The Sanremo Music Festival 1978 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1978), officially the 28th Italian Song Festival (28º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 28th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 and 28 January 1978. The show was presented by Stefania Casini, Beppe Grillo, Maria Giovanna Elmi and Vittorio Salvetti (who also served as artistic director).[1]
| Sanremo Music Festival 1978 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 26 January 1978 |
| Semi-final 2 | 27 January 1978 |
| Final | 28 January 1978 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Maria Giovanna Elmi and Stefania Casini, Beppe Grillo, Vittorio Salvetti |
| Musical director | Paolo Zavallone |
| Artistic director | Vittorio Salvetti |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Vote | |
| Winning song | Matia Bazar "E dirsi ciao" |
The winners of the festival were Matia Bazar with the song "E dirsi ciao".[1]
Participants and results
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| Participants and results[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | |
| "E dirsi ciao" – Matia Bazar (Giancarlo Golzi, Aldo Stellita, Piero Cassano, Carlo Marrale, Antonella Ruggiero) |
1 | |
| "Un'emozione da poco" – Anna Oxa (Ivano Fossati, Guido Guglielminetti) |
2 | |
| "Gianna" – Rino Gaetano (Rino Gaetano) |
3 | |
| "Il buio e tu" – Ciro Sebastianelli (Ciro Sebastianelli, Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro) |
4 | |
| "Tu sola" - Anselmo Genovese (Anselmo Genovese, Luigi Capello) |
5 | |
| "Armonia e poesia" - Santino Rocchetti (Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio) |
6 | |
| "Il mio amore" - Schola Cantorum (Marco Luberti, Enrico Fusco) |
7 | |
| "Domani domani" - Laura Luca (Gian Pieretti, A. Nicorelli) |
8 | |
| "1/2 notte" – Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble (Zacar, Savino Grieco, Ciro Dammicco, Sentacruz) |
9 | |
| "Anna Anna" - Donato Ciletti (Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro, Donato Ciletti, Claudio Cavallaro) |
Finalist | |
| "’N ‘addore ‘e castagne" - Roberto Carrino (Roberto Carrino, Mario Coppola) |
Finalist | |
| "Ora" - Dora Moroni (Franco Marino, Enrico Intra, Claudio Rego, Donatella Rettore) |
Finalist | |
| "Quando Teresa verrà" - Marco Ferradini (Simon Luca, Marco Ferradini) |
Finalist | |
| "Soli" - Beans (Antonio Bella, Gianni Bella) |
Finalist | |
Broadcasts
editLocal broadcast
editThe final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio.[1]
International broadcast
editKnown details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chile
|
Canal 13[a] | [2] | ||
| Radio Pudahuel[a] | ||||
Notes and references
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- ^ a b "Hoy - Festival San Remo 1978" [Today - San Remo Festival 1978]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 13 February 1978.