Sanremo Music Festival 2006 Explained

Sanremo Music Festival
Year:	2006
Competing:	artists
Semi1:	27 February 2006
Semi2:	28 February 2006
Semi3:	1 March 2006
Semi4:	2 March 2006
Final:	3 March 2006
Presenters:	Giorgio Panariello and Victoria Cabello
Artistic Director:	Giorgio Panariello, Gianmarco Mazzi
Musdirector:	Renato Serio
Host:	Rai 1
Venue:	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Section1:	Overall competition
Entries1:	30
Winner1:	Povia "Vorrei avere il becco"
Section2:	Newcomers' section
Entries2:	12
Winner2:	Riccardo Maffoni "Sole negli occhi"
Section3:	Men section
Entries3:	6
Winner3:	Povia "Vorrei avere il becco"
Section4:	Women section
Entries4:	6
Winner4:	Anna Tatangelo "Essere una donna"
Section5:	Groups section
Entries5:	6
Winner5:	I Nomadi "Dove si va"

The Sanremo Music Festival 2006 (it|Festival di Sanremo 2006), officially the 56th Italian Song Festival (Italian: 56º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 56th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February and 3 March 2006 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by comedian Giorgio Panariello with Victoria Cabello. Panariello and Gianmarco Mazzi served as the artistic directors.

The competition took place between 30 songs, divided into four different categories—Men, Women, Groups and Newcomers. As in the previous year, a winner for each category was announced, and the final winner of the competition was selected among the artist which took first place in one of the five sections. After placing first in the Men section with his entry "Vorrei avere il becco", Povia was announced the winner of the competition, beating I Nomadi's "Dove si va", Anna Tatangelo's "Essere una donna" and Riccardo Maffoni's "Sole negli occhi", winners of the sections Groups, Women and Newcomers, respectively.

Presenters and personnel

In June 2005, Rai 1 director Fabrizio Del Noce announced that he was planning to choose Italian comedian Giorgio Panariello and actress Sabrina Ferilli as the presenters of the Sanremo Music Festival 2006.^[1] In October of the same year, Panariello was officially confirmed as the presenter of the event.^[2] Panariello also served as the artistic director of the show, together with Gianmarco Mazzi, who was confirmed for the third time in this role.^[2] Victoria Cabello were later announced as the co-presenters of the 56th Sanremo Music Festival, while Sabrina Ferilli did not take part in the show.^{[3] [4]} Models Marta Cecchetto, Claudia Cedro, Vanessa Hessler and Francesca Lancini also took part in the show, introducing the competing artists during the 5 nights of the music contest.^[5]

The Sanremo Festival Orchestra was directed by Renato Serio, while the scenography was created by the Academy Award-winning production designer Dante Ferretti.^{[6] [7]} The authors of the show, directed by Paolo Beldì, were Eddi Berni, Riccardo Cassini, Claudio Fasulo, Pietro Galeotti, Giorgio Panariello, Carlo Pistarino and Claudio Sabelli Fioretti.^[6]

Shows

First night

Men, Women and Groups sections

Key:

– Contestant competing in the "Men" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Women" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Groups" section.

+Performances of the contestants on the first night^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
Artist(s)		Order	Song and writer(s)	Result (section)
	Nicky Nicolai	1	"Lei ha la notte" (Tiziana Blu, Nicky Nicolai, Marco Rinalduzzi, Marco D'Angelo)
	Dolcenera	2	"Com'è straordinaria la vita" (Dolcenera, Lorenzo Imerico, Roberto Pacco)
	I Ragazzi di Scampia & Gigi Finizio	3	"Musica e speranza" (Mogol, Gigi D'Alessio)
	Noa, Carlo Fava & Solis String Quartet	4	"Un discorso in generale" (Carlo Fava, Gianluca Martinelli)
		5	"Vorrei avere il becco" (Giuseppe Povia)
	Ron	6	"L'uomo delle stelle" (Ron)
	Simona Bencini	7	"Tempesta" (Simona Bencini, Elisa Toffoli)
	Spagna	8	"Noi non possiamo cambiare" (Maurizio Morante)
	Sugarfree	9	"Solo lei mi dà" (Fortunato Zampaglione, Marco Salom, Matteo Amantia Scuderi, Giuseppe Lo Iacono)
	Mario Venuti & Arancia Sonora	10	"Un altro posto nel mondo" (Mario Venuti, Kaballà)
	Alex Britti	11	"...solo con te" (Alex Britti)
	Luca Dirisio	12	"Sparirò" (Luca Dirisio)
	Anna Oxa	13	"Processo a me stessa" (Pasquale Panella, Anna Oxa, Alessandra Miori)
	Anna Tatangelo	14	"Essere una donna" (Mogol, Gigi D'Alessio)
	Nomadi	15	"Dove si va" (Cristian Cattini, Danilo Sacco, Massimo Vecchi, Giuseppe Carletti)
	Zero Assoluto	16	"Svegliarsi la mattina" (Matteo Maffucci, Thomas De Gasperi, Danilo Pao, Enrico Sognato)
	Gianluca Grignani	17	"Liberi di sognare" (Gianluca Grignani)
	Michele Zarrillo	12	"L'alfabeto degli amanti" (Vincenzo Incenzo, Michele Zarrillo)

