Sanremo Music Festival 2010
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| Dates | 16 February 2010 (1st night) 17 February 2010 (2nd night) 18 February 2010 (3rd night) 19 February 2010 (4th night) 20 February 2010 (5th night) |
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| Presenter(s) | Antonella Clerici |
| Artistic director(s) | Gianmarco Mazzi |
| Orchestra leader | Marco Sabiu |
| Broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston |
| Big Artists section | |
| Entries | 15 acts (15 songs) |
| Voting system | Mixed (Televotes, jury and orchestra votes) |
| Winner |
Valerio Scanu "Per tutte le volte che..." |
| Critic's prize |
Malika Ayane "Ricomincio da qui" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Entries | 10 acts (10 songs) |
| Voting system | Mixed (Televotes, orchestra votes) |
| Winner | Tony Maiello "Il linguaggio della resa" |
| Critic's prize |
Nina Zilli "L'uomo che amava le donne" |
| Sanremo Music Festival chronology | |
| ◄ 2010 ► | |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2010 was the 60th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, during the five nights between 16 February 2010 and 20 February 2010. The show was broadcast by Rai 1 and presented by Antonella Clerici. Its artistic director was Gianmarco Mazzi.
As in most of the previous years, the competition was divided in two sections. The "Big Artists Section", including 15 established Italian artists, was won by Valerio Scanu with the song "Per tutte le volte che...", while the "Newcomers Section" was won by Tony Maiello, performing "Il linguaggio della resa".
For the first time, the rules of the festival were modified so that songs with lyrics in an Italian dialect or written by non-Italian writers were allowed to compete in the festival. Moreover, the songs performed by the artists competing in the newcomers' section were allowed to be released before the festival's first night.
On 2 September 2009, Antonella Clerici was officially announced as the presenter of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010, while Gianmarco Mazzi was confirmed as the artistic and musical director of the show. Rumours about Clerici's involvement in the show started in June 2009. It was the second Sanremo Music Festival presented by Antonella Clerici, after 2005's edition, presented alongside Paolo Bonolis.
The authors of the show were Ivano Balduini, Matteo Catalano, Massimo Cotto, Simona Ercolani, Cesare Lanza, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Luca Parenti and Francesco Valitutti. The Sanremo Festival Orchestra was conducted by Marco Sabiu, while Daniel Ezralow was for the first time the choreographer of the show.
For the seventeenth time, the scenography was created by Gaetano Castelli.
The artists competing in the newcomers section were chosen through the contests SanremoLab and Sanremo New Generation. The selection for the contest SanremoLab, organized by the Comune di Sanremo, took place between October and December 2009. 312 artists participated in the selections, and the 8 finalists of the contest—Divario, Davide Fasulo, Giops, Maya, Erika Mineo, Jacopo Ratini, Romeus and Donato Santoianni—were chosen on 12 December 2009 by a jury presided by music journalist Paolo Giordano and including Francesco Mandelli, Bruno Santori, Nicoletta Deponti, Luigi Grasso, Federica Gentile and Elena Di Cioccio. A few hours later, Jacopo Ratini and Romeus, performing "Su questa panchina" and "Come l'autunno" respectively, were chosen by the SanremoAcademy jury and announced as the two winners of the contest, becoming the first two confirmed artists competing in the newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012.
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