Sanremo Music Festival 2002

Sanremo Music Festival 2002
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 5 March 2002
Semi-final 2
  • 6 March 2002
Semi-final 3
  • 7 March 2002
Semi-final 4
  • 8 March 2002
Final
  • 9 March 2002
VenueTeatro Ariston
Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
BroadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Musical directorPippo Caruso
Artistic directorPippo Baudo
PresentersPippo Baudo
and Manuela Arcuri, Vittoria Belvedere
Big Artists section
Number of entries20
Winner"Messaggio d'amore"
Matia Bazar
Newcomers' section
Number of entries16
Winner"Doppiamente fragili"
Anna Tatangelo

The Sanremo Music Festival 2002 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2002), officially the 52nd Italian Song Festival (52º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 52nd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 5 and 9 March 2002 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo (who also served as the artistic director of the festival), assisted by Manuela Arcuri and Vittoria Belvedere.[1]

The winner of the Big Artists section was the band Matia Bazar with the song "Messaggio d'amore", while Daniele Silvestri won the Critics Award with the song "Salirò". Anna Tatangelo won the Newcomers section with the song "Doppiamente fragili".[1]

After every night, Simona Ventura and Francesco Giorgino hosted Dopofestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section[1]
Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes
"Messaggio d'amore" Matia Bazar
  • Giancarlo Golzi
  • Piero Cassano
1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Dimmi come..." Alexia
  • Alessia Aquilani
  • Massimo Marcolini
2
  • Volare Award for Best Music
"Un altro amore" Gino Paoli Gino Paoli 3
  • Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"Ora che ho bisogno di te" Fausto Leali & Luisa Corna
  • Fabrizio Berlincioni
  • Fausto Leali
  • Vladi Tosetto
4
"Primavera a Sarajevo" Enrico Ruggeri Enrico Ruggeri 5
"Il cuore mio" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava 6
"Amarti sì" Filippa Giordano
7
"Tracce di te" Francesco Renga Francesco Renga 8
"Accidenti a te" Fiordaliso
9
"Ogni giorno di più" Gazosa
  • Maria Grazia Zenîma Granieri
  • Sandro Sichel
  • Rocco Siani
10
"Gli angeli" Michele Zarrillo
  • Vincenzo Incenzo
  • Michele Zarrillo
  • Romolo Amici
11
"Lacrime dalla Luna" Gianluca Grignani Gianluca Grignani 12
"Del perduto amore" Alessandro Safina 13
"Salirò" Daniele Silvestri Daniele Silvestri 14
  • Mia Martini Critics Award
"Marì" Nino D'Angelo
  • Nino D'Angelo
  • Nuccio Tortora
  • Philip Leon
15
"L'immenso" Patty Pravo
  • Lara Tempestini
  • Roberto Pacco
  • Fabrizio Carraresi
16
"Dimmi che mi ami" Loredana Bertè
  • Domenico Latino
  • Nuccio Tortora
  • Philip Leon
17
"La mia canzone" Mino Reitano
18
"Batte forte" Lollipop
  • Vanni Giorgilli
  • Luigi Rana
  • Antonio Blescia
19
"Casa mia" Timoria Omar Pedrini 20

Newcomers

Newcomers section[1]
Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes
"Doppiamente fragili" Anna Tatangelo
  • Marco Del Freo
  • Luca Chiaravalli
  • David Marchetti
1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Il passo silenzioso della neve" Valentina Giovagnini
  • Vincenzo Incenzo
  • Davide Pinelli
2
  • Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"Se poi mi chiami" Simone Patrizi Francesco Fiumara 3
"Ricomincerei" Gianni Fiorellino
  • Antonio Casaburi
  • Gianni Fiorellino
4
"La marcia dei santi" Archinuè Francesco Sciacca 5
  • Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section
"Fotografia" 78 Bit
  • Novi
  • Monticelli
  • Franco Serafini
  • Pasini
  • Dionigi
  • Pilato
6
"Che ne so" Marco Morandi
7
"Siamo treni" Botero
  • Luigi Santoro
  • Francesco Riccardi
8
"All'infinito" Andrea Febo
  • Alessandra Carnevali
  • Andrea Febo
  • Stefano Profeta
9
"Non finirà" Daniele Vit
  • Daniele Vit
  • Lello Panico
10
"Fruscio" Plastico 6
  • Diana Tejera
  • Stefano Galafate
Eliminated
"Ho mangiato la mia ragazza" La Sintesi Raffaele Battista Eliminated
"Odore" Giuliodorme
  • Andrea Moscianese
  • Daniele Silvestri
Eliminated
"Quando una ragazza c'è" Offside
  • Antonello De Sanctis
  • Francesco Arpino
Eliminated
"Sarà la primavera" Dual Gang
  • Gino Magurno
  • Silvio Magurno
  • Paolo Bianco
Eliminated
"You And Me" Giacomo Celentano
  • Mario Ferrara
  • Michele Galasso
  • F. L. Garilli
  • Giacomo Celentano
Eliminated

Guests

Guests[1]
Artist(s) Song(s)
Kylie Minogue "In Your Eyes"
Alanis Morissette "Hands Clean"
Anastacia "Paid My Dues"
Sarah Connor "From Sarah with Love"
Gabrielle "Out of Reach"
Shakira "Whenever, Wherever"
Michael Bolton "Solo una donna"
Destiny's Child "Survivor"
Alicia Keys "Ave Maria"
"Fallin'"
Paulina Rubio "Vive El Verano"
Britney Spears "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
The Corrs "Breathless"
The Cranberries "Analyse"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.