Sanremo Music Festival 2022

Italian song contest (72nd edition) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Sanremo Music Festival 2022 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2022), officially the 72nd Italian Song Festival (72º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 72nd edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was held between 1 and 5 February 2022, and was presented for the third time in a row by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition, alongside a number of co-hosts.

Semi-final 1
  • 1 February 2022
Semi-final 2
  • 2 February 2022
Semi-final 3
  • 3 February 2022
Semi-final 4
  • 4 February 2022
Quick facts Dates and venue, Semi-final 1 ...
Sanremo Music Festival 2022
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 1 February 2022
Semi-final 2
  • 2 February 2022
Semi-final 3
  • 3 February 2022
Semi-final 4
  • 4 February 2022
Final
  • 5 February 2022
VenueTeatro Ariston
Sanremo, Italy
Production
BroadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
DirectorStefano Vicario
Musical directorLeonardo De Amicis
Artistic directorAmadeus
PresentersAmadeus and
Ornella Muti (first night)
Lorena Cesarini (second night)
Drusilla Foer (third night)
Maria Chiara Giannetta (fourth night)
Sabrina Ferilli (fifth night)
Big Artists section
Number of entries25
Winner"Brividi"
Mahmood and Blanco
2021 Sanremo Music Festival 2023
Close

The festival was won by Mahmood and Blanco with "Brividi", earning them the right to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, held on home soil in Turin; Mahmood had previously won Sanremo in 2019 and had represented Italy in that year's Eurovision.

Format

The 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organized by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus, for the third consecutive year.

The venue returned to its full capacity during the festival, after the presence of an audience was not allowed in the previous edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Presenters

In August 2021, RAI officially confirmed Amadeus as the presenter of the 72nd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Together with Amadeus, five co-hosts alternated during the five evenings: Ornella Muti, Lorena Cesarini, Drusilla Foer, Maria Chiara Giannetta and Sabrina Ferilli.[2]

Besides these, Orietta Berti and Fabio Rovazzi hosted parts of the show (for sponsorship reasons) from the cruise ship Costa Toscana off the shore of Sanremo.[3][4]

Voting

Voting occurred through the combination of three methods:

  • Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting.
  • Jury of the press room, TV, radio and web.
  • Demoscopic jury, composed by 1000 music fans who vote from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos.

Their voting was articulated as follows:[5]

  • First two nights: half of the entrants were judged by three separate panels from the jury of the press room, TV, radio and web.
  • Third night: all of the entrants were judged through a 50/50 split system by means of televoting and the demoscopic jury. The results were combined with those of the previous nights.
  • Fourth night: the same systems used on the first three nights were put in place.
  • Fifth night: the entrants were judged by televoting alone, to be added up to the results obtained that far; ultimately, a final voting round (again a sum of televoting and the two juries) was held among the top 3, which determined the winner.

Selections

Sanremo Giovani 2021

Unlike previous editions, the Newcomers' section was not included in the Festival, but a similar selection was held to decree the three places reserved in the Big Artist section.[6][7] The artists competing in the new format were selected through two separate contests: Standard section and Area Sanremo.

Standard selection

On 20 October 2021, the RAI commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2022 announced a list of 711 acts, but only 30 artists coming from all Italian regions – excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta – and from abroad were selected in the first phase.[8]

On 22 November 2021, the RAI commission announced the eight finalists.[9]

Area Sanremo

After the auditions, a RAI commission – composed by Amadeus, Gianmarco Mazzi, Claudio Fasulo, Massimo Martelli and Leonardo de Amicis – identified 4 finalists for the competition among the 330 acts:[9][10]

Final

On 15 December 2021, the twelve finalists performed their songs at Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, with the show Sanremo Giovani 2021 broadcast on Rai 1 and presented by Amadeus. The three winners of the night, i.e. Yuman, Tananai and Matteo Romano, participated in Sanremo 2022 with a new entry.[11][7]

More information R/O, Artist ...
R/O Artist Song Place
1 Samia "Fammi respirare" N/A
2 Oli? "Smalto e tinta"
3 Tananai "Esagerata" 2
4 Vittoria "California" N/A
5 Matteo Romano "Testa e croce" 3
6 Littamè "Cazzo avete da guardare" N/A
7 Yuman "Mille notti" 1
8 Esseho "Arianna" N/A
9 Martina Beltrami "Parlo di te"
10 Destro "Agosto di piena estate"
11 Senza Cri "A me"
12 Bais "Che fine mi fai"
Close

