The Sanremo Music Festival 2005 (), officially the 55th Italian Song Festival (), was the 55th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 1 and 5 March 2005 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Paolo Bonolis, supported by Antonella Clerici and Federica Felini. Bonolis and Gianmarco Mazzi served as the artistic directors.
According to the rules of this edition, the participants were divided into five categories (Men, Women, Groups, Classic and Newcomers), with only three entries for each category advancing to the finals and with the winners of each category eventually competing for the first place. The winner of the main competition was Francesco Renga with the song "Angelo", while Nicola Arigliano won the Critics Award with the song "Colpevole". Laura Bono won the Newcomers section with "Non credo nei miracoli".
In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Will Smith, Hugh Grant, Mike Tyson, Christian De Sica.
Participants and results
Men +Men's section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Francesco Renga 1 Winner of the main competition Winner of the "Men" section "" Gigi D'Alessio 2 "" Marco Masini 3 "" Paolo Meneguzzi "" Umberto Tozzi
Women +Women's section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Antonella Ruggiero 1 Winner of the "Women" section "" Alexia 2 "" Anna Tatangelo 3 "" Marina Rei "" Paola e Chiara
Groups +Groups section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Nicky Nicolai & Stefano Di Battista Jazz Quartet 1 Winner of the "Groups" section "" Le Vibrazioni Francesco Sarcina2 "" Matia Bazar 3 "" DJ Francesco Band "" Velvet
Classic +Classic section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Toto Cutugno ft. Annalisa Minetti Toto Cutugno1 Winner of the "Classic" section "" Marcella Bella 2 "" Peppino di Capri 3 "" Nicola Arigliano Winner of the Mia Martini critics award "" Franco Califano
Newcomers + Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Laura Bono 1 Winner of the "Newcomers" section "" La Differenza 2 "" Veronica Ventavoli 3 "" Max De Angelis "" Equ "" Giovanna D'Angi "" Sabrina Guida "" Concido "" Modà Francesco Silvestre "" Enrico Boccadoro Enrico Boccadoro "" Christian Lo Zito Giuseppe Furnari "" Negramaro Giuliano Sangiorgi
Musical guests + Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Michael Bublé"Feeling Good""Home" Lola Ponce"Step" Gwen Stefani"Rich Girl" Vasco Rossi"Vita spericolata""Un senso" Povia"I bambini fanno ooh..."
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