Sanremo Music Festival 1998
Italian song contest (48th edition)
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The Sanremo Music Festival 1998 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1998), officially the 48th Italian Song Festival (48º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 48th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1998 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Raimondo Vianello, supported by Eva Herzigová and Veronica Pivetti.[1]
- 24 February 1998
- 25 February 1998
- 26 February 1998
- 27 February 1998
| Sanremo Music Festival 1998 | |
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| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Semi-final 3 |
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| Semi-final 4 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Musical director | Gianfranco Lombardi |
| Presenters | Raimondo Vianello and Eva Herzigová, Veronica Pivetti |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Winner | "Senza te o con te" Annalisa Minetti |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Winner | "Senza te o con te" Annalisa Minetti |
According to the rules of this edition, the winner and the two runners-up of the Newcomers section were allowed in the final night to compete in the Big Artists section; Annalisa Minetti was eventually able to win both the competitions with the song "Senza te o con te".[1] Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel won the Critics Award with the song "Dormi e sogna", while the duo Eramo & Passavanti won the Critics Award for the Newcomers section.[1] For the newcomers, only the winner was revealed; for the big artists section, initially only the first three positions were announced, while the complete final ranking was disclosed only several weeks after the end of the festival.[1]
The "quality jury", responsible for rewarding best music, best lyrics and best arrangements, consisted of composer Michael Nyman, singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, writer Vincenzo Cerami, record producer Celso Valli and vice-president of Rome-Europe Foundation Monique Vaute.[1]
After every night, Piero Chiambretti and Nino D'Angelo hosted DopoFestival, a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists.[1]
Participants and results
Big Artists
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank | Notes |
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| "Senza te o con te" | Annalisa Minetti | 1 |
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| "Amore lontanissimo" | Antonella Ruggiero |
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2 | |
| "Sempre" | Lisa |
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3 | |
| "Solo come me" | Paola Turci |
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4 | |
| "Pathos" | Silvia Salemi |
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5 | |
| "Luce" | Mango featuring Zenîma |
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6 |
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| "Un po' di te" | Luca Sepe |
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7 | |
| "Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma" | Niccolò Fabi |
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8 | |
| "Un porto nel vento" | Ron |
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| "Canto per te" | Andrea Mingardi |
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10 | |
| "Sei tu o lei (Quello che voglio)" | Alex Baroni |
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11 | |
| "E che mai sarà" | Spagna |
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12 | |
| "Dormi e sogna" | Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel |
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13 |
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| "Flamingo" | Sergio Caputo | Sergio Caputo | 14 | |
| "Sotto il velo del cielo" | Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare |
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15 | |
| "Per te" | Paola e Chiara |
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| "Quando un musicista ride" | Enzo Jannacci | Enzo Jannacci | 17 |
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Newcomers
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Notes |
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| "Senza te o con te" | Annalisa Minetti |
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| "Sempre" | Lisa |
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| "Un po' di te" | Luca Sepe |
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| "Ascoltami" | Paola Folli | Francesco Rapaccioli | |
| "Come il sole" | Percentonetto |
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| "Compagna segreta" | Costa | Marco Costantini | |
| "Con il naso in su" | Taglia 42 | Saverio Grandi | |
| "Dimmi dov'è la strada per il paradiso" | Alessandro Pitoni |
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| "I ragazzi innamorati" | Nitti e Agnello |
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| "Il soffio" | Luciferme |
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| "Quante volte sei" | Serena C |
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| "Senza confini" | Eramo & Passavanti |
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| "Siamo noi" | Federico Stragà | Daniele Fossati | |
| "Un graffio in più" | Liliana Tamberi |
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Guests
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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| Madonna | "Frozen" |
| Robbie Robertson | "Unbound" |
| All Saints | "Never Ever" |
| Michael Bolton | "Nessun dorma" |
| Shola Ama | "You're the One I Love" |
| Backstreet Boys | "As Long as You Love Me" "All I Have to Give" |
| Álvaro Scaramelli | "Soy tal qual soy" |
| Ricky Martin | "La Copa De La Vida" |
| Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | "Most High" |
| Celine Dion | "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" |
| Aqua | "Doctor Jones" |
| Bryan Adams | "Back to You" |
| José Feliciano | "Che sarà" "El Americano" |