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Sanremo Music Festival 1978

The Sanremo Music Festival 1978 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1978), officially the 28th Italian Song Festival (28º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 28th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 and 28 January 1978, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Stefania Casini, Beppe Grillo, Maria Giovanna Elmi and Vittorio Salvetti (who also served as artistic director).[1]

The winners of the festival were Matia Bazar with the song "E dirsi ciao".[1]

Participants and results

Winners Matia Bazar holding the first prize with host Maria Giovanna Elmi (second from left)
Runner-up Anna Oxa (center) between hosts Beppe Grillo and Stefania Casini
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank
"E dirsi ciao" – Matia Bazar
(Giancarlo Golzi, Aldo Stellita, Piero Cassano, Carlo Marrale, Antonella Ruggiero) 		1
"Un'emozione da poco" – Anna Oxa
(Ivano Fossati, Guido Guglielminetti) 		2
"Gianna" – Rino Gaetano
(Rino Gaetano) 		3
"Il buio e tu" – Ciro Sebastianelli
(Ciro Sebastianelli, Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro) 		4
"Tu sola" - Anselmo Genovese
(Anselmo Genovese, Luigi Capello) 		5
"Armonia e poesia" - Santino Rocchetti
(Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio) 		6
"Il mio amore" - Schola Cantorum
(Marco Luberti, Enrico Fusco) 		7
"Domani domani" - Laura Luca
(Gian Pieretti, A. Nicorelli) 		8
"1/2 notte" – Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble
(Zacar, Savino Grieco, Ciro Dammicco, Sentacruz) 		9
"Anna Anna" - Donato Ciletti
(Daniele Pace, Oscar Avogadro, Donato Ciletti, Claudio Cavallaro) 		Finalist
"’N ‘addore ‘e castagne" - Roberto Carrino
(Roberto Carrino, Mario Coppola) 		Finalist
"Ora" - Dora Moroni
(Franco Marino, Enrico Intra, Claudio Rego, Donatella Rettore) 		Finalist
"Quando Teresa verrà" - Marco Ferradini
(Simon Luca, Marco Ferradini) 		Finalist
"Soli" - Beans
(Antonio Bella, Gianni Bella) 		Finalist

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio.[1]

International broadcast

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1978
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Chile Canal 13[a] [2]
Radio Pudahuel[a]
 Hungary MTV MTV1[b] [3]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ a b Delayed broadcast on 13 February at 21:30 (CLST)[2]
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast on 7 March 1978 at 22:20 (CET)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ^ a b "Hoy - Festival San Remo 1978" [Today - San Remo Festival 1978]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 13 February 1978.
  3. ^ a b "Kedd – március 7" [Tuesday – 7 March]. Rádió– és Televízióújság (in Hungarian). Vol. 23, no. 10. Budapest, Hungary. 6 March 1978. p. 12. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via Nemzeti Archívum.