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Sanremo Music Festival 2008
La parola alla musica
Dates
Semi-final 125 February 2008
Semi-final 226 February 2008
Semi-final 327 February 2008
Semi-final 428 February 2008
Final1 March 2008
Host
VenueTeatro Ariston
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Pippo Baudo
and Piero Chiambretti, Bianca Guaccero, Andrea Osvárt
Musical directorPippo Caruso
Artistic directorPippo Baudo
Host broadcasterRai 1
Vote
Voting systemMixed (popular jury, "quality jury" and televotes)
Big Artists section
Number of entries20
WinnerGiò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce
"Colpo di fulmine"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries14
WinnerSonohra
"L'amore"
2007 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2009

The Sanremo Music Festival 2008 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2008), officially the 58th Italian Song Festival (58º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 58th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and broadcast by Rai 1. The first and the second night of the show were held on 25 and 26 February 2008, while the last three nights were held from 28 February and 1 March 2008. The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti with Bianca Guaccero and Andrea Osvárt.

The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by the duo composed of Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce with the song "Colpo di fulmine", while the newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Sonohra with "L'amore".

The festival received poor ratings compared previous editions. All of the five nights of the show were watched by less than 10,000,000 people, the worst result in the contest's history.[1][2]

Presenters and personnel

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Pippo Baudo, presenter and artistic director of the show.

In June 2007, RAI vice director Giancarlo Leone officially announced Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti as the presenters of the Sanremo Music Festival, also confirming Baudo as the artistic director of the show.[3][4] It was Baudo's thirteenth Sanremo Music Festival as the presenter of the competition.[5] Italian actress Bianca Guaccero and Hungarian fashion model and actress Andrea Osvárt were later selected as the co-presenters of the show.[6]

Gaetano Castelli was the creator of the scenography for the fifteenth time,[7] while theatre director Gino Landi, assisted by Massimo Fusi, was chosen as the director and choreographer of the show[8] for the sixth time.[9] The Sanremo Festival Orchestra was directed by Pippo Caruso.[8]

Shows

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First night

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During the first night of the competition, held on 25 February 2008, ten out of twenty acts competing in the Big Artists section performed their songs. They were voted by a jury composed of 1,000 people, 20 in each different region of Italy.[10] The awarded points were not revealed, but they contributed to determine the final result of the competition. Additionally, 5 acts composing the Newcomers' section sang their entries and were voted by the same jury. The detailed ranking was not revealed, but the three acts receiving the fewest votes were eliminated from the competition.[11]

Performances

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Key:

  – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
  – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.
Performances of the contestants on the first night[12][13]
Artist(s) Order Song and writer(s)[14] Result[15]
Paolo Meneguzzi 1 "Grande" (Paolo Meneguzzi, Danilo Melotti, Gatto Panceri)
L'Aura 2 "Basta!" (Laura Abela)
Milagro 3 "Domani" (Antonio Capolupo) Advanced
Toto Cutugno 4 "Un falco chiuso in gabbia" (Davide De Marinis, Toto Cutugno)
Frankie Hi-NRG MC 5 "Rivoluzione" (Francesco Di Gesù, Francesco Bruni, Carolina Galbignani)
Andrea Bonomo 6 "Anna" (Andrea Bonomo, Luca Chiaravalli) Eliminated
Fabrizio Moro 7 "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita" (Fabrizio Moro)
Frank Head 8 "Para parà ra rara" (Francesco Testa, Domenico Cardella) Advanced
Anna Tatangelo 9 "Il mio amico" (Gigi D'Alessio)
Michele Zarrillo 10 "L'ultimo film insieme" (Michele Zarrillo, Giampiero Artegiani)
Melody Fall 11 "Ascoltami" (Fabrizio Panebarco) Eliminated
Eugenio Bennato 12 "Grande sud" (Eugenio Bennato)
Daniele Battaglia 13 "Voce nel vento" (Daniele Battaglia, Simona Ruffino, Goffredo Orlandi) Eliminated
Max Gazzè 14 "Il solito sesso" (Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè)
Valerio Sanzotta 15 "Novecento" (Valerio Sanzotta) Advanced
Giua 16 "Tanto non vengo" (Maria Pierantoni Giua, Gianluca Martinelli) Advanced
Tricarico 17 "Vita tranquilla" (Francesco Tricarico)

