# Sanremo Music Festival 1990

The Sanremo Music Festival 1990 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1990), officially the 40th Italian Song Festival (40º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 40th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Palafiori in Sanremo between 28 February and 3 March 1990 and broadcast on Rai 1. The show was presented by Johnny Dorelli and Gabriella Carlucci (the former having won the festival in 1958 and 1959). Adriano Aragozzini served as artistic director. The venue was a provisional structure built in the area of the Sanremo flower market, since the Teatro Ariston, serving as the venue for the event since 1977, was undergoing renovation works.
According to the rules of this edition, each song of the Big Artists section was presented in a double performance by a non-Italian singer or group, and adapted in their foreign language. The winner of the Big Artists section was the band Pooh with the song "Uomini soli", while Mia Martini won the critics award with the song "La nevicata del '56". Marco Masini won the Newcomers section with the song "Disperato".

## Participants and results
### Big Artists

Big Artists section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Foreign version | Rank | Notes |
| "Uomini soli" - Pooh (Valerio Negrini, Roby Facchinetti) | "Angel of the Night" - Dee Dee Bridgewater | 1 | Winner of the "Big Artists" section |
| "Gli amori" - Toto Cutugno (Fabrizio Berlincioni, Toto Cutugno, Depsa) | "Good Love Gone Bad" - Ray Charles | 2 | |
| "Vattene amore" - Amedeo Minghi & Mietta (Amedeo Minghi, Pasquale Panella, Augusto Martelli) | "All for the Love" - Nikka Costa | 3 | |
| "Donna con te" - Anna Oxa (Danilo Amerio, Luciano Boero) | "Donna con te" - Kaoma | Finalist | |
| "Verso l'ignoto" - Marcella & Gianni Bella (Daniele Di Gregorio, Gianni Bella, Rosario Di Bella) | "You and Me" - La Toya Jackson | Finalist | |
| "La nevicata del '56" - Mia Martini (Carla Vistarini, Franco Califano, Massimo Cantini, Luigi Lopez) | "La nevada" - Manuel Mijares | Finalist | Critics Award |
| "Ringrazio Dio" - Paola Turci (Alfredo Rizzo, Rambow, R. Silvestro) | "Nas asas de um violao" - Toquinho | Finalist | |
| "Sono felice" - Milva (Rosalino Cellamare) | "Deep Joy" - Sandie Shaw | Finalist | |
| "Io e mio padre" - Grazia Di Michele (Grazia Di Michele) | "Me and My Father" - Nicolette Larson | Finalist | |
| "Amori" - Lena Biolcati (Lena Biolcati, Robymiro) | "Elle avait" - Gilbert Montagné | Finalist | |
| "Bisognerebbe non pensare che a te" - Caterina Caselli (Guido Morra, Maurizio Fabrizio) | "Give me a Reason" - Miriam Makeba | Finalist | |
| "Tu... sì" - Mango (Armando Mango, Giuseppe Mango) | "The Moth and the Flame" - Leo Sayer | Finalist | |
| "Ma quale amore" - Riccardo Fogli (Andrea De Angelis, Laurex, Luigi Lopez) | "Speak to Me of Love" - Sarah Jane Morris | Finalist | |
| "Evviva Maria" - Peppino di Capri (Peppino di Capri, Depsa) | "Nobody Does the Lambada Like My Mother and My Father" - Kid Creole & The Coconuts | Finalist | |
| "Vorrei" - Mino Reitano (Cristiano Malgioglio, Patrizia Vernola, Franco Reitano, Mino Reitano) | "Quisiera" - Valeria Lynch | Finalist | |
| "Io vorrei" - Sandro Giacobbe (Toto Cutugno, Sandro Giacobbe) | "Last Two to Dance" - America | Finalist | |
| "Amore" - Christian (Fabrizio Berlincioni, Christian, Silvio Amato, Franco Morgia) | "Amore" - Eddie Kendricks | Finalist | |
| "A" - Francesco Salvi (Francesco Salvi, Mario Natale, Roberto Turatti, Silvio Melloni, Francesco Salvi) | "A" - Papa Winnie | Finalist | |
| "Buona giornata" - Ricchi e Poveri (Depsa, Mauro Paoluzzi, Vittorio Cosma) | "Boa jornada" - Jorge Ben | Finalist | |
| "Novecento aufwiedersehen" - Eugenio Bennato & Tony Esposito (Eugenio Bennato, Tony Esposito, Carlo D'Angiò) | "Novecento aufwiedersehen" - Moncada | Finalist | |

### Newcomers

Newcomers section :
| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Disperato" - Marco Masini (Marco Masini, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Giuseppe Dati) | 1 | Winner of the Newcomers' section Winner of the Critics Award - Newcomers' section |
| "Vieni a stare qui" - Franco Fasano (Fabrizio Berlincioni, Adelio Cogliati, Italo Ianne, Franco Fasano) | 2 | |
| "Secondo te" - Gianluca Guidi (Giorgio Calabrese, Augusto Martelli) | 3 | |
| "La lambada strofinera" - Armando De Razza (Renzo Arbore, Armando De Razza) | Finalist | |
| "L'età dell'oro" - Rosalinda Celentano (Maurizio Fabrizio, Antonella Maggio) | Finalist | |
| "Noi che non diciamo mai mai" - Dario Gai (Dario Gai) | Finalist | |
| "Sarai grande" - Silvia Mezzanotte (Alberto Alessi, L. Pirrone, Alberto Alessi) | Finalist | |
| "'Ti dirò" - Future (R. Bolognesi, Armando Gentile, Romano Bais, Davide Spurio) | Finalist | |
| "Una storia da raccontare" - Beppe De Francia & Bea Giannini (Eliop, Politanò) | Finalist | |
| "Un cielo che si muove" - Lijao (Adelio Cogliati, Livio Visentin, Piero Cassano) | Finalist | |
| "Che donne saremo" - Lipstick (Valerio Negrini, Mario Tansini) | Eliminated | |
| "Favolando" - Rosè Crisci (Enzo Gragnaniello) | Eliminated | |
| "Malinconia d’ottobre" - Élite (Oscar Avogadro, Gian Paolo Compagnoni, M. Bettalico) | Eliminated | |
| "Oh dolce amor!" - Proxima (Stefania Martinelli, Andrea Majocchi) | Eliminated | |
| "Per curiosità" - Maurizio Della Rosa (Maurizio Nazzaro, Marco Luberti) | Eliminated | |
| "Sbandamenti" - Sergio Laccone (Sergio Laccone) | Eliminated | |

## Guests

Guests :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Liza Minnelli | "Love Pains" "Losing My Mind" |
| Rod Stewart | "Downtown Train" |
| Tina Turner | "The Best" "Steamy Windows" |
| Renato Pozzetto | "Ho visto un re" |
| Depeche Mode | "Enjoy the Silence" |
| The Mission | "Butterfly on a Wheel" |

## Broadcasts
### Local broadcast

All shows were broadcast on Italian Television beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).

### International 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 1990 :
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
| Germany | 3sat | 3sat | | |