Conti to present Sanremo again

(ANSA) - Sanremo, February 15 - Carlo Conti has announced that he will present Italy's popular Sanremo Music Festival again next year after the 2016 event proved to be a big hit.
    It will be the third consecutive time Conti, a quiz-show host for State broadcaster RAI, presents the festival after he also successfully took the helm last year.
    This year the festival captured around half of the TV audience share on each of its five nights, including Saturday, when it was up against the top-of-the-table Serie A clash between Juventus and Napoli.
    "Being as everything went well, we'll try and do a third festival," Conti told reporters.
    "Third time lucky". The 2016 festival culminated with a surprise victory for veteran band Stadio with the song Un Giorno mi Dirai (One Day You'll Tell Me).
    Runner-up Francesca Michielin, 20, will represent Italy at the next Eurovision Song Contest with her song, Nessun Grado di Separazione (No degree of separation), after Stadio gave up the right to do so.