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From stars iced out to Israelis singing in Arabic: Music and politics meet again at Sanremo

L'Orient-Le Jour slipped backstage at the 75th edition of the oldest musical competition to witness its tense atmosphere of interventionist state threats and racist attacks first hand.

From stars iced out to Israelis singing in Arabic: Music and politics meet again at Sanremo

The singer Elodie, victim of a wave of racism for her anti-Meloni positions. (Credit: Rai Uno)

Its barely 10 degrees Celsius outside and from her red satin-draped suite on the top floor of the legendary Ariston theater, Federica is entertaining herself by calling out to the hundreds of bystanders crowded at the entrance down below.She herself is draped in a fur coat and a cigarette dangles from her lips. Her platinum hair is wrapped up in vintage curlers, but a state of semi-readiness is no issue for this wealthy Milanese artistic director, once known for her forceful interventions on flashy Berlusconi-era talk shows."Silvio had asked me to run on his list in the 2001 legislative elections, but when I saw all the TV bimbos he dragged into politics, I refused, claiming to be a woman of the left!" chuckles the former head of a short-lived "naughty radio station."Federica first attended the Italian Song Festival...
Its barely 10 degrees Celsius outside and from her red satin-draped suite on the top floor of the legendary Ariston theater, Federica is entertaining herself by calling out to the hundreds of bystanders crowded at the entrance down below.She herself is draped in a fur coat and a cigarette dangles from her lips. Her platinum hair is wrapped up in vintage curlers, but a state of semi-readiness is no issue for this wealthy Milanese artistic director, once known for her forceful interventions on flashy Berlusconi-era talk shows."Silvio had asked me to run on his list in the 2001 legislative elections, but when I saw all the TV bimbos he dragged into politics, I refused, claiming to be a woman of the left!" chuckles the former head of a short-lived "naughty radio station."Federica first attended the Italian Song Festival...
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