Guests and other performances

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Second night

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The second night of the competition was held on 26 February 2008, with the same rules of the preceding one. The ten "Big Artists" which didn't perform on the first night, sang their entries for the first time and were voted by a brand new jury, composed of 1,000 people, 20 in each different region of Italy.[10] As for the first night, the awarded points were not revealed, but they contributed to determine the final result of the competition. The last five acts composing the Newcomers' section also performed their songs, being voted by the same jury. Although the complete ranking was not revealed, the three acts receiving the fewer votes were eliminated from the competition.[11]

Performances

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Key:

  – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
  – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.
Performances of the contestants on the second night[18]
Artist(s) Order Song and writer(s)[14] Result[19]
Mario Venuti 1 "A ferro e fuoco" (Mario Venuti, Kaballà)
Amedeo Minghi 2 "Cammina cammina" (Amedeo Minghi, Giuseppe Marcucci)
La Scelta 3 "Il nostro tempo" (Roberto Cardelli, Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, Mattia Del Forno, Francesco Caprara, Emiliano Mangia) Advanced
Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce 4 "Colpo di fulmine" (Gianna Nannini)
Sonohra 5 "L'amore" (Luca Fainello, Roberto Tini, Diego Fainello) Advanced
Gianluca Grignani 6 "Cammina nel sole" (Gianluca Grignani)
Jacopo Troiani 7 "Ho bisogno di sentirmi dire ti voglio bene" (Stefano Cenci) Advanced
Mietta 8 "Baciami adesso" (Daniele Ronda, Pasquale Panella)
Rosario Morisco 9 "Signorsì" (Antonio De Carmine, Rosario Morisco, Antonio Spenillo, Mauro Spenillo) Eliminated
Little Tony 10 "Non finisce qui" (Danilo Amerio, Little Tony)
Ariel 11 "Ribelle" (Alex Gaydou, Luca Chiaravalli) Advanced
Tiromancino 12 "Il rubacuori" (Federico Zampaglione)
Finley 13 "Ricordi" (Daniele Persoglio, Carmine Ruggiero, Marco Pedretti, Danilo Calvio, Stefano Mantegazza)
Francesco Rapetti 14 "Come un'amante" (Mogol, Francesco Rapetti) Eliminated
Sergio Cammariere 15 "L'amore non si spiega" (Sergio Cammariere, Roberto Kunstler)
Valeria Vaglio 16 "Ore ed ore" (Valeria Vaglio) Eliminated
Loredana Bertè[A] 17 "Musica e parole" (Alberto Radius, Oscar Avogadro, Loredana Bertè)
Notes
  • A ^ Loredana Bertè was disqualified from the competition after her performance, because it was revealed that "Musica e parole" was actually a cover of Ornella Ventura's "L'ultimo segreto", released in 1988, while the rules of the competition state that competing song cannot be released or publicly performed before the beginning of the Festival. Bertè changed only some lyrics of the song, claiming she thought it was never released before. Despite her elimination, Bertè was allowed to perform again during the Sanremo Music Festival.[20]

Guests and other performances

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Third night

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During the third night, held on 28 February 2008, each contestant of the Big Artists section performed the competing song with a guest. No artist from the Newcomers' section performed during the night. Each performance was voted by a jury of 1,000 people, as in the previous two nights. Public votes were also introduced during the third night. No details about the rankings were revealed and no one of the competing acts was eliminated, but the collected votes contributed to determine the winner of the competition, during the final night held on 1 May 2008.[11]

Performances

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Performances of the contestants on the third night[23]
Artist(s) Order Song Guest(s)
Finley 1 "Ricordi" Belinda
Tricarico 2 "Vita tranquilla" Mago Forest
Mietta 3 "Baciami adesso" Neri per Caso
Fabrizio Moro 4 "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita" Gaetano Curreri
Sergio Cammariere 5 "L'amore non si spiega" Gal Costa
Max Gazzè 6 "Il solito sesso" Marina Rei, Paola Turci
Frankie Hi NRG MC 7 "Rivoluzione" Simone Cristicchi
Eugenio Bennato 8 "Grande sud" Pietra Montecorvino
Mario Venuti 9 "A ferro e fuoco" Denovo
Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce 10 "Colpo di fulmine" Los Vivancos
Gianluca Grignani 11 "Cammina nel sole" Nomadi
Anna Tatangelo 12 "Il mio amico" Michael Bolton
Paolo Meneguzzi 13 "Grande" Tony Hadley
Little Tony 14 "Non finisce qui" Gipsy Kings Family
Amedeo Minghi 15 "Cammina cammina" Giuliana De Donno, Paola Berardi
L'Aura 16 "Basta!" Rezophonic
Michele Zarrillo 17 "L'ultimo film insieme" Paola e Chiara
Tiromancino 18 "Il rubacuori" Stefano di Battista
Toto Cutugno 19 "Un falco chiuso in gabbia" Annalisa Minetti

