Italian song contest (57th edition)
The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 (Italian : Festival di Sanremo 2007 ), officially the 57th Italian Song Festival (57º Festival della canzone italiana ), was the 57th Sanremo Music Festival , held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007 and broadcast by Rai 1 . The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker .
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa ", while the Newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro with "Pensa".
Big Artists and Newcomers section [ edit ] Key:
– Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section. – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section. Big Artists and Newcomers section [ edit ] Key:
– Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section. – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section. At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età ", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti .[ 7] Italian comedy duo Ficarra e Picone performed a piece in memory of Pino Puglisi , a priest who was killed by Sicilian Mafia after challenging the criminal syndicate itself.[ 7] British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine ".[ 7] [ 8] The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1996, a few days before splitting.[ 8] American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room ", which was performed for the first time during a TV program.[ 7] [ 9] Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People ".[ 9] Big Artists section [ edit ] Fabrizio Moro placed first in the Newcomers' section with the song "Pensa". The running order of the contestants was decided by a drawing at the beginning of the night.[ 14]
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.[ 16] Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.[ 16] [ 17] Gigi D'Alessio performed a cover of Lucio Battisti 's "Il nastro rosa".[ 18] He also played piano while Lara Fabian sang Tomaso Albinoni 's "Adagio".[ 17] Finally, D'Alessio and Fabian duetted, performing Battisti's "Un cuore malato".[ 17] Elisa performed her singles "Luce (Tramonti a nord est) ", which won the contest in 2001, and "Eppure sentire", as well as a cover of Mia Martini 's "Almeno tu nell'universo ".[ 18] Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco , Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo , performing a medley of "Ciao amore", "Ritornerai " and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone ", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".[ 18] Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io , inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy .[ 18] [ 19] Tiziano Ferro performed his songs "Ed ero contentissimo ", "Ti scatterò una foto", "Sere nere " and "Non me lo so spiegare ".[ 20] Italian actor Neri Marcorè impersonated Luciano Ligabue , performing "L'IVA ", a satirical cover of his song "Viva".[ 16] Armando Trovajoli also appeared, receiving an award given by the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers .[ 16] Simone Cristicchi won the main competition with his entry "Ti regalerò una rosa". Big Artists section [ edit ] Italian television presenter Mike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker . Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.[ 23] British singer Joss Stone performed her single "Tell Me 'bout It " and tributed Aretha Franklin covering "Respect ".[ 23] Mika also appeared during the final night, singing his hit "Grace Kelly ".[ 23] Italian TV presenter and actor was another guest of the show, performing some short comedy scenes with Pippo Baudo.[ 23] Big Artists section [ edit ] Press, Radio & TV Award[ edit ] Big Artists section [ edit ] ^ a b "Diciassette canzoni e i videoclip" (in Italian). Festivaldisanremo.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012 . ^ Katia Nobbio. "Prima serata - Brava Michelle!" (in Italian). RAI . Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012 . ^ a b Letizia Pozzo (November–December 2006). "Il luccicante galà della canzone italiana" (PDF) . 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Festivaldisanremo.com. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012 . ^ a b c d "Il rap contro la mafia conquista Sanremo" . Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 3 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012 . ^ a b c Cesare G. Romana (3 March 2007). "Battiato, Elisa, Zero: grandi emozioni" . Il Giornale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012 . ^ a b c d "Fabrizio Moro vince fra i giovani" . TGCOM (in Italian). 3 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012 . ^ "Tre domande a... Gianna Nannini" (in Italian). RAI . Retrieved 28 December 2012 . ^ Katia Nobbio. "Quarta serata - Il galà della musica italiana e il trionfo di Fabrizio Moro" (in Italian). RAI . Retrieved 28 December 2012 . ^ "Sanremo: la scaletta della finale" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2012 . ^ "Sanremo 2007, la classifica finale" . 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