Amadeus, it's official: goodbye to RAI

Amadeus, it's official: goodbye to RAI

The divorce between the Rai and Amadeus. This was confirmed by ANSA: the news comes at the end of a meeting between the presenter and the general director of Viale Mazzini, Giampaolo Rossi long expected today.
According to what the agency states, the one between Amadeus and Rossi was a cordial meeting during which the presenter made official his decision not to renew the contract with Rai, which expires at the end of August, to face new professional challenges.

Rumors about a possible abandonment of RAI had been circulating for some time, and were relaunched by TVBlog last week which reported a meeting between the parties, as well as an approach to the Warner Bros group, where it would join Fabio Fazio, who also left RAI. A choice that Rossi would have taken note of, despite the efforts made by Rai in recent weeks to retain the host of “Affari Tuoi” and the last five Sanremo festivals.

It had been clear for some time that the relationship between Amadeus and RAI, especially with regards to the Sanremo festival, was damaged. During the singing event the artistic director had expressed his hesitations about a possible new assignment in the role of artistic director as he had declared in a press conference on the occasion of the 2024 edition (Read here), confirming on another occasion that the role of director artist and presenter were inseparable (Read here).

With the latest editions hosted by Amadeus, the Sanremo festival had taken a different turn, leading to large ratings and opening the doors to artists well known to the younger audience and above all well “placed” on streaming and viewing platforms. The last Sanremo by Amadeus was all about rhythm as he himself declared in this exclusive video interview with Rockol and putting the concept of “Sanremo song” in the attic (wrong according to the artistic director)