Sanremo Festival 1994

Sanremo Festival 1994
output	44
date	23-26 February
place	Ariston Theater in Sanremo
Charisma	Rai Uno , Rai Radio 1
Moderation	Pippo Baudo with Cannelle and Anna Oxa
Attendees	38 (with 38 songs)
winner	Aleandro Baldi  - Passerà
Newcomer winner	Andrea Bocelli  - Il mare calmo della sera
Critic award	Giorgio Faletti  - Signor tenente Baraonna  - I giardini d'Alhambra
◄ Sanremo 1993 • Sanremo 1995 ►

The 44th edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in 1994 from February 23rd to 26th at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and was moderated by Pippo Baudo with Cannelle and Anna Oxa .

procedure

The Ariston Theater, venue of the Sanremo Festival

This year Pippo Baudo finally took over the entire artistic direction of the festival, in addition to his role as a moderator. The singer Anna Oxa and the Guadeloupian model Cannelle were at his side as comedians . Also Antonella Clerici took on a supporting role. The talk show Dopofestival was hosted by Baudo together with Mara Venier as well as with Roberto D'Agostino and Renato Zero . After two years, the eliminations in the main category were abolished in 1994: all 20 entries made it to the final. In the newcomer category, however, eight out of 18 entries were eliminated.

Among the participants, the group Squadra Italia stood out, to which eleven musicians (modeled on a football team ) had come together, including a number of old stars of the festival such as Nilla Pizzi , Jimmy Fontana , Wilma Goich and Wess . A big surprise was the return of Claudia Mori , who performed with a song by Toto Cutugno . Other well-known names in the competition were Michele Zarrillo , Donatella Rettore and Loredana Bertè . Laura Pausini was the favorite after her success in the newcomer category last year; Aleandro Baldi and Gerardina Trovato returned alongside her . The comedian Giorgio Faletti caused a stir with the song Signor tenente . In the newcomer category, u. a. Andrea Bocelli , Irene Grandi and Giorgia . Well-known international guests were Elton John , Phil Collins , Take That and Jamiroquai .

The critics award went to Faletti and in the newcomer category to the band Baraonna , which did not make it into the final. Among the newcomers, Bocelli was able to secure victory with Il mare calmo della sera , while in the main category an unexpected duel between Faletti and Aleandro Baldi emerged. Favorite Laura Pausini only managed third place with Strani amori , Baldi finally won the race with Passerà .

Candidates

Campioni

• winner

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors	be right
1	Aleandro Baldi	Passerà	Aleandro Baldi, Giancarlo Bigazzi , Marco Falagiani	27,145
2	Giorgio Faletti	Signor tenente	Giorgio Faletti	25,742
3	Laura Pausini	Strani amori	Angelo Valsiglio, Roberto Buti, Cheope, Marco Marati, Francesco Tanini	25,587
4th	Gerardina Trovato	Not a film	Angelo Anastasio, Celso Valli, Gerardina Trovato	25,076
5	Michele Zarrillo	Cinque giorni	Vincenzo Incenzo, Michele Zarrillo	23,441
6th	Enzo Jannacci and Paolo Rossi	I soliti accordi	Enzo Jannacci, Paolo Rossi, Paolo Jannacci	22,413
7th	Ivan Graziani	Maledette malelingue	Ivan Graziani	22,248
8th	Andrea Mingardi	Amare amare	Andrea Mingardi, Maurizio Tirelli	21,863
9	Marco Armani	Eater duri	Marco Armani, Luca Carboni	19,359
10	Donatella Rettore	Notte specialmente	Cheope, Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego	18,943
11	Mariella Nava	Terra mia	Maria Giuliana Nava	18,904
12	Formula 3	La casa dell'imperatore	Tony Cicco, Mario Castelnuovo	18,393
13	Loredana Bertè	Amici non ne ho	Loredana Bertè, Philippe Leon	18,035
14th	Alessandro Canino	Crescerai	Bruno Zucchetti, Giuseppe Dati, Stefano Busà	17,988
15th	Francesco Salvi	Statento	Francesco Salvi, Vittorio Cosma	17,392
16	Alessandro Bono	Oppure no	Alessandro Pizzamiglio	16,936
17th	Claudia Mori	Se mi ami ...	Toto Cutugno	16,273
18th	Carlo Marrale	L'ascensore	Carlo Marrale, Cheope	15,572
19th	Squadra Italia	Una vecchia canzone italiana	Stefano Jurgens, Marcello Marrocchi	14,900
20th	Franco Califano	Napoli	Franco Califano, Alberto Laurenti, Antonio Gaudino	12,968

Nuove proposte

• winner
• Eliminated in the preliminary round

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors	be right
1	Andrea Bocelli	Il mare calmo della sera	Zucchero Fornaciari , Gian Pietro Felisatti, Gloria Nuti	12,641
2	Antonella Arancio	Ricordi del cuore (Anime sole)	Claudio Allia, Ray Distefano	10,672
3	Danilo Amerio	Come on noi	Danilo Amerio	9,978
4th	Irene Grandi	Fuori	Telonio, Irene Grandi	9,743
5	Valeria Visconti	So vivrai	Ermanno Croce, Rossano Eleuteri	9,252
6th	Lighea	Possiamo realizzare i nostri sogni	Stefano Jurgens, Lighea, Giulio Galgani	9,204
7th	Giorgia	E poi	Giorgia, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi	9,171
8th	Francesca Schiavo	Il mondo è qui	Varo Venturi	8,832
9	Silvia Cecchetti	Il mondo dove va	Vincenzo Benedetto Scanu	8,536
10	Giò Di Tonno	Senti uomo	Giò Di Tonno, Alessandro Di Zio	8,294
	Paola Angeli	Cuore cuore	Paola Angeli
	Simona D'Alessio	È solo un giorno nero	Carmen Di Domenico, Claudio Pizzale
	Baraonna	I giardini d'Alhambra	Fulvio Caporale, Vito Caporale
	Daniela Colace	Io e il mio amico Neal	Michele Ascolese, Daniela Colace
	Franz Campi	Ma che sarei	Franz Campi
	Joe Barbieri	Non spegnere i tuoi tatting	Joe Barbieri
	Paideja	Propiziu ventu	Tina Nicoletta, Valeria Nicoletta
	Daniele Fossati	Senza un dolore	Daniele Fossati

successes

The successes in the competition were practically not reflected in the charts in 1994: only three entries from the festival reached the top 25 of the Italian single charts, by far the most successful was Laura Pausini.

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1994	Strani amori Laura Pausini	IT2 (10 weeks) IT	place 3
	Fuori Irene Grandi	IT17 (2 weeks) IT	4th place (newcomer)
	Amici non ne ho Loredana Bertè	IT19 (2 weeks) IT	13th place
Further chart successes from the festival environment:
1994	Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & RuPaul	IT18 (3 weeks) IT	Guest Post

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1994 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1994 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 .