The Sanremo Music Festival 1995 (), officially the 45th Italian Song Festival (), was the 45th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1995 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, who also served as the artistic director, with actresses Anna Falchi and Claudia Koll.
The winner of the Big Artists section was Giorgia with the song "Come saprei", which also won the Critics Award. The a cappella group Neri per Caso won the Newcomers section with the song "Le ragazze".
On the opening night, shortly after the beginning of the show, a man, Pino Pagano, sat on the edge of the gallery of the theater and showed the intention to commit suicide jumping below, shouting "Pippo, io mi butto" (Italian for "Pippo, I'm jumping"): he was eventually stopped by Baudo himself amid the applause of the audience.
After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Serena Dandini with Luciano De Crescenzo, Fabio Fazio, Gianni Ippoliti and Pippo Baudo.
Participants and results Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Giorgia 1 /Mia Martini Critics Award /Radio/TV Prize "" Gianni Morandi & Barbara Cola 2 "" Spagna 3 "" Andrea Bocelli 4 "" Fiorello 5 "" Danilo Amerio Danilo Amerio 6 "" Lighea 7 "" 883 8 "" Antonella Arancio 9 "" Lorella Cuccarini 10 "" Mango 11 / Fonopoli for Best Arrangement Award "" Giorgio Faletti Giorgio Faletti12 "" Peppino di Capri, Gigi Proietti & Stefano Palatresi Claudio Mattone 13 "" Gigliola Cinquetti Giorgio Faletti 14 "" Massimo Ranieri 15 "" Drupi 16 "" Toto Cutugno Toto Cutugno 17 "" Sabina Guzzanti & La Riserva Indiana David Riondino 18 "" Loredana Bertè 19 "" Patty Pravo 20 "" Francesca Schiavo "" Valeria Visconti Carlo Marrale "" Giò Di Tonno
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Neri per Caso Claudio Mattone 1 "" Massimo Di Cataldo 2 "" Gigi Finizio 3 "" Rossella Marcone Maurizio Morante 4 "" Dhamm 5 "" Gianluca Grignani Gianluca Grignani 6 "" Raffaella Cavalli 7 "" Fedele Boccassini Fedele Boccassini 8 "" Mara 9 "" Daniele Silvestri Daniele Silvestri 10 "" Prefisso "" Rock Galileo Saverio Lanza "" Gloria /Mia Martini Critics Award "" Deco Marco Bruni "" Flavia Astolfi Mariella Nava "" Fabrizio Consoli
Guests Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Juan Luis Guerra"La cosquillita" Ray Charles"Angelina" Youssou N'Dour"Undecided" Take That"Sure" Madonna & Babyface"Take a Bow" Khaled"Didi" Cyndi Lauper"Hey Now" Gilbert Bécaud, Amii Stewart & Randy Crawford"September Morn" / "September matin" Noa"Child Of Man" Annie Lennox"No More I Love You's" Chris Isaak"Wicked Game" Robbie Robertson"Ghost Dance" Duran Duran"White Lines" Loreena McKennitt"The Bonny Swans" Sting"The Cowboy Song"
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