The Sanremo Music Festival 1987 (), officially the 37th Italian Song Festival (), was the 37th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 4 and 7 February 1987 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, while Carlo Massarini hosted the segments from the Sanremo PalaRock, where a number of foreign guests performed.
The winners of the Big Artists section were the trio consisting Gianni Morandi, Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi with the song "Si può dare di più", while Fiorella Mannoia won the Critics Award with the song "Quello che le donne non dicono". Michele Zarrillo won the Newcomers section with the song "La notte dei pensieri".
During the final night, an ashen-faced Baudo came out to announce the death of four-time Sanremo winner Claudio Villa.
Participants and results
Big Artists + Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Gianni Morandi, Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi 1 "" Toto Cutugno Toto Cutugno2 "" Al Bano and Romina Power 3 "" Fausto Leali 4 "" Peppino di Capri 5 "" Marcella Bella 6 "" Ricchi e Poveri 7 "" Fiorella Mannoia 8 /Critics Award "" Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa9 "" Christian 10 "" Lena Biolcati 11 "" Rossana Casale 12 "" Flavia Fortunato 13 "" Dori Ghezzi 14 "" Eduardo De Crescenzo 15 "" Scialpi 16 "" Le Orme Aldo Tagliapietra17 "" Mango 18 "" Tony Esposito 19 "" Patty Pravo 20 "" Sergio Caputo Sergio Caputo21 "" Mario Castelnuovo Mario Castelnuovo22 "" Nino Buonocore Nino Buonocore23 "" Nada Gerry Manzoli24
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Michele Zarrillo 1 "" Miki 2 "" Future M. Festuccia 3 "" Andrea Mirò 4 "" Enrico Cifiello 5 "" Claudio Patti 6 "" Ricky Palazzolo 7 "" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava 8 "" Chiari e Forti "" Umberto Marzotto Umberto Marzotto "" Paolo Scheriani "" Teo "" Alessandro Bono Alessandro Bono "" Berger "" Paola Turci /Critics Award "" Charley Deanesi
Broadcasts Local broadcasts All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.
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 1987 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) SBS SBS TV WQTV JRT , TV Titograd 1, TV Zagreb 1
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