The Sanremo Music Festival 1977 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1977), officially the 27th Italian Song Festival (27º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 27th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 3 and 5 March 1977. It was the first edition not to take place at the Sanremo Casino, with Ariston going on to become the stable venue of the event.
| Sanremo Music Festival 1977 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 3 March 1977 |
| Semi-final 2 | 4 March 1977 |
| Final | 5 March 1977 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Mike Bongiorno and Maria Giovanna Elmi |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 12 |
| Winner | Homo Sapiens "Bella da morire" |
The first two nights were broadcast live by radio and presented by Maria Giovanna Elmi, while the final night was broadcast by Rai 1 and presented by Elmi together with Mike Bongiorno.[1]
Rules of this edition consisted a "head to head" mechanism between two singers at a time. A jury, composed of 25 members, was located immediately under the stage and had to express the vote for a singer or another.[1] The winner of the festival was the group Homo Sapiens with the song "Bella da morire".[1]
Participants and results
edit| Participants and results[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | |
| "Bella da morire" – Homo Sapiens (Renato Pareti, Alberto Salerno) |
1 | |
| "Tu mi rubi l'anima" – Collage (Gabriella Padovan, Antonello de Sanctis) |
2 | |
| "Monica" – I Santo California (Paolo Pinna, Giacomo Simonelli, Elio Palumbo) |
3 | |
| "Miele" – Il Giardino dei Semplici (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Totò Savio) |
Semi-finalist | |
| "Gran Premio" – Albatros (Michelle Vasseur, Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno) |
Semi-finalist | |
| "Io ti porterei" - Leano Morelli (Leano Morelli) |
Semi-finalist | |
| "Dedicato a te" - Santino Rocchetti (Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio) |
Finalist | |
| "E invece con te" - Daniela Davoli (Daniela Davoli, Michele Zarrillo) |
Finalist | |
| "Con te ci sto" – Umberto Napolitano (Umberto Napolitano) |
Finalist | |
| "Ma perché" - Matia Bazar (Carlo Marrale, Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita) |
Finalist | |
| "Oh Carmela" - Donatella Rettore (Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego) |
Finalist | |
| "Tesoro mio" - La Strana Società (Luigi Albertelli, Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano) |
Finalist | |