The Sanremo Music Festival 1969 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1969), officially the 19th Italian Song Festival (19º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 19th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1969[1] and presented by Nuccio Costa and Gabriella Farinon.[1]
| Sanremo Music Festival 1969 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 30 January 1969 |
| Semi-final 2 | 31 January 1969 |
| Final | 1 February 1969 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Nuccio Costa and Gabriella Farinon |
| Artistic director | Gianni Ravera |
| Host broadcaster | Programma Nazionale |
| Website | www |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Winner | Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi "Zingara" |
According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups.[1] The winners of the festival were Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi with the song "Zingara".[1] Zanicchi was thus selected to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, with "Due grosse lacrime bianche".
Participants and results
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| Participants and results[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | |
| "Zingara" – Bobby Solo, Iva Zanicchi (Piero Finà, Sergio Ortone) |
1 | |
| "Lontano dagli occhi" – Sergio Endrigo, Mary Hopkin (Sergio Bardotti, Sergio Endrigo, Luis Bacalov) |
2 | |
| "Un sorriso" – Don Backy, Milva (Don Backy, Detto Mariano) |
3 | |
| "Un'ora fa" – Fausto Leali, Tony Del Monaco ( Luciano Beretta, Ermanno Parazzini, Gianfranco Intra) |
4 | |
| "Ma che freddo fa" - Nada, The Rokes (Franco Migliacci, Claudio Mattone) |
5 | |
| "La pioggia" - Gigliola Cinquetti, France Gall (Daniele Pace, Gianni Argenio, Corrado Conti, Mario Panzeri) |
6 | |
| "Tu sei bella come sei" - Mal, The Showmen (Giuseppe Cassia, Sergio Bardotti, Marcello Marrocchi, Mario Vicari) |
7 | |
| "Il gioco dell'amore" - Caterina Caselli, Johnny Dorelli (Franco Migliacci, Ivo Callegari) |
8 | |
| "Un'avventura" – Lucio Battisti, Wilson Pickett (Mogol, Lucio Battisti) |
9 | |
| "Quando l'amore diventa poesia" - Orietta Berti, Massimo Ranieri (Mogol, Piero Soffici) |
10 | |
| "’Piccola piccola" - Carmen Villani, Alessandra Casaccia (Vincenzo Buonassisi, Giorgio Bertero, Marino Marini, Aldo Valleroni) |
11 | |
| "Bada bambina" - Little Tony, Mario Zelinotti (Franco Migliacci, Bruno Zambrini) |
12 | |
| "Zucchero" - Rita Pavone, Dik Dik (Mogol, Luigi Clausetti, Roberto Soffici, Piero Soffici, Roberto Guscelli) |
13 | |
| "Cosa hai messo nel caffè" - Riccardo Del Turco, Antoine (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Riccardo Del Turco) |
14 | |
| "Alla fine della strada" - Junior Magli, The Casuals (Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Lorenzo Pilat) |
Eliminated | |
| "Baci baci baci" - Wilma Goich, The Sweet Inspirations (Sergio Bardotti, Franco Bracardi) |
Eliminated | |
| "Il sole è tramontato" - Checco, Elio Gandolfi ( Riccardo Pradella, Checco Marsella, Rosa Nisi, Giuseppe Moschini) |
Eliminated | |
| "Il treno" - Rosanna Fratello, Brenton Wood (Vito Pallavicini, Elio Isola) |
Eliminated | |
| "Io che ho te" - New Trolls, Leonardo (Giorgio D'Adamo, Vittorio De Scalzi, Nico Di Palo) |
Eliminated | |
| "Le belle donne" - Robertino, Rocky Roberts (Vito Pallavicini, Giorgio Conte, Michele Virano) |
Eliminated | |
| "Meglio una sera (piangere da solo)" - Mino Reitano, Claudio Villa ( Nicola Salerno, Alberto Salerno, Franco Reitano, Mino Reitano) |
Eliminated | |
| "Non c'è che lei" - Armando Savini, Sonia (Marisa Terzi, Carlo Alberto Rossi) |
Eliminated | |
| "Se tu ragazzo mio" - Gabriella Ferri, Stevie Wonder (Vittorio Ferri, Gabriella Ferri, Piero Pintucci) |
Eliminated | |
| "Una famiglia" - Memo Remigi, Isabella Iannetti (Alberto Testa, Memo Remigi) |
Eliminated | |
International broadcasts
editKnown 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil
|
Rádio Jornal do Brasil[a] | [2] | ||
 Japan
|
NHK | NHK[b] | Yutaka Ishida | [3] |
Notes and references
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- ^ a b "Festival de San Remo 69" [San Remo Festival 69]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 12 February 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ a b "第１９回サンレモ歌謡祭" [The 19th Sanremo Music Festival] (in Japanese). NHK. 27 April 1969. Retrieved 25 August 2024.