Sanremo Festival 1978

Sanremo Festival 1978
output	28
date	26.-28. January
place	Ariston Theater in Sanremo
Charisma	Programma Nazionale , Rai Radio 2
Moderation	Maria Giovanna Elmi , Beppe Grillo , Stefania Casini , Vittorio Salvetti
Attendees	14 (with 14 songs)
winner	Matia Bazar  - … e dirsi ciao
◄ Sanremo 1977 • Sanremo 1979 ►

The 28th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1978 from January 26th to 28th at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and was moderated by Maria Giovanna Elmi , Beppe Grillo , Stefania Casini and Vittorio Salvetti .

procedure

The Ariston Theater, venue of the Sanremo Festival

After the press had declared the festival practically dead and the Rai decided to suspend radio broadcasts for the first two evenings and only broadcast the finale, the 1978 festival got off to a difficult start. But Vittorio Salvetti, who was in charge of the organization for the third time in a row, was not intimidated by this. The number of participants was increased to 15, the moderation was divided between Maria Giovanna Elmi (as in the previous year), Beppe Grillo , Stefania Casini and Salvetti personally.

The participants were divided into three categories, namely solo performers, groups and cantautori . The band Krisma was disqualified at the last moment, as it turned out that their contribution was not unpublished; so in the end only 14 participants entered the race. Best known among the participants was the band Matia Bazar , who had already been in the race the previous year and dominated the hit parade in early 1978 with Solo tu . The participation of the Calabrian Cantautore Rino Gaetano caused a stir . During the festival, debutante Anna Oxa was also able to make a name for herself. She performed with a song by Ivano Fossati and attracted attention with her punky appearance.

All 14 entries reached the final, where five were eliminated after an initial vote. Then a winner was determined for each category, and the one with the most votes was declared the overall winner of the festival. In the end, Matia Bazar won ahead of Anna Oxa and Rino Gaetano.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Matia Bazaar	... e dirsi ciao	Giancarlo Golzi, Aldo Stellita, Piero Cassano, Carlo Marrale, Antonella Ruggiero
2	Anna Oxa	Un'emozione da poco	Ivano Fossati , Guido Guglielminetti
3	Rino Gaetano	Gianna	Rino Gaetano
4th	Ciro Sebastianelli	Il buio e tu	Ciro Sebastianelli, Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro
5	Anselmo Genovese	Tu sola	Anselmo Genovese, Luigi Capello
6th	Santino Rocchetti	Armonia e poesia	Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio
7th	Schola Cantorum	Un amore	Marco Luberti, Enrico Fusco
8th	Laura Luca	Domani domani	Gian Pieretti, Alberto Nicoletti
9	Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble	1/2 notte	Zacar, Savino Grieco, Ciro Dammicco, Sentacruz
	Roberto Carrino	'N' addore 'e castagne	Roberto Carrino, Mario Coppola
	Donato Ciletti	Anna Anna	Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro, Donato Ciletti, Claudio Cavallaro
	Dora Moroni	Ora	Franco Marino, Enrico Intra, Claudio Rego, Donatella Rettore
	Marco Ferradini	Quando Teresa verrà	Simon Luca, Marco Ferradini
	Beans	Solos	Antonio Bella, Gianni Bella

successes

Six contributions from the Sanremo Festival 1978 were then able to enter the top 25 of the single charts. The three best-placed songs all reached first place.

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1978	Un'emozione da poco Anna Oxa	IT1 (16 weeks) IT	place 2
	Gianna Rino Gaetano	IT1 (15 weeks) IT	place 3
	… E dirsi ciao Matia Bazar	IT1 (12 weeks) IT	1st place
	Domani domani Laura Luca	IT11 (12 weeks) IT	8th place
	Il buio e tu Ciro Sebastianelli	IT11 (8 weeks) IT	4th place
	1/2 notte Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble	IT15 (10 weeks) IT	9th place

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1978 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1978 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on February 16, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).