Sanremo Festival 1998

Sanremo Festival 1998
output	48
date	24.-28. February
place	Ariston Theater in Sanremo
Charisma	Rai Uno , Rai Radio 1
Moderation	Raimondo Vianello with Eva Herzigová and Veronica Pivetti
Attendees	28 (with 28 songs)
winner	Annalisa Minetti  - Senza te o con te
Newcomer winner	Annalisa Minetti - Senza te o con te
Critic award	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel  - Dormi e sogna Eramo & Passavanti  - Senza confini
◄ Sanremo 1997 • Sanremo 1999 ►

The 48th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1998 from February 24th to 28th at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and was moderated by Raimondo Vianello with Eva Herzigová and Veronica Pivetti .

procedure

The Ariston Theater, venue of the Sanremo Festival

The 1998 festival was again organized for the Rai by Mario Maffucci . Raimondo Vianello was hired as moderator, assisted by Eva Herzigová and Veronica Pivetti . The new rules provided for 14 participants each in the main and newcomer categories. The three best placed newcomers from the “small final” on Friday evening were automatically admitted to the final in the main category; Otherwise there were no eliminations.

Due to the changed rules, the newcomer category received more attention than usual this year; Annalisa Minetti in particular was able to impress with Senza te o con te . The contributions in the main category, on the other hand, had a rather difficult time with the audience and critics, only Amore lontanissimo from Antonella Ruggiero and Dormi e sogna from Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel stood out. The guest list included big names like Madonna , Robbie Robertson , All Saints , Michael Bolton , Backstreet Boys , Ricky Martin , Celine Dion , Robert Plant , Jimmy Page , Bryan Adams and Aqua .

The small final ended without any surprises with the victory of Annalisa Minetti, who was thus admitted to the final together with Lisa (Semper) and Luca Sepe (Un po 'di te) . The Critics' Prize, however, went to Eramo & Passavanti with Senza confini . In the final, Antonella Ruggiero threatened to drop out due to a sore throat, but she still managed to perform. In the end, she received the most votes in her category, but in the end Minetti was able to prevail and thus also win in the main category. Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel received the critics award.

Candidates

Campioni

• winner

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Annalisa Minetti A.	Senza te o con te	Massimo Luca, Paola Palma
2	Antonella Ruggiero	Amore lontanissimo	Antonella Ruggiero, Roberto Colombo
3	Lisa A	Semper	Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio
(4)	Paola Turci	Solo come me	Roberto Casini, Paola Turci
(5)	Silvia Salemi	pathos	Silvia Salemi, Giampiero Artegiani
(6)	Mango and Zenîma	Luce	Alberto Salerno, Mango, Armando Mango
(7)	Luca Sepe A	Un po 'di te	Luca Sepe, Michele Schembri, Fausto Leali , Enzo Malepasso
(8th)	Niccolò Fabi	Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma	Niccolò Fabi, Riccardo Sinigallia, Cecilia Dazzi, Daniele Sinigallia
(9)	Ron	Un porto nel vento	Gabriel Zagni, Ron, Fabio Coppini
(10)	Andrea Mingardi	Canto per te	Andrea Mingardi, Maurizio Tirelli
(11)	Alex Baroni	Sei tu o lei (Quello che voglio)	Alex Baroni, Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Marco D'Angelo, Marco Rinalduzzi
(12)	Spagna	E che mai sarà	Ivana Spagna, Giorgio Spagna
(13)	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel	Dormi e sogna	Peppe Servillo , Mimì Ciaramella, Mario Tronco, Peppe D'Argenzio, Fausto Mesolella, Ferruccio Spinetti
(14)	Sergio Caputo	flamingo	Sergio Caputo
(15)	Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare	Sotto il velo del cielo	Corrado Sfogli, Carlo Faiello
(16)	Paola e Chiara	Per te	Paola Iezzi, Chiara Iezzi
(17)	Enzo Jannacci	Quando un musicista ride	Enzo Jannacci

^A. Candidates from the newcomer category

Giovani

• winner

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Annalisa Minetti	Senza te o con te	Massimo Luca, Paola Palma
2	Lisa	Semper	Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio
3	Luca Sepe	Un po 'di te	Fausto Leali , Enzo Malepasso, Luca Sepe, Michele Schembri
Finalists	Paola Folli	Ascoltami	Francesco Rapaccioli
	Percentonetto	Come il sole	Fabio Frombolini, Andrea Amati, Paolo Amati
	Costa	Compagna segreta	Marco Costantini
	Taglia 42	Con il naso in su	Saverio Grandi
	Alessandro Pitoni	Dimmi dov'è la strada per il paradiso	Alessandro Pitoni, Giancarlo Capo
	Nitti e Agnello	I ragazzi innamorati	Fabrizio Nitti, Paolo Agnello
	Luciferme	Il soffio	Francesco Pisaneschi, Giacomo Guatteri
	Serena C	Quantum volte is	Alex Baroni, Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi, Marco D'Angelo, Stefano Conenna
	Eramo & Passavanti	Senza confini	Bungaro , Pino Romanelli
	Federico Stragà	Siamo noi	Daniele Fossati
	Liliana Tamberi	Un graffio in più	Giancarlo Bigazzi , Marco Falagiani, Liliana Tamberi

successes

The 1998 festival contributions remained relatively unsuccessful. Only the sixth-placed Luce von Mango and Zenîma could reach the top 10 of the Italian single charts.

Annalisa Minetti also wanted to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 , but the Rai refused to participate in the European competition because it had proven unsuitable for the Italian audience. Instead, Minetti was sent to the Chilean festival of Viña del Mar in 1999 .

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1998	Luce Mango and Zenîma	IT10 (1 week) IT	Rank 6

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1998 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1998 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Eddy Anselmi: Il Festival di Sanremo: 70 anni di storie, canzoni, cantanti e serate . DeAgostini, Milan, ISBN 978-88-511-7661-7 , pp. 390 .
2. ↑ Eddy Anselmi: Il Festival di Sanremo: 70 anni di storie, canzoni, cantanti e serate . DeAgostini, Milan, ISBN 978-88-511-7661-7 , pp. 393 .
3. ↑ Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu , 2013.