| Sanremo Music Festival | |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Competing: | artists |
| Semi1: | 20 February 1996 |
| Semi2: | 21 February 1996 |
| Semi3: | 22 February 1996 |
| Semi4: | 23 February 1996 |
| Final: | 24 February 1996 |
| Presenters: | Pippo Baudo and Sabrina Ferilli, Valeria Mazza |
| Artistic Director: | Pippo Baudo |
| Musdirector: | Pippo Caruso |
| Host: | Rai 1 |
| Venue: | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Section1: | Big Artists section |
| Entries1: | 23 |
| Winner1: | Ron ft. Tosca "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni" |
| Section2: | Newcomers' section |
| Entries2: | 14 |
| Winner2: | Syria "Non ci sto" |
The Sanremo Music Festival 1996 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1996), officially the 46th Italian Song Festival (Italian: 46º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 46th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1996 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, who also served as the artistic director, with actress Sabrina Ferilli and model Valeria Mazza.[1] [2]
The winners of the Big Artists section were Ron and Tosca with the song "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni", while Syria won the Newcomers section with the song "Non ci sto".[1] [3]
In this edition, the Critics Award was named after Mia Martini, who died the year before and was the first recipient of the award in 1982.[1] [4] It was awarded to the song "La terra dei cachi" by Elio e le Storie Tese.[1] [5]
Bruce Springsteen opened the first night of the festival performing, out of competition, the song "The Ghost of Tom Joad".[1]
After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Ambra Angiolini with Luciano De Crescenzo, Roberto D'Agostino, Gianni Ippoliti and Pippo Baudo.[1]
| Big Artists section | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni" – Ron & Tosca (Rosalino Cellamare) | 1 |
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| "La terra dei cachi" – Elio e le Storie Tese (Davide Civaschi, Stefano Belisari, Sergio Conforti e Nicola Fasani) | 2 |
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| "Strano il mio destino" – Giorgia (Maurizio Fabrizio, Giorgia Todrani) | 3 | |
| "E io penso a te" – Spagna (Ivana Spagna, Giorgio Spagna) | 4 | |
| "Mai più sola" – Neri per Caso (Claudio Mattone) | 5 | |
| "Se adesso te ne vai" – Massimo Di Cataldo (Massimo Di Cataldo, Laurex) | 6 | |
| "È la mia vita" - Albano Carrisi (Pino Marino, Maurizio Fabrizio) | 7 | |
| "Soli al bar" - Aleandro Baldi ft. Marco Guerzoni (Francesco Palmieri, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Aleandro Baldi) | 8 | |
| "Cantare è d'amore" - Amedeo Minghi (Amedeo Minghi, Pasquale Panella) | 9 | |
| "Volo così" - Paola Turci (Paola Turci, Roberto Casini) | 10 | |
| "L'elefante e la farfalla" - Michele Zarrillo (Vincenzo Incenzo, Michele Zarrillo) | 11 | |
| "Il ragazzo con la chitarra" - Luca Barbarossa (Luca Barbarossa) | 12 | |
| "Sulla porta" - Federico Salvatore (Federico Salvatore, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Giuseppe Dati) | 13 | |
| "Una vita migliore" - Rossella Marcone (Pietro Cremonesi, Federico Cavalli, Angelo Valsiglio) | 14 | |
| "L'amore è un attimo" - Enrico Ruggeri (Luigi Schiavone, Enrico Ruggeri) | 15 | |
| "Sarò" – Raffaella Cavalli (Depsa, Fio Zanotti, Angelo Valsiglio) | 16 | |
| "Solo lei" - Gigi Finizio (Gigi Finizio, Antonio Annona) | 17 | |
| "Non andare via" - Paolo Vallesi (Giuseppe Dati, Paolo Vallesi) | 18 | |
| "Romanzo" - Riccardo Fogli (Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio) | 19 | |
| "Letti" - New Trolls & Umberto Bindi (Umberto Bindi, Renato Zero) | 20 | Fonopoli Award for Best Arrangement |
| "Ama" - Dhamm (Dario Benedetti, Alessio Ventura, Mauro Munzi, Massimo Conti) | ||
| "Non è amore" - Mara (David Poggiolini, Mike Francis) | ||
| "Non scherzare dai" - Fedele Boccassini (Luca Angelosanti, Fio Zanotti, Memo Remigi, Fedele Boccassini, Francesco Morettini) | ||
| Newcomers section | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Non ci sto" - Syria (Claudio Mattone) | 1 |
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| "Sarò bellissima" - Adriana Ruocco (Franco Migliacci, Stefano Cenci, E. Fratini e L. Silvi) | 2 | |
| "Al di là di questi anni" - Marina Rei (Frank Minoia, Marina Rei) | 3 |
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| "Quando ti senti sola" - O.R.O. (Angelo Manfredi, Mario Manzani) | 4 | |
| "Quando il cuore" - Silvia Salemi (Manuel De Peppe, Giampiero Artegiani, Silvia Salemi) | 5 | |
| "Liberami" - Jalisse (Carmen Di Domenico, Fabio Ricci) | 6 | |
| "Sottovoce" - Olivia (Franca Evangelisti, Stefano Borzi, Sandro Mattoccia) | 7 | |
| "Amore di plastica" - Carmen Consoli (Carmen Consoli, Mario Venuti) | 8 | |
| "E ci sei" - Petra Magoni (Marco D'Angelo, Marco Rinalduzzi, Massimo Calabrese, Zenîma, Petra Magoni) | 9 | |
| "Zerotretresette" - Camilla (Paolo Martella, Camilla Lessona, Michele Violante, Kynsha) | 10 | |
| "Il grido del silenzio" - Alessandro Errico (Alessandro Errico) | 11 | |
| "Lasciarsi amare" - Leandro Barsotti (Leandro Barsotti) | 12 | |
| "Ci sarò" - Alessandro Mara (Alessandro Maraniello) | 13 | |
| "Un po' di tempo" - Maurizio Lauzi (Maurizio Lauzi) | 14 | |
| Guests | |
|---|---|
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Bruce Springsteen | "The Ghost of Tom Joad" |
| Pat Metheny and Rita Marcotulli | "Don’t Forget" |
| Blur | "Charmless Man" |
| Cher | "One By One" |
| Kenny G | "Forever in Love" |
| Tina Turner | "Whatever You Want" |
| East 17 | "Do U Still?" |
| Vanessa-Mae | "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" |
| Celine Dion | "Callin’ You" "Falling into You" |
| Simply Red | "Never Never Love" |
| Andreas Vollenweider | "Sotto l’albero della speranza" |
| Take That | "How Deep Is Your Love" |
| The Kelly Family | "Why Why Why" |
| Bon Jovi | "Lie to Me" |
| George Benson | "The Long and Winding Road" |
| Michael Bolton | "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
| Alanis Morissette | "You Oughta Know" |
| The Cranberries | "Salvation" |