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. The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by the actress Anna Maria Rizzoli.[1]
| Sanremo Music Festival 1979 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 11 January 1979 |
| Semi-final 2 | 12 January 1979 |
| Final | 13 January 1979 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Mike Bongiorno and Anna Maria Rizzoli |
| Artistic director | Gianni Ravera |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 22 |
| Winner | Mino Vergnaghi "Amare" |
The winner of the festival was Mino Vergnaghi with the song "Amare".[1]
Participants and results
edit| Participants and results[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | |
| "Amare" – Mino Vergnaghi (Piero Finà, Sergio Ortone) |
1 | |
| "Barbara" – Enzo Carella (Enzo Carella, Pasquale Panella) |
2 | |
| "Quell’attimo in più" – I Camaleonti (Mario Lavezzi, Oscar Avogadro, Daniele Pace) |
3 | |
| "La gente parla" – Collage (Antonello De Sanctis, Sandro Di Nardo, Marcello Marrocchi) |
4 | |
| "Sarà un fiore" - Enrico Beruschi (Daniele Pace, Corrado Conti, Mario Panzeri) |
5 | |
| "A me mi piace vivere alla grande" - Franco Fanigliulo (Oscar Avogadro, Riccardo Borghetti, Franco Fanigliulo, Daniele Pace) |
6 | |
| "New York" - Lorella Pescerelli (Franco Migliacci, Flavio Paulin) |
7 | |
| "C’era un’atmosfera" - Kim & The Cadillacs (Aldo Stellita, Piero Cassano) |
8 | |
| "Bimba mia" – Umberto Napolitano (Umberto Napolitano) |
9 | |
| "Tu fai schifo sempre" - Pandemonium (Angelo Giordano, Michele Paulicelli, Gianni Mauro) |
10 | |
| "’Nocciolino" - Antoine (Maurizio Piccoli) |
11 | |
| "Liana" - Grimm (Loreno Lazzarini) |
12 | |
| "Autunno cadono le pagine gialle" - Marinella (Roberto Ferri, Giancarlo Trombetti) |
Eliminated | |
| "Ayx Disco" - Ayx (Riccardo Galardini) |
Eliminated | |
| "Ciao Barbarella" -Ciro Sebastianelli (Ciro Sebastianelli, Daniele Pace,Oscar Avogadro) |
Eliminated | |
| "Grande mago" - Nicoletta Bauce (Nicoletta Bauce, Roberto Colombo) |
Eliminated | |
| "Il diario dei segreti" - Opera (Claudio Daiano, Giuseppe Adorno) |
Eliminated | |
| "Impazzirò" - Il était une fois (Pietro Civello, Basilivan) |
Eliminated | |
| "In due" - Michele Vicino (Giovanni Belfiore, Michele Vicino) |
Eliminated | |
| "La pioggia, il sole" - Roberta (Daniele Pace, Corrado Conti) |
Eliminated | |
| "Napule cagnarrà" - Massimo Abbate (Wanda Montanelli) |
Eliminated | |
| "Talismano nero" - Gianni Mocchetti (Manipoli e Gianni Mocchetti) |
Eliminated | |
Broadcasts
editLocal broadcast
editThe final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio.[1]
International broadcast
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chile
|
Canal 13[a] | [2] | ||
 Czechoslovakia
|
ČST | ČST1[b] | [3] | |
 Luxembourg
|
CLT | RTL Télé-Luxembourg[c] | [4] | |
Notes and references
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- ^ a b "Programación - Canal 13" [Programming - Channel 13]. Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 26 January 1979.
- ^ a b "so 12. května" [Sat 12 May]. Rozhlasový týdeník (in Czech). No. 19. 29 April 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Kramerius.
- ^ a b "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.