Big Artists

The traditional Big Artists section of the contest was merged with the Newcomers' section, and saw the participation of 25 artists, 22 being selected among established artists as before and 3 qualifying from Sanremo Giovani. The former 22, selected from 343 submissions received,[12] were revealed on 4 December 2021, and also attended the night of Sanremo Giovani on 15 December, where their competing songs' titles were also made known.[13][14][15][16]

Competing entries

More information Song, Artist ...
Competing songs and artists, showing writers, orchestra conductor and results achieved[17][18]
Song Artist Songwriter(s) Orchestra conductor Rank Sanremo Music Festival Awards
"Brividi Mahmood and Blanco
Carmelo Patti (nights 1, 3 and 5)
Michelangelo (night 4)
1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section – Golden Lion
"O forse sei tu" Elisa
Will Medini 2
  • Orchestra's "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for the Best Composition
"Apri tutte le porte" Gianni Morandi Mousse T. 3
  • Press room's "Lucio Dalla" Award
"Ovunque sarai" Irama
Giulio Nenna 4 None
"Farfalle" Sangiovanni
Carmelo Patti 5
"Ogni volta è così" Emma
Francesca Michielin (nights 2, 3 and 5)
Carmelo Patti (night 4)
6
"Ciao ciao" La Rappresentante di Lista
  • Veronica Lucchesi
  • Dario Mangiaracina
  • Roberto Calabrese
  • Roberto Cammarata
  • Carmelo Drago
  • Simone Privitera
Carmelo Patti 7
"Lettera di là dal mare" Massimo Ranieri Adriano Pennino 8
"Dove si balla" Dargen D'Amico
  • Jacopo "Dargen" D'Amico
  • Edwyn Roberts [it]
  • Gianluigi Fazio
  • Andrea Bonomo [it]
Enzo Campagnoli [it] 9 None
"Inverno dei fiori" Michele Bravi
  • Michele Bravi
  • Alfredo "Cheope" Rapetti [it]
  • Alex Andrea "Raige" Vella [it]
  • Francesco "Katoo" Catitti
  • Federica Abbate)
10
"Virale" Matteo Romano
Valeriano Chiaravalle 11
"Sei tu" Fabrizio Moro
  • Fabrizio Mobrici
  • Roberto Cardelli
Claudio Junior Bielli 12
  • Music commission's "Sergio Bardotti" Award for the Best Lyrics
"Perfetta così" Aka 7even
  • Luca "Aka 7even" Marzano
  • Vincenzo Colella
  • Max Elias Kleinschmidt
  • Gianvito Vizzi
  • Renato Luis Patriarca
Carmelo Patti 13 None
"Domenica" Achille Lauro feat. Harlem Gospel Choir[19]
  • Lauro De Marinis
  • Simon Pietro Manzari
  • Davide Petrella
  • Matteo "Göw Trïbe" Ciceroni
  • Mattia Cutolo
  • Gregorio Calculli
Gregorio Calculli 14
"Ti amo non lo so dire" Noemi
Andrea Rodini 15
"Chimica" Ditonellapiaga and Donatella Rettore
  • Margherita "Ditonellapiaga" Carducci
  • Donatella Rettore
  • Alessandro Casagni
  • Benjamin Ventura
  • Edoardo Castroni
  • Valerio Smordoni
Fabio Gurian 16
"Insuperabile" Rkomi
  • Mirko "Rkomi" Martorana
  • Francesco "Katoo" Catitti
  • Alessandro La Cava
Luca Faraone 17
"Voglio amarti" Iva Zanicchi
Danilo Minotti 18
"Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia" Giovanni Truppi
  • Giovanni Truppi
  • Pacifico
  • Niccolò Contessa
  • Marco Buccelli
  • Giovanni Pallotti
Stefano Nanni 19
"Abbi cura di te" Highsnob and Hu
  • Michele "Highsnob" Matera
  • Federica "Hu" Ferracuti
  • Andrea Moroni
  • Fazio De Marco
Enrico Melozzi 20 None
"Ora e qui" Yuman
  • Yuri "Yuman" Santos Tavares Carloia
  • Francesco Cataldo
  • Tommaso Di Giulio [it]
Valeriano Chiaravalle 21
  • NuovoIMAIE "Enzo Jannacci" Award for the Best Interpretation[21]
"Tantissimo" Le Vibrazioni
Simone Bertolotti (nights 2 and 3)
Marco Attura (night 4)
Peppe Vessicchio (night 5)[a]
22 None
"Miele" Giusy Ferreri Enrico Melozzi 23
"Duecentomila ore" Ana Mena 24
"Sesso occasionale" Tananai
Fabio Gurian 25
Close

