The Sanremo Music Festival 1988 (), officially the 38th Italian Song Festival (), was the 38th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 24 and 27 February 1988 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Miguel Bosé and Gabriella Carlucci, while hosted the segments from the Sanremo PalaRock, and Kay Sandvick, Lara Saint Paul and Memo Remigi hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Massimo Ranieri with the song "Perdere l'amore", while Fiorella Mannoia won the Critics Award with the song "Le notti di Maggio". The pop group Future won the Newcomers section with the song "Canta con noi".
Participants and results
Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Massimo Ranieri 1 "" Toto Cutugno Toto Cutugno2 "" Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa3 "" Marcella Bella 4 "" Fausto Leali 5 "" Mino Reitano Umberto Balsamo6 "" Anna Oxa 7 "" Fiordaliso Toto Cutugno8 "" Ricchi e Poveri Umberto Balsamo9 "" Fiorella Mannoia Ivano Fossati10 /Critics Award "" Raf 11 "" Francesco Nuti Francesco Nuti12 "" Franco Califano 13 "" Figli di Bubba Mauro Pagani14 "" Michele Zarrillo 15 "" Loredana Bertè Tony Cicco16 "" Peppino di Capri 17 "" Tullio De Piscopo 18 "" Matia Bazar 19 "" Drupi 20 "" Ron Ron21 "" Flavia Fortunato 22 "" New Trolls 23 "" Denovo Luca Madonia24 "" Nino Buonocore 25 "" Alan Sorrenti 26
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Future 1 "" Stefano Palatresi 2 "" Lijao 3 "" Miki Michele Porru4 "" Giorgia Fiorio Semifinalist "" Tania Tedesco Semifinalist "" Paola Turci Semifinalist /Critics Award "" Stefania La Fauci Semifinalist "" Stefano Ruffini "" Fabio De Rossi "" Ice Piero Marras "" Andrea Mirò Armando Mango "" Bungaro "" Mietta Claudio Mattone "" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava "" Biagio Antonacci
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 1988 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) WNYC-TV JRT , , TV Prishtina
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