Sanremo Music Festival 2007
Italian song contest (57th edition)
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The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2007), officially the 57th Italian Song Festival (57º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 57th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker.
Semi-final 1
- 27 February 2007
Semi-final 2
- 28 February 2007
Semi-final 3
- 1 March 2007
Semi-final 4
- 2 March 2007
| Sanremo Music Festival 2007 | |
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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 |
| Production | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Director | Gino Landi |
| Musical director | Pippo Caruso |
| Artistic director | Pippo Baudo |
| Presenters | Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Mixed (popular jury, "quality jury" and televotes) |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Winner | "Ti regalerò una rosa" Simone Cristicchi |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Winner | "Pensa" Fabrizio Moro |
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa", while the Newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro with "Pensa".
Shows
First night
Big Artists and Newcomers section
Key:
- – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
- – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s)[3] | Result | |
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| 1 | Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" |
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N/a | |
| 2 | Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" |
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N/a | |
| 3 | Mariangela | "Ninna nanna" |
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Eliminated | |
| 4 | Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" |
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N/a | |
| 5 | Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" |
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N/a | |
| 6 | Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" |
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Advanced | |
| 7 | Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | Daniele Silvestri | N/a | |
| 8 | Grandi Animali Marini | "Napoleone Azzurro" | Francesco Ferrari | Eliminated | |
| 9 | Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | Giorgio Faletti | N/a | |
| 10 | Jasmine | "La vita subito" |
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Advanced | |
| 11 | Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | Simone Cristicchi | N/a | |
| 12 | Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" |
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Advanced | |
| 13 | Nada | "Luna in piena" | Nada Malanima | N/a | |
| 14 | Stefano Centomo | "Bivio" |
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Advanced | |
| 15 | Mango | "Chissà se nevica" |
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N/a | |
| 16 | Khorakhanè | "La ballata di Gino" |
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Eliminated | |
| 17 | Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" |
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N/a | |
Guests and other performances
- At the beginning of the show, co-presenter Michelle Hunziker covered "Adesso tu". The song, originally performed by her ex-husband Eros Ramazzotti, won the contest in 1986.[4]
- Italian comedian Antonio Cornacchione performed a piece of political satire.[4]
- Hunziker performed a song from her musical theatre stage work Tutti insieme appassionatamente, an Italian adaptation of the film The Sound of Music.[1]
- American pop group Scissor Sisters performed the hit "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'".[4]
- American singer-songwriter Norah Jones sang and played piano on her single "Thinking About You".[4]
Second night
Big Artists and Newcomers section
Key:
- – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
- – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s)[3] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" |
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N/a | |
| 2 | Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" |
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N/a | |
| 3 | Stadio | "Guardami" |
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N/a | |
| 4 | Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" |
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Advanced | |
| 5 | Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" |
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N/a | |
| 6 | Patrizio Baù | "Peccati di gola" |
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Eliminated | |
| 7 | Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | N/a | ||
| 8 | Romina Falconi | "Ama" |
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Advanced | |
| 9 | Albano | "Nel perdono" |
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N/a | |
| 10 | Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | Fabrizio Mobrici | Advanced | |
| 11 | Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | Rino Gaetano | N/a | |
| 12 | FSC | "Non piangere" |
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Eliminated | |
| 13 | Amalia Grè | "Amami per sempre" |
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N/a | |
| 14 | Pier Cortese | "Non ho tempo" | Pier Vincenzo Cortese | Eliminated | |
| 15 | Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | Fabio Concato | N/a | |
| 16 | Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" |
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Advanced | |
| 17 | Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" |
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N/a | |
Guests and other performances
- At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.[7]
- Italian comedy duo Ficarra e Picone performed a piece in memory of Pino Puglisi, a priest who was killed by Sicilian Mafia after challenging the criminal syndicate itself.[7]
- British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine".[7][8] The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival 1996, a few days before splitting.[8]
- American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room", which was performed for the first time during a TV program.[7][9] Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People".[9]
Third night
Big Artists section
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | Bungt Bangt |
| 2 | Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | Enrico Ruggeri |
| 3 | Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | Kledi Kadiu & Sabrina Amato |
| 4 | Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | Sergio Cammariere |
| 5 | Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | Michele Zarrillo & Tullio De Piscopo |
| 6 | Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | Amii Stewart |
| 7 | Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | Laura Valente |
| 8 | Stadio | "Guardami" | Teresa Salgueiro |
| 9 | Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" | Nelly Furtado & Tomislav Biserov |
| 10 | Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | Massimo Venturiello |
| 11 | Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | Francesco Sarcina |
| 12 | Nada | "Luna in piena" | Cristina Donà |
| 13 | Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | Coro Sant'Ilario & Coro Valle Laghi |
| 14 | Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | Nate James |
| 15 | Albano | "Nel perdono" | Cosmos |
| 16 | Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | Têtes des Bois |
| 17 | Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | Stefano Bollani |
| 18 | Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | Anggun |
| 19 | Amalia Grè | "Amami per sempre" | Mario Biondi |
| 20 | Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" | The Supremes |
Guests and other performances
