Partecipanti al Festival di Sanremo | Sanremo Music Festival Participants

The Italian singer Anna Oxa (born on the 28th of April 1961 in Bari) began her career by making her debut at the popular Sanremo Music Festival with the song Un'emozione da poco ("A Shortlived Emotion") at the age of 17. One of the Italian artists with the most participations at the event, she is well-known for her eccentric appearances, some of which have caused some controversy for their time.

As of 2023, she has participated 15 times in total. Her latest entry to date is from 2023 with which she joined the top 5 of Italian artists with the most participations at the festival, the other four being Al Bano, Peppino di Capri, Toto Cutugno and Milva, all of whom have the same amount of entries as of 2023.

Her most active Sanremo period was in the 1980s when she was present almost every year. As of 2023, she has won two editions:

• In 1989 with Ti lascerò ("I'll Let You Go") in duet with Fausto Leali;
• In 1999 with Senza pietà ("Ruthlessly") as a solo artist.

Thanks to their victory in 1989, Oxa and Leali represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Content later that same year, but with a different song – Avrei voluto ("I Wanted"). Despite her solo victory in 1999, however, she wasn't able to represent her country at the contest due to Italy's withdrawal from it the year prior which lasted up until 2010.

In 1994, she co-hosted the festival's 44th edition alongside Pippo Baudo and Cannelle.

Side note: From what I've read over the years, there may have been a few songs that weren't admitted to the festival. I've never found any trustworthy sources confirming or denying this (as is the case usually with every year's edition), but in any case, the songs in question are: Navigando ("Sailing", 1983) and Chissà ("Who Knows", 1998).

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all her Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

The Italian singer-songwriter Fiordaliso (born on the 19th of February 1956 in Piacenza) began her career in 1981 and has been active ever since.

As of 2023, she has participated nine times at the popular Sanremo Music Festival. Her debut at it was in 1982 and her latest participation to date is from 2002. She hasn't won any editions yet and her best placement so far is from 1984 when she was placed 5th with the song Non voglio mica la luna ("I Don't Want the Moon") – the singer's most well-known song which despite its Sanremo placement became a huge hit both in Italy and abroad and numerous artists performed covers of it. It remains one of the most memorable songs of Sanremo's 1984 edition, and maybe of all of its editions overall.

Her most active Sanremo period was in the 1980s when she was present almost every year except for 1980, 1981 and 1987. In 1987, the song Quello che le donne non dicono ("What Women Don't Say") was meant to be performed initially by Fiordaliso, but was eventually given to Fiorella Mannoia who performed it at the festival and was placed 8th out of 24 in the Campioni ("Champions") section. The song turned out to be her most well-known one to this day.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all of Fiordaliso's Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

The Italian singer Iva Zanicchi (pronounced [ˈiːva d͡zaˈnikki]; born on the 18th of January 1940 in Ligonchio) began her career in 1960 and has been active ever since.

As of 2023, she has participated 11 times at the popular Sanremo Music Festival. Her debut at it was in 1965 and her latest entry to date is from 2022. Her most active Sanremo period was in the 1960s and she has won 3 editions so far, with which she is currently the only female singer with the most victories at the music event:

1. In 1967 with Non pensare a me ("Don't Think of Me") in combination with Claudio Villa;
2. In 1969 with Zingara ("Gypsy") in combination with Bobby Solo;
3. In 1974 with Ciao, cara, come stai? ("Hi, Dear, How Are You?").

Thanks to her victory in 1969, Zanicchi represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Content later that same year, but with a different song – Due grosse lacrime bianche ("Two Big White Tears") with which she was placed 13th out of 16.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all her Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

The Italian singer-songwriter Mango, known also as Giuseppe Mango and Pino Mango1 (born on the 6th of November 1954 in Lagonegro – died on the 8th of December 2014 in Policoro) began his career in 1976.

During his lifetime, he participated 7 times in total in the popular Sanremo Music Festival. His debut at it was in 1985 and his last entry was in 2007. Although he didn't win any editions, he won the Critics Award in 1985 and his 1995 song won the Fonopoli Award for best arrangement.

Besides participating in the music event, he wrote songs for other artists who also took part in the festival with them, such as:

• Loredana Bertè with Re ("King") in 1986;
• Anna Bussotti with Nessun dolore ("No Pain") in 1986;
• Loretta Goggi with Io nascerò ("I Will Get Born") in 1986 (as she was the conductor of that edition, she didn't take part in the competition, but her song was used as the opening song of the festival);
• Mietta with Fare l'amore ("Making Love") in 2000.