Guests and other performances

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Fourth night

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During the fourth night, the eight remaining artists competing in the Newcomers' section performed their entries. Each act was voted by a "Quality jury", composed of celebrities, and by televotes.[11] The "Quality jury" was composed of actors Nicolas Vaporidis and Sarah Felberbaum, music producer and talent scout Claudio Cecchetto, swimmer Alessia Filippi and writer Federico Moccia.[26] At the end of the night, the duo Sonohra was announced the winner of the competition.[26] The artists competing in the "Big Artists" section didn't appear during the night. Several other established Italian artists were invited to perform as guests, including Jovanotti, Giorgia and Fiorella Mannoia.

Performances

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The duo Sonohra won the competition in the Newcomers' section.
Performances of the contestants on the fourth night[27][28]
Artist(s) Order Song Result
Sonohra 1 "L'amore" Winner
Ariel 2 "Ribelle" Bottom five
Jacopo Troiani 3 "Ho bisogno di sentirmi dire ti voglio bene" Third place
La Scelta 4 "Il nostro tempo" Second place
Frank Head 5 "Para parà ra ra ra" Bottom five
Valerio Sanzotta 6 "Novecento" Bottom five
Giua 7 "Tanto non vengo" Bottom five
Milagro 8 "Domani" Bottom five

Guests and other performances

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Fifth night

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During the fifth night, each song competing in the "Big Artists" section was performed again. Each performance was voted by a "Quality jury", composed of dancer Eleonora Abbagnato, TV author Gianni Boncompagni, TV presenters Giancarlo Magalli, Fabrizio Frizzi and Martina Colombari, journalists Emilio Fede and Tiziana Ferrario, actress Gloria Guida, writer and columnist Giampiero Mughini, and journalist Mariolina Simone.[31] Public votes were also collected, and a final ranking was compiled, also combining the votes collected during the first and the second night.[11] At the end of the night, Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce with the song "Colpo di fulmine" were announced the winners of the competition.[32]

Performances

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Performances of the contestants on the fifth night[33][34]
Artist(s) Order Song Result
Paolo Meneguzzi 1 "Grande" 6th place
Gianluca Grignani 2 "Cammina nel sole" 8th place
Little Tony 3 "Non finisce qui" 9th place
Toto Cutugno 4 "Un falco chiuso in gabbia" 4th place
L'Aura 5 "Basta!" Bottom nine
Anna Tatangelo 6 "Il mio amico" 2nd place
Amedeo Minghi 7 "Cammina cammina" Bottom nine
Mario Venuti 8 "A ferro e fuoco" Bottom nine
Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce 9 "Colpo di fulmine" Winner
Michele Zarrillo 10 "L'ultimo film insieme" Bottom nine
Fabrizio Moro 11 "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita" 3rd place
Tiromancino 12 "Il rubacuori" Bottom nine
Frankie Hi NRG MC 13 "Rivoluzione" Bottom nine
Finley 14 "Ricordi" 5th place
Mietta 15 "Baciami adesso" Bottom nine
Max Gazzè 16 "Il solito sesso" Bottom nine
Sergio Cammariere 17 "L'amore non si spiega" 7th place
Eugenio Bennato 18 "Grande sud" 10th place
Tricarico 19 "Vita tranquilla" Bottom nine

Guests and other performances

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Other awards

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Critics Award "Mia Martini"

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Big Artists section

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The Critics' Award, entitled to Italians singer Mia Martini, was awarded by journalists following the contest, and was given to Tricarico for his entry "Vita tranquilla". Loredana Bertè's "Musica e parole", after being disqualified from the main competition, was declared ineligible for the Critics Award too.[35]

