The Sanremo Music Festival 1982 (), officially the 32nd Italian Song Festival (), was the 32nd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 28 and 30 January 1982 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was hosted by Claudio Cecchetto, assisted by Patrizia Rossetti. Daniele Piombi hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino, where a number of foreign guests performed their songs.
The winner of the festival was Riccardo Fogli with the song "Storie di tutti i giorni". In addition, this was the first edition to feature the Critics Award, which was won by Mia Martini with "E non finisce mica il cielo".
Participants and results
+Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Riccardo Fogli 1 "" Al Bano and Romina Power 2 "" Drupi 3 "" Jimmy Fontana Finalist "" Lene Lovich Mauro Goldsand Finalist "" Elisabetta Viviani Mario Balducci Finalist "" Mia Martini Ivano Fossati Finalist/Critics Award "" Anna Oxa Finalist "" Stefano Sani Finalist "" Le Orme Finalist "" Riccardo Del Turco Riccardo Del Turco Finalist "" Plastic Bertrand Finalist "" Milk and Coffee Finalist "" Viola Valentino Finalist "" Mal Finalist "" Mario Castelnuovo Mario Castelnuovo Finalist "" Giuseppe Cionfoli Giuseppe Cionfoli Finalist "" Roberto Soffici Finalist "" Bobby Solo Bobby Solo Finalist "" Christian Mario Balducci Finalist "" Zucchero Adelmo Fornaciari Finalist "" Vasco Rossi Vasco Rossi Finalist "" Orietta Berti "" Rino Martinez "" Marina Lai "" Julie "" Claudio Villa "" Piero Cassano "" Michele Zarrillo "" Fiordaliso
Guests +Guests Artist(s) Song Diego Abatantuono"Eccezziunale...veramente" Gloria Gaynor"I Kinda Like Me" Donovan & Astrella Leiych"Love Is Only Feeling" Stray Cats"Rock This Town" Marco Lucchinelli"Stella fortuna" Johnny Hallyday"Solo una preghiera" America "Survival" Marianne Faithfull"Sweetheart" Kiss"I" Hall & Oates"Private Eyes"Village People"Do You Wanna Spend the Night" Nino Manfredi"La frittata" Claudia Mori"Non succederà più" Bee Gees"He's a Liar" Van Halen"Pretty Woman"Australian International Entertainment dancersPerforming between guests
Broadcasts Local broadcasts All shows were broadcast on .
International broadcasts 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 1982 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) WNJU-TV
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