Sanremo Music Festival 2020
The Sanremo Music Festival 2020 (Italian: 70º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2020) was the 70th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo and organised and broadcast by RAI. The show was held between 4 and 8 February 2020.[2][3][4]
Sanremo Music Festival | |
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70th edition (2020) | |
Dates | 4 February 2020 (1st night) 5 February 2020 (2nd night) 6 February 2020 (3rd night) 7 February 2020 (4th night) 8 February 2020 (5th night) |
Presenter(s) | Amadeus |
Artistic director(s) | Amadeus |
Orchestra leader | Leonardo De Amicis |
Broadcaster | Rai 1, Rai Radio 2, Rai Italia, Eurovision |
Venue | Teatro Ariston (Sanremo, Liguria, Italy) |
Big Artists section | |
Entries | 24 acts (24 songs) |
Winner | Diodato "Fai rumore" |
Critic's prize | Diodato "Fai rumore" |
Newcomers' section | |
Entries | 8 acts (8 songs) |
Winner | Leo Gassmann "Vai bene così" |
Critic's prize | Eugenio in Via Di Gioia "Tsunami" |
Eurovision Song Contest | |
Selection process | Winning act of the Big Artists section accepted invitation to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020[1] |
Selected artist | Diodato |
Sanremo Music Festival chronology | |
← 2020 → |
The show was presented by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition.[3][4][5]
Format
The 2020 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, organized by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus.[3][4]
Presenters
On 2 August 2019, RAI officially confirmed Amadeus as the presenter of the 70th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.[3][4] Together with Amadeus there were ten female co-hosts, alternating during the five evenings: Laura Chimenti, Antonella Clerici, Emma D'Aquino, Rula Jebreal, Diletta Leotta, Francesca Sofia Novello, Georgina Rodríguez, Sabrina Salerno, Alketa Vejsiu and Mara Venier.[5] Actress Monica Bellucci was set to participate as special guest, but she quit two weeks before the festival started.[5][6]
Voting
Voting occurred through the combination of four methods:[7]
- 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 music fans who voted from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos.
- Musicians and singers of the Sanremo Music Festival Orchestra.
Voting during the five evenings:[7]
- First evening: Demoscopic jury.
- Second evening: Demoscopic jury.
- Third evening: Music and singers of the Sanremo Music Festival Orchestra.
- Fourth evening: Jury of the Press Room, TV, Radio and Web.
- Fifth evening. The voting systems will have the following weight: 34% Public televoting; 33% Jury of the Press Room, TV, Radio and Web; 33% Demoscopic Jury. At the end, a ranking of the songs/artists will be drawn up determined by the average of voting percentages obtained in all the evenings.
Selections
Newcomers' section
The artists competing in the Newcomers' section were selected through two separate contests: Sanremo Giovani and Area Sanremo.[8][9][10]
Sanremo Giovani
On 23 October 2019, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2020 announced a list of 842 acts, but only 65 artists coming from all Italian regions -excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta- and from abroad were selected in the first phase.
On 3 November 2019, the jury of Sanremo Festival 2020 has selected the 20 semi-finalists. The selection was preceded by four afternoon shows on "Italia sì", conducted by Marco Liorni, where the artists and their entries were presented and were selected the 10 finalist.[11]
On 19 December 2019, the ten finalists performed their songs at Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, with the show Sanremo Giovani 2019 broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Amadeus. The evening is divided into 5 duels, the five selected by the jury, televote, music commission and demoscopic jury were added to the two entries of Area Sanremo and Sanremo Young's winner, for a total of eight young emerging artists in the category of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2020. Leo Gassmann, Fadi, Marco Sentieri, Fasma and Eugenio in Via Di Gioia were chosen as contestants of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2020.[9][12]
Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | TV Jury | Music Comm. | Demoscopic | Televote | Tiebreaker | Total |
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1 | 1 | Thomas | "Ne 80" | X | X | 2 | |||
2 | Leo Gassmann | "Vai bene così" | X | X | X | 3 | |||
2 | 3 | Réclame | "Il viaggio di ritorno" | X | 1 | ||||
4 | Fadi | "Due noi" | X | X | X | 3 | |||
3 | 5 | Shari | "Stella" | X | X | 2 | |||
6 | Marco Sentieri | "Billy Blu" | X | X | X | 3 | |||
4 | 7 | Jefeo | "Uno due tre stella" | 0 | |||||
8 | Fasma | "Per sentirmi vivo" | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||
5 | 9 | Eugenio in Via di Gioia | "Tsunami" | X | X | X | 3 | ||
10 | Avincola | "Un rider" | X | X | 2 |
Area Sanremo
After the auditions, RAI Commission - composed by Massimo Cotto, Vittorio De Scalzi, Teresa De Sio, Andrea "Andy" Fumagalli and Petra Magoni; plus the participation of Gianni Testa - identified 8 finalists for the competition among the 750 acts:[10][13]
- Alessia Geraldi
- Alex Leo
- Arianna Manca
- Camilla Magli
- Gabriella Martinelli & Lula
- Jacqueline Branciforte
- Matteo Faustini
- Messya
Newcomers' Finalists
- Leo Gassmann - "Vai bene così"
- Fadi - "Due noi"
- Marco Sentieri - "Billy Blu"
- Fasma - "Per sentirmi vivo"
- Eugenio in Via Di Gioia - "Tsunami"
- Matteo Faustini - "Nel bene e nel male"
- Gabriella Martinelli & Lula - "Il gigante d'acciaio"
- Tecla Insolia - "8 marzo"
Competing entries
Big Artists section[14][15][16] | |||
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Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Orchestra conductor | Rank | Sanremo Music Festival Awards |
"Fai rumore" - Diodato (Antonio Diodato, Edwyn Roberts) |
Rodrigo D'Erasmo | 1 |
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"Viceversa" – Francesco Gabbani (Francesco Gabbani, Pacifico) |
Fabio Gurian | 2 |
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"Ringo Starr" – Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (Riccardo Zanotti) |
Enrico Melozzi | 3 | |
"Dov'è" – Le Vibrazioni (Roberto Casalino, Francesco Sarcina, Davide Simonetta) |
Peppe Vessicchio | 4 | |
"Gigante" – Piero Pelù (Piero Pelù, Luca Chiaravalli) |
Luca Chiaravalli | 5 | |
"Ho amato tutto" – Tosca (Pietro Cantarelli) |
Valeriano Chiaravalle | 6 |
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"Andromeda" – Elodie (Mahmood, Dario "Dardust" Faini) |
Silvia Catasta | 7 | |
"Me ne frego" – Achille Lauro (Achille Lauro, Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Matteo Ciceroni, Edoardo Manozzi) |
Beatrice Antolini | 8 | |
"Finalmente io" – Irene Grandi (Vasco Rossi, Roberto Casini, Andrea Righi, Gaetano Curreri) |
Celso Valli | 9 | |
"Eden" – Rancore (Tarek Iurcich, Dario "Dardust" Faini) |
Carmelo Patti | 10 |
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"Carioca" – Raphael Gualazzi (Raphael Gualazzi, Davide Pavanello, Davide Petrella) |
Stefano Nanni | 11 | |
"Tikibombom" – Levante (Levante) |
Daniel Bestonzo | 12 | |
"Rosso di rabbia" – Anastasio (Anastasio, Stefano Tartaglini, Marco Azara, Luciano Serventi) |
Enrico Melozzi | 13 | |
"Il sole ad est" – Alberto Urso (Piero Romitelli, Gerardo Pulli) |
Celso Valli | 14 | |
"Il confronto" – Marco Masini (Marco Masini, Federica Camba, Daniele Coro) |
Roberto Rossi | 15 | |
"Voglio parlarti adesso" – Paolo Jannacci (Emiliano Bassi, Maurizio Bassi, Andrea Bonomo, Paolo Jannacci) |
Maurizio Bassi | 16 | |
"Niente (Resilienza 74)" – Rita Pavone (Giorgio Merk) |
Filadelfo Castro | 17 | |
"Nell'estasi o nel fango" – Michele Zarrillo (Valentina Parisse, Michelle Zarillo) |
Adriano Pennino | 18 | |
"Baciami adesso" – Enrico Nigiotti (Enrico Nigiotti) |
Celso Valli | 19 | |
"Come mia madre" – Giordana Angi (Giordana Angi, Manuel Finotti) |
Giovanna Sciabbarrarsi Fabio Barnanba[17] |
20 | |
"Musica (e il resto scompare)" – Elettra Lamborghini (Michele Canova Iorfida, Davide Petrella) |
Enzo Campagnoli | 21 | |
"No grazie" – Junior Cally (Antonio "Junior Cally" Signore, Jacopo Ettorre, Eugenio Maimone, Leonardo Grillotti, Merk & Kremont) |
