The Sanremo Music Festival 1994 (), officially the 44th Italian Song Festival (), was the 44th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1994 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, who also served as the artistic director, with singer Anna Oxa (who had won the festival in 1989) and model Cannelle. Antonella Clerici hosted the segments with the juries.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Aleandro Baldi with the ballad "Passerà", while Giorgio Faletti ranked second and won the Critics Award with "Signor tenente", an anti-mafia rap song inspired by massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio. Andrea Bocelli won the Newcomers section with the song "Il mare calmo della sera".
After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Mara Venier and Pippo Baudo with Renato Zero and Roberto D'Agostino.
Participants and results
Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Aleandro Baldi 1 "" Giorgio Faletti Giorgio Faletti 2 /Mia Martini Critics Award "" Laura Pausini 3 "" Gerardina Trovato 4 "" Michele Zarrillo 5 "" Enzo Jannacci & Paolo Rossi 6 "" Ivan Graziani Ivan Graziani 7 "" Andrea Mingardi 8 "" Marco Armani 9 "" Donatella Rettore 10 "" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava 11 "" Formula 3 12 "" Loredana Bertè 13 "" Alessandro Canino 14 "" Francesco Salvi 15 "" Alessandro Bono Alessandro Bono 16 "" Claudia Mori Toto Cutugno 17 "" Carlo Marrale 18 "" Squadra Italia 19 "" Franco Califano 20
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Andrea Bocelli 1 "" Antonella Arancio 2 "" Danilo Amerio Danilo Amerio 3 "" Irene Grandi 4 "" Valeria Visconti 5 "" Lighea 6 "" Giorgia 7 "" Francesca Schiavo Varo Venturi 8 "" Silvia Cecchetti Vincenzo Benedetto Scanu9 "" Giò Di Tonno 10 "" Paola Angeli Paola Angeli "" Simona D'Alessio "" Baraonna / Critics Award / Fonopoli BestArrangement Award "" Daniela Colace "" Franz Campi Franz Campi "" Joe Barbieri Joe Barbieri "" Paideja "" Daniele Fossati Daniele Fossati
Guests +Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Matt Bianco"Our Love" Take That"Relight My Fire" k.d. lang"Constant Craving" Incognito"Givin' It Up" Dee Dee Bridgewater & Amii Stewart "Why" Phil Collins"Everyday" Elton John & RuPaul"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Broadcasts Local broadcasts All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.
International broadcasts The festival was also aired on Rai Internazionale Americas on delay via W13BF with the 1st and 2nd part of the final being broadcast. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1994 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) WNYC-TV WNYS-TV
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