The Sanremo Music Festival 2001 (), officially the 51st Italian Song Festival (), was the 51st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 February and 3 March 2001 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Raffaella Carrà, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.
The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli. The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Critics Award. The group Gazosa won the Newcomers section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".
Every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella Carrà hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.
Participants and results
Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Elisa 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section Mia Martini Critics Award "" Giorgia 2 "" Matia Bazar 3 "" Michele Zarrillo 4 "" Paola Turci 5 "" Jenny B 6 "" Alex Britti Alex Britti7 Volare Award for Best Music "" Gigi D'Alessio 8 "" Fabio Concato Fabio Concato9 "" Anna Oxa 10 "" Peppino di Capri 11 "" Gianni Bella 12 "" Syria 13 "" Sottotono 14 "" Quintorigo 15 Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Bluvertigo 16
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Gazosa 1 Winner of the Newcomers' section "" Moses 2 "" Francesco & Giada 3 "" Principe e Socio M. 4 "" Carlotta 5 "" Francesco Renga 6 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Roberto Angelini) "" Paolo Meneguzzi Roberto Zappalorto7 "" Carlito Carlo De Bei8 Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" XSense 9 "" Roberto Angelini Roberto Angelini10 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Francesco Renga) "" Sara 6 11 "" Velvet 12 "" Stefano Ligi 13 "" Riky Anelli 14 "" Pincapallina Paolo Milzani15 "" Isola Song 16
Guests +Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Ronan Keating"Lovin' Each Day" Faith Hill"The Way You Love Me" Eminem with D12"I'm Back" "Purple Hills" "The Real Slim Shady" 30 Odd Foot of Grunts"Things Have Got to Change" "Sail Those Same Oceans" Westlife"I Lay My Love On You" Anastacia"I'm Outta Love" Placebo"Special K" Moby"South Side" Enya"Wild Child" Ricky Martin"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" "She Bangs"
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