"Ciao, 2021" - New Year's Eve show, celebrity appearances, audience reaction
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"Ciao, 2021." - colourful New Year's Eve showwhich can be characterised as an Italian holiday in Russia. In fact, it is a parody of Italian pop music 1980-х.
The show was organised with the aim of repeating the success of last year's holiday "fire". Whether the artists succeeded in doing it - only you can decide! Well, we will highlight the most notable moments of the evening, as well as tell you how our foreign friends reacted to themselves.
Intent
"Ciao, 2021." (which translates to "Goodbye, 2021.") - New Year's Eve episode of "Evening Urgant" aired 1 January 2022. The organisers decided to repeat the success of last year's festive show. Throughout the whole programme, you will not hear a single Russian word: only ironic lines in Italian from the celebrity guests. The authors of the show call their language "pasta Italian". How did such a brilliant idea come about? Word Ivan Urgant:
"When 2020 came to an end, we made a decision not to do a standard New Year's Eve issue. We were all feeling a kind of creative crisis... And suddenly we had this idea! It was a kind of reaction to all the chaos that happened in 2020!"
The first New Year's Eve show under the slogan "Ciao, 2020." quickly became a trend, gaining millions of views on YouTube and warm comments from both Russians and Italians. The excitement was so enormous that Urgant was honoured with a Order of the Star of Italy!
The magic of Italy: how it was
If you compare it to "Ciao, 2020."The format of the show "Ciao, 2021" has not changed at all: musical numbers with a generous dose of humour, ridiculing stereotypes about Italians, a nostalgic dive into the 80s, discussion of the latest events, necessarily related to the Italy. Famous artists, musicians, bloggers were invited as guests. Among them: Slava Marlow, Eldar Dzharakhov, Wylsacom, Manizha and others. Italian celebrities also came to the festive "fire", including himself Toto Cutugno - a legendary performer who was incredibly popular in the USSR. However, throughout the show he was modestly hiding under the mask of an ordinary spectator. The mystery of his presence was revealed only at the very end.
"A lot of things were left untold... We decided to plunge back into the magical atmosphere of Italy in the 80s, only this time with other artists. You could say we decided to test the patience of the Italian and Russian audience!" - commented the organisers.
The best rooms
For a little over an hour, the guests had fun and entertained the audience. All this was accompanied by colourful images, as well as their own songs in retro style - necessarily in Italian. One of the highlights of the show was a number by a blogger Wylsacom: he played the role of an expert in modern technology and printed out a photo of the vocalist "Maneskin."!
Soon the "Russian version" of Damiano David rushed to the stage. Valery Leontyev. The audience was also surprised by a dance parody of the acclaimed TV series "Squid Game."which was attended by Anita Tsoi!
https://youtu.be/RyMgs0DXZrY
participant "Eurovision 2021" Manizha. appeared on the show as a hot macho man, singing "Italian Woman" for a fictional beauty pageant. Another notable guest was Evgeny Ponasenkov - A blogger and meme hero you may have certainly seen on social media.
The end of the episode was simply amazing - and in every sense of the word: genuine Italian stars addressed the audience on behalf of "ordinary Russians". For example, Toto Cutugno introduced himself as a composer Anton Kutuzov. At the very end there was a congratulatory speech "Vladimir Putin." and the band performed "Lyube".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFA33c2sX0
Public reaction
The audience was delighted! Especially the Italian ones. Comments on social media are filled with gratitude and admiration. Some fans of the show even want Ivan Urgant led a musical Sanremo festival. Users from Italy write:
"Hello Russia, I love you so much! I hope our countries can be friends forever!"
"We should dedicate a separate issue of Vecherniy Urgant to those who made the show. They are all geniuses there: stylists, translators, arrangers, scriptwriters..."
"And 2022 is off to a very good start! Thank you very much for this wonderful programme! Happy 2022 to all Russians, greetings from an Italian!"
The "Ciao" show. - a perfect example of how a sudden idea for a New Year's show can strengthen friendship between people of different countries.
