The release parodies holiday concerts of 1980s Italian pop music and traditions of Soviets, and later Little Blue Light (airing on rival VGTRK).
The show included fonts closely associated to the 1980s as well as neon lamps[5] and Italian fashion at the time: mustaches, baggy clothes, long hair, shoulder pads, leggings, sequins, Lurex, and animal prints.
The directorial techniques of Italian programs of the time are imitated, including shots with guests dancing in front of the camera while the artists perform their songs on stage.
[17] On 25 June 2021, in the final episode of the program,[18] Vittorio Saltichieri's "Notte Bianca" was shown, filmed in St. Petersburg during the white nights in the style of Ciao, 2020!.
The original song is a composition performed by Viktor Saltykov, "White Night", and the clip contains references to the movie The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia.
He reveals that the production team made the decision not to shoot the New Year's special due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as they will have "no desire, no mood, and no strength".
After the introduction, the first musical number, "Cinque minuti", is performed by host Giovanni Urganti (played by Urgant) and the group Tutti Frutti.
The program continues with an interview with porn director Alessandro Pallini, who on the screen of the video camera shows the presenter a fragment from his new film, at the sight of which Urgani becomes delighted, exclaiming “Fantastic!
[19][20] Next, Joni performs the song "La Cometa" in front of a huge screen, on which close-ups of the artist are mixed with shots of the starry sky.
Urganti and Crustaldi interview Ornella Buzzi, after which musical duo Arti and Asti perform the song "Bambina balla", moving around the stage on an illuminated crescent moon decoration.
The host asks why the fourth actress (alluding to the name of the series, quattro from the Italian "four"), Irene Gorbachetti, is missing, to which he receives the answer "She works!"
After that, the actresses compete in swallowing spaghetti with Alessandro Gudini,[11] and Giovanni Dorni, while a ballet dancer in a robot costume perform a number for the song "Cicchi", the soundtrack to the series.
In the end, Urganti, Soldinetta, and Vittorio Isaiah sing the song "Chiesi io al frassino" and the program participants make New Year's wishes to the audience.
[5][24] The editorial staff of the TgCom24 TV channel website called the video a "phenomenon", comparing references to the show in the early days.
[citation needed] Journalist Ana Mongait supported him, linking the appearance of such a program with the fear of the future by modern man and saying that "there is no strategic plan for what can happen tomorrow".
[31] Musical portal The Flow positively evaluated the "piercing pop version" of the song "I'm in love", as well as remixes of "Crying for Techno" and "Mamma Maria" presented in the program.
were turned into "creative gems", calling the program "one of the funniest shows" and a "wonderful message that brought people together during a forced separation".