Sanremo Music Festival 1959
Italian song contest (9th edition)
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The Sanremo Music Festival 1959 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1959), officially the 9th Italian Song Festival (9º Festival della canzone italiana), was the ninth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1959, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra.[1][2]
- 29 January 1959
- 30 January 1959
- 31 January 1959
Sanremo, Italy
| Sanremo Music Festival 1959 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Presenters | Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Winner | "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli |
According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups, with some artists performing multiple songs.[1] The winner of the festival was "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", performed by Domenico Modugno (who was also the composer of the song) and Johnny Dorelli. The couple had already won the previous edition of the festival with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu".[1][3] Modugno went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.
Participants and results
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" | Domenico Modugno | Johnny Dorelli |
|
1 |
| "Io sono il vento" | Arturo Testa | Gino Latilla |
|
2 |
| "Conoscerti" | Achille Togliani | Teddy Reno | Giovanni D'Anzi | 3 |
| "Tua" | Jula de Palma | Tonina Torrielli |
|
4 |
| "Lì per lì" | Aurelio Fierro | Teddy Reno |
|
5 |
| "Sempre con te" | Fausto Cigliano | Nilla Pizzi | Roberto Murolo | 6 |
| "Avevamo la stessa età"" | Aurelio Fierro | Natalino Otto |
|
7 |
| "Nessuno" | Betty Curtis | Wilma De Angelis |
|
9 |
| "Una marcia in Fa" | Claudio Villa & Gino Latilla | Johnny Dorelli & Betty Curtis |
|
9 |
| "Un bacio sulla bocca" | Betty Curtis | Claudio Villa |
|
10 |
| "Adorami" | Nilla Pizzi | Tonina Torrielli |
|
Eliminated |
| "Così così" | Anna D’Amico | Natalino Otto | Valerio Vancheri | Eliminated |
| "La luna è un’altra luna" | Gino Latilla | Natalino Otto |
|
Eliminated |
| "Ma baciami" | Achille Togliani | Teddy Reno |
|
Eliminated |
| "Né stelle né mare" | Arturo Testa | Fausto Cigliano |
|
Eliminated |
| "Il nostro refrain" | Nilla Pizzi | Tonina Torrielli |
|
Eliminated |
| "Partir con te" | Claudio Villa | Johnny Dorelli | Pino Calvi | Eliminated |
| "Per tutta la vita" | Wilma De Angelis | Jula de Palma |
|
Eliminated |
| "Tu sei qui" | Achille Togliani | Arturo Testa |
|
Eliminated |
| "La vita mi ha dato solo te" | Jula de Palma | Miranda Martino |
|
Eliminated |
Broadcasts
Local broadcast
All shows were broadcast on Italian Television and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).
International broadcasts
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
ORF | ORF | [4] | |
 Belgium |
NIR/INR | NIR | Piet te Nuyl Jr. | [5][6] |
| INR | [5] | |||
 Denmark |
Statsradiofonien | Statsradiofonien TV | Mogens Kjelstrup | [7] |
 Germany |
ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen | [5] | |
 Monaco |
Radio Monte-Carlo | [8] | ||
 Netherlands |
NTS | NTS | Piet te Nuyl Jr. | [6] |
| Radio Omroep Nieuw Guinea[a] | [9] | |||
 Netherlands Antilles |
Curom[b] | [10] | ||
 Sweden |
SR | Sveriges TV | [11] | |
 United Kingdom |
BBC | BBC Television Service[c] | Tom Sloan | [12] |