Points received by the "Big Artists" for the Critics Award[36]
Artist Song Points Result
Tricarico "Vita tranquilla" 30 Winner
Sergio Cammariere "L'amore non si spiega" 28 Second place
Frankie Hi-NRG MC "Rivoluzione" 11 Third place
Max Gazzè "Il solito sesso" 10 Fourth place
Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce "Colpo di fulmine" 5 Fifth place
Eugenio Bennato "Grande sud" 4 Sixth place
Anna Tatangelo "Il mio amico"
Tiromancino "Il rubacuori"
Mario Venuti "A ferro e fuoco"
Toto Cutugno "Un falco chiuso in gabbia" 3 Tenth place
Paolo Meneguzzi "Grande"
Finley "Ricordi" 2 Twelfth place
L'Aura "Basta"
Gianluca Grignani "Cammina nel sole" 1 Thirteenth place
Little Tony "Non finisce qui"
Mietta "Baciami adesso"
Fabrizio Moro "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita"
Amedeo Minghi "Cammina cammina" 0 Eighteenth place
Michele Zarrillo "L'ultimo film insieme"

Newcomers' section

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Points received by the "Newcomer Artists" for the Critics Award[37]
Artist Song Points Result
Frank Head "Para parà ra rara" 30 Winner
Valerio Sanzotta "Novecento" 29 Second place
La scelta "Il nostro tempo" 22 Third place
Giua "Tanto non vengo" 19 Fourth place
Ariel "Ribelle" 8 Fifth place
Valeria Vaglio "Ore ed ore" 7 Sixth place
Sonohra "L'amore" 4 Seventh place
Milagro "Domani" 3 Eighth place
Jacopo Troiani "Ho bisogno di sentirmi dire ti voglio bene" 1 Ninth place
Andrea Bonomo "Anna" 0 Tenth place
Melody Fall "Ascoltami"
Rosario Morisco "Signorsì"
Francesco Rapetti "Come un amante"
Daniele Battaglia "Voce nel vento"

Press, Radio & TV Award

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After being disqualified from the main competition, Loredana Bertè received the Press, Radio & TV Award in the Big Artists section.

Big Artists section

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Points received by the "Big Artists" for the Press, Radio & TV Award[38]
Artist Song Points Result
Loredana Bertè "Musica e parole" 13 Winner
Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce "Colpo di fulmine" 11 Second place
Mietta "Baciami adesso" 7 Third place
Frankie Hi NRG MC "Rivoluzione" 6 Fourth place
Anna Tatangelo "Il mio amico"
Max Gazzè "Il solito sesso"
Eugenio Bennato "Grande sud" 5 Seventh place
Tricarico "Vita tranquilla"
Mario Venuti "A ferro e fuoco"
L'Aura "Basta!" 4 Tenth place
Sergio Cammariere "L'amore non si spiega" 3 Eleventh place
Gianluca Grignani "Cammina nel sole"
Fabrizio Moro "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita"
Toto Cutugno "Un falco chiuso in gabbia" 2 Fourteenth place
Tiromancino "Il rubacuori"
Little Tony "Non finisce qui" 1 Sixteenth place
Amedeo Minghi "Cammina cammina"
Michele Zarrillo "L'ultimo film insieme" 0 Eighteenth place
Finley "Ricordi"
Paolo Meneguzzi "Grande"

Big Artists section

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Points received by the "Newcomer Artists" for the Press, Radio & TV Award[39]
Artist Song Points Result
Ariel "Ribelle" 18 Winner
La Scelta "Il nostro tempo" 17 Second place
Frank Head "Para parà ra rara" 14 Third place
Giua "Tanto non vengo" 8 Fourth place
Sonohra "L'amore" 7 Fifth place
Milagro "Domani" 4 Sixth place
Valerio Sanzotta "Novecento" 3 Seventh place
Jacopo Troiani "Ho bisogno di sentirmi dire ti voglio bene"
Daniele Battaglia "Voce nel vento" 2 Ninth place
Francesco Rapetti "Come un'amante"
Valeria Vaglio "Ore ed ore"
Melody Fall "Ascoltami" 0 Twelfth place
Rosario Morisco "Signorsì"
Andrea Bonomo "Anna"

Ratings

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Episode Date Viewers Share
Night 1[40] 25 February 2008 7,068,000 36.46%
Night 2[41] 26 February 2008 6,500,000 32.33%
Night 3[42] 28 February 2008 6,152,000 33.20%
Night 4[43] 29 February 2008 5,305,000 30.28%
Night 5[2] 1 March 2008 8,124,000 44.90%

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