Festival della canzone italiana

The Festival della canzone italiana (in English: "Italian song festival") is a popular Italian song contest running since 1951 and held annually in the city of Sanremo. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.

For some years (from 1953 to 1971, except for 1956) each song was sung twice by two different interpreters (singer or band). The festival has been used as the way of choosing Italy's Eurovision entry from 1956 to 1966, in 1972 and 1997.

The Festival is broadcast live on TV Rai Uno in Eurovision Network since 1955. From 1951 to 1954 it was transmitted only on radio RAI.

Winners

Critics Award "Mia Martini"

Critics Award "Mia Martini" - Newcomers

*1984: Santandrea -"La fenice"
*1985: "- Ex aequo -"::*Mango - "Il viaggio"::*Cristiano De André - "Bella più di me"
*1986: Lena Biolcati - "Grande grande amore"
*1987: Paola Turci - "Primo tango"
*1988: Paola Turci - "Sarò bellissima"
*1989: Mietta - "Canzoni"
*1990: Marco Masini - "Disperato"
*1991: Timoria - "L'uomo che ride"
*1992: "- Ex aequo -"::*Gatto Panceri - "L'amore va oltre"::*Aereoplanitaliani - "Zitti zitti (Il silenzio è d'oro)"
*1993: Angela Baraldi - "A piedi nudi"
*1994: Baraonna - "I giardini d'Alhambra"
*1995: Gloria - "Le voci di dentro"
*1996: Marina Rei - "Al di là di questi anni"
*1997: Niccolò Fabi - "Capelli"
*1998: Eramo & Passavanti - "Senza confini"
*1999: Quintorigo - "Rospo"
*2000: "- Ex aequo -"::*Lythium - "Noël"::*Jenny B - "Semplice sai"
*2001: "- Ex aequo -"::*Roberto Angelini - "Il signor Domani"::*Francesco Renga - "Raccontami..."
*2002: Archinuè - "La marcia dei santi"
*2003: Patrizia Laquidara - "Lividi e fiori"
*2007: Fabrizio Moro - "Pensa"
*2008: Frank Head - "Para parà rara"

Hosts

*1951: Nunzio Filogamo
*1952: Nunzio Filogamo
*1953: Nunzio Filogamo
*1954: Nunzio Filogamo
*1955: Armando Pizzo - Maria Teresa Ruta
*1956: Fausto Tommei
*1957: Nunzio Filogamo - Marisa Allasio - Fiorella Mari
*1958: Gianni Agus - Fulvia Colombo
*1959: Enzo Tortora - Adriana Serra
*1960: Enza Sampò - Paolo Ferrari
*1961: Lilly Lembo - Giuliana Calandra
*1962: Renato Tagliani - Laura Efrikian - Vichy Ludovisi
*1963: Mike Bongiorno - Edy Campagnoli - Rossana Armani
*1964: Mike Bongiorno - Giuliana Lojodice
*1965: Mike Bongiorno - Grazia Maria Spina
*1966: Mike Bongiorno - Paola Penni - Carla M. Puccini
*1967: Mike Bongiorno - Renata Mauro
*1968: Pippo Baudo - Luisa Rivelli
*1969: Nuccio Costa - Gabriella Farinon
*1970: Nuccio Costa - Enrico Maria Salerno - Ira Furstemberg
*1971: Carlo Giuffrè - Elsa Martinelli
*1972: Mike Bongiorno - Sylva Koscina
*1973: Mike Bongiorno - Gabriella Farinon
*1974: Corrado Mantoni - Gabriella Farinon
*1975: Mike Bongiorno - Sabina Ciuffini
*1976: Giancarlo Guardabassi
*1977: Mike Bongiorno - Maria Giovanna Elmi
*1978: Beppe Grillo - Maria Giovanna Elmi - Stefania Casini
*1979: Mike Bongiorno - Annamaria Rizzoli
*1980: Claudio Cecchetto - Roberto Benigni - Olimpia Carlisi - Daniele Piombi
*1981: Claudio Cecchetto - Eleonora Vallone - Nilla Pizzi
*1982: Claudio Cecchetto - Patrizia Rossetti - Daniele Piombi
*1983: Andrea Giordana - Emanuela Falcetti - Anna Pettinelli - Isabel Russinova - Daniele Piombi
*1984: Pippo Baudo - Elisabetta Gardini - Edy Angelillo - Viola Simoncini
*1985: Pippo Baudo - Patty Brard
*1986: Loretta Goggi - Anna Pettinelli - Sergio Mancinelli - Mauro Micheloni
*1987: Pippo Baudo - Carlo Massarini
*1988: Miguel Bosè - Gabriella Carlucci - Carlo Massarini
*1989: Rosita Celentano - Paola Dominguin - Danny Quinn - Gianmarco Tognazzi
*1990: Johnny Dorelli - Gabriella Carlucci
*1991: Edwige Fenech - Andrea Occhipinti
*1992: Pippo Baudo - Milly Carlucci - Alba Parietti - Brigitte Nielsen
*1993: Pippo Baudo - Lorella Cuccarini
*1994: Pippo Baudo - Anna Oxa
*1995: Pippo Baudo - Anna Falchi - Claudia Koll
*1996: Pippo Baudo - Valeria Mazza - Sabrina Ferilli
*1997: Mike Bongiorno - Piero Chiambretti - Valeria Marini
*1998: Raimondo Vianello - Eva Herzigova - Veronica Pivetti
*1999: Fabio Fazio - Renato Dulbecco - Laetitia Casta
*2000: Fabio Fazio - Luciano Pavarotti - Teo Teocoli - Ines Sastre
*2001: Raffaella Carrà - Megan Gale - Enrico Papi - Massimo Ceccherini
*2002: Pippo Baudo - Manuela Arcuri - Vittoria Belvedere
*2003: Pippo Baudo - Serena Autieri - Claudia Gerini
*2004: Simona Ventura - Paola Cortellesi - Gene Gnocchi
*2005: Paolo Bonolis - Antonella Clerici - Federica Felini
*2006: Giorgio Panariello - Victoria Cabello - Ilary Blasi
*2007: Pippo Baudo - Michelle Hunziker
*2008: Pippo Baudo - Piero Chiambretti - Andrea Osvart - Bianca Guaccero

Trivia

* The song "Perdere l'amore" was proposed in 1987 by Gianni Nazzaro and rejected in the preliminary song screening. A year later it was proposed by Massimo Ranieri and won the contest. [ [http://www.festival.vivasanremo.com/1988.htm Festival di Sanremo 1988] ]

ee also

*RAI
*Sanremo
*Sopot International Song Festival
*Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
*Karlshamn Baltic Song Festival

References

Wantedineurope.com: Sanremo 2008. [http://rome.wantedineurope.com/news/news.php?id_n=4179]

External links

* [http://www.sanremo.rai.it/sanremo Sanremo Music Festival - Official website]
* [http://www.festivaldisanremo.com Festivaldisanremo.com - Independent website on Sanremo Music Festival since 1998]
* [http://www.rai.it RAI - Official website]
* [http://www.comunedisanremo.it/ City of Sanremo]