The Sanremo Music Festival 2002 (), officially the 52nd Italian Song Festival (), was the 52nd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 5 and 9 March 2002 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo (who also served as the artistic director of the festival), assisted by Manuela Arcuri and Vittoria Belvedere.
The winner of the Big Artists section was the band Matia Bazar with the song "Messaggio d'amore", while Daniele Silvestri won the Critics Award with the song "Salirò". Anna Tatangelo won the Newcomers section with the song "Doppiamente fragili".
After every night, Simona Ventura and Francesco Giorgino hosted Dopofestival, 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 "" Matia Bazar 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section "" Alexia 2 Volare Award for Best Music "" Gino Paoli Gino Paoli3 Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Fausto Leali & Luisa Corna 4 "" Enrico Ruggeri Enrico Ruggeri5 "" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava6 "" Filippa Giordano 7 "" Francesco Renga Francesco Renga8 "" Fiordaliso 9 "" Gazosa 10 "" Michele Zarrillo 11 "" Gianluca Grignani Gianluca Grignani12 "" Alessandro Safina 13 "" Daniele Silvestri Daniele Silvestri14 Mia Martini Critics Award "" Nino D'Angelo 15 "" Patty Pravo 16 "" Loredana Bertè 17 "" Mino Reitano 18 "" Lollipop 19 "" Timoria Omar Pedrini20
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Anna Tatangelo 1 Winner of the Newcomers' section "" Valentina Giovagnini 2 Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Simone Patrizi Francesco Fiumara3 "" Gianni Fiorellino 4 "" Archinuè Francesco Sciacca5 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section "" 78 Bit 6 "" Marco Morandi 7 "" Botero 8 "" Andrea Febo 9 "" Daniele Vit 10 "" Plastico 6 "" La Sintesi Raffaele Battista "" Giuliodorme "" Offside "" Dual Gang "" Giacomo Celentano
Guests + Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Kylie Minogue"In Your Eyes" Alanis Morissette"Hands Clean" Anastacia "Paid My Dues" Sarah Connor"From Sarah with Love" Gabrielle"Out of Reach" Shakira"Whenever, Wherever" Michael Bolton"Solo una donna" Destiny's Child"Survivor" Alicia Keys"Ave Maria" "Fallin'" Paulina Rubio"Vive El Verano" Britney Spears"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" The Corrs"Breathless" The Cranberries"Analyse"
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