Second Sanremo night gets 62.3% of audience share

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 9 - The 73rd Sanremo Song Festival did well again on Wednesday after making a flying start on its opening night Tuesday, attracting an average of 10.545 million viewers to State broadcaster Rai's flagship channel, 62.3% of the audience share.
    That compares to the 11.32 million viewers and 55.8% of the share registered on the equivalent night last year.
    Wednesday's audience share figure was the highest for a second night of the festival since 1995.
    The week-long festival, which runs until Saturday, revolves around a best-song competition.
    A national institution that inspired the Eurovision song contest, it helped launch the careers of many of Italy's top music stars, such as Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini and Maneskin.
    The winner gets to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest.
    Singer Marco Mengoni remained top of the standings of the 2023 competition after the second night's performances. (ANSA).