Shows

First night

The first twelve artists each performed their song.

More information R/O, Artist ...
First night: 1 February 2022[24]
R/O Artist Song Press jury ranking
Panel 1 (press and TV) Panel 2 (radio) Panel 3 (web) Total ranking
1 Achille Lauro feat. Harlem Gospel Choir "Domenica" 9 5 9 9
2 Yuman "Ora e qui" 10 11 11 11
3 Noemi "Ti amo non lo so dire" 8 4 7 6
4 Gianni Morandi "Apri tutte le porte" 5 2 5 4
5 La Rappresentante di Lista "Ciao ciao" 1 2 2 2
6 Michele Bravi "Inverno dei fiori" 6 10 6 7
7 Massimo Ranieri "Lettera di là dal mare" 4 8 3 5
8 Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 2 1 1 1
9 Ana Mena "Duecentomila ore" 12 12 12 12
10 Rkomi "Insuperabile" 7 9 8 8
11 Dargen D'Amico "Dove si balla" 3 6 3 3
12 Giusy Ferreri "Miele" 11 7 10 10
Close

Second night

The remaining thirteen artists each performed their song.

More information R/O, Artist ...
Second night: 2 February 2022[24]
R/O Artist Song Press jury ranking
Panel 1 (press and TV) Panel 2 (radio) Panel 3 (web) Total ranking
1 Sangiovanni "Farfalle" 7 4 5 7
2 Giovanni Truppi "Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia" 4 11 7 6
3 Le Vibrazioni "Tantissimo" 12 9 11 12
4 Emma "Ogni volta è così" 3 2 3 2
5 Matteo Romano "Virale" 9 6 10 8
6 Iva Zanicchi "Voglio amarti" 10 12 9 10
7 Ditonellapiaga and Donatella Rettore "Chimica" 2 6 2 3
8 Elisa "O forse sei tu" 1 1 1 1
9 Fabrizio Moro "Sei tu" 5 5 5 5
10 Tananai "Sesso occasionale" 13 13 13 13
11 Irama "Ovunque sarai" 6 3 4 4
12 Aka 7even "Perfetta così" 11 9 12 11
13 Highsnob and Hu "Abbi cura di te" 8 8 8 9
Close

Third night

All of the twenty-five artists performed their songs once again.

More information R/O, Artist ...
Third night: 3 February 2022[24]
R/O Artist Song Provisional general ranking Night rankings Updated general ranking
Demoscopic jury Televote Total ranking
1 Giusy Ferreri "Miele" 19 20 22 23 21
2 Highsnob and Hu "Abbi cura di te" 18 21 19 19 20
3 Fabrizio Moro "Sei tu" 10 8 6 7 8
4 Aka 7even "Perfetta così" 21 16 10 10 13
5 Massimo Ranieri "Lettera di là dal mare" 8 7 8 8 7
6 Dargen D'Amico "Dove si balla" 4 9 11 11 10
7 Irama "Ovunque sarai" 9 5 3 4 4
8 Ditonellapiaga and Donatella Rettore "Chimica" 7 14 15 13 12
9 Michele Bravi "Inverno dei fiori" 14 12 8 9 11
10 Rkomi "Insuperabile" 15 22 13 15 16
11 Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 2 2 1 1 1
12 Gianni Morandi "Apri tutte le porte" 5 3 2 2 3
13 Tananai "Sesso occasionale" 24 25 25 25 25
14 Elisa "O forse sei tu" 1 1 4 3 2
15 La Rappresentante di Lista "Ciao ciao" 3 7 12 12 9
16 Iva Zanicchi "Voglio amarti" 20 18 17 18 18
17 Achille Lauro feat. Harlem Gospel Choir "Domenica" 16 17 14 14 14
18 Matteo Romano "Virale" 17 13 16 16 17
19 Ana Mena "Duecentomila ore" 25 24 18 21 24
20 Sangiovanni "Farfalle" 13 10 5 5 5
21 Emma "Ogni volta è così" 6 4 9 6 6
22 Yuman "Ora e qui" 23 23 19 22 23
23 Le Vibrazioni "Tantissimo" 22 15 24 20 22
24 Giovanni Truppi "Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia" 11 23 21 24 19
25 Noemi "Ti amo non lo so dire" 12 6 20 17 15
Close

