Sanremo Music Festival 1981
| Sanremo Music Festival 1981 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
|
| Semi-final 2 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Presenters | Claudio Cecchetto, Eleonora Vallone, Nilla Pizzi |
| Vote | |
| Number of entries | 28 |
| Winner | "Per Elisa" Alice |
The Sanremo Music Festival 1981 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1981), officially the 31st Italian Song Festival (31º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 31st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 5 and 7 February 1981 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was hosted by Claudio Cecchetto, assisted by the actress Eleonora Vallone and by the singer Nilla Pizzi (winner of the festival in 1951 and 1952).[1]
The winner of the festival was Alice with the song "Per Elisa".[1]
Massimo Troisi should have participated in the final night of the festival with three segments as a comedian, but just before he took the stage, he decided not to appear because of the cuts to his monologues that were required by RAI executives.[1]
Participants and results
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Per Elisa" | Alice |
|
1 |
| "Maledetta primavera" | Loretta Goggi |
|
2 |
| "Tu cosa fai stasera?" | Dario Baldan Bembo |
|
3 |
| "Roma spogliata" | Luca Barbarossa | Luca Barbarossa | 4 |
| "Sarà perché ti amo" | Ricchi e Poveri |
|
5 |
| "Hop hop somarello" | Paolo Barabani |
|
6 |
| "Ma chi te lo fa fare" | Marinella | 7 | |
| "Su quel pianeta libero" | Michele Zarrillo |
|
8 |
| "Pensa per te" | Marcella | 9 | |
| "Midnight" | Passengers |
|
10 |
| "Ancora" | Eduardo De Crescenzo | Finalist | |
| "Angela" | Leano Morelli |
|
Finalist |
| "La barca non va più" | Orietta Berti | Finalist | |
| "Blue (Tutto è blu)" | Sterling St. Jacques |
|
Finalist |
| "Caffè nero bollente" | Fiorella Mannoia |
|
Finalist |
| "Follow Me (Se amore vuoi)" | Carmen & Thompson |
|
Finalist |
| "Io mi" | Stefano Tosi |
|
Finalist |
| "Non posso perderti" | Bobby Solo |
|
Finalist |
| "Questo amore non si tocca" | Gianni Bella |
|
Finalist |
| "I ragazzi che si amano" | Collage |
|
Finalist |
| "Amore mio" | Enzo Malepasso |
|
Eliminated |
| "Bianca stella" | Sebastiano Occhino |
|
Eliminated |
| "Che brutto affare" | Jo Chiarello |
|
Eliminated |
| "Guerriero" | Opera | Antonello Barilà | Eliminated |
| "Mille volte ti amo" | Umberto Napolitano | Umberto Napolitano | Eliminated |
| "Toccami" | Tom Hooker |
|
Eliminated |
| "Tulilemble" | Domenico Mattia | Gian Pietro Felisatti | Eliminated |
| "Un’isola alle Hawaii" | Franco Fasano |
|
Eliminated |
Guests
| Guests [1] | |
|---|---|
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Lio | "Amoureux solitaires" |
| Alberto Sordi | "E va'... E va'..." |
| Charles Aznavour | "Poi passa" |
| Milva | "La Rossa" |
| Bad Manners | "Lorraine" |
| Hall & Oates | "Private Eyes" |
| Dire Straits | "Tunnel of Love" "Romeo and Juliet" |
| Robert Palmer | "Johnny and Mary" |
| Barry White | "Just the Way You Are" |
Broadcasts
Local broadcast
All shows were broadcast live on Rete Uno, after eight years in which the live broadcast was restricted only to the final night of the festival.[1]
International broadcast
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Costa Rica |
Canal 13[a] | [2] | ||
Notes and references
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- 1 2 "Sabado 26" [Saturday 26]. La Nación – TV Semanal (in Spanish). 20 December 1981. p. 3D. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Google Books.