Enrico Melozzi | 22 | |
"Lo sappiamo entrambi" – Riki (Riccardo "Riki" Marcuzzo, Riccardo Scirè) |
Pino Perris | 23 | |
"Sincero" – Bugo & Morgan (Andrea Bonomo, Morgan, Bugo, Gianmario Bertolotti) |
Simone Bertolotti Morgan[17] |
Disqualified | |
Newcomers' section[8] | |||
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Orchestra conductor | Rank | Sanremo Music Festival Awards |
"Vai bene così" – Leo Gassmann (Leo Gassmann, Matteo Costanzo) |
Maurizio Filardo | 1 |
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"8 marzo" – Tecla Insolia (Piero Romitelli, Rory Di Benedetto, Marco Vito, Emilio Munda, Rosario Canale) |
Diego Calvetti | 2 |
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"Per sentirmi vivo" – Fasma (Fasma, Luigi Zammarano) |
Enrico Melozzi | Finalist | |
"Billy Blu" – Marco Sentieri (Giampiero Artegiani) |
Danilo Riccardi | Finalist | |
"Tsunami" – Eugenio in Via Di Gioia (Eugenio Cesaro, Emanuele Via, Paolo Di Gioia, Lorenzo Federici, Dario "Dardust" Faini) |
Carlo Alberto Cipolla | Eliminated |
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"Nel bene e nel male" – Matteo Faustini (Matteo Faustini, Marco Rettani) |
Mario Natale | Eliminated |
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"Il gigante d'acciaio" – Gabriella Martinelli & Lula (Gabriella Martinelli, Lucrezia Di Fiandra, Paolo Mazziotti) |
Carlo Carcano | Eliminated | |
"Due noi" – Fadi (Fadi, Antonio Filippelli) |
Daniel Bestonzo | Eliminated |
Shows
First evening
The first twelve Big Artists each performed their song and the first four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time in two manches, two for each one.
Big Artists
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place |
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) | ||||
Irene Grandi | 1 | "Finalmente io" | 4th | 7 |
Marco Masini | 2 | "Il confronto" | 5th | 11 |
Rita Pavone | 3 | "Niente (Resilienza 74)" | 10th | 19 |
Achille Lauro | 4 | "Me ne frego" | 9th | 17 |
Diodato | 5 | "Fai rumore" | 3rd | 6 |
Le Vibrazioni | 6 | "Dov'è" | 1st | 2 |
Anastasio | 7 | "Rosso di rabbia" | 8th | 15 |
Elodie | 8 | "Andromeda" | 2nd | 5 |
Bugo e Morgan | 9 | "Sincero" | 12th | 23 |
Alberto Urso | 10 | "Il sole ad est" | 6th | 12 |
Riki | 11 | "Lo sappiamo entrambi" | 11th | 20 |
Raphael Gualazzi | 12 | "Carioca" | 7th | 14 |
Newcomers
Manche | Artist | Draw | Song | Votes |
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) | ||||
I | Eugenio in Via Di Gioia | 1 | "Tsunami" | 49,40% |
Tecla | 2 | "8 Marzo" | 50,60% | |
II | Fadi | 3 | "Due noi" | 46,00% |
Leo Gassmann | 4 | "Vai bene così" | 54,00% |
Second evening
The other twelve Big Artists each performed their song and the other four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.
Big Artists
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | |
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) |
Place | |||
Piero Pelù | 1 | "Gigante" | 2nd | 3 |
Elettra Lamborghini | 2 | "Musica (e il resto scompare)" | 10th | 21 |
Enrico Nigiotti | 3 | "Baciami adesso" | 9th | 18 |
Levante | 4 | "Tikibombom" | 6th | 10 |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | 5 | "Ringo Starr" | 3rd | 4 |
Tosca | 6 | "Ho amato tutto" | 4th | 8 |
Francesco Gabbani | 7 | "Viceversa" | 1st | 1 |
Paolo Jannacci | 8 | "Voglio parlarti adesso" | 8th | 16 |
Rancore | 9 | "Eden" | 11th | 22 |
Junior Cally | 10 | "No grazie" | 12th | 24 |
Giordana Angi | 11 | "Come mia madre" | 7th | 13 |
Michele Zarrillo | 12 | "Nell'estasi o nel fango" | 5th | 9 |
Newcomers
Manche | Artist | Draw | Song | Votes |
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) | ||||
I | Gabriella Martinelli e Lula | 1 | "Il gigante d'acciaio" | 49,00% |
Fasma | 2 | "Per sentirmi vivo" | 51,00% | |
II | Marco Sentieri | 3 | "Billy Blu" | 52,00% |
Matteo Faustini | 4 | "Nel bene e nel male" | 48,00% |
Third evening - Sanremo 70
All the twenty-four Big Artists each performed a song that are part of the history of the Sanremo Music Festival. In this case, the artists can choose whether or not to be accompanied by Italian or foreign guests.
