The Sanremo Music Festival 2019 (), officially the 69th Italian Song Festival (), was the 69th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by (RAI). The show was held between 5 February 2019 and 9 February 2019. Claudio Baglioni was the artistic director of the contest, and co-hosted it with Virginia Raffaele and Claudio Bisio.
24 entries competed in one section only, contrarily to previous editions which featured at least two sections. Mahmood emerged as the winner of the festival with his song "Soldi", earning the right to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Format Presenters Singer-songwriter and musician, Claudio Baglioni, who was also the competition's artistic director, hosted the Sanremo Music Festival for the second consecutive year, alongside co-hosts Claudio Bisio and Virginia Raffaele.
Voting Voting during the five evenings occurred through different combinations of four methods: Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting. Press jury voting, expressed by accredited journalists that followed the competition from the Roof Hall at the Teatro Ariston. A demoscopic poll, composed of a sample of 300 music fans, which voted from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos. Expert jury voting, resulting from points assigned by personalities from the world of music, entertainment and culture. The jury was composed by Mauro Pagani (president), Ferzan Özpetek, Camila Raznovich, Claudia Pandolfi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Beppe Severgnini, Serena Dandini and Joe Bastianich.
The three voting systems were distributed in the following percentages: First, Second and Third Evening: 40% Public televoting; 30% Demoscopic poll; 30% Press jury voting Fourth and Fifth Evening: 50% Public televoting; 30% Press jury voting; 20% Expert jury voting In the final part of the fifth evening, a new rank indicating the first three acts -determined by the percentage of votes obtained in this evening's vote and those obtained in previous evenings- was drawn up.
Selections Ecco Sanremo Giovani Unlike previous editions, the Newcomers' section was not included in the Festival, but a similar selection was held to decree the two places reserved in the Big Artist section. The artists competing in the new format were selected through two separate contests: Standard section and Area Sanremo. The selection was preceded by four afternoon shows, conducted by Luca Barbarossa and Andrea Perroni, where the artists and their entries were presented.
Standard selection On October 19, 2018, Rai Commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2019 announced a list of 677 acts, but only 69 artists coming from all Italian regions -excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta- and from abroad were selected in the first phase.
On November 27, 2018, Rai Commission announced the eighteen finalists.
Angelucci - "L'uomo che verrà" Andrea Biagioni - "Alba piena" Cannella - "Nei miei ricordi" Cordio - "La nostra vita" Diego Conti - "3 gradi" Einar - "Centomila Volte" Federica Abbate - "Finalmente" Fosco17 - "Dicembre" Giulia Mutti - "Almeno tre"
La Rua - "Alla mia età si vola" La Zero - "Nina è brava" Le Ore - "La mia felpa è come me" Mahmood - "Gioventù bruciata" Marte Marasco - "Nella mia testa" Nyvinne – "Io ti penso" Ros - "Incendio" Symo - "Paura d'amare" Wepro - "Stop/Replay"
Area Sanremo After the auditions, RAI Commission - composed by Claudio Baglioni, Claudio Fasulo, Duccio Forzano, Massimo Giuliano, Massimo Martelli and Geoff Westley- identified 6 finalists for the competition among the 225 acts:
Deschema - "Cristallo" Fedrix & Flaw - "L'impresa" Francesca Miola - "Amarsi non serve"
Mescalina - "Chiamami amore adesso" Saita – "Niwrad" Sisma - "Slow motion"
Sanremo Giovani 2018 On December 20 and 21, 2018, the twenty four finalists performed their songs at Sanremo Casino in Sanremo, with the show Sanremo Giovani 2018 broadcast on Rai 1 presented by Pippo Baudo and Fabio Rovazzi. The two winners of the nights participated in Sanremo 2019 with a new entry. Einar and Mahmood were selected as the winners.
