Sanremo Music Festival 2018 Explained

Sanremo Music Festival
Year:2018
Competing:artists
Semi1:6 February 2018
Semi2:7 February 2018
Semi3:8 February 2018
Semi4:9 February 2018
Final:10 February 2018
Presenters:Claudio Baglioni
and Michelle Hunziker, Pierfrancesco Favino
Artistic Director:Claudio Baglioni
Orchestra Leader:Geoff Westley
Broadcaster:RAI
Venue:Teatro Ariston
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Section1:Big Artists section
Entries1:20
Winner1:Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
"Italian: [[Non mi avete fatto niente]]|i=unset"
Section2:Newcomers' section
Entries2:8
Winner2:Ultimo
"Italian: Il ballo delle incertezze|i=unset"

The Sanremo Music Festival 2018 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2018), officially the 68th Italian Song Festival (Italian: 68º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 68th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo and organised and broadcast by RAI. It was presented by Claudio Baglioni, who also served as the artistic director, with Michelle Hunziker and Pierfrancesco Favino.

The competition was divided in two sections. The winners of the Big Artists section were Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro with "Italian: [[Non mi avete fatto niente]]|i=unset", who thus earned the right to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Newcomers' sections was won by Ultimo with the song "Italian: Il ballo delle incertezze|i=unset".

Format

Presenters

Singer-songwriter and musician, Claudio Baglioni, was the main host and artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 2018,[1] alongside co-hosts Michelle Hunziker[2] and Pierfrancesco Favino.

Voting

Voting during the five evenings occurred through different combinations of four methods:

The three voting systems had a percentage weight so distributed:[3]

In the final part of the fifth evening, a new rank indicating the first three acts -determined by the percentage of votes obtained in this evening's vote and those obtained in previous evenings- was drawn up.

Selections

Newcomers' section

The artists competing in the Newcomers' section were selected through two separate contests: Sanremo Giovani and Area Sanremo.

Sanremo Giovani

On October 31, 2017, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2018 announced a list of 650 acts, but only 68 artists coming from all Italian regionsexcluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aostaand from abroad were selected in the first phase.[4]

On November 10, 2017, Rai Commission announced the sixteen finalists.[5] [6]

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

On December 15, 2017, the sixteen finalists performed their songs at Villa Ormond in Sanremo, with the show Sarà Sanremo broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Claudia Gerini and Federico Russo. The six selected by the jury were added to the two entries of Area Sanremo, for a total of eight young emerging artists in the category of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[7] Lorenzo Baglioni, Mudimbi, Eva, Mirkoeilcane, Giulia Casieri and Ultimo were chosen as contestants of the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018.

Area Sanremo

After the auditions, RAI Commission -composed by Massimo Cotto, Stefano Senardi, Antonio Vandoni, Maurizio Caridi and Maurilio Giordana; plus the participation of Franco Zanetti and Amara- identified 8 finalists for the competition among the 145 acts:[8]

Newcomers' Finalists

Big Artists section

The Big Artists section of the contest will revert to 20 artists, after briefly going up to 22 last year. Unlike in previous years, there will be no eliminations during the four weeknight shows. All the artists will perform several times and will be scored during the week, but they will all advance to the final night.[9]

