Sanremo Music Festival 2016
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| Dates | 9 February 2016 (1st night) 10 February 2016 (2nd night) 11 February 2016 (3rd night) 12 February 2016 (4th night) 13 February 2016 (5th night) |
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| Presenter(s) | |
| Artistic director(s) | Carlo Conti |
| Broadcaster | RAI |
| Venue |
Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Big Artists section | |
| Entries | 20 acts (20 songs) |
| Winner |
Stadio "Un giorno mi dirai" |
| Critic's prize |
Patty Pravo "Cieli immensi" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Entries | 8 acts (8 songs) |
| Winner |
Francesco Gabbani "Amen" |
| Critic's prize | Francesco Gabbani "Amen" |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Selection process | Selection by RAI after winner of the Big Artists section declined to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
| Selected artist | Francesca Michielin |
| Sanremo Music Festival chronology | |
| ◄ 2016 ► | |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2016 (66° Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2016) was the 66th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy between 9 and 13 February 2016 and organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Carlo Conti, who also served as the artistic director for the competition. Conti hosted the show together with Virginia Raffaele, Mădălina Diana Ghenea and Gabriel Garko.
The Campioni or Big Artists section included 20 established Italian artists, competing with a song each, while 8 artists and songs competed in the Nuove Proposte or Newcomers' section. The final for the Newcomers' section took place on 12 February 2016 where "Amen" performed by Francesco Gabbani was selected as the winner. The final for the Big Artists section took place on 13 February 2016 where "Un giorno mi dirai" performed by Stadio was selected as the winner.
The winner of the Big Artists section also won the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. RAI confirmed after the competition that Stadio decided not to participate in the contest. Runner-up Francesca Michielin was selected by RAI as Italy's Eurovision entrant.
The 2016 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, organised by the Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The artistic director for the competition was Carlo Conti, who was appointed to the position for a second consecutive year. The competition took place over five evenings between 9–13 February 2016. The selected artists competed during the festival under two different sections: Campioni/Big Artists and Nuove Proposte/Newcomers' . Twenty songs competed in the Big Artists section and eight songs competed in the Newcomers' section; both competitive sections ran concurrently with each other over the five evenings. All songs in the competition were required to be new compositions performed in the Italian language with some exceptions for words and phrases in other dialects/languages. The songs were performed in the competition live and accompanied by an orchestra.
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