Sanremo Music Festival 1979
| Sanremo Music Festival 1979 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
|
| Semi-final 2 |
|
| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Artistic director | Gianni Ravera |
| Presenters | Mike Bongiorno and Anna Maria Rizzoli |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 22 |
| Winner | "Amare" Mino Vergnaghi |
The Sanremo Music Festival 1979 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1979), officially the 29th Italian Song Festival (29º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 29th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 11 and 13 January 1979, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by the actress Anna Maria Rizzoli.[1]
The winner of the festival was Mino Vergnaghi with the song "Amare".[1]
Participants and results
[edit]| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Amare" | Mino Vergnaghi |
|
1 |
| "Barbara" | Enzo Carella |
|
2 |
| "Quell'attimo in più" | I Camaleonti | 3 | |
| "La gente parla" | Collage |
|
4 |
| "Sarà un fiore" | Enrico Beruschi |
|
5 |
| "A me mi piace vivere alla grande" | Franco Fanigliulo |
|
6 |
| "New York" | Lorella Pescerelli | 7 | |
| "C'era un'atmosfera" | Kim & The Cadillacs | 8 | |
| "Bimba mia" | Umberto Napolitano | Umberto Napolitano | 9 |
| "Tu fai schifo sempre" | Pandemonium |
|
10 |
| "’Nocciolino" | Antoine | Maurizio Piccoli | 11 |
| "Liana" | Grimm | Loreno Lazzarini | 12 |
| "Autunno cadono le pagine gialle" | Marinella |
|
Eliminated |
| "Ayx Disco" | Ayx | Riccardo Galardini | Eliminated |
| "Ciao Barbarella" | Ciro Sebastianelli |
|
Eliminated |
| "Grande mago" | Nicoletta Bauce |
|
Eliminated |
| "Il diario dei segreti" | Opera |
|
Eliminated |
| "Impazzirò" | Il était une fois |
|
Eliminated |
| "In due" | Michele Vicino |
|
Eliminated |
| "La pioggia, il sole" | Roberta |
|
Eliminated |
| "Napule cagnarrà" | Massimo Abbate | Wanda Montanelli | Eliminated |
| "Talismano nero" | Gianni Mocchetti | Manipoli e Gianni Mocchetti | Eliminated |
Broadcasts
[edit]Local broadcast
[edit]The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio.[1]
International broadcast
[edit]Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chile |
UCTV | Canal 13[a] | [2] | |
 Czechoslovakia |
ČST | ČST1[b] | [3] | |
 Luxembourg |
CLT | RTL Télé-Luxembourg[c] | [4] |
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- 1 2 "Programación - Canal 13" [Programming - Channel 13]. Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 26 January 1979.
- 1 2 "so 12. května" [Sat 12 May]. Rozhlasový týdeník (in Czech). No. 19. 29 April 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Kramerius.
- 1 2 "Télé hebdo – lundi 5 février" [Weekly TV – Monday 5 February]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 2 February 1979. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