Competing entries

+Competing songs and artists, showing writers, orchestra conductor and results achieved
Big Artists section[10]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)Orchestra conductor[11] RankSanremo Music Festival Awards
"Non mi avete fatto niente" – Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
(Ermal Meta, Fabrizio Moro, Andrea Febo)
Diego Calvetti1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section – Golden Lion[12]
  • TimMusic Award for Most-Streamed Song on the Final's Day
"Una vita in vacanza" – Lo Stato Sociale
(Alberto Cazzola, Francesco Draicchio, Lodovico Guenzi, Alberto Guidetti, Enrico Roberto, Matteo Romagnoli)
Fabio Gargiulio2
  • Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla"[13]
"Il mondo prima di te" – Annalisa
(Annalisa Scarrone, Davide Simonetta, Alessandro Raina)
Pino Perris3
"Almeno pensami" – Ron
(Lucio Dalla)
Peppe Vessicchio4
"Imparare ad amarsi" - Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico
(Bungaro, Pacifico, Cesare Chiodo, Antonio Fresa)
Antonio Fresa5
  • "Sergio Endrigo" Award for Best Interpretation
"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" – Max Gazzè
(Francesco Gazzè, Massimiliano Gazzè, Francesco De Benedettis)
Clemente Ferrari6
  • "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for Best Arrangement
"Passame er sale" – Luca Barbarossa
(Luca Barbarossa)
Clemente Ferrari7
  • Lunezia Award for Best Music-letterary Value[14]
"Adesso" – Diodato & Roy Paci
(Antonio Diodato)
Vincenzo Presta8
"Frida (mai, mai, mai)" – The Kolors
(Davide Petrella, Dario Faini, Alessandro Raina, Stash)
Luca Chiaravalli9
"Eterno" – Giovanni Caccamo
(Giovanni Caccamo, Cheope)
Stefano Nanni10
"Così sbagliato" – Le Vibrazioni
(Francesco Sarcina, Andrea Bonomo, Luca Chiaravalli, Davide Simonetta)
Luca Chiaravalli11
"Il coraggio di ogni giorno" – Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo
(Vincenzo Avitabile, Pacifico)
Roberto Rossi12
"Custodire" – Renzo Rubino
(Renzo Rubino)
Marcello Faneschi
Paolo Palazzo[15]
13
"Non smettere mai di cercarmi" – Noemi
(Massimiliano Pelan, Noemi, Diego Calvetti, Fabio De Martino)
Diego Calvetti14
"Ognuno ha il suo racconto" – Red Canzian
(Michele Porru, Red Canzian)
Fabio Gurian15
"Lettera dal Duca" – Decibel
(Enrico Ruggeri, Fulvio Muzio, Silvio Capeccia)
Roberto Rossi16
"Senza appartenere" – Nina Zilli
(Giordana Angi, Antonio Iammarino, Nina Zilli)
Valeriano Chiaravalle17
"Il segreto del tempo" – Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli
(Pacifico, Roby Facchinetti)
Danilo Ballo18
"Rivederti" – Mario Biondi
(Mario Biondi, Giuseppe Furnari, Fisicaro)
Peppe Vessicchio19
"Arrivedorci" – Elio e le Storie Tese
(Stefano Belisari, Sergio Conforti, Davide Civaschi, Nicola Fasani)
Peppe Vessicchio20
Newcomers' section[16]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)Orchestra conductorRankSanremo Music Festival Awards
"Il ballo delle incertezze" – Ultimo
(Ultimo)
Diego Calvetti1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section – Silver Lion[17]
  • Lunezia Award for Best Music-letterary Value
"Stiamo tutti bene" – Mirkoeilcane
(Mirkoeilcane)
Fio Zanotti2
  • Critics' Award "Mia Martini"
  • "Enzo Jannacci" Award for Best Performance[18]
"Il mago" – Mudimbi
(Michel Mudimbi, Andrea Bonomo, Marco Zangirolami,
Alessandro Adolfo Bavo, Federico Vaccari, Pietro Miano)
Umberto Iervolino3
  • Assomusica Award for Best Stage Presence[19]
"Il congiuntivo" – Lorenzo Baglioni
(Lorenzo Baglioni, Michele Baglioni, Lorenzo Piscopo)
Diego Calvetti4
"Specchi rotti" – Alice Caioli
(Alice Caioli, Paolo Muscolino)
Massimo Morini5
  • Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla"[20]
"Cosa ti salverà" – Eva
(Antonio Di Martino, Antonio Filippelli)
Clemente Ferrari6
"Come stai" – Giulia Casieri
(Giulia Casieri, Alfredo Ravasio)
Massimo Morini7
"Bianca" – Leonardo Monteiro
(Marco Ciappelli, Vladi Tosetto)
Dariana Koumanova8

Shows

First evening

The 20 Big Artists each performed their song for the first time.[9]

