Sanremo Music Festival 1999

The Sanremo Music Festival 1999 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1999), officially the 49th Italian Song Festival (49º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 49th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 23 and 27 February 1999 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Fabio Fazio (who also served as the artistic director), supported by Laetitia Casta and Renato Dulbecco.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1999
Dates
Semi-final 1	23 February 1999
Semi-final 2	24 February 1999
Semi-final 3	25 February 1999
Semi-final 4	26 February 1999
Final	27 February 1999
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Fabio Fazio and Laetitia Casta, Renato Dulbecco
Musical director	Gianfranco Lombardi
Artistic director	Fabio Fazio
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Big Artists section
Number of entries	14
Winner	Anna Oxa "Senza pietà"
Newcomers' section
Winner	Alex Britti "Oggi sono io"
1998 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2000

The quality jury consisted of Ennio Morricone (who served as president), Umberto Bindi, Toquinho, Carlo Verdone, José Carreras, Maurizio De Angelis, Enrico Brizzi, Amadeus and Dario Salvatori.^[1][2] The winner of the Big Artists section was Anna Oxa with the song "Senza pietà", while Daniele Silvestri won the Critics Award with the song "Aria".Alex Britti won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Oggi sono io".^[1][3] In this edition, the "Premio Città di Sanremo", a career award, was introduced, being won by Ornella Vanoni.^[1]

In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Michael Moore, Leslie Nielsen, Gustav Thöni, Silvan, Darlene Conley, Roberto Mancini, Alessandro Del Piero, Carla Fracci, Pierluigi Collina and Teo Teocoli.^[1][3]

After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Orietta Berti and Teo Teocoli, with the regular participation of Fabio Fazio.^[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Senza pietà" - Anna Oxa (Alberto Salerno, Claudio Guidetti)	1	Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Non ti dimentico (se non ci fossero le nuvole)" - Antonella Ruggiero (Antonella Ruggiero, Kaballà, Roberto Colombo)	2	Volare Award for Best Music tied
"Così è la vita" - Mariella Nava (Mariella Nava)	3	Volare Award for Best Music tied
"Alberi" - Enzo Gragnaniello & Ornella Vanoni (Enzo Gragnaniello)	4
"Lo zaino" - Stadio (Vasco Rossi, Gaetano Curreri)	5
"Ancora in volo" - Albano Carrisi (Massimo Bizzarri, Pino Marcucci e Albano Carrisi)	6
"Un inverno da baciare" - Marina Rei (Marina Rei, Davide Pinelli)	7
"Senza giacca e cravatta" - Nino D'Angelo (Nino D'Angelo, Carmine Tortora)	8
"Aria" - Daniele Silvestri (Daniele Silvestri)	9	Mia Martini Critics Award Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"Guardami negli occhi" - Nada (Nada)	10
"Amami Lara" - Eugenio Finardi (Eugenio Finardi, Edoardo Bechis, Fabrizio Consoli)	11
"Dove dov’è" - Gatto Panceri (Gatto Panceri)	12
"Il giorno perfetto" - Gianluca Grignani (Gianluca Grignani)	13
"Come sei bella" - Massimo Di Cataldo (Massimo Di Cataldo)	14

Newcomers

Newcomers section[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Oggi sono io" - Alex Britti (Alex Britti)	1	Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Un giorno in più" - Filippa Giordano (Adelio Cogliati, Steve Galante, Vincenzo Thoma)	2
"Un fiume in piena" - Leda Battisti (Leda Battisti)	3
"C’è che ti amo" - Arianna (Valeriano Chiaravalle, Arianna Bergamaschi)	4
"Adesso" - Daniele Groff (Daniele Groff)	5
"Nessuno può fermare questo tempo" - Elena Cataneo (Stefano Cenci, Roberto Zappalorto)	6
"Ti amo che strano" - Francesca Chiara (Mauro Spina, Francesca Chiara Casellati, Tank Palamara)	7
"Una musica può fare" - Max Gazzè (Max Gazzè, Francesco Gazzè)	8
"Puoi fidarti di me" - Allegra (Allegra Lusini)	9
"Noi non ci capiamo" - Soerba (Luca Urbani, Gabriele D'Amora)	10
"Rospo" - Quintorigo (M. De Leonardis, V. Bianchi, S. Ricci, A. Costa, G. Costa)	11	Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"Little Darling" - Boris (Alessandro Baldinotti, Giulia Fasolino, Boris, Paolo Hollesch)	12
"Al centro del mondo" - Dr. Livingstone (Andrea Bove)	13
"Quando lei non c’è" - Irene Lamedica (Irene Lamedica, Steve Lucarelli, Roberto Baldi)	14

Musical guests

Guests[1]
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Cher	"Believe"
Blur	"Tender"
Gianni Morandi	"Lasciarsi per amore" "Vita"
Skunk Anansie	"Charlie Big Potato"
Five	"Everybody Get Up"
Ivano Fossati	"Mio fratello che guardi il mondo" "Una notte in Italia"
Riccardo Cocciante	"Margherita"
R.E.M.	"Daysleeper" "Lotus"
Emilia Rydberg	"Big Big World"
Franco Battiato	"Shock in My Town" "Vite parallele" "Il mantello e la spiga"
Ricky Martin	"Maria" "La Bomba" "La copa de la vida"
Lenny Kravitz	"Thinking of You"
Mariah Carey	"I Still Believe"
Alanis Morissette	"Joining You"