The Sanremo Music Festival 1962 (), officially the 12th Italian Song Festival (), was the 12th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 8 and 18 February 1962, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by , assisted by actresses Laura Efrikian and . Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.
According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups. The winners of the Festival were Domenico Modugno and Claudio Villa with the song "Addio, addio". Villa went on to perform the song for at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962.
Participants and results
+ Participants and results Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Domenico Modugno Claudio Villa 1 "" Sergio Bruni Milva 2 "" Sergio Bruni Ernesto Bonino 3 "" Tony Renis Emilio Pericoli 4 "" Milva Miriam Del Mare 5 "" Gino Bramieri Aurelio Fierro 6 "" Arturo Testa Jolanda Rossin 7 "" Joe Sentieri Aurelio Fierro 8 "" Tonina Torrielli Nelly Fioramonti 9 "" Johnny Dorelli Betty Curtis 10 "" Flo Sandon's Mario D'Alba 11 "" Nunzio Gallo Rocco Montana 12 "" Arturo Testa Jolanda Rossin "" Silvia Guidi Jenny Luna "" Fausto Cigliano Jenny Luna "" Rossana Gian Costello "" Wanda Romanelli Nelly Fioramonti "" Wilma De Angelis Tanya "" Luciano Tajoli Betty Curtis "" Gesy Sebena Giacomo Rondinella "" Gene Colonnello Gloria Christian "" Corrado Lojacono Luciano Tajoli "" Johnny Dorelli Gloria Christian "" Nunzio Gallo Bruna Lelli "" Wilma De Angelis Lucia Altieri "" Pierfilippi Cocky Mazzetti "" Gino Bramieri Rocco Torrebruno "" Flo Sandon's Edda Montanari "" Aura D'Angelo Claudio Villa "" Cocky Mazzetti Joe Sentieri "" Mario Abbate Fausto Cigliano "" Narciso Parigi Giorgio Consolini
Broadcasts Local broadcast The final was broadcast on television in Italy to an estimated 13.2 million viewers.
International broadcasts Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1962 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Radio Monte Carlo WPIX
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