Sanremo 2026, Rai: ‘No pressure from La Russa, just advice to Conti’

Sanremo (Imperia), 24 February (LaPresse) – ‘I don’t agree that it was an institutional video. La Russa gave advice to the artistic director, who is of course free to accept it or not, but I didn’t see any pressure of any kind’. This was the response of Rai’s Prime Time Entertainment Director Williams Di Liberatore to those who asked him about La Russa’s video in which he asked Conti to make a surprise and invite Andrea Pucci on stage despite his refusal to co-host following the controversy surrounding his appearance. ‘It’s an opinion, so there is no response from the company. I don’t think Carlo failed to try to raise the comedian’s awareness in recent days. It’s always a shame when an artist cannot express their art when invited to the Festival. I didn’t see any imperative from this point of view,’ continued the Rai executive.