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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
Sanremo

Sanremo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of cultural events such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan-Sanremo cycling classic arrival....
. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
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For some years (from 1953 to 1971, except for 1956) each song was sung twice by two different interpreters (singer or band), each one using an individual orchestral arrangement to illustrate the meaning of the festival as a composers' competition, not a singers' competition..






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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
Sanremo

Sanremo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of cultural events such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan-Sanremo cycling classic arrival....
. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
.

For some years (from 1953 to 1971, except for 1956) each song was sung twice by two different interpreters (singer or band), each one using an individual orchestral arrangement to illustrate the meaning of the festival as a composers' competition, not a singers' competition.. During this era of the festival, it was custom that one version of the song was performed by a native Italian artist while the other version was performed by an international guest artist. Notable guest artists of that time were, among others:

  • 1964: Peggy March, team partner of Claudio Villa with Passo su passo, semi-finals only, not qualified for main event
  • 1965: Connie Francis
    Connie Francis

    Connie Francis is an United States pop singer best known for several international hit songs including "Who's Sorry Now?", "Where the Boys Are", and "Stupid Cupid"....
    , team partner of Gigliola Cinquetti
    Gigliola Cinquetti

    Gigliola Cinquetti is an Italian people singing, Television presenter and journalist....
     Ho bisogno di vederti, # 5
  • 1965: Petula Clark
    Petula Clark

    Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
    , team partner of Betty Curtis
    Betty Curtis

    Betty Curtis was an Italian singer active from 1958 to 1969.Winner of Sanremo Music Festival in 1961 with Luciano Tajoli....
     with Invece no, # 6
  • 1965: Dusty Springfield
    Dusty Springfield

    Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
    , team partner of Gianni Mascolo with Di fronte all' amore, semi-finals only, not qualified for main event
  • 1966: Gene Pitney
    Gene Pitney

    Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter. He was also an accomplished guitarist, piano, drummer and skilled sound engineer. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
    , team partner of Caterina Caselli with Nessuno mi può giudicare, # 2
  • 1966: Pat Boone
    Pat Boone

    Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an United States singer, actor and writer who was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s....
    , team partner of Peppino Galgiardi with Se tu non fossi qui, # 14
  • 1967: Dalida
    Dalida

    Dalida was an Italy singer born and grown up in Egypt who lived most of her life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc....
    , team partner of Luigi Tenco
    Luigi Tenco

    Luigi Tenco was a popular Italian singer, songwriter and actor....
     with Ciao, amore ciao, semi-finals only, not qualified for main event
  • 1968: Bobbie Gentry
    Bobbie Gentry

    Roberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter. Gentry was one of the first female country music to write and produce her own material....
    , team partner of Al Bano with La siepe, # 9
  • 1968: Dionne Warwick
    Dionne Warwick

    Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian....
    , team partner of Tony del Monaco with La voce del silenzio, # 14
  • 1969: Mary Hopkin
    Mary Hopkin

    Mary Hopkin is a Wales folk music singer. She is best known as one of the first artists to sign to the Beatles' Apple Records label....
    , team Partner of Sergio Endrigo with Lontano dagli occhi, # 2


The festival has been used as the way of choosing Italy's Eurovision
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
 entry from 1956 to 1966, in 1972 and 1997. The festival has also launched the career of many very famous italian singers, most notably Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli

Dr. Andrea Bocelli, Order of Merit of the Republic, Doctor of Laws is an Italians Operatic pop tenor and a classical music singer who has also performed in operas....
, Giorgia
Giorgia Todrani

Giorgia Todrani, best known as Giorgia is an Italy female singer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities....
, Elisa, Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini is an Italian language pop music singer, popular in several European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries, famed for her powerful voice, her romantic adult contemporary ballads and love songs....
 and Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italy singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti, who is one of the most popular artists in Italy is well known not only in most non English language-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish language-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in...


The Festival is broadcast live on TV Rai Uno
Rai Uno

Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Programma Nazionale and then called Rete 1 until 1982....
 in Eurovision Network
Eurovision Network

The Eurovision Network is part of the European Broadcasting Union, itself founded in 1950 as a system of international broadcasting cooperation....
 since 1955. From 1951 to 1954 it was transmitted only on radio RAI
Raï

Ra? is a form of traditional music that originated in Oran, Algeria, and then in Oujda from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Music of Spain, Music of France, African music and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture....
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Winners

YearSinger(s)SongNewcomers' section winnerSongInternet's section winnerSong
1951 Nilla Pizzi
Nilla Pizzi

Nilla Pizzi is an Italians singer .Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, province of Bologna, she was particularly famous in her country in the 1950s and 1960s....
 		 "Grazie dei fior"
1952 Nilla Pizzi
Nilla Pizzi

