The Sanremo Music Festival 1993 (), officially the 43rd Italian Song Festival (), was the 43rd annual

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

, held at the

Teatro Ariston The Ariston Theatre () is a theatre and a cinema in Sanremo, Italy. It has been the venue of the annual Sanremo Music Festival competitions since 1977. The name is derived from Ancient Greek meaning "the best". It was designed between 1943 and ...

Sanremo Sanremo, also spelled San Remo in English and formerly in Italian, is a (municipality) on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination ...

between 23 and 27 February 1993 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by

Pippo Baudo Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo "Pippo" Baudo (born 7 June 1936) is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Goof). Baudo ha ...

and

Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian singer, actress, dancer, and television presenter. Life and career Cuccarini was born in Rome. At nine years old, she started to attend the dance school of (choreographer and husb ...

. The winner of the Big Artists section was Enrico Ruggeri with the rock-pop song "Mistero", while

Cristiano De André Cristiano De André (; born 29 December 1962) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. During his career, he competed four times in the Sanremo Music Festival, receiving three Critics' Awards. Biography The son of Fabrizio De André and his ...

ranked second and won the Critics Award with the ballad "Dietro la porta".

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 1993, 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which becam ...

won the Newcomers section with the song "

La solitudine "La solitudine" (''"The Loneliness"'') is a song by Italian pop singer Laura Pausini, released as her debut single by CGD in February 1993. Pausini sang it for the first time on 23 February 1993, during the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival. On 27 F ...

". After every night Rai 1 broadcast ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Alba Parietti and Pippo Baudo with

Giancarlo Magalli Giancarlo Magalli (born 5 July 1947) is an Italian television writer, presenter and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Magalli studied at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute, Istituto Massimiliano Massimo, having Mario Draghi and Luca Corde ...

, Marta Marzotto and Roberto D'Agostino. The theme song of the talk show was "Papà" by

Mino Reitano Beniamino "Mino" Reitano (December 7, 1944 – January 27, 2009) was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor. Reitano was born in Fiumara, a small village in Calabria. His father, an employee at the local railway station, was very passiona ...

and

Gianni Ippoliti Gianni Ippoliti (born 22 February 1950) is an Italian television presenter, television writer, actor and writer. Life and career Born in Rome, a former football referee and a graduate in sociology,Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Ippoli ...

Participants and results

Big Artists

Newcomers

References

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