Sanremo: cover night in the name of Pino Daniele. All the duets

Carlo Conti, artistic director of the Sanremo Festival, presented the list of duets for the Friday evening of covers and announced the lifetime achievement award for Iva Zanicchi and Antonello Venditti.

 "It will be a celebration of music, so much so that some of the competing artists have decided to duet together." he explained. The covers will be judged by televoting, press room and radio, a winner will emerge but they will not influence the final ranking.

Everyone's curiosity is running high, but the most surprising performance has to be Lucio Corsi, accompanied by Topo Gigio, performing Domenico Modugno's 'Nel blu dipinto di blu'. The other big piece of the puzzle are the two lifetime achievement awards announced by surprise ("They don't know yet, I'm inviting them now," Conti gushes at the end of the news) and awarded to Iva Zanicchi, "a woman who made her debut at Sanremo 60 years ago and has won it three times," and to Antonello Venditti, "one of the great Italian singer-songwriters who continues to bring us hits."

While it wasn't possible to bring rock to the festival, as Carlo Conti regrets, rap will be there, with Emis Killa choosing Lazza and Laura Marzadori, first violinist of the orchestra of Milan's Teatro alla Scala, for the hit '100 messages'.

Then Shablo, along with Guè, Joshua, and Tormento, will create a mix of "Aspettando il sole" and "Amor de mi vida" by Sottotono with Neffa. Finally, there's much anticipation for Fedez, who will perform "Bella stronza" alongside Marco Masini, but Carlo Conti quickly slams the controversy: "References to Chiara Ferragni? I don't know about that, and I don't care."

The competing singers who will duet are Francesca Michielin and Rkomi, who will perform "La nuova stella di Broadway" (Cesare Cremonini). Then Achille Lauro, who with Elodie will pay tribute to Rome (A mano a mano by Rino Gaetano and Folle città by Loredana Bertè), and Tony Effe with Noemi, who will pay homage to the Caliph, already mentioned in the competing song by the trapper Damme 'na mano, with "Tutto il resto è noia."

Califano also stars in Willie Peyote with Federico Zampaglione and Ditonellapiaga in "Un tempo piccolo." Rome, yes, but also a lot of Naples: Pino Daniele, who would have turned 70 this year, in Rocco Hunt with Clementino in "Yes, I Know My Way," and Massimo Ranieri with Neri per Caso in "Quando."

The Kolors with Sal Da Vinci on "Rossetto e caffè." Fabrizio De Andrè is chosen by Olly with Goran Bregovic and The Wedding and Funeral Band in "Il pescatore" and by Bresh with Cristiano De Andrè in "Crêuza de mä."

Lucio Dalla performs "The Year to Come" for Brunori Sas with Riccardo Sinigallia and Antonio Dimartino; Gino Paoli's "What's There?" for Joan Thiele with Frah Quintale; Adriano Celentano's "Emotion Has No Voice" for Marcella Bella with violinists Mirko and Valerio Lucia. Simone Cristicchi reinterprets Franco Battiato's "The Cure."

Coma_Cose celebrates the 40th anniversary of "L'estate sta finendo" with Johnson Righeira. Gaia duets with Toquinho on "La voglia, la pazzia," which he wrote for Ornella Vanoni. Rose Villain and Chiello choose "Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco" by Lucio Battisti. Francesco Gabbani calls Tricarico for "Io sono Francesco."

Modà will bring Francesco Renga back to the Ariston 20 years after his victory with "Angelo." Among the international hits, Giorgia is expected to perform Adele's "Skyfall." Clara and Il Volo will perform Simon & Garkunkel's "The Sound of Silence," and Serena Brancale will perform Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You" with Alessandra Amoroso.

Irama with Arisa performs 'Say Something' by Christina Aguilera, Sarah Toscano with Ofenbach on 'Be Mine'.

Here is the complete list of duets: Achille Lauro with Elodie - A tribute to Rome (A mano a mano by Rino Gaetano and Folle città by Loredana Bertè) Francesca Michielin with Rkomi - The new star of Broadway (Cesare Cremonini) Tony Effe with Noemi - Everything else is boring (Franco Califano) Bresh with Cristiano De André - Crêuza de mä (Fabrizio De André) Brunori Sas with Riccardo Sinigallia and Dimartino - The year to come (Lucio Dalla) Clara with Il Volo - The sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel) Coma_Cose with Johnson Righeira - The summer is ending (Righeira) Emis Killa with Lazza and Laura Marzadori - 100 messages (Lazza) Fedez with Marco Masini - Beautiful bitch (Marco Masini) Francesco Gabbani with Tricarico - I am Francesco (Tricarico) Gaia with Toquinho - The Desire, the Madness (Ornella Vanoni) Giorgia with Annalisa - Skyfall (Adele) Irama with Arisa - Say Something (A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera) Joan Thiele with Frah Quintale - What's There (Gino Paoli) Lucio Corsi with Topo Gigio - Nel blu dipinto di blu (Domenico Modugno) Marcella Bella with Twin Violins Gemelli Lucia - Emotion Has No Voice (Adriano Celentano) Massimo Ranieri with Neri per caso - Quando (Pino Daniele) Modà with Francesco Renga - Angelo (Francesco Renga) Olly with Goran Bregovic and The Wedding & Funeral Band - The Fisherman (Fabrizio De André) Rocco Hunt with Clementino - Yes, I Know My Way (Pino Daniele) Rose Villain with Chiello - Pink Flowers, Peach Blossoms (Lucio Battisti) Sarah Toscano with Ofenbach - Overdrive Serena Brancale with Alessandra Amoroso - If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys) Shablo with Guè, Joshua and Tormento and Neffa - Amor de mi vida (Sottotono) and Aspettando il sole (Neffa) Simone Cristicchi with Amara - La cura (Franco Battiato) The Kolors with Sal Da Vinci - Rossetto e caffè (Sal Da Vinci) Willie Peyote with Federico Zampaglione and Ditonellapiaga - Un tempo piccolo (Franco Califano)