Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo (Variety, Italian)
Genres: Music
Status: Running
Premiered: 1951-01-30
Network: Rai 1
Country: IT
Airs on: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Runtime: 240 minutes
The Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo (in English: Italian song festival of Sanremo) is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival or Sanremo Music Festival Award, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.