ArtistSongPlaceTelevote results Percentage Place 1 Fosco17 "Dicembre" 8 4.65% 9 2 Einar "Centomila volte" 1 24.32% 1 3 Andrea Biagioni "Alba piena" 4 7.75% 6 4 Symo "Paura di amare" 12 3.02% 11 5 Fedrix & Flaw "L'impresa" 10 4.67% 8 6 Ros "Incendio" 6 7.88% 4 7 Marte Marasco "Nella mia testa" 7 6.13% 7 8 Wepro "Stop/Replay" 9 3.36% 10 9 Giulia Mutti "Almeno tre" 5 9.67% 3 10 Federica Abbate "Finalmente" 2 7.88% 4 11 Diego Conti "3 gradi" 11 2.81% 12 12 Deschema "Cristallo" 3 17.85% 2
ArtistSongPlaceTelevote results Percentage Place 1 Le Ore "La mia felpa è come me" 11 4.68% 8 2 Francesca Miola "Amarsi non serve" 9 5.32% 6 3 Mahmood "Gioventù bruciata" 1 5.03% 7 4 Angelucci "L'uomo che verrà" 7 7.10% 4 5 Sisma "Slow motion" 5 6.16% 5 6 La Rua "Alla mia età si vola" 2 35.08% 1 7 Nyvinne "Io ti penso" 3 4.40% 9 8 Cordio "La nostra vita" 4 14.76% 2 9 La Zero "Nina è brava" 8 3.83% 10 10 Cannella "Nei miei ricordi" 10 2.93% 11 11 Saita "Niwrad" 12 1.08% 12 12 Mescalina "Chiamami amore adesso" 6 9.65% 3
Big Artists section The Big Artists section of the contest reverted to 24 artists, after briefly going up to 22 the previous year. Like the previous year, there were no eliminations during the four weeknight shows. All the artists performed several times and were scored during the week, but every competing artist advanced to the final night.
Competing entries +Competing songs and artists, showing writers, orchestra conductor and results achievedBig Artists section Song Artist Songwriter(s) Orchestra conductor Rank Sanremo Music Festival Awards "" Mahmood Dario "Dardust" Faini 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section – Golden Lion "Enzo Jannacci" Award for Best Performance "" Ultimo Niccolò Moriconi Diego Calvetti 2 TIMmusic Award for Most-Streamed Song "" Il Volo Adriano Pennino 3 "" Loredana Bertè Massimo Zanotti 4 "Ariston's Audience" Award "" Simone Cristicchi Roberto Rossi 5 "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for Best Arrangement "Sergio Endrigo" Award for Best Interpretation "" Daniele SilvestriHe performed in all the evenings with the participation of Rancore Enrico Gabrielli 6 Critics' Award "Mia Martini" Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla" "Sergio Bardotti" Award for Best Lyrics "" Irama Giulio Nenna 7 "" Arisa Fabio Gurian 8 "Rolls Royce" Achille LauroHe performed in all the evenings with the participation of Boss Doms Enrico Melozzi 9 "" Enrico Nigiotti Enrico NigiottiFederico Megozzi 10 Lunezia Award for Best Music-letterary Value "" Boomdabash Valeriano Chiaravalle 11 "" Ghemon Valeriano Chiaravalle 12 "" Ex-Otago Dario "Dardust" Faini 13 "" Motta Francesco MottaFabio Gurian 14 Best Duet Performance Award "" Francesco Renga Roberto Rossi 15 "" Paola Turci Massimo Zanotti 16 "" The Zen Circus Carlo Carcano 17 "" Federica Carta & Shade Pino Perris 18 "" Nek Massimo Zanotti 19 "" Negrita Valeriano Chiaravalle 20 "" Patty Pravo feat. Briga Diego Calvetti 21 "" Anna Tatangelo Lorenzo VizziniAdriano Pennino 22 "" Einar Pino Perris 23 "" Nino D'Angelo & Livio Cori Fabio Gurian 24
Shows First evening The 24 Big Artists each performed their song for the first time.
Artist Song Votes Place Public(weight 40%) Demoscopic Jury(weight 30%) Press Jury(weight 30%) Average 1Francesco Renga"Aspetto che torni"3.74%8203.47%11 2Nino D'Angelo & Livio Cori"Un'altra luce"2.51%20211.94%22 3Nek"Mi farò trovare pronto"4.04%5164.11%10 4The Zen Circus"L'amore è una dittatura"2.28%17112.98%16 5Il Volo"Musica che resta"17.21%11310.72%2 6Loredana Bertè"Cosa ti aspetti da me"3.92%355.85%4 7Daniele Silvestri"Argentovivo"2.90%635.30%5 8Federica Carta & Shade"Senza farlo apposta"5.27%12243.45%12 9Ultimo"I tuoi particolari"17.99%2611.53%1 10Paola Turci"L'ultimo ostacolo"2.57%11143.15%14 11Motta"Dov'è l'Italia"1.57%2292.63%19 12Boomdabash"Per un milione"4.80%10124.55%9 13Patty Pravo feat. Briga"Un po' come la vita"3.31%16192.69%18 14Simone Cristicchi"Abbi cura di me"4.06%426.43%3 15Achille Lauro"Rolls Royce"2.74%2473.14%15 16Arisa"Mi sento bene"2.07%944.69%7 17Negrita"I ragazzi stanno bene"2.09%14152.58%20 18Ghemon"Rose viola"1.81%23181.75%23 19Einar"Parole nuove"2.49%18231.96%21 20Ex-Otago"Solo una canzone"3.95%21162.82%17 21Anna Tatangelo"Le nostre anime di notte"1.20%15221.57%24 22Irama"La ragazza con il cuore di latta"4.52%794.91%6 23Enrico Nigiotti"Nonno Hollywood"1.22%1383.22%13 24Mahmood"Soldi"1.74%1914.55%8
Second evening The first twelve Big Artists each performed their song again.
