come saprei', the song that won the music festival in 1995.
    Artistic director Amadeus is presenting the festival for the fifth time. (ANSA).