Sanremo Music Festival 1991

The Sanremo Music Festival 1991 was the 41st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, between 27 February and 2 March 1991 and broadcast on Rai 1.

Sanremo Music Festival
41st edition (1991)
Dates27 February 1991 (1st night)
28 February 1991 (2nd night)
1 March 1991 (3rd night)
2 March 1991 (4th night)
Presenter(s)Andrea Occhipinti
and Edwige Fenech
Artistic director(s)Adriano Aragozzini
BroadcasterRai 1
VenueTeatro Ariston
Overall competition
Entries20 acts ( songs)
WinnerRiccardo Cocciante
"Se stiamo insieme"
Critic's prizeEnzo Jannacci
"La fotografia"
Newcomers' section
Entries16 acts (16 songs)
WinnerPaolo Vallesi
"Le persone inutili"
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
← 1991 →

The show was presented by actors Andrea Occhipinti and Edwige Fenech. Adriano Aragozzini served as artistic director.[1]

The winner of the Big Artists section was Riccardo Cocciante with the song "Se stiamo insieme", while Enzo Jannacci won the critics award with the song "La fotografia". Paolo Vallesi won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Le persone inutili".[1]

According to the rules of this edition, each song of the big artist section was presented in a double performance by a non-Italian singer or group, and adapted in their foreign language.[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists
Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Foreign version Rank Notes
"Se stiamo insieme" - Riccardo Cocciante
(Riccardo Cocciante, Mogol)		 "I'm Missing You" - Sarah Jane Morris 1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Spalle al muro" - Renato Zero
(Mariella Nava)		 "Still Life" - Grace Jones 2
"Perché lo fai" - Marco Masini
(Giancarlo Bigazzi, Mario Manzani, Marco Masini)		 "Just Tell Me Why" - Dee Dee Bridgewater 3
"Gli altri siamo noi" - Umberto Tozzi
(Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi)		 "Other People Are Us" - Howard Jones 4
"Spunta la Luna dal monte" - Pierangelo Bertoli ft. Tazenda
(Luigi Marielli, Pierangelo Bertoli)		 "Y ya viene amanenciendo" - Moncada 5
"Nené" - Amedeo Minghi
(Amedeo Minghi)		 "Endless Night" - Bonnie Tyler 6
"Dubbi no" - Mietta
(Amedeo Minghi)		 "All Alone" - Leo Sayer 7
"Oggi sposi" - Al Bano and Romina Power
(Depsa, Giuseppe Andretto)		 "Just Married" - Tyrone Power, Jr. 8
"Io ti prego di ascoltare" - Riccardo Fogli
(Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio)		 "Listen to Me" - Sold Out 9
"Oggi un Dio non ho" - Raf
(Raffele Riefoli, Giuseppe Dati)		 "Today I'll Pray" - Ofra Haza 10
"La fotografia" - Enzo Jannacci
(Enzo Jannacci)		 "Photograph" - Ute Lemper 11
  • Critics Award
"Il mare più grande che c'è (I love you man)" - Fiordaliso
(Franco Ciani, Fio Zanotti)		 "Don't Walk Away" - Laura Branigan 12
"Siamo donne" - Sabrina Salerno & Jo Squillo
(Giovanna Coletti)		 "Part Time Lovers" - Shannon 13
"Sbatti ben su del Be Bop" - Ladri di Biciclette
(Paolo Belli, Enrico Prandi)		 "Lemme Hear Some o' That Be-Bop" - Jon Hendricks 14
"E la musica va" - Eduardo De Crescenzo
(Eduardo De Crescenzo, Franco Del Prete)		 "And the Beat Goes On" - Phil Manzanera 15
"Se io fossi un uomo" - Grazia Di Michele
(Joanna, Grazia Di Michele, Peppi Nocera)		 "f I Were in Your Shoes" - Randy Crawford 16
"Terra" - Rossana Casale
(Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio)		 "You're in My Mind" - Carmel 17
"In questa città" - Loredana Bertè
(Pino Daniele)		 "All That We Are" - Harriet 18
"La fila degli oleandri" - Gianni Bella
(Gianni Bella, Mogol)		 "Together We Can" - Gloria Gaynor 19
"Gli uomini" - Mariella Nava
(Mariella Nava)		 "Coming Home" - Caron Wheeler 20

Newcomers
Newcomers section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank Notes
"Le persone inutili" - Paolo Vallesi
(Giuseppe Dati, Paolo Vallesi)		 1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section
"La donna di Ibsen" - Irene Fargo
(Enzo Miceli, Gaetano Lorefice)		 2
"È soltanto una canzone" - Rita Forte
(Elio Palumbo, Alberto Cheli)		 3
"Che grossa nostalgia" - Fandango
(Lilia Fiori)		 Finalist
"Donne del 2000" - Compilations
(Adelmo Musso, Valentino Perraccino, A. Giraldi, S. Rosolino)		 Finalist
"E noi qui" - Bungaro, Marco Conidi & Rosario Di Bella
(Bungaro, Marco Conidi, Rosario Di Bella)		 Finalist
"Giselle" - Patrizia Bulgari
(Gianni Ciarella)		 Finalist
"Serenata" - Marco Carena
(Marco Carena)		 Finalist
"Tamuré" - Gitano
(Dora Famiglietti, Gitano)		 Finalist
"Notte di periferia" - Paola De Mas
(Alberto Salerno, Mauro Paoluzzi)		 Finalist
"Caramba" - Stefania La Fauci
(Chelinse)		 Eliminated
"Gaetano" - Rudy Marra
(Rudy Marra, Attilio Pace, Mauro Spina)		 Eliminated
  • Winner of the Critics Award - Newcomers' section
    (tied)
"Il lazzo" - Gianni Mazza
(Gianni Mazza)		 Eliminated
"L'uomo che ride" - Timoria
(Omar Pedrini)		 Eliminated
  • Winner of the Critics Award - Newcomers' section
    (tied)
"Non è poesia" - Giovanni Nuti
(Paolo Recalcati, Giovanni Nuti)		 Eliminated
"Sorelle d'Italia" - Dario Gai
(Dario Gai)		 Eliminated

References
  1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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