The Sanremo Music Festival 1991 (), officially the 41st Italian Song Festival (), was the 41st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February and 2 March 1991 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by actors Andrea Occhipinti and Edwige Fenech. Adriano Aragozzini served as artistic director.
According to the rules of this edition, each song of the Big Artists section was presented in a double performance by a non-Italian singer or group, and adapted in their foreign language. The winner of the Big Artists section was Riccardo Cocciante with the song "Se stiamo insieme", while Enzo Jannacci won the critics award with the song "La fotografia". Paolo Vallesi won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Le persone inutili".
Participants and results
Headline acts
+Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Foreign version Foreign artist(s) Rank "Se stiamo insieme" Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante, Mogol "I'm Missing You" Sarah Jane Morris1 "Spalle al muro" Renato Zero Mariella Nava "Still Life" Grace Jones2 "Perché lo fai" Marco Masini Giancarlo Bigazzi, Mario Manzani, Marco Masini "Just Tell Me Why" Dee Dee Bridgewater3 "Gli altri siamo noi" Umberto Tozzi Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi "Other People Are Us" Howard Jones4 "Spunta la Luna dal monte" Pierangelo Bertoli ft. Tazenda Luigi Marielli, Pierangelo Bertoli "Y ya viene amanenciendo" Moncada5 "Nené" Amedeo Minghi Amedeo Minghi "Endless Night" Bonnie Tyler6 "Dubbi no" Mietta Amedeo Minghi "All Alone" Leo Sayer7 "Oggi sposi" Al Bano and Romina Power Depsa, Giuseppe Andretto "Just Married" Tyrone Power, Jr.8 "Io ti prego di ascoltare" Riccardo Fogli Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio "Listen to Me" Sold Out9 "Oggi un Dio non ho" Raf Raffele Riefoli, Giuseppe Dati "Today I'll Pray" Ofra Haza10 "La fotografia" Enzo Jannacci Enzo Jannacci "Photograph" Ute Lemper11 /Critics Award "Il mare più grande che c'è (I love you man)" Fiordaliso Franco Ciani, Fio Zanotti "Don't Walk Away" Laura Branigan12 "Siamo donne" Sabrina Salerno & Jo Squillo Giovanna Coletti "Part Time Lovers" Shannon13 "Sbatti ben su del Be Bop" Ladri di Biciclette Paolo Belli, Enrico Prandi "Lemme Hear Some o' That Be-Bop" Jon Hendricks14 "E la musica va" Eduardo De Crescenzo Eduardo De Crescenzo, Franco Del Prete "And the Beat Goes On" Phil Manzanera15 "Se io fossi un uomo" Grazia Di Michele Joanna, Grazia Di Michele, Peppi Nocera "If I Were in Your Shoes" Randy Crawford16 "Terra" Rossana Casale Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio "You're in My Mind" Carmel17 "In questa città" Loredana Bertè Pino Daniele "All That We Are" Harriet18 "La fila degli oleandri" Gianni Bella Gianni Bella, Mogol "Together We Can" Gloria Gaynor19 "Gli uomini" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava "Coming Home" Caron Wheeler20
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Paolo Vallesi 1 "" Irene Fargo 2 "" Rita Forte 3 "" Fandango Lilia FioriFinalist "" Compilations Finalist "" Bungaro, Marco Conidi & Rosario Di Bella Finalist "" Patrizia Bulgari Gianni CiarellaFinalist "" Marco Carena Marco CarenaFinalist "" Gitano Finalist "" Paola De Mas Finalist "" Stefania La Fauci Chelinse "" Rudy Marra /Critics Award "" Gianni Mazza Gianni Mazza "" Timoria Omar Pedrini /Critics Award "" Giovanni Nuti "" Dario Gai Dario Gai
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 1991 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) KTSF WNYC-TV JRT TV Belgrade 2, TV Novi Sad HTV 2
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