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Annalisa1"Il mondo prima di te"11th (3.83%)3rd9th4.66%3rd
Ron2"Almeno pensami"4th (6.58%)6th6th6.27%4th
The Kolors3"Frida (mai, mai, mai)"2nd (10.60%)9th10th6.54%8th
Max Gazzè4"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"6th (4.61%)5th5th6.26%6th
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico5"Imparare ad amarsi"7th (4.39%)8th4th6.26%5th
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro6"Non mi avete fatto niente"1st (21.98%)1st2nd16.12%1st
Mario Biondi7"Rivederti"13th (3.45%)11th17th3.19%15th
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli8"Il segreto del tempo"3rd (6.77%)18th19th3.81%11th
Lo Stato Sociale9"Una vita in vacanza"8th (4.27%)2nd1st9.53%2nd
Noemi10"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"14th (3.09%)4th16th3.86%10th
Decibel11"Fuori dal tempo"15th (2.81%)15th10th3.10%16th
Elio e le Storie Tese12"Arrivedorci"20th (1.72%)12th18th2.41%20th
Giovanni Caccamo13"Eterno"10th (3.97%)13th12th3.71%12th
Red Canzian14"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"12th (3.53%)20th13th2.83%17th
Luca Barbarossa15"Passame er sale"5th (4.93%)10th15th3.91%9th
Diodato & Roy Paci16"Adesso"17th (2.60%)16th3rd5.08%7th
Nina Zilli17"Senza appartenere"19th (1.83%)7th19th2.61%18th
Renzo Rubino18"Custodire"16th (2.78%)19th13th2.56%19th
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo19"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"9th (4.16%)17th8th3.67%13th
Le Vibrazioni20"Così sbagliato"18th (2.10%)14th7th3.61%14th

Second evening

The first ten Big Artists each performed their song again and the first four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]

Big Artists

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Le Vibrazioni1"Così sbagliato"8th (7.71%)6th5th8.44%6th
Nina Zilli2"Senza appartenere"7th (8.88%)2nd8th8.95%5th
Diodato & Roy Paci3"Adesso"5th (9.32%)5th1st13.26%4th
Elio e le Storie Tese4"Arrivedorci"10th (3.66%)8th10th4.30%10th
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico5"Imparare ad amarsi"3rd (12.35%)4th2nd13.94%2nd
Red Canzian6"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"4th (9.59%)10th8th6.49%9th
Ron7"Almeno pensami"2nd (14.96%)3rd3rd13.87%3rd
Renzo Rubino8"Custodire"6th (9.09%)9th7th7.29%8th
Annalisa9"Il mondo prima di te"1st (17.54%)1st3rd16.10%1st
Decibel10"Lettera del Duca"9th (6.90%)7th6th7.36%7th

Newcomers

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Lorenzo Baglioni1"Il congiuntivo"1st (49.91%)2nd2nd35.32%1st
Giulia Casieri2"Come stai"4th (8.17%)3rd3rd17.18%4th
Mirkoeilcane3"Stiamo tutti bene"2nd (25.18%)4th1st28.87%2nd
Alice Caioli4"Specchi rotti"3rd (16.74%)1st4th18.63%3rd

Third evening

The other ten Big Artists each performed their song for the second time and the other four Newcomers each performed their song for the first time.[9]

Big Artists

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Giovanni Caccamo1"Eterno"8th (4.86%)7th7th6.31%8th
Lo Stato Sociale2"Una vita in vacanza"4th (7.94%)1st1st15.63%2nd
Luca Barbarossa3"Passame er sale"2nd (12.43%)5th6th10.21%4th
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo4"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"6th (6.86%)9th5th7.00%7th
Max Gazzè5"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"5th (7.34%)4th2nd12.08%3rd
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli6"Il segreto del tempo"7th (5.49%)10th10th3.28%10th
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro7"Non mi avete fatto niente"1st (41.18%)2nd3rd25.38%1st
Noemi8"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"9th (2.98%)3rd8th7.34%6th
The Kolors9"Frida (mai, mai, mai)"3rd (8.71%)6th4th9.12%5th
Mario Biondi10"Rivederti"10th (2.21%)8th9th3.65%9th

