# Sanremo Music Festival 1994

The Sanremo Music Festival 1994 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1994), officially the 44th Italian Song Festival (44º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 44th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1994 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, who also served as the artistic director, with singer Anna Oxa (who had won the festival in 1989) and model Cannelle. Antonella Clerici hosted the segments with the juries.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Aleandro Baldi with the ballad "Passerà", while Giorgio Faletti ranked second and won the Critics Award with "Signor tenente", an anti-mafia rap song inspired by massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio. Andrea Bocelli won the Newcomers section with the song "Il mare calmo della sera".
After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Mara Venier and Pippo Baudo with Renato Zero and Roberto D'Agostino.

## Participants and results
### Big Artists

Big Artists section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Passerà" – Aleandro Baldi (Aleandro Baldi, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani) | 1 | Winner of the "Big Artists" section |
| "Signor tenente" – Giorgio Faletti (Giorgio Faletti) | 2 | Mia Martini Critics Award |
| "Strani amori" – Laura Pausini (Angelo Valsiglio, Roberto Buti, Cheope, Marco Marati, Francesco Tanini) | 3 | |
| "Non è un film" – Gerardina Trovato (Angelo Anastasio, Celso Valli, Gerardina Trovato) | 4 | |
| "Cinque giorni" – Michele Zarrillo (Vincenzo Incenzo, Michele Zarrillo) | 5 | |
| "I soliti accordi" – Enzo Jannacci & Paolo Rossi (Enzo Jannacci, Paolo Rossi, Paolo Jannacci) | 6 | |
| "Maledette malelingue" - Ivan Graziani (Ivan Graziani) | 7 | |
| "Amare amare" - Andrea Mingardi (Andrea Mingardi, Maurizio Tirelli) | 8 | |
| "Esser duri" - Marco Armani (Marco Armenise, Luca Carboni) | 9 | |
| "Di notte specialmente" - Donatella Rettore (Cheope, Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego) | 10 | |
| "Terra mia" - Mariella Nava (Mariella Nava) | 11 | |
| "La casa dell'imperatore" - Formula 3 (Tony Cicco, Mario Castelnuovo) | 12 | |
| "Amici non ne ho" - Loredana Bertè (Loredana Bertè, Philippe Leon) | 13 | |
| "Crescerai" - Alessandro Canino (Bruno Zucchetti, Giuseppe Dati, Stefano Busà) | 14 | |
| "Statento" - Francesco Salvi (Francesco Salvi, Vittorio Cosma) | 15 | |
| "Oppure no" – Alessandro Bono (Alessandro Bono) | 16 | |
| "Se mi ami…" - Claudia Mori (Toto Cutugno) | 17 | |
| "L'ascensore" - Carlo Marrale (Carlo Marrale, Cheope) | 18 | |
| "Una vecchia canzone italiana" - Squadra Italia (Stefano Jurgens, Marcello Marrocchi) | 19 | |
| "Napoli" - Franco Califano (Franco Califano, Alberto Laurenti, Antonio Gaudino) | 20 | |

### Newcomers

Newcomers section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Il mare calmo della sera" - Andrea Bocelli (Malise, Gian Pietro Felisatti, Gloria Nuti) | 1 | Winner of the Newcomers' section |
| "Ricordi del cuore" - Antonella Arancio (Claudio Allia, Ray Distefano) | 2 | |
| "Quelli come noi" - Danilo Amerio (Danilo Amerio) | 3 | |
| "Fuori" - Irene Grandi (Telonio, Irene Grandi) | 4 | |
| "Così vivrai" - Valeria Visconti (Ermanno Croce, Rossano Eleuteri) | 5 | |
| "Possiamo realizzare i nostri sogni" - Lighea (Stefano Jurgens, Tania Montelpare, Giulio Galgani) | 6 | |
| "E poi" - Giorgia (Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi) | 7 | |
| "Il mondo è qui" - Francesca Schiavo (Varo Venturi) | 8 | |
| "Il mondo dove va" - Silvia Cecchetti (Vincenzo Benedetto Scanu) | 9 | |
| "Senti uomo" - Giò Di Tonno (Giovanni Di Tonno, Alessandro Di Zio) | 10 | |
| "Cuore cuore" - Paola Angeli (Paola Angeli) | Eliminated | |
| "È solo un giorno nero" - Simona D'Alessio (Carmen Di Domenico, Claudio Pizzale) | Eliminated | |
| "I giardini d'Alhambra" - Baraonna (Fulvio Caporale, Vito Caporale) | Eliminated | Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section Fonopoli Award for Best Arrangement |
| "Io e il mio amico Neal" - Daniela Colace (Michele Ascolese, Daniela Colace) | Eliminated | |
| "Ma che sarei" - Franz Campi (Franz Campi) | Eliminated | |
| "Non spegnere i tuoi occhi" - Joe Barbieri (Joe Barbieri) | Eliminated | |
| "Propiziu ventu" - Paideja (Tina Nicoletta, Valeria Nicoletta) | Eliminated | |
| "Senza un dolore" - Daniele Fossati (Daniele Fossati) | Eliminated | |

## Guests

Guests :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Matt Bianco | "Our Love" |
| Take That | "Relight My Fire" |
| k.d. lang | "Constant Craving" |
| Incognito | "Givin' It Up" |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater & Amii Stewart | "Why" |
| Phil Collins | "Everyday" |
| Elton John & RuPaul | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" |

## Broadcasts
### Local broadcasts

All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.

### International broadcasts

The festival was also aired on Rai Internazionale Americas on delay via W13BF with the 1st and 2nd part of the final being broadcast. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1994 :
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
| United States | WNYC-TV | WNYC-TV | | |
| United States | WNYS-TV | WNYS-TV | | |