- Spanish singer and actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz sang his single "Dirás que estoy loco", with a choreography performed by six dancers.[12]
- Italian comedian Max Tortora impersonated Franco Califano, performing a satirical piece.[13]
Fourth night
The running order of the contestants was decided by a drawing at the beginning of the night.[14]
Newcomers section
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" | Bottom five |
| 2 | Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" | Bottom five |
| 3 | Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" | Bottom five |
| 4 | Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" | Third place |
| 5 | Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | Winner |
| 6 | Stefano Centono | "Bivio" | Second place |
| 7 | Romina Falconi | "Ama" | Bottom five |
| 8 | Jasmine | "La vita subito" | Bottom five |
Guests and other performances
- Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.[16]
- Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.[16][17]
- Gigi D'Alessio performed a cover of Lucio Battisti's "Il nastro rosa".[18] He also played piano while Lara Fabian sang Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio".[17] Finally, D'Alessio and Fabian duetted, performing Battisti's "Un cuore malato".[17]
- Elisa performed her singles "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which won the contest in 2001, and "Eppure sentire", as well as a cover of Mia Martini's "Almeno tu nell'universo".[18]
- Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo, performing a medley of "Ciao amore, ciao", "Ritornerai" and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".[18]
- Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io, inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.[18][19]
- Tiziano Ferro performed his songs "Ed ero contentissimo", "Ti scatterò una foto", "Sere nere" and "Non me lo so spiegare".[20]
- Italian actor Neri Marcorè impersonated Luciano Ligabue, performing "L'IVA", a satirical cover of his song "Viva".[16]
- Armando Trovajoli also appeared, receiving an award given by the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers.[16]
Fifth night
Big Artists section
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nada | "Luna in piena" | Bottom ten |
| 2 | Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | Bottom ten |
| 3 | Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | Bottom ten |
| 4 | Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | Bottom ten |
| 5 | Albano | "Nel perdono" | 2nd place |
| 6 | Amalia Gré | "Amami per sempre" | Bottom ten |
| 7 | Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (per sempre)" | Bottom ten |
| 8 | Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | 5th place |
| 9 | Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | 7th place |
| 10 | Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | Bottom ten |
| 11 | Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | 8th place |
| 12 | Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | Bottom ten |
| 13 | Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | Winner |
| 14 | Stadio | "Guardami" | Bottom ten |
| 15 | Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | 4th place |
| 16 | Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" | 9th place |
| 17 | Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | Bottom ten |
| 18 | Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | 3rd place |
| 19 | Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | 10th place |
| 20 | Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | 6th place |
Guests and other performances
- Italian television presenter Mike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker. Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.[23]
- British singer Joss Stone performed her single "Tell Me 'bout It" and tributed Aretha Franklin covering "Respect".[23]
- Mika also appeared during the final night, singing his hit "Grace Kelly".[23]
- Italian TV presenter and actor Flavio Insinna was another guest of the show, performing some short comedy scenes with Pippo Baudo.[23]
Other awards
Critics Award "Mia Martini"
Big Artists section
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | 62 | Winner |
| Nada | "Luna in piena" | 11 | 2nd place |
| Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | 10 | 3rd place |
| Albano | "Nel perdono" | 5 | 4th place |
| Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | 4 | 5th place |
| Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | 3 | 6th place |
| Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | ||
| Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | ||
| Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | 2 | 9th place |
| Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" | 1 | 10th place |
| Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | ||
| Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | ||
| Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | ||
| Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | 0 | 14th place |
| Amalia Gré | "Amami per sempre" | ||
| Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | ||
| Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | ||
| Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | ||
| Stadio | "Guardami" | ||
| Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" |
Newcomers section
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | 68 | Winner |
| Khorakhanè | "La ballata di Gino" | 6 | 2nd place |
| Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" | ||
| Romina Falconi | "Ama" | 4 | 4th place |
| Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" | ||
| FSC | "Non piangere" | 3 | 6th place |
| Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" | ||
| Stefano Centomo | "Bivio" | ||
| Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" | 2 | 9th place |
| Mariangela | "Ninna nanna" | ||
| Patrizio Baù | "Peccati di gola" | 1 | 11th place |
| Grandi Animali Marini | "Napoleone azzurro" | ||
| Jasmine | "La vita subito" | ||
| Pier Cortese | "Non ho tempo" | 0 | 14th place |
Press, Radio & TV Award
Big Artists section
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | 20 | Winner |
| Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | 9 | 2nd place |
| Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | 5 | 3rd place |
| Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | ||
| Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" | ||
| Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | 4 | 6th place |
| Albano | "Nel perdono" | 3 | 7th place |
| Stadio | "Guardami" | ||
| Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | 2 | 9th place |
| Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | ||
| Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | ||
| Amalia Grè | "Amami per sempre" | 1 | 12th place |
| Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | ||
| Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | ||
| Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | ||
| Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | ||
| Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | ||
| Nada | "Luna in piena" | 0 | 18th place |
| Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" | ||
| Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | ||
Newcomers section
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | 28 | Winner |
| Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" | 13 | 2nd place |
| Stefano Centomo | "Bivio" | 7 | 3rd place |
| Jasmine | "La vita subito" | 4 | 4th place |
| Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" | ||
| Romina Falconi | "Ama" | 3 | 6th place |
| Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" | 2 | 7th place |
| Khorakhanè | "La ballata di Gino" | ||
| Grandi Animali Marini | "Napoleone azzurro" | 1 | 9th place |
| Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" | ||
| Pier Cortese | "Non ho tempo" | 0 | 11th place |
| Patrizio Baù | "Peccati di gola" | ||
| FSC | "Non piangere" | ||
| Mariangela | "Ninna nanna" | ||