Nilla Pizzi is an Italians singer .Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, province of Bologna, she was particularly famous in her country in the 1950s and 1960s....
 		"Vola colomba"
1953 Carla Boni and Flo Sandon's
Flo Sandon's

Mammola Sandon, known by the stage name of Flo Sandon's , was an Italian singer who was popular in the post-World War II years. She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1953 with the song "Viale d'autunno"....
 		 "Viale d'autunno"
1954 Giorgio Consolini and Gino Latilla "Tutte le mamme"
1955 Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa may refer to:*Claudio Villa *Claudio Villa , Italian comics artist*Claudio Villas Boas, Brazilian activist...
 and Tullio Pane 		"Buongiorno tristezza"
1956 Franca Raimondi
Franca Raimondi

Franca Raimondi was an Italy singer, born in Monopoli, Province of Bari, Apulia.In 1956, Raimondi won the Festival della canzone italiana with the song "Aprite Le Finestre" ....
 		 "Aprite le finestre
Aprite Le Finestre

"Aprite le finestre" was the first Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in Italian language by Franca Raimondi.The song is in the chanson style popular in the early years of the Contest, with Raimondi singing about the joy of Spring beginning and her desire to open the windows to let the new season in....
"
1957 Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa may refer to:*Claudio Villa *Claudio Villa , Italian comics artist*Claudio Villas Boas, Brazilian activist...
 and Nunzio Gallo
Nunzio Gallo

Nunzio Gallo was an Italy singer. He represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 coming 6th. The song he performed, Corde Della Mia Chitarra is famous for being the longest song ever played for Eurovision at 5:09 before the new rules came into place....
 		 "Corde della mia chitarra
Corde Della Mia Chitarra

"Corde della mia chitarra" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Italian language by Nunzio Gallo.With lyrics by Giuseppe Fiorelli and music by Mario Ruccione, including live guitar accompaniment provided by Piero Gozo, the song holds the distinction of being the longest song in Contest history....
"
1958 Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was a twice Grammy Award-winning Italy singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italy Parliament....
 and Johnny Dorelli
Johnny Dorelli

Johnny Dorelli, the stage name of Giorgio Guidi is an Italian actor, singer and showman.Born in Meda , he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label....
 		 "Nel blu dipinto di blu
Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song. It is the only song ever by an Italian artist to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
"
1959 Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was a twice Grammy Award-winning Italy singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italy Parliament....
 and Johnny Dorelli
Johnny Dorelli

Johnny Dorelli, the stage name of Giorgio Guidi is an Italian actor, singer and showman.Born in Meda , he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label....
 		 "Piove
Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina)

"Piove " was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, performed in Italian language by Domenico Modugno.The song is a dramatic ballad, with Modugno telling his lover that he knows their relationship is about to come to a close....
"
1960 Tony Dallara and Renato Rascel
Renato Rascel

Renato Rascel was an Italy film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 in film and 1972 in film.He was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy from a myocardial infarction....
 		 "Romantica
Romantica

Romantica is an album by Luna ....
"
1961 Betty Curtis
Betty Curtis

Betty Curtis was an Italian singer active from 1958 to 1969.Winner of Sanremo Music Festival in 1961 with Luciano Tajoli....
 and Luciano Tajoli 		"Al di là
Al Di Là

"Al di l?" is a popular Italian song. "Al di l?" was one of Betty Curtis' biggest hits in Italy. The song was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Italian language by Curtis at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on March 18, 1961 after Curtis had won the 1961 edition of the San Remo Festival on February...
"
1962 Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was a twice Grammy Award-winning Italy singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italy Parliament....
 and Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa may refer to:*Claudio Villa *Claudio Villa , Italian comics artist*Claudio Villas Boas, Brazilian activist...
 		 "Addio, addio
Addio, Addio

"Addio, addio" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Italian language by Claudio Villa.With music by Domenico Modugno and lyrics by Franco Migliacci , the song is a ballad, in which Villa attempts to deal with the end of a relationship....
"
1963 Tony Renis and Emilio Pericoli
Emilio Pericoli

Emilio Pericoli was an Italy singer.Pericoli's success was closely tied to the San Remo Festival. He recorded a cover version of the song "Al di l?", by festival winner Betty Curtis....
 		 "Uno per tutte
Uno Per Tutte

"Uno per tutte" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, performed in Italian language by Emilio Pericoli.The song is a love ballad, in which Pericoli professes his undying love to Claudia....
"
1964 Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti

Gigliola Cinquetti is an Italian people singing, Television presenter and journalist....
 and Patricia Carli 		"Non ho l'età
Non Ho L'Età

"Non ho l'et?" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. It was performed in Italian Language by Gigliola Cinquetti representing Italy....
"
1965 Bobby Solo
Bobby Solo

