# Sanremo Music Festival 2007

The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2007), officially the 57th Italian Song Festival (57º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 57th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007 and broadcast by Rai 1. The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker.
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa", while the Newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro with "Pensa".

## Shows
### First night
#### Big Artists and Newcomers section

Key:
    – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
    – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.

#### Guests and other performances

* At the beginning of the show, co-presenter Michelle Hunziker covered "Adesso tu". The song, originally performed by her ex-husband Eros Ramazzotti, won the contest in 1986.
* Italian comedian Antonio Cornacchione performed a piece of political satire.
* Hunziker performed a song from her musical theatre stage work Tutti insieme appassionatamente, an Italian adaptation of the film The Sound of Music.
* American pop group Scissor Sisters performed the hit "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'".
* American singer-songwriter Norah Jones sang and played piano on her single "Thinking About You".

### Second night
#### Big Artists and Newcomers section

Key:
    – Contestant competing in the "Big Artists" section.
    – Contestant competing in the "Newcomer Artists" section.

#### Guests and other performances

* At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.
* Italian comedy duo Ficarra e Picone performed a piece in memory of Pino Puglisi, a priest who was killed by Sicilian Mafia after challenging the criminal syndicate itself.
* British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine". The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1996, a few days before splitting.
* American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room", which was performed for the first time during a TV program. Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People".

### Third night
#### Guests and other performances

* Spanish singer and actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz sang his single "Dirás que estoy loco", with a choreography performed by six dancers.
* Italian comedian Max Tortora impersonated Franco Califano, performing a satirical piece.

### Fourth night

The running order of the contestants was decided by a drawing at the beginning of the night.

#### Guests and other performances

* Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.
* Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.
* Gigi D'Alessio performed a cover of Lucio Battisti's "Il nastro rosa". He also played piano while Lara Fabian sang Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio". Finally, D'Alessio and Fabian duetted, performing Battisti's "Un cuore malato".
* Elisa performed her singles "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which won the contest in 2001, and "Eppure sentire", as well as a cover of Mia Martini's "Almeno tu nell'universo".
* Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo, performing a medley of "Ciao amore", "Ritornerai" and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".
* Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io, inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
* Tiziano Ferro performed his songs "Ed ero contentissimo", "Ti scatterò una foto", "Sere nere" and "Non me lo so spiegare".
* Italian actor Neri Marcorè impersonated Luciano Ligabue, performing "L'IVA", a satirical cover of his song "Viva".
* Armando Trovajoli also appeared, receiving an award given by the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers.

### Fifth night
#### Guests and other performances

* Italian television presenter Mike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker. Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.
* British singer Joss Stone performed her single "Tell Me 'bout It" and tributed Aretha Franklin covering "Respect".
* Mika also appeared during the final night, singing his hit "Grace Kelly".
* Italian TV presenter and actor was another guest of the show, performing some short comedy scenes with Pippo Baudo.

## Other awards
### Critics Award "Mia Martini"
#### Big Artists section

Points received by the "Big Artists" for the Critics Award :
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
| Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | 62 | Winner |
| Nada | "Luna in piena" | 11 | 2nd place |
| Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | 10 | 3rd place |
| Albano | "Nel perdono" | 5 | 4th place |
| Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | 4 | 5th place |
| Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | 3 | 6th place |
| Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | 3 | 6th place |
| Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | 3 | 6th place |
| Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | 2 | 9th place |
| Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" | 1 | 10th place |
| Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | 1 | 10th place |
| Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | 1 | 10th place |
| Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | 1 | 10th place |
| Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | 0 | 14th place |
| Amalia Gré | "Amami per sempre" | 0 | 14th place |
| Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | 0 | 14th place |
| Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | 0 | 14th place |
| Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | 0 | 14th place |
| Stadio | "Guardami" | 0 | 14th place |
| Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" | 0 | 14th place |

