The Sanremo Music Festival 2003 (), officially the 53rd Italian Song Festival (), was the 53rd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 5 and 9 March 2003 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo (who also served as the artistic director of the festival), assisted by Serena Autieri and Claudia Gerini.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Alexia with the song "Per dire di no", while Sergio Cammariere won the Critics Award with the song "Tutto quello che un uomo". Dolcenera won the Newcomers" section with the song "Siamo tutti là fuori".
In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Sharon Stone, Mike Bongiorno (eleven-time host of the festival), Valentino Rossi, Mario Cipollini, Enrico Montesano, Nino Frassica, Giorgio Panariello, Lino Banfi, Massimo Ghini. Nilla Pizzi received a career award and performed her hits "Grazie dei fiori" and "Vola colomba", with which she won the first two editions of the festival (1951 and 1952).
Participants and results
Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Alexia 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section "" Alex Britti Alex Britti2 "" Sergio Cammariere 3 Mia Martini Critics Award Volare Award for Best Music "" Enrico Ruggeri & Andrea Mirò 4 Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Syria Jovanotti5 "" Lisa 6 "" Giuni Russo 7 Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Silvia Salemi 8 "" Antonella Ruggiero 9 "" Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa10 "" Nino D'Angelo 11 "" Cristiano De André 12 "" Fausto Leali 13 "" Anna Oxa 14 "" Eiffel 65 15 "" Bobby Solo & Little Tony 16 "" Anna Tatangelo & Federico Stragà 17 "" Negrita 18 "" Amedeo Minghi Amedeo Minghi19 "" Iva Zanicchi 20
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Dolcenera Dolcenera 1 Winner of the Newcomers' section Winner of the Press, Radio & TV Award – Newcomers' section "" Alina 2 "" Zurawski 3 "" Verdiana 4 "" Gianni Fiorellino 5 "" Daniele Stefani 6 "" Patrizia Laquidara 7 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award – Newcomers' section "" Elsa Lila 8 "" Roberto Giglio Roberto Giglio 9 "" Jacqueline M. Ferry 10 "" Daniela Pedali 11 "" Manuela Zanier 12 "" Allunati 13 "" Marco Fasano 14 "" Maria Pia & SuperZoo 15 "" Filippo Merola 16
Musical guests + Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Peter Gabriel"Growing Up" Shania Twain"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" Rod Stewart "These Foolish Things" Des'ree"It's Okay" Juventus Football Club players"Il mio canto libero" Carla Bruni"Quelqu'un m'a dit" Panjabi MC"Mundian To Bach Ke" Blue"One Love" Shaggy "Strength Of A Woman" Diana Krall"Fly Me to the Moon" Holly Valance"Down Boy"
Broadcasts
International broadcast 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 2003 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) MTV mtv
Notes and references Notes
References