Bobby Solo, whose real name is Roberto Satti, is an Italian singer and musician born March 18, 1945 in Rome .In 1964, Bobby participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Una lacrima sul viso, but he was disqualified for singing with playback which was contrary to the festival regulations....
 and The New Christy Minstrels 		"Se piangi, se ridi
Se Piangi, Se Ridi

"Se piangi, se ridi" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in Italian language by Bobby Solo.The song is a love ballad, with Solo telling his lover that he feels the same way she does because of the closeness of their relationship....
"
1966 Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was a twice Grammy Award-winning Italy singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italy Parliament....
 and Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti

Gigliola Cinquetti is an Italian people singing, Television presenter and journalist....
 		 "Dio, come ti amo
Dio, Come Ti Amo

"Dio, come ti amo" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in Italian language by Domenico Modugno.The song is a ballad, in which Modugno tells his lover how he feels about her....
"
1967 Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa may refer to:*Claudio Villa *Claudio Villa , Italian comics artist*Claudio Villas Boas, Brazilian activist...
 and Iva Zanicchi
Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi is an Italy Traditional pop singer and politician.Iva Zanicchi's career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, becoming third ....
 		 "Non pensare a me"
1968 Sergio Endrigo
Sergio Endrigo

Sergio Endrigo was an Italy singer and songwriter.Born in Pula , Istria, he has been often compared--for style and nature--to authors of the so called "Genoa school" like Gino Paoli, Fabrizio De Andr?, Luigi Tenco, and Bruno Lauzi....
 and Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos (singer)

Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning M?sica Popular Brasileira singer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year old career....
 		 "Canzone per te"
1969 Bobby Solo
Bobby Solo

Bobby Solo, whose real name is Roberto Satti, is an Italian singer and musician born March 18, 1945 in Rome .In 1964, Bobby participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Una lacrima sul viso, but he was disqualified for singing with playback which was contrary to the festival regulations....
 and Iva Zanicchi
Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi is an Italy Traditional pop singer and politician.Iva Zanicchi's career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, becoming third ....
 		 "Zingara"
1970 Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano is an Italy singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV Master of Ceremonies....
 and Claudia Mori 		"Chi non lavora non fa l'amore"
1971 Nada
Nada (Italian singer)

Nada is an Italy singer. She was nicknamed Il pulcino di Gabbro .Her debut occurred, at the age of fifteen, at the 1969 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Ma che freddo fa" , which gave her a sudden success, also with the Spanish language version "Hace fr?o ya"....
 and Nicola Di Bari
Nicola Di Bari

Nicola Di Bari is an Italy singer. He was born in Zapponeta, Apulia, as Michele Scommegna.He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1971 and 1972....
 		 "Il cuore è uno zingaro"
1972 Nicola Di Bari
Nicola Di Bari

Nicola Di Bari is an Italy singer. He was born in Zapponeta, Apulia, as Michele Scommegna.He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1971 and 1972....
 		 "I giorni dell'arcobaleno
I Giorni Dell'Arcobaleno

"I giorni dell'arcobaleno" was the Italy entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Italian language by Nicola di Bari.The song is a nostalgia ballad, with di Bari singing to a woman about her childhood, which she gave up by taking a lover at a very young age; and while this action, being a passage into adulthood, made her app...
"
1973 Peppino Di Capri
Peppino di Capri

Peppino di Capri is an Italy Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist.Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the United States United States Army troops stationed on the Capri with a repertoire of American Jazz standard....
 		 "Un grande amore e niente più"
1974 Iva Zanicchi
Iva Zanicchi

Iva Zanicchi is an Italy Traditional pop singer and politician.Iva Zanicchi's career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, becoming third ....
 		 "Ciao cara, come stai?"
1975 Gilda "Ragazza del sud"
1976 Peppino Di Capri
Peppino di Capri

Peppino di Capri is an Italy Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist.Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the United States United States Army troops stationed on the Capri with a repertoire of American Jazz standard....
 		 "Non lo faccio più"
1977 Homo Sapiens "Bella da morire"
1978 Matia Bazar
Matia Bazar

Matia Bazar is an Italy musical group formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group are Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita and Carlo Marrale....
 		 "...E dirsi ciao!"
1979 Mino Vergnaghi "Amare"
1980 Toto Cutugno
Toto Cutugno

Salvatore Cutugno , better known by his stage name Toto Cutugno, is an Italian pop singer-songwriter....
 		 "Solo noi"
1981 Alice
Alice (Italian singer)

Alice a.k.a. Alice Visconti, born Carla Bissi in Forl?, Italy on September 26, 1954 is an Italy singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971....
 		 "Per Elisa"
1982 Riccardo Fogli
Riccardo Fogli

