Sanremo Music Festival 1988

Sanremo Music Festival 1988
Sanremo Music Festival 1988
Dates
Semi-final 1	24 February 1988
Semi-final 2	25 February 1988
Semi-final 3	26 February 1988
Final	27 February 1988
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston; Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Miguel Bosé; and Gabriella Carlucci
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Big Artists section
Number of entries	26
Winner	Massimo Ranieri; "Perdere l'amore"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	16
Winner	Future; "Canta con noi"
	1987 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1989

The Sanremo Music Festival 1988 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1988), officially the 38th Italian Song Festival (38º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 38th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 24 and 27 February 1988 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Miguel Bosé and Gabriella Carlucci, while Carlo Massarini [it] hosted the segments from the Sanremo PalaRock, and Kay Sandvick, Lara Saint Paul and Memo Remigi hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed.^[1]

The winner of the Big Artists section was Massimo Ranieri with the song "Perdere l'amore", while Fiorella Mannoia won the Critics Award with the song "Le notti di Maggio".^[1] The pop group Future won the Newcomers section with the song "Canta con noi".^[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section ^[1]^[2]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Perdere l'amore" - Massimo Ranieri (Marcello Marrocchi, Giampiero Artegiani)	1	Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Emozioni" - Toto Cutugno (Toto Cutugno)	2
"L'amore rubato" - Luca Barbarossa (Luca Barbarossa)	3
"Dopo la tempesta" - Marcella Bella (Alberto Salerno, Gianni Bella)	4
"Mi manchi" - Fausto Leali (Fabrizio Berlincioni, Franco Fasano)	5
"Italia" - Mino Reitano (Umberto Balsamo)	6
"Quando nasce un amore" - Anna Oxa (Adelio Cogliati, Franco Ciani, Piero Cassano)	7
"Per noi" - Fiordaliso (Toto Cutugno)	8
"Nascerà Gesù" - Ricchi e Poveri (Umberto Balsamo)	9
"Le notti di Maggio" - Fiorella Mannoia (Ivano Fossati)	10	Critics Award Winner
"Inevitabile follia" - Raf (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli)	11
"Sarà per te" - Francesco Nuti (Francesco Nuti)	12
"Io (per le strade di quartiere)" - Franco Califano (Franco Califano, Toto Cutugno)	13
"Nella valle dei Timbales" - Figli di Bubba^[a] (Mauro Pagani)	14
"Come un giorno di sole" - Michele Zarrillo (Giampiero Artegiani, Michele Zarrillo, Luigi Lopez)	15
"Io" - Loredana Bertè (Tony Cicco)	16
"Nun chiagnere" - Peppino di Capri (Lorenzo Raggi, Depsa, Franco Fasano)	17
"Andamento lento" - Tullio De Piscopo (Tullio De Piscopo, Mario Capuano, Giosy Capuano)	18
"La prima stella della sera" - Matia Bazar (Aldo Stellita, Sergio Cossu, Carlo Marrale)	19
"Era bella davvero" - Drupi (Oscar Avogadro, Paolo Amerigo Cassella, Dario Farina)	20
"Il mondo avrà una grande anima" - Ron (Ron)	21
"Una bella canzone" - Flavia Fortunato (Oscar Avogadro, Mario Lavezzi)	22
"Cielo chiaro" - New Trolls (Vittorio De Scalzi, Nico Di Palo, Gianni Belleno)	23
"Ma che idea" - Denovo (Luca Madonia)	24
"Le tue chiavi non ho" - Nino Buonocore (Alberto Salerno, Nino Buonocore)	25
"Come per miracolo" - Alan Sorrenti (Alan Sorrenti, Giorgio Cavalli)	26

Newcomers

Newcomers section ^[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Canta con noi" - Future (Marco Battistini, Mino Reitano, Gegè Reitano, Franco Sacco, Ricky Bolognesi)	1	Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Una carezza d'aiuto" - Stefano Palatresi (Renzo Arbore, Claudio Mattone)	2
"Per noi giovani" - Lijao (Piero Cassano, Livio Visentin, Adelio Cogliati)	3
"Ogni tanto si sogna" - Miki (Michele Porru)	4
"Io con te" - Giorgia Fiorio (Roberto Ferri, Mauro Paoluzzi)	Semifinalist
"La notte delle favole" - Tania Tedesco (Depsa, Angela Brambati, Piero Ameli)	Semifinalist
"Sarò bellissima" - Paola Turci (Gaio Chiocchio, Roberto Righini)	Semifinalist	Winner of the Critics Award - Newcomers' section
"Se fosse vero" - Stefania La Fauci (Marco Armani, Paolo Armenise)	Semifinalist
"Canto Bolero" - Stefano Ruffini (Marco Luberti, Grazia Di Michele, Francesco Gazillo)	Eliminated
"L'ultima bugia" - Fabio De Rossi (Massimiliano Governi, Fabio De Rossi)	Eliminated
"Mama" - Ice (Piero Marras)	Eliminated
"Non è segreto" - Andrea Mirò (Armando Mango)	Eliminated
"Sarà forte" - Bungaro (Pino Romanelli, Antonio Calò)	Eliminated
"Sogno" - Mietta (Claudio Mattone)	Eliminated
"Uno spiraglio al cuore" - Mariella Nava (Mariella Nava)	Eliminated
"Voglio vivere in un attimo" - Biagio Antonacci (Biagio Antonacci, Rosalino Cellamare)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcasts

All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.

International broadcasts

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1988
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
United States	WNYC-TV^[b]			^[3]^[4]

Notes and references

Notes

^ Figli di Bubba ("Sons of Bubba") was a supergroup formed by Premiata Forneria Marconi members Mauro Pagani and Franz Di Cioccio, comedians Enzo Braschi [it] and Sergio Vastano, record producer Roberto Manfredi and journalists Roberto Gatti and Alberto Tonti.^[1]
^ Delayed broadcast on 28 February at 14:00 (EDT)^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
^ Maria Pia Fusco (3 March 1988). "Massimo, Toto e Luca tre modi di vincere". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Sunday – Noon". Newsday TV Plus. Melville, New York. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 32.
^ "Sunday Afternoon". The Record TV Record. West Paterson, New Jersey. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 12.

[3] Figli di Bubba ("Sons of Bubba") was a supergroup formed by Premiata Forneria Marconi members Mauro Pagani and Franz Di Cioccio, comedians Enzo Braschi [it] and Sergio Vastano, record producer Roberto Manfredi and journalists Roberto Gatti and Alberto Tonti.^[1]

[5] Delayed broadcast on 28 February at 14:00 (EDT)^[3]

[music-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.

[2] Maria Pia Fusco (3 March 1988). "Massimo, Toto e Luca tre modi di vincere". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[NYC-4] "Sunday – Noon". Newsday TV Plus. Melville, New York. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 32.

[Boston-6] "Sunday Afternoon". The Record TV Record. West Paterson, New Jersey. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 12.

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