| Sanremo Music Festival 1990 | |
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| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Semi-final 3 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Palafiori Sanremo, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Artistic director | Adriano Aragozzini |
| Presenters | Johnny Dorelli andGabriella Carlucci |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Winner | Pooh "Uomini soli" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Winner | Marco Masini "Disperato" |
| 1989 ← Sanremo Music Festival →1991 | |
TheSanremo Music Festival 1990 (Italian:Festival di Sanremo 1990), officially the40th Italian Song Festival (40º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 40th annualSanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Palafiori inSanremo between 28 February and 3 March 1990 and broadcast byRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented byJohnny Dorelli andGabriella Carlucci (the former having won the festival in1958 and1959). Adriano Aragozzini served as artistic director.[1] The venue was a provisional structure built in the area of the Sanremo flower market, since theTeatro Ariston, serving as the venue for the event since1977, was undergoing renovation works.[2]
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.[1] The winner of the Big Artists section was the bandPooh with the song "Uomini soli", whileMia Martini won the critics award with the song "La nevicata del '56".Marco Masini won the Newcomers section with the song "Disperato".[1]
| Big Artists section[1] | |||
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| 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 |
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| "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 |
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| "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 section[1] | ||
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| Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s) | Rank | Notes |
| "Disperato" -Marco Masini (Marco Masini,Giancarlo Bigazzi, Giuseppe Dati) | 1 |
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| "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[1] | |
|---|---|
| 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" |
All shows were broadcast onItalian Television beginning at 22:00CET (21:00UTC).
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chile | UCV TV[a] | [3] | ||
| Canal 8[b] | [4] | |||
 Germany | 3sat[c] | [5] | ||