Riccardo Fogli is a italian singer winner in 1982 at Festival di Sanremo with Storie di tutti i giorni.He has participated in Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Per Lucia, where he has finished in 11 th place and received 43 points....
 		 "Storie di tutti i giorni"
1983 Tiziana Rivale "Sarà quel che sarà"
1984 Al Bano
Albano Carrisi

Albano Carrisi is an Italy singer. His stage name is Al Bano or Al Bano Carrisi....
 and Romina Power
Romina Power

Romina Francesca Power is an United States-born singer and actress....
 		 "Ci sarà" Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italy singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti, who is one of the most popular artists in Italy is well known not only in most non English language-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish language-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in...
 		 "Terra promessa"
1985 Ricchi e Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri

Ricchi e Poveri is one of the most famous Italian people pop music groups in Europe and Latin America. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million records....
 		 "Se m'innamoro" Cinzia Corrado "Niente di più"
1986 Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italy singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti, who is one of the most popular artists in Italy is well known not only in most non English language-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish language-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in...
 		 "Adesso tu" Lena Biolcati "Grande grande amore"
1987 Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi

Gianni Morandi is an Italy pop singer and entertainer,Born Gian Luigi Morandi in Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, he became one of the best-known show-business personalities in Italy of the past four decades....
, Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Tozzi

Umberto Tozzi is an Italy pop music/rock music singer and composer, born in Turin....
, Enrico Ruggeri
Enrico Ruggeri

Enrico Ruggeri is an Italy singer-songwriter....
 		 "Si può dare di più" Michele Zarrillo "La notte dei pensieri"
1988 Massimo Ranieri
Massimo Ranieri

Massimo Ranieri , is an Italy pop music singer, a film and stage actor, and a show-business personality.He was born in Naples on May 3 1951....
 		 "Perdere l'amore" Future
Future

The future is a time period commonly understood to contain all events that have yet to occur. It is the opposite of the past, and is the time after the present....
 		 "Canta con noi"
1989 Anna Oxa
Anna Oxa

Anna Oxa, born 28 april 1961 Bari, is an Italy singer of Albanian descent, well-known through numerous appearances in the Sanremo Music Festival, dating back to 1978....
 and Fausto Leali 		"Ti lascerò" Mietta "Canzoni"
1990 Pooh (Italian) and Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an United States of America Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress....
 		 "Uomini soli" Marco Masini
Marco Masini

Marco Masini is an Italy singer-songwriter...
 		 "Disperato"
1991 Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante

Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French language-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante , is a French-Italian singer-songwriter and actor....
 and Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris

Sarah Jane Morris may refer to:* Sarah Jane Morris , an English singer* Sarah Jane Morris , an American actress...
 		 "Se stiamo insieme" Paolo Vallesi "Le persone inutili"
1992 Luca Barbarossa "Portami a ballare" Aleandro Baldi, Francesca Alotta "Non amarmi"
1993 Enrico Ruggeri
Enrico Ruggeri

Enrico Ruggeri is an Italy singer-songwriter....
 		 "Mistero" Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini is an Italian language pop music singer, popular in several European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries, famed for her powerful voice, her romantic adult contemporary ballads and love songs....
 		 "La solitudine"
1994 Aleandro Baldi "Passerà" Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli

Dr. Andrea Bocelli, Order of Merit of the Republic, Doctor of Laws is an Italians Operatic pop tenor and a classical music singer who has also performed in operas....
 		 "Il mare calmo della sera"
1995 Giorgia
Giorgia Todrani

Giorgia Todrani, best known as Giorgia is an Italy female singer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities....
 		 "Come saprei" Neri per Caso "Le ragazze"
1996 Ron
RON

RON may refer to any of the following:* None of the above#Re-open Nominations .28RON.29, in elections* The name of King Arthur's spear with which he kills Mordred at the Battle of Camlann...
, Tosca
Tosca (singer)

Tosca is an Italian singer.Her full name is Tiziana Tosca Donati....
 		 "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni" Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 		 "Non ci sto"
1997 Jalisse
Jalisse

Jalisse is an Italy duo of Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci, who have been performing together for 14 years, and are still active.Alessandra is a popular star in TV music and variety shows like Gran Premio, Luna di Miele and Bellezze al Bagno, and sings with top bands....
 		 "Fiumi di parole
Fiumi Di Parole

"Fiumi di parole" is a song by Italy duo Jalisse, made up of Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci. The song was the winner of the Festival della canzone italiana in Sanremo, Italy, and later went on to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, being the last Italian entry to compete at Eurovision ....
" 		Paola e Chiara
Paola e Chiara

Paola & Chiara Iezzi are two sisters born in Milan, Italy. Before joining the pop band 883 /Max Pezzali in 1995-1997 they had their own group "Elefunky"....
 		 "Amici come prima"
1998 Annalisa Minetti "Senza te o con te" Annalisa Minetti "Senza te o con te"
1999 Anna Oxa
Anna Oxa