Big Artist
Artist - Guest | Draw | Song (Original artist) | Year | Votes | |
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Sanremo Orchestra (weight 33%) |
Place | ||||
Michele Zarrillo - Fausto Leali | 1 | "Deborah" (Fausto Leali) | 1968 | 15th | 10 |
Junior Cally - Viito | 2 | "Vado al massimo" (Vasco Rossi) | 1982 | 21st | 23 |
Marco Masini - Arisa | 3 | "Vacanze romane" (Matia Bazar) | 1983 | 10th | 8 |
Riki - Ana Mena | 4 | "L'edera" (Nilla Pizzi) | 1958 | 22nd | 21 |
Raphael Gualazzi - Simona Molinari | 5 | "E se domani" (Mina) | 1964 | 11th | 14 |
Anastatio - Premiata Forneria Marconi | 6 | "Spalle al muro" (Renato Zero) | 1991 | 4th | 12 |
Levante - Francesca Michielin and Maria Antonietta | 7 | "Si può dare di più" (Umberto Tozzi, Gianni Morandi & Enrico Ruggeri) | 1987 | 17th | 11 |
Alberto Urso - Ornella Vanoni | 8 | "La voce del silenzio" (Tony Del Monaco) | 1968 | 20th | 13 |
Elodie - Aeham Ahmad | 9 | "Adesso tu" (Eros Ramazzotti) | 1986 | 19th | 7 |
Rancore - Dardust and La Rappresentante di Lista | 10 | "Luce (tramonti a nord est)" (Elisa) | 2001 | 8th | 20 |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | 11 | "Settanta volte" (Medley) | Various | 3rd | 5 |
Enrico Nigiotti - Simone Cristicchi | 12 | "Ti regalerò una rosa" (Simone Cristicchi) | 2007 | 12th | 16 |
Giordana Angi - Solis String Quartet | 13 | "La nevicata del '56" (Mia Martini) | 1990 | 18th | 17 |
Le Vibrazioni - Canova | 14 | "Un'emozione da poco" (Anna Oxa) | 1978 | 6th | 2 |
Diodato - Nina Zilli | 15 | "24 mila baci" (Adriano Celentano) | 1961 | 5th | 6 |
Tosca - Silvia Pérez Cruz | 16 | "Piazza Grande" (Lucio Dalla) | 1972 | 1st | 4 |
Rita Pavone - Amedeo Minghi | 17 | "1950" (Amedeo Minghi) | 1983 | 13th | 19 |
Achille Lauro - Annalisa | 18 | "Gli uomini non cambiano" (Mia Martini) | 1992 | 16th | 18 |
Bugo & Morgan | 19 | "Canzone per te" (Sergio Endrigo) | 1968 | 24th | 24 |
Irene Grandi - Bobo Rondelli | 20 | "La musica è finita" (Ornella Vanoni) | 1967 | 14th | 9 |
Piero Pelù | 21 | "Cuore matto" (Little Tony) | 1967 | 2nd | 3 |
Paolo Jannacci - Francesco Mandelli and Daniele Moretto | 22 | "Se me lo dicevi prima" (Enzo Jannacci) | 1989 | 7th | 15 |
Elettra Lamborghini - Myss Keta | 23 | "Non succederà piu" (Claudia Mori) | 1982 | 23rd | 22 |
Francesco Gabbani | 24 | "L'Italiano" (Toto Cutugno) | 1983 | 8th | 1 |
Fourth evening
All the twenty-four Big Artists each performed once again their songs. Also, the winner of the 4 remaining songs in the Newcomers section was determined.
During the evening, Bugo & Morgan were disqualified for failing to deliver their performance.
