The Sanremo Music Festival 1998 (), officially the 48th Italian Song Festival (), was the 48th 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 ...

in late February 1998 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by

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, supported by

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and Veronica Pivetti. According to the rules of this edition, the winner and the two runners-up of the Newcomers section were allowed in the final night to compete in the Big Artists section;

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was eventually able to win both the competitions with the song "Senza te o con te". Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel won the Critics Award with the song "Dormi e sogna", while the duo Eramo & Passavanti won the Critics Award for the Newcomers section. For the newcomers, only the winner was revealed; for the big artists section, initially only the first three positions were announced, while the complete final ranking was disclosed only several weeks after the end of the festival. The "quality jury", responsible for rewarding best music, best lyrics and best arrangements, consisted of composer

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, singer-songwriter

Roberto Vecchioni Roberto Vecchioni (; born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and lyricist. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, now in the province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family. In 1968, he graduated in Classical Lite ...

, writer

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, record producer

Celso Valli Celso Valli (born 14 May 1950) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and record producer. Born in Bologna, Valli studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. He made his official debut collaborating with Drupi in his 1978 albu ...

and vice-president of Rome-Europe Foundation Monique Vaute. After every night, Piero Chiambretti and

Nino D'Angelo Gaetano "Nino" D'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, film director, screenwriter and author. He was born to a poor family in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples, and dropped out o ...

hosted ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists.

Participants and results

Big Artists

Newcomers

Guests

References

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