Anna Oxa, born 28 april 1961 Bari, is an Italy singer of Albanian descent, well-known through numerous appearances in the Sanremo Music Festival, dating back to 1978....
 		 "Senza pietà" Alex Britti
Alex Britti

Alessandro "Alex" Britti is an Italia singer-songwriter and guitarist....
 		 "Oggi sono io"
2000 Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel "Sentimento" Jenny B "Semplice sai"
2001 Elisa "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" Gazosa "Stai con me (Forever)"
2002 Matia Bazar
Matia Bazar

Matia Bazar is an Italy musical group formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group are Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita and Carlo Marrale....
 		 "Messaggio d'amore" Anna Tatangelo
Anna Tatangelo

Anna Tatangelo is an Italian pop singer. She lives with the singer Gigi D'Alessio....
 		 "Doppiamente fragili"
2003 Alexia
Alexia (Italian)

Alexia, by name of Alessia Aquilani , is an Italy singer. Before recording in Italian in the 2000s, she made records in English in the late 1990s....
 		 "Per dire di no" Dolcenera
Dolcenera

Dolcenera, real name Emanuela Trane , is an Italian singer....
 		 "Siamo tutti là fuori"
2004 Marco Masini
Marco Masini

Marco Masini is an Italy singer-songwriter...
 		 "L'uomo volante" No newcomer's section in 2004
2005 Francesco Renga
Francesco Renga

Francesco Renga is an Italy singer-songwriter. He won the Festival della canzone italiana in 2005 with the song Angelo.He is romantically involved with actress Ambra Angiolini, with whom he has two children, Jolanda and Leonardo....
 		 "Angelo" Laura Bono "Non credo nei miracoli"
2006 Giuseppe Povia "Vorrei avere il becco" Riccardo Maffoni "Sole negli occhi"
2007 Simone Cristicchi
Simone Cristicchi

Simone Cristicchi is an Italian singer and composer....
 		 "Ti regalerò una rosa" Fabrizio Moro "Pensa"
2008 Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce "Colpo di Fulmine" Sonohra "L'amore"
2009Marco Carta
Marco Carta

Marco Carta is an Italy singer....
 		 "La forza mia" Arisa
Arisa

Arisa is an Italian singer born in Genoa, Italy on August 20, 1982. A week after her birth her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a village a few kilometres far from Potenza....
 		 "Sincerità" Ania"Buongiorno gente"


Critics Award "Mia Martini"

YearSinger(s)Song
1982 Mia Martini
Mia Martini

Mia Martini was an Italian singer....
 		 "E non finisce mica il cielo"
1983 Matia Bazar
Matia Bazar

Matia Bazar is an Italy musical group formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group are Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita and Carlo Marrale....
 		 "Vacanze romane"
1984 Patty Pravo
Patty Pravo

Patty Pravo is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli, whose career has spanned more than forty years. She has a contralto vocal range....
 		 "Per una bambola"
1985 Matia Bazar
Matia Bazar

Matia Bazar is an Italy musical group formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group are Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita and Carlo Marrale....
 		 "Souvenir"
1986 Enrico Ruggeri
Enrico Ruggeri

Enrico Ruggeri is an Italy singer-songwriter....
 		 "Rien ne va plus"
1987 Fiorella Mannoia
Fiorella Mannoia

Fiorella Mannoia is an Italy singer....
 		 "Quello che le donne non dicono"
1988 Fiorella Mannoia
Fiorella Mannoia

Fiorella Mannoia is an Italy singer....
 		 "Le notti di maggio"
1989 Mia Martini
Mia Martini

Mia Martini was an Italian singer....
 		 "Almeno tu nell'universo"
1990 Mia Martini
Mia Martini

Mia Martini was an Italian singer....
 and Mijares
Mijares

For the singer named Mijares, see Manuel MijaresMijares is a municipality located in the ?vila , Castile and Le?n, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 904 inhabitants....
 		 "La nevicata del '56"
1991 Enzo Jannacci
Enzo Jannacci

Vincenzo Jannacci more commonly known as Enzo Jannacci is an Italy singer-songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene...
 and Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper is a German chanteuse and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill....
 		 "La fotografia"
1992 Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare "Pe' dispietto"
1993 Cristiano De André "Dietro la porta"
1994 Giorgio Faletti
Giorgio Faletti

Giorgio Faletti is an Italian writer, actor and singer-songwriter. Born in Asti, Piedmont, he currently resides in Elba Island.After a career as TV comic actor, with some parts for cinema, he began to write and sing songs, taking part to three editions of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1992-1995....
 		 "Signor tenente"
1995 Giorgia
Giorgia Todrani