Newcomers

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 40%)
Demoscopic Jury
(weight 30%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Total
Mudimbi1"Il mago"2nd (32.69%)1st2nd31.77%2nd
Eva2"Cosa ti salverà"3rd (11.40%)2nd3rd18.75%3rd
Ultimo3"Il ballo delle incertezze"1st (48.18%)2nd1st38.42%1st
Leonardo Monteiro4"Bianca"4th (7.73%)4th4th11.06%4th

Fourth evening

The 20 Big Artists performed their songs as duets and the eight Newcomers also performed their songs again.[9]

Artist - Guest[21] DrawSongVotesPlace
Public
(weight 50%)
Expert Jury
(weight 20%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Renzo Rubino - Serena Rossi1"Custodire"7th (4.74%)15th8th3.52%10th
Le Vibrazioni - Skin2"Così sbagliato"15th (2.41%)12th10th3.44%13th
Noemi - Paola Turci3"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"12th (2.90%)20th15th2.91%14th
Mario Biondi - Ana Carolina & Daniel Jobim4"Rivederti"18th (1.62%)15th20th1.72%19th
Annalisa Scarrone - Michele Bravi5"Il mondo prima di te"2nd (11.59%)9th3rd7.87%3rd
Lo Stato Sociale - Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano & Paolo Rossi6"Una vita in vacanza"3rd (8.77%)11th1st9.01%2nd
Max Gazzè - Rita Marcotulli & Roberto Gatto7"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"5th (5.86%)5th7th6.32%7th
Decibel - Midge Ure8"Lettera dal Duca"14th (2.70%)15th16th2.70%15th
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico - Alessandro Preziosi9"Imparare ad amarsi"8th (4.12%)3rd6th6.61%5th
Diodato & Roy Paci - Ghemon10"Adesso"13th (2.74%)5th2nd6.44%6th
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli - Giusy Ferreri11"Il segreto del tempo"11th (3.01%)15th19th2.24%18th
Enzo Avitabile & Peppe Servillo - Avion Travel & Daby Touré12"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"10th (3.50%)10th13th3.46%12th
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Simone Cristicchi13"Non mi avete fatto niente"1st (23.71%)2nd4th15.71%1st
Giovanni Caccamo - Arisa14"Eterno"16th (2.40%)7th12th3.49%11th
Ron - Alice15"Almeno pensami"9th (3.58%)1st5th7.00%4th
Red Canzian - Marco Masini16"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"17th (2.22%)13th14th2.53%16th
The Kolors - Tullio De Piscopo & Enrico Nigiotti17"Frida"4th (6.62%)8th8th5.65%8th
Luca Barbarossa - Anna Foglietta18"Passame er sale"6th (5.68%)3rd11th5.46%9th
Nina Zilli - Sergio Cammariere19"Senza appartenere"19th (1.24%)14th17th2.39%17th
Elio e le storie tese - Neri per Caso20"Arrivedorci"20th (0.59%)15th17th1.53%20th

Fifth evening

The 20 Big Artists will again each perform their entry for a final time. The top three will face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2018 will be decided.[9]