Big Artists
- Disqualified
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place |
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Press Jury (weight 33%) | ||||
Paolo Jannacci | 1 | "Vorrei parlarti adesso" | 13th | 14 |
Rancore | 2 | "Eden" | 7th | 9 |
Giordana Angi | 3 | "Come mia madre" | 19th | 19 |
Francesco Gabbani | 4 | "Viceversa" | 2nd | 2 |
Raphael Gualazzi | 5 | "Carioca" | 12th | 12 |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | 6 | "Ringo Starr" | 3rd | 4 |
Anastasio | 7 | "Rosso di rabbia" | 11th | 10 |
Elodie | 8 | "Andromeda" | 8th | 7 |
Riki | 9 | "Lo sappiamo entrambi" | 22nd | 22 |
Diodato | 10 | "Fai rumore" | 1st | 1 |
Irene Grandi | 11 | "Finalmente io" | 10th | 8 |
Achille Lauro | 12 | "Me ne frego" | 9th | 11 |
Piero Pelù | 13 | "Gigante" | 5th | 5 |
Tosca | 14 | "Ho amato tutto" | 6th | 6 |
Michele Zarrillo | 15 | "Nell'estasi o nel fango" | 20th | 17 |
Junior Cally | 16 | "No grazie" | 17th | 23 |
Le Vibrazioni | 17 | "Dov'è" | 4th | 3 |
Alberto Urso | 18 | "Il sole ad est" | 23rd | 18 |
Levante | 19 | "Tikibombom" | 15th | 14 |
Rita Pavone | 21 | "Niente (Resilienza 74)" | 14th | 16 |
Enrico Nigiotti | 22 | "Baciami adesso" | 21st | 20 |
Elettra Lamborghini | 23 | "Musica (e il resto scompare)" | 18th | 21 |
Marco Masini | 24 | "Il confronto" | 16th | 15 |
Newcomers
Manche | Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | |||
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) |
Press Jury (weight 33%) |
Public (weight 34%) |
Average | ||||
I | Tecla | 1 | "8 marzo" | 50,03% | 50,97% | 65,59% | 55,63% |
Marco Sentieri | 2 | "Billy Blu" | 49,97% | 49,03% | 34,41% | 44,37% | |
II | Leo Gassmann | 3 | "Vai bene così" | 51,68% | 52,03% | 46,84% | 50,15% |
Fasma | 4 | "Per sentirmi vivo" | 48,32% | 47,97% | 53,16% | 49,85% |
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | |||
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) |
Press Jury (weight 33%) |
Public (weight 34%) |
Average | |||
Tecla | 1 | "8 marzo" | 49,25% | 43,57% | 49,76% | 47,55% |
Leo Gassmann | 2 | "Vai bene così" | 50,75% | 56,43% | 50,24% | 52,45% |
Fifth evening - Grand final
The 23 Big Artists will again each perform their entry for a final time. The top three will face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2020 will be decided.
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) |
Press Jury (weight 33%) |
Public (weight 34%) |
Average | ||||
Michele Zarrillo | 1 | "Nell'estasi o nel fango" | 2,75% | 1,46% | 1,31% | 1,83% | 18 |
Elodie | 2 | "Andromeda" | 7,00% | 7,14% | 4,17% | 6,09% | 7 |
Enrico Nigiotti | 3 | "Baciami Adesso" | 2,26% | 1,03% | 1,40% | 2,63% | 19 |
Irene Grandi | 4 | "Finalmente io" | 5,11% | 3,74% | 2,33% | 3,71% | 9 |
Alberto Urso | 5 | "Il sole ad est" | 3,43% | 0,99% | 11,43% | 5,34% | 14 |
Diodato | 6 | "Fai rumore" | 9,38% | 21,88% | 9,08% | 13,40% | 1 |
Marco Masini | 7 | "Il confronto" | 3,54% | 1,93% | 2,86% | 2,78% | 15 |
Piero Pelù | 8 | "Gigante" | 7,82% | 5,44% | 6,72% | 6,66% | 5 |
Levante | 9 | "Tikibombom" | 3,65% | 3,04% | 2,66% | 3,11% | 12 |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | 10 | "Ringo Starr" | 7,74% | 6,03% | 11,42% | 8,43% | 3 |
Achille Lauro | 11 | "Me ne frego" | 4,22% | 5,05% | 9,37% | 6,25% | 8 |
Junior Cally | 12 | "No grazie" | 1,40% | 1,74% | 1,46% | 1,53% | 22 |
Raphael Gualazzi | 13 | "Carioca" | 3,90% | 3,94% | 1,73% | 3,18% | 11 |
Tosca | 14 | "Ho amato tutto" | 5,22% | 6,36% | 2,41% | 4,64% | 6 |
Francesco Gabbani | 15 | "Viceversa" | 9,78% | 10,30% | 14,75% | 11,64% | 2 |
Rita Pavone | 16 | "Niente (Resilienza 74)" | 2,28% | 2,20% | 1,36% | 1,94% | 17 |
Le Vibrazioni | 17 | "Dov'è" | 8,75% | 5,64% | 4,63% | 6,32% | 4 |
