Sanremo Music Festival 2001
Dates
Semi-final 126 February 2001
Semi-final 227 February 2001
Semi-final 31 March 2001
Semi-final 42 March 2001
Final3 March 2001
Host
VenueTeatro Ariston
Presenter(s)Raffaella Carrà
and Megan Gale, Enrico Papi, Massimo Ceccherini
Musical directorGianfranco Lombardi
Host broadcasterRai 1
Big Artists section
Number of entries16
WinnerElisa
"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries16
WinnerGazosa
"Stai con me (Forever)"

The Sanremo Music Festival 2001 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2001), officially the 51st Italian Song Festival (51º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 51st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, between 26 February and 3 March 2001 and broadcast by Rai 1.

The show was presented by Raffaella Carrà, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.[1]

The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Mia Martini Critics Award.[1]

The group Gazosa won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".[1]

The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli.[1]

After every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella Carrà hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank Notes
"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" - Elisa
(Elisa Toffoli, Zucchero Fornaciari)		 1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section
  • Mia Martini Critics Award
"Di sole e d'azzurro" - Giorgia
(Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi, Matteo Saggese)		 2
"Questa nostra grande storia d'amore" - Matia Bazar
(Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano) 		3
"L'acrobata" - Michele Zarrillo
(Michele Zarrillo, Vincenzo Incenzo)		 4
"Saluto l'inverno" - Paola Turci
(Paola Turci, Carmen Consoli)		 5
"Anche tu" - Jenny B
(Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano)		 6
"Sono contento" - Alex Britti
(Alex Britti) 		7
  • Volare Award for Best Music
"Tu che ne sai" - Gigi D'Alessio
(Vincenzo D'Agostino, Gigi D'Alessio) 		8
"Ciao Ninìn" - Fabio Concato
(Fabio Concato) 		9
"L'eterno movimento" - Anna Oxa
(Laurex, Giuseppe Fulcheri) 		10
"Pioverà (Habibi ené)" - Peppino di Capri
(Franco Del Prete, Marcello Vitale, Peppino di Capri) 		11
"Il profumo del mare" - Gianni Bella
(Gianni Bella, Mogol) 		12
"Fantasticamenteamore" - Syria
(Biagio Antonacci, Saverio Lanza) 		13
"Mezze verità" - Sottotono
(Massimiliano Dagani, Massimiliano Cellamaro) 		14
"Bentivoglio Angelina" - Quintorigo
(Massimo De Leonardis, Michele Montanari, Valentino Bianchi, Stefano Ricci, Guido Facchini, Andrea Costa, Gionata Costa) 		15
  • Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"L'assenzio (The Power of Nothing)" - Bluvertigo
(Marco Castoldi, Luca Urbani) 		16

Newcomers

Newcomers section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) Rank Notes
"Stai con me (Forever)" - Gazosa
(Stefano Borzi, E. Caterini, Sandro Nasuti)		 1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Maggie" - Moses
(Matteo Di Franco, Sergio Moschetto, Andrea Zuppini) 		2
"Turuturu" - Francesco & Giada
(Francesco Boccia, Giada Caliendo) 		3
"Targato NA" - Principe e Socio M.
(Mauro Spenillo, Antonio De Carmine) 		4
"Promessa" - Carlotta
(Luca Angelosanti, Assolo, Carla Quadraccia, Francesco Morettini, Davide Massa, Marco De Iaco, Alex Zuccaro) 		5
"Raccontami" - Francesco Renga
(Francesco Renga, Umberto Iervolino) 		6
  • Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Roberto Angelini)
"Ed io non ci sto più" - Paolo Meneguzzi
(Roberto Zappalorto) 		7
"Emily" - Carlito
(Carlo De Bei) 		8
  • Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"Luna" - XSense
(Alessandro Branca, Jacopo Monasta, Giacomo Godi, Paolo Brera) 		9
"Il Signor Domani" - Roberto Angelini
(Roberto Angelini) 		10
  • Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Francesco Renga)
"Bocca" - Sara 6
(Serenella Occhipinti, Mauro Gardella, Serenella Occhipinti) 		11
"Nascosto dietro un vetro" - Velvet
(Pierluigi Ferrantini, Giancarlo Cornetta, Alessandro Sgreccia, Pierfrancesco Bazzoffi, Pierluigi Ferrantini) 		12
"Battiti" - Stefano Ligi
(Stefano Ligi, Roberto Costa) 		13
"Ho vinto un viaggio" - Riky Anelli
(Riky E. Anelli, Bruno Santori, C. H. Sementina) 		14
"Quando io" - Pincapallina
(Paolo Milzani) 		15
"Grazie" - Isola Song
(Salvatore Melis, Giuseppe Melis) 		16

Guests

Guests [1]
Artist(s) Song(s)
Ronan Keating "Lovin' Each Day"
Faith Hill "The Way You Love Me"
Eminem with D12 "I'm Back"
"Purple Hills"
"The Real Slim Shady"
30 Odd Foot of Grunts "Things Have Got to Change"
"Sail Those Same Oceans"
Westlife "I Lay My Love On You"
Anastacia "I'm Outta Love"
Placebo "Special K"
Moby "South Side"
Enya "Wild Child"
Ricky Martin "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
"She Bangs"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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