The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2007), officially the 57th Italian Song Festival (57º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 57th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007 and broadcast by Rai 1. The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker.
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa", while the Newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro with "Pensa".
Shows
First night
Big Artists and Newcomers section
Key:
– Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
– Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.
Performances of the contestants on the first night[1][2]
Italian comedian Antonio Cornacchione performed a piece of political satire.[4]
Hunziker performed a song from her musical theatre stage work Tutti insieme appassionatamente, an Italian adaptation of the film The Sound of Music.[1]
At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.[7]
British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine".[7][8] The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1996, a few days before splitting.[8]
American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room", which was performed for the first time during a TV program.[7][9] Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People".[9]
Third night
Big Artists section
Performances of the contestants on the third night[10][11]
Italian comedian Max Tortora impersonated Franco Califano, performing a satirical piece.[13]
Fourth night
The running order of the contestants was decided by a drawing at the beginning of the night.[14]
Newcomers section
Performances of the contestants on the fourth night[15]
Artist(s)
Order
Song
Result
Marco Baroni
1
"L'immagine che ho di te"
Bottom five
Sara Galimberti
2
"Amore ritrovato"
Bottom five
Elsa Lila
3
"Il senso della vita"
Bottom five
Pquadro
4
"Malinconiche sere"
Third place
Fabrizio Moro
5
"Pensa"
Winner
Stefano Centono
6
"Bivio"
Second place
Romina Falconi
7
"Ama"
Bottom five
Jasmine
8
"La vita subito"
Bottom five
Guests and other performances
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.[16]
Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.[16][17]
Elisa performed her singles "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which won the contest in 2001, and "Eppure sentire", as well as a cover of Mia Martini's "Almeno tu nell'universo".[18]
Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo, performing a medley of "Ciao amore", "Ritornerai" and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".[18]
Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io, inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.[18][19]
Performances of the contestants on the fifth night[21][22]
Artist(s)
Order
Song
Result
Nada
1
"Luna in piena"
Bottom ten
Paolo Rossi
2
"In Italia si sta male"
Bottom ten
Velvet
3
"Tutto da rifare"
Bottom ten
Johnny Dorelli
4
"Meglio così"
Bottom ten
Albano
5
"Nel perdono"
2nd place
Amalia Gré
6
"Amami per sempre"
Bottom ten
Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella
7
"Forever (per sempre)"
Bottom ten
Mango
8
"Chissà se nevica"
5th place
Tosca
9
"Il terzo fuochista"
7th place
Fabio Concato
10
"Oltre il giardino"
Bottom ten
Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti
11
"Vivere normale"
8th place
Leda Battisti
12
"Senza me ti pentirai"
Bottom ten
Simone Cristicchi
13
"Ti regalerò una rosa"
Winner
Stadio
14
"Guardami"
Bottom ten
Daniele Silvestri
15
"La paranza"
4th place
Zero Assoluto
16
"Appena prima di partire"
9th place
Milva
17
"The Show Must Go On"
Bottom ten
Piero Mazzocchetti
18
"Schiavo d'amore"
3rd place
Antonella Ruggiero
19
"Canzone fra le guerre"
10th place
Paolo Meneguzzi
20
"Musica"
6th place
Guests and other performances
Italian television presenter Mike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker. Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.[23]
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