Audience figures during the
first evening of the 2017 Sanremo music festival peaked twice at
just over 16 million viewers, director of state broadcaster RAI
1 channel Andrea Fabiano said Wednesday.
The televised music bonanza attracted an average of 11.374
million viewers, 50.4% of the audience share.
The first peak of 16,131,000 viewers came at 21:40 local
time, when Italian heartthrob actor Raoul Bova presented
26-year-old Elodie.
The second peak of 16,113,000 viewers came during the homage
to the rescue workers at the Rigopiano hotel where 29 people
died following an avalanche triggered by earthquakes on January
18.
The audience share peaked at 23:51 with 57.1% at the end of
the performance by Ricky Martin, which also saw festival host
and artistic director Carlo Conti dancing on stage.
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