The Sanremo Music Festival 2004 (), officially the 54th Italian Song Festival (), was the 54th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 2 and 6 March 2004 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Simona Ventura, supported by Paola Cortellesi, Gene Gnocchi and Maurizio Crozza. Composer Tony Renis (who had won the festival in 1963) served as the artistic director.
For the first time since 1984, this edition did not feature a division of the singers in two sections (Big Artists and Newcomers), but a single competition, which was won by Marco Masini with the song "L'uomo volante". Mario Venuti won the Critics Award with the song "Crudele". As was the case in 1975, due to disagreements between artistic director Tony Renis and major record companies, these boycotted the festival and did not enter their artists in the competition.
In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Dustin Hoffman, Cirque du Soleil, Stefania Sandrelli, Rupert Everett, Raoul Bova, Roberto Bolle.
After every night, Bruno Vespa and Alba Parietti hosted a special edition of the talk show Porta a Porta with the participation of singers and journalists.
Participants and results
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Marco Masini 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Mario Rosini 2 Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Linda 3 "" Paolo Meneguzzi 4 "" Bungaro 5 Volare Award for Best Music "" Massimo Modugno ft. Gipsy Kings 6 "" Stefano Picchi Stefano Picchi7 "" Morris Albert & Mietta 8 "" Neffa Giovanni Pellino9 "" Mario Venuti 10 Mia Martini Critics Award "" DJ Francesco 11 "" Simone Simone Tomassini12 "" DB Boulevard ft. Bill Wyman 13 Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Andrea Mingardi & The Blues Brothers Band 14 "" Omar Pedrini Omar Pedrini15 Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Daniele Groff 16 "" Adriano Pappalardo 17 "" Veruska 18 "" Andrè 19 "" Danny Losito ft. Las Ketchup 20 "" Pacifico Pacifico21 Volare Award for Best Music "" Piotta 22
Musical guests + Guests Artist(s) Song(s) The Black Eyed Peas"Where Is the Love?""Shut Up" Aventura"Obsesion" Haiducii"Dragostea din tei" Natalie Cole"Non dimenticar""Unforgettable" Lionel Richie"Just For You" Dolores O'Riordan"Ave Maria" Adriano Celentano"Rip It Up"
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