He wrote a couple of other songs for the aforementioned artists, whereas other artists he wrote songs for outside of Sanremo are Patty Pravo, Mia Martini, Andrea Bocelli, Mango's wife Laura Valente, Scialpi and others (for more detailed information on his collaborations, you can check this page in his official website in Italian).

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all of Mango's Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of his live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

• 1. Some songs are authored by both him and his brother Armando Mango. In order to avoid confusion, the singer will be credited just as Mango in the description boxes of each song, whereas his brother's name will be mentioned explicitly.

The Italian singer-songwriter Mia Martini, stage name of Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè, known endearingly as Mimì (born on the 20th of September 1947 in Bagnara Calabra – died on the 12th of May 1995 in Cardano al Campo), began her career in the early 1960s as Mimì Bertè, later took the stage name Mia Martini and was active until her unexpected death in 1995.

Known for her relatively short but turbulent life and career, she was and still is one of the most important figures in modern Italian pop music. She grew to popularity in the early 1970s. Despite being very popular during that decade, it was only in 1982 that the singer participated for the first time at the Sanremo Music Festival. With 5 participations in total, one of which (her last one) was a duet with her sister Loredana Bertè, she was awarded the Critics Award of the festival for her first three entries. After her death, the award was renamed to the Mia Martini Critics Award in her honour and has been assigned to numerous artists at every edition ever since. She never won any editions, but her best placement was in 1992 when she was placed 2nd with the song Gli uomini non cambiano ("Men Don't Change") which has became one of her most well-known songs to this day.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all her Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

The Italian singer Mina (born on the 25th of March 1940 in Busto Arsizio) began her career in 1958 and has been active ever since.

Despite her very long and prolific career and her huge popularity throughout the decades, both of which have earned her the reputation of the greatest Italian female singer of all times, Mina participated only twice (in 1960 and 1961) at the popular Sanremo Music Festival, performing four songs in total. During her second participation, in 1961, the press proclaimed her in advance the winner of the edition, which, contrary to the expectations, didn't happen, and after the artist's evident disappointment with the final results, she promised to never take part in any song competition ever again, a promise which she has managed to keep to this day.

The rules of both the editions she took part in required all songs to be performed by two separate artists who were considered as one artist/entry in the classifics. This information will be mentioned in the description box for every entry. Only one of her four Sanremo songs can be said to have become a well-known classic in her repertoire to this day: Le mille bolle blu ("A Thousand Blue Bubbles") from 1961, which was placed 4th.

Although she withdrew completely both from the festival (since 1961) and from the stage (since 1978), during the 2018 edition she collaborated with the telecommunications company TIM that was sponsoring the event. For the occasion, five short videos were used as advertisements, in which the singer appeared in digital form as an alien captain of a spaceship travelling towards the Earth and more specifically Sanremo. During the final, fifth evening, a 3D hologram depicting Mina was projected on the stage of the Ariston Theatre (where the event has been held during the last couple of decades) performing a cover of Another Day of Sun from the musical film La La Land.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all four of her Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).

The Italian singer Patty Pravo, stage name of Nicoletta Strambelli (born on the 9th of April 1948 in Venice), began her career in 1966 and has been active ever since.

As of 2023, she has participated 10 times in total in the popular Sanremo Music Festival. Her debut at it was in 1970 and her latest entry to date was in 2019. Although she hasn't won any editions yet, she has won the Mia Martini Critics Award twice: in 1997 and in 2016.

In 1990, the singer was supposed to participate in the 40th edition of the festival with the song Donna con te ("Woman with You"), but due to her wanting to change parts of the lyrics and its authors disagreeing with her wish, just a few days before the edition, she refused to take part in the event. As a result, the song was given eventually to Anna Oxa, with which she was placed 4th out of 20 in the Campioni ("Champions") section and which became one of her most well-known songs. The song in its initial version was called Fandango, but was shortly after renamed to Donna con te and had completely different lyrics. Pravo recorded four versions of the same melody in total: Fandango, the first and second versions of Donna con te, as well as Locura me llamarás ("You'll Call Me Madness"), a Spanish version of Donna con te. The second version and the Spanish adaptation were supposed to be included in a single, but it never got released and there doesn't seem to be a surviving recording of the Spanish song anywhere on the Internet currently.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all Sanremo songs by Patty Pravo in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).