Fourth night

The artists each performed a cover of a song from the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s. They could either perform alone or duet with a guest performer.

More information R/O, Artist ...
Fourth night: 4 February 2022[24][25]
R/O Artist Guest artist Song Night rankings Updated general ranking
Press jury Demoscopic jury Televote Total ranking
1 Noemi None "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 7 6 15 11 15
2 Giovanni Truppi Vinicio Capossela and Mauro Pagani "Nella mia ora di libertà" 11 23 11 15 18
3 Yuman Rita Marcotulli "My Way" 21 20 18 20 21
4 Le Vibrazioni Sophie and the Giants and Peppe Vessicchio "Live and Let Die" 14 15 22 18 20
5 Sangiovanni Fiorella Mannoia "A muso duro" 13 11 4 4 5
6 Emma Francesca Michielin "...Baby One More Time" 7 5 5 5 6
7 Gianni Morandi Jovanotti Gianni Morandi and Jovanotti medley[b] 2 2 1 1 2
8 Elisa Elena D'Amario "Flashdance... What a Feeling" 1 1 3 3 3
9 Achille Lauro Loredana Bertè "Sei bellissima" 5 8 7 6 11
10 Matteo Romano Malika Ayane "Your Song" 7 4 8 7 12
11 Irama Gianluca Grignani "La mia storia tra le dita" 18 12 6 8 4
12 Ditonellapiaga and Donatella Rettore None "Nessuno mi può giudicare" 19 16 21 19 16
13 Iva Zanicchi "Canzone" 12 14 16 16 17
14 Ana Mena Rocco Hunt Medley[c] 24 19 17 21 24
15 La Rappresentante di Lista Cosmo, Margherita Vicario and Ginevra "Be My Baby" 3 10 12 9 7
16 Massimo Ranieri Nek "Anna verrà" 6 13 13 12 8
17 Michele Bravi None "Io vorrei... non vorrei... ma se vuoi" 17 21 9 14 10
18 Mahmood and Blanco "Il cielo in una stanza" 4 3 2 2 1
19 Rkomi Calibro 35 Vasco '80s medley[d] 23 25 20 24 19
20 Aka 7even Arisa "Cambiare" 10 7 10 10 14
21 Highsnob and Hu Mr. Rain "Mi sono innamorato di te" 20 22 23 22 22
22 Dargen D'Amico None "La bambola" 14 18 19 17 13
23 Giusy Ferreri Andrea Fumagalli "Io vivrò senza te" 22 17 24 23 23
24 Fabrizio Moro None "Uomini soli" 16 9 14 13 9
25 Tananai Rosa Chemical "A far l'amore comincia tu" 25 24 25 25 25
Close

Fifth night

All of the artists performed their songs one last time, with the top three moving on to the final round of voting.