Guests and other performances

• American actor John Travolta was the first international guest of the show. He was interviewed by Victoria Cabello, and he performed a fragment of Domenico Modugno's 1958 hit "Nel blu dipinto di blu", as a duet with Giorgio Panariello.^[11]
• The Italian curling team, which competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, also appeared during the night, explaining the rules of curling and showing how to play it, during a sketch with Giorgio Panariello.^[12]

Second night

Men, Women and Groups sections

Key:

– Contestant competing in the "Men" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Women" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Groups" section.

+Performances of the contestants of the Men, Women and Groups sections on the second night^[13] ^[14]
Artist(s)		Order	Song	Result (section)
	Anna Oxa	1	"Processo a me stessa"
	Sugarfree	2	"Solo lei mi dà"
	Gianluca Grignani	3	"Liberi di sognare"
	Anna Tatangelo	4	"Essere una donna"
	Mario Venuti & Arancia Sonora	5	"Un altro posto nel mondo"
	Ron	6	"L'uomo delle stelle"
	Nicky Nicolai	7	"Lei ha la notte"
	I Ragazzi di Scampia & Gigi Finizio	8	"Musica e speranza"
	Povia	9	"Vorrei avere il becco"

Newcomers section

+Performances of the contestants of the Newcomers section on the second night^[15]
Artist(s)	Order	Song and writer(s)	Result
Simone Cristicchi	10	"Che bella gente" (Simone Cristicchi, Simona Cipollone)	Advanced
Monia Russo	11	"Un mondo senza parole" (Bruno Illiano)	Advanced
Virginio	12	"Davvero" (Virginio Simonelli, Paolo Agosta)	Eliminated
Helena Hellwig	13	"Di luna morirei" (Giuseppe Mango, Carlo De Bei, Rocco Petruzzi)	Advanced
Deasonika	14	"Non dimentico più" (Max Zanotti, Francesco Tumminelli, Walter Clemente, Marco Trentacoste)	Eliminated
Antonello	15	"Capirò crescerai" (Antonio Carozza, Salvio Pietroluongo)	Eliminated

Guests and other performances

• Italian soccer player Francesco Totti and the showgirls Ilary Blasi, was interviewed by Giorgio Panariello. After the interview, the chorus performed a fragment of Claudio Baglioni's "Questo piccolo grande amore", regarded by Totti and Blasi as the symbol of their love story.
• After Nicky Nicolai's performance, American singer and actor Jesse McCartney was introduced as the first international guest of the night. He sang his single "Because You Live".^[16]
• Riccardo Cocciante also appeared on stage to receive the City of Sanremo Award. He also performed the songs "Bella senz'anima" and "Margherita".^[16]
• At the end of the night, American singer Hilary Duff performed her song "Wake Up".^[16]

Third night

Men, Women and Groups sections

Key:

– Contestant competing in the "Men" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Women" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Groups" section.

+Performances of the contestants of the Men, Women and Groups sections on the third night^[17] ^[18]
Artist(s)		Order	Song	Result (section)
	Simona Bencini	1	"Tempesta"
	Nomadi	2	"Dove si va"
	Alex Britti	3	"...solo con te"
	Spagna	4	"Noi non possiamo cambiare"
	Zero Assoluto	5	"Svegliarsi la mattina"
	Michele Zarrillo	6	"L'alfabeto degli amanti" (Michele Zarrillo, Vincenzo Incenzo)
	Dolcenera	7	"Com'è straordinaria la vita"
	Noa, Carlo Fava & Solis String Quartet	8	"Un discorso in generale"
	Luca Dirisio	9	"Sparirò"