Artist Song Votes Place Public(weight 40%) Demoscopic Jury(weight 30%) Press Jury(weight 30%) Average 1Achille Lauro"Rolls Royce"7.13%1247.55%5 2Einar"Parole nuove"6.57%8114.96%10 3Il Volo"Musica che resta"38.32%1821.51%1 4Arisa"Mi sento bene"5.83%5112.78%2 5Nek"Mi farò trovare pronto"5.88%496.56%6 6Daniele Silvestri"Argentovivo"5.40%3210.95%4 7Ex-Otago"Solo una canzone"5.78%1065.00%9 8Ghemon"Rose viola"3.42%1153.92%11 9Loredana Bertè"Cosa ti aspetti da me"8.12%2312.35%3 10Paola Turci"L'ultimo ostacolo"3.21%675.04%8 11Negrita"I ragazzi stanno bene"3.06%9103.79%12 12Federica Carta & Shade"Senza farlo apposta"7.29%7125.58%7
Third evening The other twelve Big Artists each performed their song for the second time.
Artist Song Votes Place Public(weight 40%) Demoscopic Jury(weight 30%) Press Jury(weight 30%) Average 1Mahmood"Soldi"4.32%828.94%4 2Enrico Nigiotti"Nonno Hollywood"8.02%568.65%5 3Anna Tatangelo"Le nostre anime di notte"2.85%794.15%10 4Ultimo"I tuoi particolari"27.92%2319.90%1 5Francesco Renga"Aspetto che torni"6.83%487.29%7 6Irama"La ragazza con il cuore di latta"14.62%3412.32%3 7Patty Pravo feat. Briga"Un po' come la vita"3.77%10113.58%11 8Simone Cristicchi"Abbi cura di me"9.69%1113.99%2 9Boomdabash"Per un milione"11.42%6108.29%6 10Motta"Dov'è l'Italia"2.64%1254.66%9 11The Zen Circus"L'amore è un dittatura"3.73%975.11%8 12Nino D'Angelo & Livio Cori"Un'altra luce"4.20%11123.13%12
Fourth evening The 24 Big Artists performed their songs in a duet with a guest artist. Artist Guest Song Votes Place Public(weight 50%) Experts Jury(weight 20%) Press Jury(weight 30%) Average 1 Federica Carta & Shade Cristina D'Avena"Senza farlo apposta"721202,4016 2 Motta Nada"Dov'è l'Italia"233133,899 3 Irama Noemi"La ragazza con il cuore di latta"413115,617 4 Patty Pravo feat. Briga Giovanni Caccamo"Un po' come la vita"1515231,4221 5 Negrita Enrico Ruggeri and Roy Paci"I ragazzi stanno bene"2011191,8619 6 Il Volo Alessandro Quarta"Musica che resta"121912,471 7 Arisa Tony Hadley and Kataklò"Mi sento bene"9815,418 7 Mahmood Gué Pequeno"Soldi"13138,303 9 Ghemon Diodato and Calibro 35"Rose viola"19583,8210 10 Francesco Renga Bungaro, Eleonora Abbagnatoand Friedemann Vogel"Aspetto che torni"818182,1017 11 Ultimo Fabrizio Moro"I tuoi particolari"36710,292 12 Nek Neri Marcorè"Mi farò trovare pronto"1315201,6020 13 Boomdabash Rocco Hunt and Musici Cantori di Milano"Per un milione"69163,7611 14 The Zen Circus Brunori Sas"L'amore è una dittatura"1410142,6114 15 Paola Turci Giuseppe Fiorello"L'ultimo ostacolo"2212171,8718 16 Anna Tatangelo Syria"Le nostre anime di notte"2418151,2922 17 Ex-Otago Jack Savoretti"Solo una canzone"176123,0513 18 Enrico Nigiotti Paolo Jannacci and Massimo Ottoni"Nonno Hollywood"1018102,4915 19 Loredana Bertè Irene Grandi"Cosa ti aspetti da me"1467,084 20 Daniele Silvestri Manuel Agnelli"Argentovivo"21226,356 21 Einar Biondo and Sergio Sylvestre"Parole nuove"1621231,1923 22 Simone Cristicchi Ermal Meta"Abbi cura di me"51346,555 23 Nino D'Angelo & Livio Cori Sottotono"Un'altra luce"1821221,1824 24 Achille Lauro Morgan"Rolls Royce"111563,4112
Fifth evening
The 24 Big Artists each performed their entry again for a final time. The top three faced a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2019 was decided.