Sanremo Festival 1977

Sanremo Festival 1977
output	27
date	3rd to 5th March
place	Ariston Theater in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale , Rai Radio 2
Moderation	Mike Bongiorno , Maria Giovanna Elmi
Attendees	12 (with 12 songs)
winner	Homo Sapiens  - Bella there
◄ Sanremo 1976 • Sanremo 1978 ►

The 27th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1977 from March 3rd to 5th at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and was moderated by Mike Bongiorno and Maria Giovanna Elmi .

procedure

The Ariston Theater, venue of the Sanremo Festival

Vittorio Salvetti continued the festival this year, drastically reducing the number of participating songs in particular: with only twelve songs and performers, Sanremo has the lowest number of participants from 1977 until today (status: 2018). Another decisive change was the change of the venue: due to construction work in the casino, the event was initially temporarily moved to the Ariston Theater. However, this should completely replace the casino in the future. Mike Bongiorno returned as a presenter, presenting his ninth festival after 1975; the first two evenings, which were only broadcast on the radio, were moderated by Maria Giovanna Elmi .

Newcomers with hit parade experience were selected as participants. Four of them had already participated in the previous year ( Albatros , La Strana Società , Leano Morelli and Santino Rocchetti ), while Donatella Rettore first took part in 1974; the remaining seven, including five bands, were all debutants. In general, the proportion of music groups (seven in total) was above average. In 1977 there were no eliminations before the final, instead the candidates had the opportunity on the first two evenings to present themselves not only with their participating song, but also with other songs of their own, if desired accompanied by other artists. So accompanied Loretta and Daniela Goggi the group Giardino dei Semplici and Donatella Rettore came with the actor Duilio del Prete on.

On the evening of the final, which was broadcast in color on television for the first time , a 25-member jury in the theater decided on the result. The participants competed against each other in pairs, reducing them to six, then three. In the final round Homo Sapiens was able to prevail over Collage and I Santo California. However, the Rai interrupted the television broadcast again before the winners were announced.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Homo sapiens	Bella there	Renato Pareti, Alberto Salerno
2	collage	Tu mi rubi l'anima	Gabriella Padovan, Antonello De Sanctis
3	I Santo California	Monica	Paolo Pinna, Giacomo Simonelli, Elio Palumbo
	Albatross	Gran premio	Michelle Vasseur, Vito Pallavicini , Toto Cutugno
	Giardino dei Semplici	Miele	Giancarlo Bigazzi , Totò Savio
	Leano Morelli	Io ti porterei	Leano Morelli
	Umberto Napolitano	Con te ci sto	Umberto Napolitano
	Santino Rocchetti	Dedicato a te	Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio
	Daniela Davoli	… E invece con te!	Daniela Davoli, Michele Zarrillo
	Matia Bazaar	Ma perché	Carlo Marrale, Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita
	Donatella Rettore	Oh! Carmela!	Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego
	La Strana Società	Tesoro mio	Luigi Albertelli, Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano

successes

Five entries from the festival were able to reach the top 25 of the single charts, the most successful of which was Tu mi rubi l'anima .

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1977	Tu mi rubi l'anima collage	IT1 (19 weeks) IT	place 2
	Bella because the Homo Sapiens	IT3 (16 weeks) IT	1st place
	Ma perché Matia Bazaar	IT7 (13 weeks) IT
	Miele Giardino dei Semplici	IT7 (10 weeks) IT
	Monica I Santo California	IT14 (13 weeks) IT	place 3

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1977 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1977 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on February 14, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).