Fiorella Mannoia, in a long white dress, arrives on the stage of the Ariston barefoot, as she had hypothesized in recent days. The goal is to earn points at Fantasanremo (+5 points). The singer, after all, is also used to taking off her high-heeled shoes at her concerts. 

Barefoot at Sanremo, who has already done it

It's not a novelty for the Ariston: last year it was Madame who went on stage. But the real pioneer was Sandie Shaw in 1970. The British artist, already winner of a Eurovision in 1967, participated in the festival in 1970 in pair with Pino Donaggio with the song Che effetto mi fa. Then in 1996 it was the turn of Marina Rei, low waist trousers and barefoot. 

"I started with recklessness, that's why I had taken off my shoes on that stage. Because I felt more comfortable without them, I was more comfortable", she said in 2017 to Repubblica. In 2001 it was then the turn of Anna Oxa with "The eternal movement", in which she danced barefoot tribal rhythms.