The Sanremo Music Festival 1989 (), officially the 39th Italian Song Festival (), was the 39th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 21 and 25 February 1989 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Rosita Celentano, Paola Dominguin, Danny Quinn e Gianmarco Tognazzi. Kay Sandvick and Clare Ann Matz hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed.
The winners of the Big Artists section were Fausto Leali and Anna Oxa with the song "Ti lascerò", and Mietta won the Newcomers section with the song "Canzoni". Leali and Oxa were then selected to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, with "Avrei voluto".
Only in this edition it was introduced the "Emerging artists" category, whose members were selected through the television contest "Aspettando Sanremo" broadcast on Radio 1 and hosted by Claudio Lippi. The winner was Paola Turci with the song "Come bambini".
Participants and results
Big Artists + Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Fausto Leali and Anna Oxa 1 "" Toto Cutugno 2 "" Al Bano and Romina Power 3 "" Riccardo Fogli 4 "" Jovanotti 5 "" Fiordaliso Toto Cutugno 6 "" Francesco Salvi 7 "" Ricchi e Poveri 8 "" Mia Martini 9 /Critics Award "" Ornella Vanoni 10 "" Peppino di Capri 11 "" Marisa Laurito 12 "" Gino Paoli 13 "" Renato Carosone Claudio Mattone14 "" Raf 15 "" Dori Ghezzi 16 "" Enzo Jannacci 17 "" Gigliola Cinquetti 18 "" Rossana Casale 19 "" Tullio De Piscopo 20 "" Eduardo De Crescenzo 21 "" Fred Bongusto 22 "" Gigi Sabani 23 "" Sergio Caputo Sergio Caputo24
Emerging artists
+ Emerging section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Paola Turci 1 /Critics Award "" Stefano Borgia 2 "" Aleandro Baldi Aleandro Civai 3 "" Gepy & Gepy Gepy & Gepy 4 "" Santarosa "" Marina Arcangeli Marco Luberti "" Aida "" Steve Rogers Band
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Mietta Amedeo Minghi1 /Critics Award "" Jo Chiarello 2 "" Franco Fasano 3 "" Gitano 4 "" Gianluca Guidi Semi-finalist "" Aida Satta Flores Aida Satta FloresSemi-finalist "" Élite Semi-finalist "" Stefano Ruffini Semi-finalist "" Antonio Murro Vito Mercurio "" Gloria Nuti "" Valentini Antonio Valentini "" Ladri di Biciclette Paolo Belli "" Meccano "" Brigitta & Benedicta Boccoli "" Sharks "" Stefania La Fauci
Guest acts Ray Charles and Dee Dee Bridgewater Charles Aznavour Elton John Boy George Chris Rea Johnny Clegg Nick Kamen Roachford Tracy Spencer Europe Chico Buarque de Hollanda Toni Childs Belen Thomas Depeche Mode Sandie Shaw Little Steven Spagna Cliff Richard Kim Wilde Tanita Tikaram Simply Red Ofra Haza Joan Manuel Serrat Tuck & Patti Bros Yazz
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 1989 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) JRT Neva Zajc
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