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6 unusual facts about Sanremo Music Festival


Giuseppe Povia

In 2009, he won second place in the 59th Sanremo Music Festival, with his song "Luca era gay".

Michele Zarrillo

In 2003, Zarrillo released the album Liberosentire, followed by L'alfabeto degli amanti in 2006, preceded by the single with the same title, which competed once again in the Sanremo Music Festival.

Miko Mission

In 1965 he entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "E poi verrà l'Autunno", in couple with Timi Yuro, failing to access the final.

Pierdavide Carone

Carone participated in the sixty-second edition of the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Lucio Dalla.

Renato Zero

In 1991 Renato Zero participated to the Sanremo Music Festival with "Spalle al muro", and from that moment on his career began to rise again.

Sal da Vinci

Sal da Vinci is an Italian actor and singer who won the Festival Italiano in 1994 and took third place in the 2009 Sanremo Music Festival.


A Man Without Love

Note: This is not the Italian composition, "Quando M'innamoro", by Livraghi/Pace/Panzeri that was associated with the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival and sung by The Sandpipers.

Che sarà

Che sarà (What will (it) be?) is an Italian song, written by Jimmy Fontana (music) and Franco Migliacci (lyrics) for the 1971 Sanremo Music Festival.

Francesco Benigno

He has also released CDs, and sang a live duet with singer Marco Masini at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2009, which was televised by Rai Uno.

Simone Cristicchi

In March 2007, Simone won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival.

Sorriso nucleare

The song allowed Dolcenera to participate in the singing contest Destinazione Sanremo, created to choose the contestants of the 53rd Sanremo Music Festival in the newcomer artists' section and broadcast on Rai 2.

Strani amori

Written by Angelo Valsiglio, Roberto Buti, Cheope, Marco Marati and Francesco Tanini, the song was first performed by Laura Pausini during the 44th Sanremo Music Festival in February 1994, where it placed third in a field of twenty, behind Aleandro Baldi's "Passerà" and Giorgio Faletti's "Signor tenente".

Valerio Scanu

In February 2010, Scanu became the winner of the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with his song "Per tutte le volte che", written by Pierdavide Carone.


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La solitudine

Laura Pausini performed the song live for the first time on 23 February 1993, competing in the newcomers' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival, broadcast by Italian TV station Rai 1.