Anastasio | 18 | "Rosso di rabbia" | 3,03% | 2,32% | 2,17% | 2,50% | 13 |
Riki | 19 | "Lo sappiamo entrambi" | 1,53% | 0,45% | 1,77% | 1,26% | 23 |
Giordana Angi | 20 | "Come mia madre" | 1,42% | 0,55% | 1,80% | 1,26% | 20 |
Paolo Jannacci | 21 | "Vorrei parlarti adesso" | 2,18% | 2,20% | 0,45% | 1,60% | 16 |
Elettra Lamborghini | 22 | "Musica (e il resto scompare)" | 1,78% | 2,03% | 2,25% | 2,02% | 21 |
Rancore | 23 | "Eden" | 1,83% | 4,54% | 2,46% | 2,94% | 10 |
Superfinal
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
Artist | Draw | Song | Votes | Place | |||
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Demoscopic Jury (weight 33%) |
Press Jury (weight 33%) |
Public (weight 34%) |
Average | ||||
Diodato | 1 | "Fai rumore" | 36,33% | 57,97% | 23,93% | 39,26% | 1st |
Francesco Gabbani | 2 | "Viceversa" | 38,67% | 24,16% | 38,85% | 33,94% | 2nd |
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | 3 | "Ringo Starr" | 25,00% | 17,87% | 37,21% | 26,80% | 3rd |
Special guests
The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2020 were:[19][20][21][22][23]
- singers / musicians: Alessandra Amoroso, Albano, Biagio Antonacci, Bobby Solo, Coez, Dua Lipa, Elisa Toffoli, Emma Marrone, Fiorella Mannoia, Gente de Zona, Ghali, Gianna Nannini, Gigi D'Alessio, Giorgia, Kumalibre, Laura Pausini, Lewis Capaldi, Massimo Ranieri, Mika, Ricchi e Poveri, Roger Waters, Romina Power, Tiziano Ferro, Tony Renis, Vittorio Grigolo, Wilma De Angelis, Zucchero.
- actors / comedians / directors / models: Alma Noce, Andrea Pittorino, Antonio Maggio, Christian De Sica, Claudio Santamaria, Cristiana Capotondi, Diego Abatantuono, Donatella Finocchiaro, Edoardo Pesce, Francesco Centorame, Gabriele Muccino, Gaia Gerace, Gessica Notaro, Kim Rossi Stuart, Margherita Mazzucco, Massimo Ghini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Pierfrancesco Favino, Riccardo Morozzi, Roberto Benigni, Rosario Fiorello.
- other persons or notable figures: Carlotta Mantovan, Costantino Della Gherardesca, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dayane Mello, Max Giusti, Novak Djokovic, Nicola Savino, Paolo Palumbo, Paolo Rossi, Vincenzo Mollica.
Broadcast and ratings
Local broadcast
Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2 carried the official broadcasts of the festival in Italy. The five evenings were also streamed online via the broadcaster's official website RaiPlay.
Ratings Sanremo Music Festival 2020
The audience is referred to that of Rai 1.
Live Show | Timeslot (UTC+1) | Date | 1st time (9.00pm - 0.00am) |
2nd time (0.00am - 1.30am) |
Overall audience | |||
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Viewers | Share (%) | Viewers | Share (%) | Viewers | Share (%) | |||
1st | February 4 | 12,480,000 | 51.2 | 5,698,000 | 56.2 | 10,058,000 | 52.2 | |
2nd | February 5 | 12,841,000 | 52.5 | 5,451,000 | 56.1 | 9,693,000 | 53.3 | |
3rd | February 6 | 13,533,000 | 53.6 | 5,636,000 | 57.2 | 9,836,000 | 54.5 | |
4th | February 7 | 12,674,000 | 52.3 | 5,795,000 | 56.0 | 9,504,000 | 53.3 | |
5th | February 8 | 13,638,000 | 56.8 | 8,969,000 | 68.8 | 11,477,000 | 60.6 |
International broadcast
The international television service Rai Italia broadcast the competition in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The contest was also streamed via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. Omni Television broadcast all five shows in Canada on a delay from February 10 to the 14th. RTSH, TVR and RTCG also broadcast Sanremo 2020.
References
- The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the cancellation of the contest on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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