Italian producer, songwriter,
performer and DJ Giorgio Moroder is chairman of the jury of
experts at this year's Sanremo Song Festival that opens in the
Ligurian seaside town on February 7, artistic director and
presenter Carlo Conti announced Monday.
The jury also includes Linus, Andrea Morricone, Rita Pavone,
Paolo Genovese, Violante Placido, Greta Menchi and Giorgia
Surina.
Conti also said German producer and DJ Robin Schulz, author
of the hit Prayer in C, would be among the guests at the
five-day televised festival.
Conti's co-presenter, reality talent show queen Maria De
Filippi, said that she had been "overwhelmed" by the media
attention in the run-up to Sanremo despite her long experience
in TV.
She also confirmed that she would be co-hosting for free,
insisting that she has "never" been paid for a guest appearance.
"Here (at Sanremo) I am not exactly a guest...but when I
arrived the work of defining the programme had already been
done....That is why my guest conduct applies," De Filippi said.
"The day after the festival I don't think I will feel
responsible for the audience figures, for better or worse," she
added.
The Sanremo Song Festival runs February 7-11 at the Ariston
Theatre in Sanremo.
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