# Sanremo Music Festival 1998

The Sanremo Music Festival 1998 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1998), officially the 48th Italian Song Festival (48º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 48th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1998 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Raimondo Vianello, supported by Eva Herzigová 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; Annalisa Minetti 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 Michael Nyman, singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, writer Vincenzo Cerami, record producer Celso Valli and vice-president of Rome-Europe Foundation Monique Vaute.
After every night, Piero Chiambretti and Nino D'Angelo hosted DopoFestival, a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists.

## Participants and results
### Big Artists

Big Artists section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Senza te o con te" - Annalisa Minetti (Massimo Luca, Paola Palma) | 1 | Winner of the "Big Artists" section |
| "Amore lontanissimo" - Antonella Ruggiero (Antonella Ruggiero, Roberto Colombo) | 2 | |
| "Sempre" - Lisa (Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio) | 3 | |
| "Solo come me" - Paola Turci (Paola Turci, Roberto Casini) | 4 | |
| "Pathos" - Silvia Salemi (Giampiero Artegiani, Silvia Salemi) | 5 | |
| "Luce" - Mango featuring Zenîma (Alberto Salerno, Armando Mango, Pino Mango) | 6 | FIMI Award for Best Song |
| "Un po' di te" - Luca Sepe (Fausto Leali, Enzo Malepasso, Luca Sepe, Michele Schembri) | 7 | |
| "Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma" - Niccolò Fabi (Cecilia Dazzi, Daniele Sinigallia, Niccolò Fabi, Riccardo Sinigallia) | 8 | |
| "Un porto nel vento" - Ron (Rosalino Cellamare, Fabio Coppini, Gabriel Zagni) | 9 | |
| "Canto per te" - Andrea Mingardi (Andrea Mingardi, Maurizio Tirelli) | 10 | |
| "Sei tu o lei (Quello che voglio)" - Alex Baroni (Alex Baroni, Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Marco D'Angelo, Marco Rinalduzzi) | 11 | |
| "E che mai sarà" - Spagna (Ivana Spagna, Giorgio Spagna) | 12 | |
| "Dormi e sogna" - Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel (Peppe Servillo, Mimì Ciaramella, Peppe D'Argenzio, Fausto Mesolella, Ferruccio Spinetti, Mario Tronco) | 13 | Mia Martini Critics Award Volare Award for Best Music Volare Award for Best Arrangement |
| "Flamingo" - Sergio Caputo (Sergio Caputo) | 14 | |
| "Sotto il velo del cielo" - Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare (Carlo Faiello, Corrado Sfogli) | 15 | |
| "Per te" - Paola e Chiara (Chiara Iezzi, Paola Iezzi) | 16 | |
| "Quando un musicista ride" - Enzo Jannacci (Enzo Jannacci) | 17 | Volare Award for Best Lyrics |

### Newcomers

Newcomers section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Notes |
| "Senza te o con te" - Annalisa Minetti (Massimo Luca, Paola Palma) | Winner of the Newcomers' section - Admitted to the "Big Artists" competition |
| "Sempre" - Lisa (Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio) | 1st Runner up - Admitted to the "Big Artists" competition |
| "Un po' di te" - Luca Sepe (Fausto Leali, Enzo Malepasso, Luca Sepe, Michele Schembri) | 2nd Runner up - Admitted to the "Big Artists" competition |
| "Ascoltami" - Paola Folli (Francesco Rapaccioli) | |
| "Come il sole" - Percentonetto (Fabio Frombolini, Andrea Amati, Paolo Amati) | |
| "Compagna segreta" - Costa (Marco Costantini) | |
| "Con il naso in su" - Taglia 42 (Saverio Grandi) | |
| "Dimmi dov'è la strada per il paradiso" - Alessandro Pitoni (Alessandro Pitoni, Giancarlo Capo) | |
| "I ragazzi innamorati" - Nitti e Agnello (Fabrizio Nitti, Paolo Agnello) | |
| "Il soffio" - Luciferme (Francesco Pisaneschi, Giacomo Guatteri) | |
| "Quante volte sei" - Serena C (Alex Baroni, Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi, Marco D'Angelo, Stefano Conenna) | |
| "Senza confini" - Eramo & Passavanti (Bungaro, Pino Romanelli) | Mia Martini Critics Award Newcomers Section Best Vocal Performance Award |
| "Siamo noi" - Federico Stragà (Daniele Fossati) | |
| "Un graffio in più" - Liliana Tamberi (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani, Liliana Tamberi) | |

## Guests

Guests :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Madonna | "Frozen" |
| Robbie Robertson | "Unbound" |
| All Saints | "Never Ever" |
| Michael Bolton | "Nessun dorma" |
| Shola Ama | "You're the One I Love" |
| Backstreet Boys | "As Long as You Love Me" "All I Have to Give" |
| Álvaro Scaramelli | "Soy tal qual soy" |
| Ricky Martin | "La Copa De La Vida" |
| Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | "Most High" |
| Celine Dion | "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" |
| Aqua | "Doctor Jones" |
| Bryan Adams | "Back to You" |
| José Feliciano | "Che sarà" "El Americano" |