Sanremo Music Festival 2001
| Sanremo Music Festival 2001 | |
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| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Semi-final 3 |
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| Semi-final 4 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Musical director | Gianfranco Lombardi |
| Presenters | Raffaella Carrà and Megan Gale, Enrico Papi, Massimo Ceccherini |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Winner | "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" Elisa |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Winner | "Stai con me (Forever)" Gazosa |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2001 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2001), officially the 51st Italian Song Festival (51º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 51st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 February and 3 March 2001 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Raffaella Carrà, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.[1]
The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli.[1] The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Critics Award. The group Gazosa won the Newcomers section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".[1]
Every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella Carrà hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.[1]
Participants and results
Big Artists
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" | Elisa |
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1 |
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| "Di sole e d'azzurro" | Giorgia |
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2 | |
| "Questa nostra grande storia d'amore" | Matia Bazar |
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3 | |
| "L'acrobata" | Michele Zarrillo |
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4 | |
| "Saluto l'inverno" | Paola Turci |
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5 | |
| "Anche tu" | Jenny B |
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6 | |
| "Sono contento" | Alex Britti | Alex Britti | 7 |
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| "Tu che ne sai" | Gigi D'Alessio |
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8 | |
| "Ciao Ninìn" | Fabio Concato | Fabio Concato | 9 | |
| "L'eterno movimento" | Anna Oxa |
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10 | |
| "Pioverà (Habibi ené)" | Peppino di Capri |
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11 | |
| "Il profumo del mare" | Gianni Bella |
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12 | |
| "Fantasticamenteamore" | Syria |
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13 | |
| "Mezze verità" | Sottotono |
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14 | |
| "Bentivoglio Angelina" | Quintorigo |
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15 |
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| "L'assenzio (The Power of Nothing)" | Bluvertigo |
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16 | |
Newcomers
| Song | Artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Stai con me (Forever)" | Gazosa |
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1 |
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| "Maggie" | Moses |
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2 | |
| "Turuturu" | Francesco & Giada |
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3 | |
| "Targato NA" | Principe e Socio M. |
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4 | |
| "Promessa" | Carlotta |
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5 | |
| "Raccontami" | Francesco Renga |
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6 |
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| "Ed io non ci sto più" | Paolo Meneguzzi | Roberto Zappalorto | 7 | |
| "Emily" | Carlito | Carlo De Bei | 8 |
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| "Luna" | XSense |
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9 | |
| "Il Signor Domani" | Roberto Angelini | Roberto Angelini | 10 |
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| "Bocca" | Sara 6 |
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11 | |
| "Nascosto dietro un vetro" | Velvet |
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12 | |
| "Battiti" | Stefano Ligi |
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13 | |
| "Ho vinto un viaggio" | Riky Anelli |
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14 | |
| "Quando io" | Pincapallina | Paolo Milzani | 15 | |
| "Grazie" | Isola Song |
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16 |
Guests
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Ronan Keating | "Lovin' Each Day" |
| Faith Hill | "The Way You Love Me" |
| Eminem with D12 | "I'm Back" "Purple Hills" "The Real Slim Shady" |
| 30 Odd Foot of Grunts | "Things Have Got to Change" "Sail Those Same Oceans" |
| Westlife | "I Lay My Love On You" |
| Anastacia | "I'm Outta Love" |
| Placebo | "Special K" |
| Moby | "South Side" |
| Enya | "Wild Child" |
| Ricky Martin | "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" "She Bangs" |
