Sanremo Music Festival 2014
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| Dates | 18 February 2014 (1st night) 19 February 2014 (2nd night) 20 February 2014 (3rd night) 21 February 2014 (4th night) 22 February 2014 (5th night) |
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| Presenter(s) | Fabio Fazio, Luciana Littizzetto |
| Artistic director(s) | Fabio Fazio |
| Orchestra leader | Mauro Pagani |
| Broadcaster | Rai 1, Rai Radio 2 |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston |
| Big Artists section | |
| Entries | 14 acts (28 songs) |
| Voting system | Televotes, music journalists, jury |
| Winner |
Arisa "Controvento" |
| Critic's prize |
Cristiano De André "Invisibili" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Entries | 8 acts (8 songs) |
| Voting system | Televotes, music journalists, jury |
| Winner |
Rocco Hunt "Nu juorno buono" |
| Critic's prize | Zibba "Senza di te" |
| Sanremo Music Festival chronology | |
| ◄ 2014 ► | |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2014 (64° Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2014) was the 64th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a televised song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, between 18 and 22 February 2014 and broadcast by Rai 1. Fabio Fazio and Italian comedy actress Luciana Littizzetto presented the show, which was based on the same rules adopted for the previous contest. Competing artists were split in two different sections—Big Artists and Newcomers. The Big Artists section included 14 established Italian artists. During the first and the second night of the show, each act performed two songs, and only one song per act was allowed to continue the competition, as a result of votes received by public and journalists. After the third night, Riccardo Sinigallia's entry, "Prima di andare via", was disqualified for being performed during a concert preceding the competition. During the final night, Arisa's "Controvento" was announced as the winning song for the Big Artists section of the contest. The Newcomers' section featured eight songs performed by debuting or little known artists. The winning entry, Rocco Hunt's "Nu juorno buono", was announced during the semi-final of the contest.
For the first time since Italy returned to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011, the Sanremo Music Festival was not used as a selection for the Italian entry at the European contest.
The show featured guests including Luciano Ligabue, Cat Stevens, Damien Rice, Paolo Nutini, Stromae, Gino Paoli, Raffaella Carrà, Laetitia Casta and Rufus Wainwright. Despite of this, it received significantly lower ratings than the previous edition, with the final receiving the lowest share percentage since the introduction of Auditel measurements in 1989.
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