Sanremo Music Festival 1990

The Sanremo Music Festival 1990 was the 40th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Palafiori in Sanremo, province of Imperia, between 28 February and 3 March 1990 and broadcast on Rai 1.

Sanremo Music Festival
40th edition (1990)
Dates28 February 1990 (1st night)
1 March 1990 (2nd night)
2 March 1990 (3rd night)
3 March 1990 (4th night)
Presenter(s)Johnny Dorelli
and Gabriella Carlucci
Artistic director(s)Adriano Aragozzini
BroadcasterRai 1
VenuePalafiori di Sanremo
Big Artists section
Entries20 acts (20 songs)
WinnerPooh
"Uomini soli"
Critic's prizeMia Martini
"La nevicata del '56"
Newcomers' section
Entries16 acts (16 songs)
WinnerMarco Masini
"Disperato"
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
← 1990 →

The show was presented by Johnny Dorelli and Gabriella Carlucci. Adriano Aragozzini served as artistic director.[1]

The winner of the Big Artists section was the band Pooh with the song "Uomini soli", while Mia Martini won the critics award with the song "La nevicata del '56". Marco Masini won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Disperato".[1]

According to the rules of this edition, each song of the big artist section was presented in a double performance by a non-Italian singer or group, and adapted in their foreign language.[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists
Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Foreign version Rank Notes
"Uomini soli" - Pooh
(Valerio Negrini, Roby Facchinetti)		 "Angel of the Night" - Dee Dee Bridgewater 1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Gli amori" - Toto Cutugno
(Fabrizio Berlincioni, Toto Cutugno, Depsa)		 "Good Love Gone Bad" - Ray Charles 2
"Vattene amore" - Amedeo Minghi & Mietta
(Amedeo Minghi, Pasquale Panella, Augusto Martelli)		 "All for the Love" - Nikka Costa 3
"Donna con te" - Anna Oxa
(Danilo Amerio, Luciano Boero)		 "Donna con te" - Kaoma Finalist
"Verso l'ignoto" - Marcella & Gianni Bella
(Daniele Di Gregorio, Gianni Bella, Rosario Di Bella)		 "You and Me" - La Toya Jackson Finalist
"La nevicata del '56" - Mia Martini
(Carla Vistarini, Franco Califano, Massimo Cantini, Luigi Lopez)		 "La nevada" - Manuel Mijares Finalist
  • Critics Award
"Ringrazio Dio" - Paola Turci
(Alfredo Rizzo, Rambow, R. Silvestro)		 "Nas asas de um violao" - Toquinho Finalist
"Sono felice" - Milva
(Rosalino Cellamare)		 "Deep Joy" - Sandie Shaw Finalist
"Io e mio padre" - Grazia Di Michele
(Grazia Di Michele)		 "Me and My Father" - Nicolette Larson Finalist
"Amori" - Lena Biolcati
(Lena Biolcati, Robymiro)		 "Elle avait" - Gilbert Montagné Finalist
"Bisognerebbe non pensare che a te" - Caterina Caselli
(Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio)		 "Give me a Reason" - Miriam Makeba Finalist
"Tu... sì" - Mango
(Armando Mango, Giuseppe Mango) 		"The Moth and the Flame" - Leo Sayer Finalist
"Ma quale amore" - Riccardo Fogli
(Andrea De Angelis, Laurex, Luigi Lopez)		 "Speak to Me of Love" - Sarah Jane Morris Finalist
"Evviva Maria" - Peppino di Capri
(Peppino di Capri, Depsa)		 "Nobody Does the Lambada Like My Mother and My Father" - Kid Creole & The Coconuts Finalist
"Vorrei" - Mino Reitano
(Cristiano Malgioglio, Patrizia Vernola, Franco Reitano, Mino Reitano)		 "Quisiera" - Valeria Lynch Finalist
"Io vorrei" - Sandro Giacobbe
(Toto Cutugno, Sandro Giacobbe)		 "Last Two to Dance" - America Finalist
"Amore" - Christian
(Fabrizio Berlincioni, Christian, Silvio Amato, Franco Morgia)		 "Amore" - Eddie Kendricks Finalist
"A" - Francesco Salvi
(Francesco Salvi, Mario Natale, Roberto Turatti, Silvio Melloni, Francesco Salvi)		 "A" - Papa Winnie Finalist
"Buona giornata" - Ricchi e Poveri
(Depsa, Mauro Paoluzzi, Vittorio Cosma)		 "Boa jornada" - Jorge Ben Finalist
"Novecento aufwiedersehen" - Eugenio Bennato & Tony Esposito
(Eugenio Bennato, Tony Esposito, Carlo D'Angiò)		 "Novecento aufwiedersehen" - Moncada Finalist

Newcomers
Newcomers section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank Notes
"Disperato" - Marco Masini
(Marco Masini, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Giuseppe Dati)		 1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section
  • Winner of the Critics Award - Newcomers' section
"Vieni a stare qui" - Franco Fasano
(Fabrizio Berlincioni, Adelio Cogliati, Italo Ianne, Franco Fasano)		 2
"Secondo te" - Gianluca Guidi
(Giorgio Calabrese, Augusto Martelli) 		3
"La lambada strofinera" - Armando De Razza
(Renzo Arbore, Armando De Razza)		 Finalist
"L'età dell'oro" - Rosalinda Celentano
(Maurizio Fabrizio, Antonella Maggio)		 Finalist
"Noi che non diciamo mai mai" - Dario Gai
(Dario Gai)		 Finalist
"Sarai grande" - Silvia Mezzanotte
(Alberto Alessi, L. Pirrone, Alberto Alessi)		 Finalist
"'Ti dirò" - Future
(R. Bolognesi, Armando Gentile, Romano Bais, Davide Spurio)		 Finalist
"Una storia da raccontare" - Beppe De Francia & Bea Giannini
(Eliop, Politanò)		 Finalist
"Un cielo che si muove" - Lijao
(Adelio Cogliati, Livio Visentin e Piero Cassano)		 Finalist
"Che donne saremo" - Lipstick
(Valerio Negrini, Mario Tansini)		 Eliminated
"Favolando" - Rosè Crisci
(Enzo Gragnaniello)		 Eliminated
"Malinconia d’ottobre" - Élite
(Oscar Avogadro, Gian Paolo Compagnoni, M. Bettalico)		 Eliminated
"Oh dolce amor!" - Proxima
(Stefania Martinelli, Andrea Majocchi)		 Eliminated
"Per curiosità" - Maurizio Della Rosa
(Maurizio Nazzaro, Marco Luberti)		 Eliminated
"Sbandamenti" - Sergio Laccone
(Sergio Laccone)		 Eliminated

Guests
Guests [1]
Artist(s) Song(s)
Liza Minnelli "Love Pains"
"Losing My Mind"
Rod Stewart "Downtown Train"
Tina Turner "The Best"
"Steamy Windows"
Renato Pozzetto "Ho visto un re"
Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence"
The Mission "Butterfly On A Wheel"
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References
  1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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