Giorgia Todrani, best known as Giorgia is an Italy female singer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities....
 		 "Come saprei"
1996 Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese

Elio e le Storie Tese , often abbreviated EELST, is a popular Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980, whose music is clearly inspired to the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics....
 		 "La terra dei cachi"
1997 Patty Pravo
Patty Pravo

Patty Pravo is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli, whose career has spanned more than forty years. She has a contralto vocal range....
 		 "E dimmi che non vuoi morire"
1998 Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel "Dormi e sogna"
1999 Daniele Silvestri "Aria"
2000 Samuele Bersani
Samuele Bersani

Samuele Bersani is an Italian singer-songwriter. Between his best known songs, Giudizi Universali and Replay, the latest being the song that won the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at the Sanremo Music Festival....
 		 "Replay"
2001 Elisa
ELISA

Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay, also called ELISA, Enzyme ImmunoAssay or EIA, is a biochemistry technique used mainly in immunology to detect the presence of an antibody or an antigen in a sample....
 		 "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)"
2002 Daniele Silvestri "Salirò"
2003 Sergio Cammariere
Sergio Cammariere

Sergio Cammariere is an Italy jazz singer/songwriter. He has released six albums....
 		 "Tutto quello che un uomo"
2004 Mario Venuti "Crudele"
2005 Nicola Arigliano "Colpevole"
2006 Noa
Achinoam Nini

Achinoam Nini , also known by her professional name, Noa, is a leading Israeli international concert and recording artist....
, Carlo Fava & Solis String Quartet 		"Un discorso in generale"
2007 Simone Cristicchi
Simone Cristicchi

Simone Cristicchi is an Italian singer and composer....
 		 "Ti regalerò una rosa"
2008 Tricarico "Vita tranquilla"
2009 Afterhours "Il paese è reale"


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
    Marco Masini

    Marco Masini is an Italy singer-songwriter...
     - "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
    Quintorigo

    Quintorigo is an Italian band founded in 1996 by John de Leo, who left the band in 2005. Their genre vary from experimental music, jazz, reggae, Pop music and rock music....
     - "Rospo"
  • 2000: - Ex aequo -
  • Lythium - "Noël"
  • Jenny B - "Semplice sai"
  • 2001: - Ex aequo -
  • Roberto Angelini - "Il signor Domani"
  • Francesco Renga
    Francesco Renga

    Francesco Renga is an Italy singer-songwriter. He won the Festival della canzone italiana in 2005 with the song Angelo.He is romantically involved with actress Ambra Angiolini, with whom he has two children, Jolanda and Leonardo....
     - "Raccontami..."
  • 2002: Archinuè - "La marcia dei santi"
  • 2003: Patrizia Laquidara - "Lividi e fiori"
  • 2007: Fabrizio Moro - "Pensa"
  • 2008: Frank Head - "Para parà rara"
  • 2009: Arisa
    Arisa

    Arisa is an Italian singer born in Genoa, Italy on August 20, 1982. A week after her birth her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a village a few kilometres far from Potenza....
     - "Sincerità"


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
    Marisa Allasio

    Marisa Allasio , is a retired Italy actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly twenty pictures between 1952 and 1959....
     - Fiorella Mari
  • 1958: Gianni Agus - Fulvia Colombo
  • 1959: Enzo Tortora - Adriana Serra
    Adriana Serra

    Adriana Serra , is a Italy film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 in film and 1952 in film.She was born in Milan, Italy....
  • 1960: Enza Sampò - Paolo Ferrari
    Paolo Ferrari

    Paolo Ferrari , Italy dramatist, was born at Modena. His numerous works, chiefly comedies, and all marked by a fresh and piquant style, are the finest product of the modern Italian drama....
  • 1961: Lilly Lembo - Giuliana Calandra
  • 1962: Renato Tagliani - Laura Efrikian - Vichy Ludovisi
  • 1963: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Edy Campagnoli - Rossana Armani
  • 1964: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Giuliana Lojodice
  • 1965: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Grazia Maria Spina
  • 1966: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Paola Penni - Carla M. Puccini
  • 1967: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Renata Mauro
  • 1968: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Luisa Rivelli
  • 1969: Nuccio Costa - Gabriella Farinon
  • 1970: Nuccio Costa - Enrico Maria Salerno
    Enrico Maria Salerno

    'Enrico Maria Salerno' was an Italy theatre & film actor, also a film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Christ in The Gospel According to St....
     - Ira Furstemberg
  • 1971: Carlo Giuffrè
    Carlo Giuffrè

    Carlo Giuffr? is a Italy film actor. He has appeared in 93 films since 1950 in film.He was born in Naples, Italy....
     - Elsa Martinelli
    Elsa Martinelli

    Elsa Martinelli, born Elsa Tia, on 3 August 1932 or 13 January 1935, according to different sources, in Grosseto, Tuscany, is an Italy actress and former fashion model....
  • 1972: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Sylva Koscina
    Sylva Koscina

    Sylva Koscina , born as Sylva Koskinon, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia-born Italy actress of Greece and Poland descent best remembered as Iole, the bride of Hercules in Hercules and Hercules Unchained ....
  • 1973: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Gabriella Farinon
  • 1974: Corrado Mantoni
    Corrado Mantoni

    Corrado Mantoni was an italian people radio and television host....
     - Gabriella Farinon
  • 1975: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Sabina Ciuffini
  • 1976: Giancarlo Guardabassi
  • 1977: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Maria Giovanna Elmi
  • 1978: Beppe Grillo
    Beppe Grillo

    Giuseppe Piero Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo , is an Italy activist, comedian and actor, who also works in theatres and television....
     - Maria Giovanna Elmi - Stefania Casini
  • 1979: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Annamaria Rizzoli
  • 1980: Claudio Cecchetto - Roberto Benigni
    Roberto Benigni

    Roberto Remigio Benigni, Italian orders of merit is an Academy Awards-winning Italian actor, comedian, writer and film director of film, theatre and television....
     - Olimpia Carlisi - Daniele Piombi
  • 1981: Claudio Cecchetto - Eleonora Vallone - Nilla Pizzi
    Nilla Pizzi

    Nilla Pizzi is an Italians singer .Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, province of Bologna, she was particularly famous in her country in the 1950s and 1960s....
  • 1982: Claudio Cecchetto - Patrizia Rossetti - Daniele Piombi
  • 1983: Andrea Giordana - Emanuela Falcetti - Anna Pettinelli - Isabel Russinova - Daniele Piombi
  • 1984: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Elisabetta Gardini - Edy Angelillo - Viola Simoncini
  • 1985: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Patty Brard
    Patty Brard

    Patty Brard is a famous Dutch -Indonesian people entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'. For three decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press....
  • 1986: Loretta Goggi - Anna Pettinelli - Sergio Mancinelli - Mauro Micheloni
  • 1987: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Carlo Massarini
  • 1988: Miguel Bosè
    Miguel Bosé

    Miguel Luchino Gonz?lez Bos? is a Latin Grammy-winning Spain musician and actor. He is one of the biggest stars in the Spanish speaking world mainstream, both in Spain and Latin America, and a well-known actor in French cinema as well....
     - Gabriella Carlucci - Carlo Massarini
  • 1989: Rosita Celentano - Paola Dominguin - Danny Quinn - Gianmarco Tognazzi
  • 1990: Johnny Dorelli
    Johnny Dorelli

    Johnny Dorelli, the stage name of Giorgio Guidi is an Italian actor, singer and showman.Born in Meda , he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label....
     - Gabriella Carlucci
  • 1991: Edwige Fenech
    Edwige Fenech

    Edwige Fenech is a France Italy actress and film producer....
     - Andrea Occhipinti
    Andrea Occhipinti

    Andrea Occhipinti is an openly gay Italy actor and producer . He was born in MilanExternal links...
  • 1992: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Milly Carlucci - Alba Parietti
    Alba Parietti

    Alba Parietti is an Italian film actress, television presenter, and entertainer.Her career began in 1977 with an appearance in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde....
     - Brigitte Nielsen
    Brigitte Nielsen

    Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish actress who became known for appearing in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and then marrying Rocky's star, Sylvester Stallone....
  • 1993: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Lorella Cuccarini
    Lorella Cuccarini

    Lorella Cuccarini is an Italy dancer, singer, television host and actress....
  • 1994: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Anna Oxa
    Anna Oxa

    Anna Oxa, born 28 april 1961 Bari, is an Italy singer of Albanian descent, well-known through numerous appearances in the Sanremo Music Festival, dating back to 1978....
  • 1995: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Anna Falchi
    Anna Falchi

    Anna Falchi is a Finland-born Italians Model and film actor....
     - Claudia Koll
    Claudia Koll

    Claudia Koll is an Italian actress....
  • 1996: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Valeria Mazza
    Valeria Mazza

    Valeria Raquel Mazza is an Argentina fashion model .She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and discovered when she was only 16 years old by hairstylist Roberto Giordano....
     - Sabrina Ferilli
    Sabrina Ferilli

    Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actor....
  • 1997: Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno

    Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known Presenter on Italy television, famous as il Re del Quiz, "the quiz king"....
     - Piero Chiambretti - Valeria Marini
  • 1998: Raimondo Vianello
    Raimondo Vianello

    Raimondo Vianello is an Italy film actor. He appeared in 79 films between 1947 in film and 1968 in film.He was born in Rome, Italy and is married to the actress Sandra Mondaini....
     - Eva Herzigova
    Eva Herzigová

    Eva Herzigov? is a Czech people model and actor....
     - Veronica Pivetti
  • 1999: Fabio Fazio - Renato Dulbecco
    Renato Dulbecco

    Renato Dulbecco is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase. In 1973 he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Theodore Puck and Harry Eagle....
     - Laetitia Casta
    Laetitia Casta

    Laetitia Marie Laure Casta is a French Model and actress....
  • 2000: Fabio Fazio - Luciano Pavarotti
    Luciano Pavarotti

    Luciano Pavarotti Italian orders of merit was an Italian opera tenor, who also crossed over into popular music. He was the most commercially successful tenor of all....
     - Teo Teocoli
    Teo Teocoli

    Teo Teocoli is an Italy actor, TV conductor, singer and writer, appearing in about 30 mostly Italian productions since 1975....
     - Ines Sastre
    Inés Sastre

    In?s Sastre is a Spain model and Actor....
  • 2001: Raffaella Carrà
    Raffaella Carrà

    Raffaella Carr? , in Italy often simply known as la Carr? and in some Latin American countries sometimes simply as Raffaella, is an Italy singer, dancer, :wikt:host, and actress....
     - Megan Gale
    Megan Gale

    Megan Gale is an Australian model and actress....
     - Enrico Papi - Massimo Ceccherini
  • 2002: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Manuela Arcuri
    Manuela Arcuri

    Manuela Arcuri is an Italy actor and fashion model....
     - Vittoria Belvedere
    Vittoria Belvedere

    Vittoria Belvedere is an Italy actress from Vibo Valentia in Calabria, southern Italy. She has appeared in several films but most of her work is television based....
  • 2003: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Serena Autieri
    Serena Autieri

    Serena Autieri is an Italian people singer, and actress of cinema, theatre and television. She co-hosted the 53rd presentation of the annual Sanremo Music Festival in 2003, along with Pippo Baudo and Claudia Gerini....
     - Claudia Gerini
    Claudia Gerini

    Claudia Gerini is an Italy actor and showgirl....
  • 2004: Simona Ventura
    Simona Ventura

    Simona Ventura is a hostess on Italian television....
     - Paola Cortellesi - Gene Gnocchi
    Gene Gnocchi

    Gene Gnocchi , best known by his stage name is an Italy television presenter, comedian and footballer.Gene Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working class family....
  • 2005: Paolo Bonolis - Antonella Clerici - Federica Felini
  • 2006: Giorgio Panariello - Victoria Cabello
    Victoria Cabello

    Victoria Cabello is an Italy television presenter.One of MTV Italia's original veejays , she also appears on Italia 1's "Le Iene" where she performs comic interviews with famous Italian people and international celebrities....
     - Ilary Blasi
    Ilary Blasi

    Ilary Blasi is an Italian showgirl and Model .Born in Rome, she started her career at 3 in an Italian commercial.At five years old she got her first part in the film David and David; then, at six years old, she starred in Da grande by Franco Amurri and in Vizio di vivere by Dino Risi....
  • 2007: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Michelle Hunziker
    Michelle Hunziker

    Michelle Yvonne Hunziker is a Switzerland actor, Model , singer and a famous personality on Italy and Germany television. She is also an Italy citizen....
  • 2008: Pippo Baudo
    Pippo Baudo

    Giuseppe Baudo, known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television host. He was born on June 7, 1936 inMilitello in Val di Catania. He is often referred to as "Superpippo"....
     - Piero Chiambretti - Andrea Osvart - Bianca Guaccero
    Bianca Guaccero

    Bianca Guaccero , is an Italian actress of the cinema, theatre, and television. As of January 2009, she is one of the cast of the Rai Uno presentation of Il Bene e il Male , a police drama series in which she portrays policewoman, Grazia Micheli....
  • 2009: Paolo Bonolis - Luca Laurenti


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
    Massimo Ranieri

    Massimo Ranieri , is an Italy pop music singer, a film and stage actor, and a show-business personality.He was born in Naples on May 3 1951....
     and won the contest.


See also

  • RAI
    Raï

    Ra? is a form of traditional music that originated in Oran, Algeria, and then in Oujda from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Music of Spain, Music of France, African music and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture....
  • Sanremo
    Sanremo

    Sanremo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of cultural events such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan-Sanremo cycling classic arrival....
  • Sopot International Song Festival
    Sopot International Song Festival

    The Sopot International Song Festival, also known as Intervision, is the biggest international song contest, bringing together contestants and guests who are stars with world recognition....
  • Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
    Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

    Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest frequently from Eurovision Song Contest 1956 to Eurovision Song Contest 1997. It was one of only seven countries that competed at the very first contest....


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