9.1 mn watched second Sanremo fest night

(ANSA) - Sanremo, February 7 - A total of 9.144 million viewers, or 47.3% of the overall audience share, watched the second night of Italy's popular Sanremo song festival on State broadcaster RAI's flagship Rai1 channel, according to data released Thursday on the previous night.
    Viewership was in line with last year, when 9.6 million watched the second night of the fest directed for the second consecutive year by singer and song-writer Claudio Baglioni.
    An average of 10.086 million viewers watched the first night Tuesday.
    The second night of the musical extravaganza on Wednesday saw the performance of Italian iconic singer Fiorella Mannoia, who debuted a new song called 'Il peso del coraggio' (The weight of courage) and Marco Mengoni, who won the festival in 2013 and sang a duet with Baglioni.
    Among singers in competition, Loredana Berte', Daniele Silvestri and the trio of tenors Volo were among the most applauded at Sanremo's Ariston theater.