#### Newcomers section

Points received by the "Newcomer Artists" for the Critics Award :
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
| Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | 68 | Winner |
| Khorakhanè | "La ballata di Gino" | 6 | 2nd place |
| Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" | 6 | 2nd place |
| Romina Falconi | "Ama" | 4 | 4th place |
| Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" | 4 | 4th place |
| FSC | "Non piangere" | 3 | 6th place |
| Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" | 3 | 6th place |
| Stefano Centomo | "Bivio" | 3 | 6th place |
| Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" | 2 | 9th place |
| Mariangela | "Ninna nanna" | 2 | 9th place |
| Patrizio Baù | "Peccati di gola" | 1 | 11th place |
| Grandi Animali Marini | "Napoleone azzurro" | 1 | 11th place |
| Jasmine | "La vita subito" | 1 | 11th place |
| Pier Cortese | "Non ho tempo" | 0 | 14th place |

### Press, Radio & TV Award
#### Big Artists section

Points received by the "Big Artists" for the Press, Radio & TV Award :
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
| Simone Cristicchi | "Ti regalerò una rosa" | 20 | Winner |
| Daniele Silvestri | "La paranza" | 9 | 2nd place |
| Mango | "Chissà se nevica" | 5 | 3rd place |
| Milva | "The Show Must Go On" | 5 | 3rd place |
| Zero Assoluto | "Appena prima di partire" | 5 | 3rd place |
| Piero Mazzocchetti | "Schiavo d'amore" | 4 | 6th place |
| Albano | "Nel perdono" | 3 | 7th place |
| Stadio | "Guardami" | 3 | 7th place |
| Tosca | "Il terzo fuochista" | 2 | 9th place |
| Paolo Rossi | "In Italia si sta male" | 2 | 9th place |
| Antonella Ruggiero | "Canzone fra le guerre" | 2 | 9th place |
| Amalia Grè | "Amami per sempre" | 1 | 12th place |
| Paolo Meneguzzi | "Musica" | 1 | 12th place |
| Johnny Dorelli | "Meglio così" | 1 | 12th place |
| Leda Battisti | "Senza me ti pentirai" | 1 | 12th place |
| Francesco Facchinetti & Roby Facchinetti | "Vivere normale" | 1 | 12th place |
| Velvet | "Tutto da rifare" | 1 | 12th place |
| Nada | "Luna in piena" | 0 | 18th place |
| Marcella Bella & Gianni Bella | "Forever (Per sempre)" | 0 | 18th place |
| Fabio Concato | "Oltre il giardino" | 0 | 18th place |

#### Newcomers section

Points received by the "Newcomer Artists" for the Press, Radio & TV Award :
| Artist | Song | Points | Result |
| Fabrizio Moro | "Pensa" | 28 | Winner |
| Pquadro | "Malinconiche sere" | 13 | 2nd place |
| Stefano Centomo | "Bivio" | 7 | 3rd place |
| Jasmine | "La vita subito" | 4 | 4th place |
| Sara Galimberti | "Amore ritrovato" | 4 | 4th place |
| Romina Falconi | "Ama" | 3 | 6th place |
| Marco Baroni | "L'immagine che ho di te" | 2 | 7th place |
| Khorakhanè | "La ballata di Gino" | 2 | 7th place |
| Grandi Animali Marini | "Napoleone azzurro" | 1 | 9th place |
| Elsa Lila | "Il senso della vita" | 1 | 9th place |
| Pier Cortese | "Non ho tempo" | 0 | 11th place |
| Patrizio Baù | "Peccati di gola" | 0 | 11th place |
| FSC | "Non piangere" | 0 | 11th place |
| Mariangela | "Ninna nanna" | 0 | 11th place |

## Ratings

| Episode | Date | Viewers | Share |
| Night 1 | 27 February 2007 | 9,760,000 | 44.82% |
| Night 2 | 28 February 2007 | 8,896,000 | 46.37% |
| Night 3 | 1 March 2007 | 8,945,000 | 42.88% |
| Night 4 | 2 March 2007 | 8,304,000 | 45.86% |
| Night 5 | 3 March 2007 | 10,580,000 | 54.27% |