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace[22]
Public
(weight 50%)
Expert Jury
(weight 20%)
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Average
Luca Barbarossa1"Passame er sale"4th (9.95%)3rd11th6.83%7th
Red Canzian2"Ognuno ha il suo racconto"13th (2.07%)13th16th2.06%15th
The Kolors3"Frida"5th (8.50%)10th8th5.99%9th
Elio e le Storie Tese4"Arrivedorci"19th (1.03%)16th19th1.14%20th
Ron5"Almeno pensami"7th (4.75%)1st7th7.13%4th
Max Gazzè6"La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno"6th (6.12%)5th4th6.93%6th
Annalisa7"Il mondo prima di te"3rd (10.02%)6th6th8.31%3rd
Renzo Rubino8"Custodire"11th (2.38%)17th12th2.69%13th
Decibel9"Lettera dal Duca"15th (1.74%)17th15th1.99%16th
Ornella Vanoni feat. Bungaro & Pacifico10"Imparare ad amarsi"8th (4.08%)2nd4th7.07%5th
Giovanni Caccamo11"Eterno"10th (2.48%)11th13th2.99%10th
Lo Stato Sociale12"Una vita in vacanza"2nd (10.15%)8th1st10.50%2nd
Roby Facchinetti & Riccardo Fogli13"Il segreto del tempo"12th (2.08%)17th19th1.70%18th
Diodato & Roy Paci14"Adesso"9th (2.80%)6th2nd6.78%8th
Nina Zilli15"Senza appartenere"18th (1.40%)11th17th1.94%17th
Noemi16"Non smettere mai di cercarmi"16th (1.60%)17th14th2.09%14th
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro17"Non mi avete fatto niente"1st (24.58%)4th3rd16.56%1st
Mario Biondi18"Rivederti"20th (1.00%)9th17th1.69%19th
Le Vibrazioni19"Così sbagliato"17th (1.52%)13th8th2.82%11th
Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo20"Il coraggio di ogni giorno"14th (1.75%)13th10th2.79%12th

Superfinal

ArtistDrawSongVotesPlace[23]
Press Jury
(weight 30%)
Expert Jury
(weight 20%)
Public
(weight 50%)
Average
Annalisa1"Il mondo prima di te"3rd 1st2nd (23,44%)26,94%3
Lo Stato Sociale2"Una vita in vacanza"1st 3rd3rd (22,10%) 28,40%2
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro3"Non mi avete fatto niente"2nd2nd1st (54,41%)44,66%1

Special guests

The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2018 were:[24] [25] [26]

Related shows

Primafestival

Sergio Assisi and Melissa Greta Marchetto present Primafestival, a small show on air on Rai 1 immediately after TG1. The show features details, curiosities and news relating to Sanremo Music Festival 2018.[27]

Dopofestival

Edoardo Leo and Carolina Di Domenico, with the participation of Sabrina Impacciatore, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Genovese, Rocco Tanica and a group of journalists of Italian press, presents ...tanto siamo tra amici al Dopofestival, a talk show on air on Rai 1 immediately after Sanremo Music Festival. The show features comments about the Festival as well as interviews to the singers competing in the song contest.[28]

Broadcast and ratings

Local broadcast

Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2 are the official broadcasters of the festival in Italy. The show is also available in streaming via website on Rai Play.

Ratings Sanremo Music Festival 2018

The audience is referred to the one of Rai 1.

Live ShowTimeslot (UTC+1)Date1st time
(9.00pm - 0.00am)
2nd time
(0.00am - 1.00am)
Overall audience
ViewersShare (%)ViewersShare (%)ViewersShare (%)
1st9:00 pmFebruary 6[29] 13,776,00051.4%6,624,00055.4%11,603,00052.1%
2ndFebruary 7[30] 11,458,00046.6%5,870,00052.9%9,687,000 47.7%
3rd February 8[31] 12,657,00051.1%6,146,00054.4%10,825,00051.6%
4thFebruary 9[32] 12,246,000 49.1%6,985,00057.1%10,108,000 51.1%
5thFebruary 1013,240,00054.0%10,404,00069.0%12,125,00058.3%

Ratings Prima Festival 2018

EpisodeTimeslot (UTC+1)DateViewersShare (%)
text-align:center" 18:30 pmFebruary 6[33] 8,251,00029.8%
2February 7[34] 7,346,00028.2%
3February 8[35] 7,232,00027.9%
4February 9[36] 7,021,00027.4%
5February 10[37] 8,123,00034.4%

Ratings Dopo Festival 2018

EpisodeTimeslot (UTC+1)DateViewersShare (%)
text-align:center" 11:00 amFebruary 72,078,00037.1%
2February 81,979,00037.3%
3February 92,042,000 38.0%
4February 102,400,00041.7%
5February 113,518,00048.7%

International broadcast

The international television service Rai Italia broadcast the competition in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.The contest will be broadcast in Albania by RTSH and Russia by Vremya.The contest is also visible via website on Eurovision.

See also

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