Newcomers section

+Performances of the contestants of the Newcomers section on the third night
Artist(s)	Order	Song and writer(s)	Result
L'Aura	10	"Irraggiungibile" (L'Aura)	Advanced
Riccardo Maffoni	11	"Sole negli occhi" (Riccardo Maffoni)	Advanced
Ameba4	12	"Rido... forse mi sbaglio" (Fabio Properzi)	Eliminated
Ivan Segreto	13	"Con un gesto" (Ivan Segreto)	Eliminated
Andrea Ori	14	"Nel tuo mare" (Andrea Ori, Mino Vergnaghi)	Eliminated
Tiziano Orecchio	15	"Preda innocente" (Matteo Di Franco, Andrea Zuppini, Marco Andrini)	Advanced

Guests and other performances

• Italian actor Leonardo Pieraccioni opened the night with a sketch, in which he announced for joke that presenter Panariello had refused to appear on stage during the third night as a result of criticisms and poor ratings received during the previous episodes of the show.^[19]
• During the night, after Britti's performance of his entry "...solo con te", Panariello interviewed American wrestler John Cena.^[19]
• Actor Carlo Verdone performed Assunta De Senis, a fictional old woman from the past editions of the Sanremo Music Festival. During his performance, he was joined on stage by Silvio Muccino to promote the film Il mio miglior nemico, in which they both starred.^[19]
• Maria Grazia Cucinotta presented the film All the Invisible Children, produced by Cucinotta herself.^[20]
• The Italian gold medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics, including Enrico Fabris, Giorgio Di Centa, Cristian Zorzi, Fulvio Valbusa and Stefano Donagrandi, were interviewed by Panariello during the night.^[21]
• Colombian Latin pop singer Shakira was the last guest of the third episode of the Sanremo Music Festival 2006, performing her single "Don't Bother".^[22]

Fourth night

Men section

+Performances of the contestants of the Men section on the fourth night^[23] ^[24] ^[25]
Artist(s)	Order	Song	Guest(s)	Result
Michele Zarrillo	1	"L'alfabeto degli amanti"	Tiziano Ferro	Advanced
Povia	2	"Vorrei avere il becco"	Francesco Baccini	Advanced
Ron	3	"L'uomo delle stelle"	Tosca, Loredana Bertè & Cecilia Chailly	Eliminated
Alex Britti	4	"...solo con te"	Max Gazzè, Antonio Santirocco & Mark Hanna	Eliminated

Groups section

+Performances of the contestants of the Groups section on the fourth night
Artist(s)	Order	Song	Guest(s)	Result
Nomadi	5	"Dove si va"	Roberto Vecchioni	Advanced
Zero Assoluto	6	"Svegliarsi la mattina"	Niccolò Fabi	Advanced
Sugarfree	7	"Solo lei mi dà"	Flavio Oreglio	Eliminated
I Ragazzi di Scampia & Gigi Finizio	8	"Musica e speranza"	Tullio De Piscopo	Eliminated

Women section

+Performances of the contestants of the Women section on the fourth night
Artist(s)	Order	Song	Guest(s)	Result
Anna Tatangelo	9	"Essere una donna"	Alberto Radius & Ricky Portera	Advanced
Nicky Nicolai	10	"Lei ha la notte"	Stefano Di Battista & Giovanni Allevi	Eliminated
Dolcenera	11	"Com'è straordinaria la vita"	Maurizio Solieri	Advanced
Simona Bencini	12	"Tempesta"	Sarah Jane Morris	Eliminated

Newcomers section

+Performances of the contestants of the Newcomers section on the fourth night^[26]
Artist(s)	Order	Song	Result
Monia Russo	13	"Un mondo senza parole"	Eliminated
Tiziano Orecchio	14	"Preda innocente"	Eliminated
L'Aura	15	"Irraggiungibile"	Eliminated
Simone Cristicchi	16	"Che bella gente"	Advanced
Helena Hellwig	17	"Di luna morirei"	Eliminated
Riccardo Maffoni	18	"Sole negli occhi"	Advanced

Guests and other performances

• American actor Orlando Bloom was interviewed by Victoria Cabello during the show.^[25]
• At the end of the show, American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw performed his hit "Chariot".^[26]
• Italian actor Arnoldo Foà also appeared for an interview. He also performed an original song.^[23]
• Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana appeared on stage with models Marta Cecchetto, Claudia Cedro, Vanessa Hessler and Francesca Lancini. The models wore clothes designed for them by the founders of the fashion house Dolce & Gabbana.^[23]

Fifth night

First round

Key:

– Contestant competing in the "Men" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Women" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Groups" section.

– Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.

+Performances of the contestants on the first round of the final^[27] ^[28]
Artist(s)		Order	Song	Result (section)
	Povia	1	"Vorrei avere il becco"	Winner (Men)
	Michele Zarrillo	2	"L'alfabeto degli amanti"	Eliminated
	Nomadi	3	"Dove si va"	Winner (Groups)
	Zero Assoluto	4	"Svegliarsi la mattina"	Eliminated
	Dolcenera	5	"Com'è straordinaria la vita"	Eliminated
	Anna Tatangelo	6	"Essere una donna"	Winner (Women)
	Simone Cristicchi	7	"Che bella gente"	Eliminated
	Riccardo Maffoni	8	"Sole negli occhi"	Winner (Newcomers)

Second round

+Performances of the contestants on the second round of the final^[29]
Artist(s)	Order	Song	Result (section)
Povia	1	"Vorrei avere il becco"	Winner
Nomadi	2	"Dove si va"	Finalist
Anna Tatangelo	3	"Essere una donna"	Finalist
Riccardo Maffoni	4	"Sole negli occhi"	Finalist

Guests and other performances

• Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini opened the final of the Sanremo Music Festival 2006, performing Domenico Modugno's "Vecchio frak".^[27]
• Italian singer Andrea Bocelli performed the song "Il mare calmo della sera", which launched his career and placed first in the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1994. He also dueted with American singer Christina Aguilera, performing their single "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)".^[27]
• Virna Lisi appeared on stage during the first night. She also crowned the winner of the competition.^[27]
• Eros Ramazzotti was the second guest, after Bocelli, chosen to represent the most known Italian artists which started their career at the Sanremo Music Festival. He performed a medley of "Terra promessa", "Una storia importante" and "Adesso tu", and he performed the song "I Belong to You (Il ritmo della passione)" as a duet with Anastacia.^[27]
• Laura Pausini was the last guest of the night. She performed a medley which included her previous Sanremo Music Festival entries, "La solitudine" (1993) and "Strani amori" (1994), as well as her 2005 single "Come se non fosse stato mai amore". She later performed an Italian-language cover of Charles Aznavour's "She", title "Uguale a lei".^{[30] [27]}
• At the end of the performances of the competing artists, Ramazzotti and Pausini came back on stage to perform "Nel blu dipinto di blu". The song, which won the contest in 1958, was performed with its original arrangements.^{[27] [31]}

Other awards

Critics Award "Mia Martini"

Points received by the competing artists for the Critics Award^[32]

Artist	Song	Points	Result
Noa, Carlo Fava & Solis String Quartet	"Un discorso in generale"	42	Winner
Mario Venuti & Arancia Sonora	"Un altro posto nel mondo"	24	2nd place
Nomadi	"Dove si va"	12	3rd place
Ron	"L'uomo delle stelle"
Dolcenera	"Com'è straordinaria la vita"	9	5th place
Nicky Nicolai	"Lei ha la notte"	6	6th place
Simone Cristicchi	"Che bella gente"	5	7th place
Povia	"Vorrei avere il becco"	4	8th place
Michele Zarrillo	"L'alfabeto degli amanti"
L'Aura	"Irraggiungibile"	3	10th place
Anna Oxa	"Processo a me stessa"
Ivan Segreto	"Con un gesto"
Deasonika	"Non dimentico più"	2	13th place
Luca Dirisio	"Sparirò"
Alex Britti	"...solo con te"	1	15th place
Riccardo Maffoni	"Sole negli occhi"
Tiziano Orecchio	"Preda innocente"
I Ragazzi di Scampia & Gigi Finizio	"Musica e speranza"
Anna Tatangelo	"Essere una donna"
Zero Assoluto	"Appena prima di partire"

Press, Radio & TV Award

Points received by the competing artists for the Press, Radio & TV Award^[33]

Artist	Song	Points	Result
Nomadi	"Dove si va"	55	Winner
Povia	"Vorrei avere il becco"		2nd place
Simone Cristicchi	"Che bella gente"		3rd place

Ratings

Episode	Date	Viewers	Share
Night 1^[34]	27 February 2006	9,141,000	44.45%
Night 2^[35]	28 February 2006	7,271,000	37.33%
Night 3^[36]	2 March 2006	6,234,000	33.49%
Night 4^[37]	3 March 2006	6,834,000	36.74%
Night 5^[38]	4 March 2006	9,523,000	48.23%

External links

• Official Website of the Sanremo Music Festival

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