  Advanced to superfinal
More information R/O, Artist ...
Fifth night: 5 February 2022 – first round[24]
R/O Artist Song Televote ranking Final general ranking
1 Matteo Romano "Virale" 10 11
2 Giusy Ferreri "Miele" 24 23
3 Rkomi "Insuperabile" 15 17
4 Iva Zanicchi "Voglio amarti" 18 18
5 Aka 7even "Perfetta così" 13 13
6 Massimo Ranieri "Lettera di là dal mare" 9 8
7 Noemi "Ti amo non lo so dire" 16 15
8 Fabrizio Moro "Sei tu" 12 12
9 Dargen D'Amico "Dove si balla" 7 9
10 Elisa "O forse sei tu" 4 3
11 Irama "Ovunque sarai" 3 4
12 Michele Bravi "Inverno dei fiori" 11 10
13 La Rappresentante di Lista "Ciao ciao" 6 7
14 Emma "Ogni volta è così" 8 6
15 Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 1 1
16 Highsnob and Hu "Abbi cura di te" 21 20
17 Sangiovanni "Farfalle" 5 5
18 Gianni Morandi "Apri tutte le porte" 2 2
19 Ditonellapiaga and Donatella Rettore "Chimica" 17 16
20 Yuman "Ora e qui" 22 21
21 Achille Lauro feat. Harlem Gospel Choir "Domenica" 14 14
22 Ana Mena "Duecentomila ore" 19 24
23 Tananai "Sesso occasionale" 23 25
24 Giovanni Truppi "Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia" 20 19
25 Le Vibrazioni "Tantissimo" 25 22
Close
More information R/O, Artist ...
Fifth night: 5 February 2022 – second round (superfinal)[24]
R/O Artist Song Rankings Place
Press jury Demoscopic jury Televote Total
1 Elisa "O forse sei tu" 2 2 3
(21.95%)
2
(26.33%)
2
2 Gianni Morandi "Apri tutte le porte" 3 3 2
(23.79%)
3
(21.9%)
3
3 Mahmood and Blanco "Brividi" 1 1 1
(54.26%)
1
(51.77%)
1
Close

Controversies

On 31 January 2022, director of Rai 1 Stefano Coletta [it] publicly announced through a press conference that there would be no vaccine mandate for the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 singers as it would have breached the singers' right to privacy on their health status.[26] This was highly criticized by the Italian public, resulting into a second declaration by Coletta, claiming that there was a "misunderstanding" and that the singers would also be required to show their proof of vaccination upon entrance at the festival.[27]

Special guests

The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2022 included:[4][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]

Broadcast and ratings

Local broadcast

Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2 brought the official broadcasts of the festival in Italy. The five evenings were also streamed online via the broadcaster's official website RaiPlay, which made it available in all member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, since the festival is broadcast on the Eurovision network.

More information Country, Show(s) ...
Broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 2023
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
Italy All shows Rai 1 No commentary [36]
Rai Radio 2 Ema Stokholma and Gino Castaldo [it]
RaiPlay No commentary
Rai Italia (outside Italy)
Albania All shows RTSH Muzikë No commentary [37]
Final RTSH 1 Andri Xhahu and Blerina Shehu
Montenegro All shows TVCG 2 No commentary [38]
Spain Final RTVE Play Giuseppe di Bella and Fernando Macías [39]
United Kingdom Final GlitterBeam Eugenio Ceriello, Michael Walton-Dalzell and guests [40]
Close

Ratings

More information Live show, Timeslot (UTC+1) ...
Live show Timeslot (UTC+1) Date 1st time (9:00 pm – 0:00 am) 2nd time (0:00 am – 1:30 am) Overall audience Ref(s)
Viewers Share (%) Viewers Share (%) Viewers Share (%)
1st 9:00 pm 1 February 13,805,000 54.5 6,412,000 55.4 10,911,000 54.7 [41]
2nd 2 February 13,572,000 55.3 7,307,000 57.4 11,320,000 55.8 [42]
3rd 3 February 12,849,000 53.2 5,455,000 56.8 9,360,000 54.1 [43]
4th 4 February 14,731,000 59.2 7,543,000 63.5 11,378,000 60.5 [44]
5th 5 February 15,660,000 62.1 10,153,000 72.1 13,380,000 64.9 [45]
Close

See also

Notes

  1. Peppe Vessicchio was originally scheduled to conduct the band's performances before being found with COVID-19 and not being able to attend rehearsals. During the live shows, he was replaced by Simone Bertolotti on the first two occasions despite testing negative in time. He was present on the fourth night as one of the band's accompanying artists and on the fifth night as the orchestra conductor.[22][23]
  2. "Occhi di ragazza", "Un mondo d'amore", "Ragazzo fortunato" and "Penso positivo"
  3. "Fegato, fegato spappolato", "Deviazioni" and "Cosa succede in città"

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI