The Sanremo Music Festival 1959 (), officially the 9th Italian Song Festival (), was the ninth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1959, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Enzo Tortora and Adriana Serra.
According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups, with some artists performing multiple songs. The winner of the festival was "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", performed by Domenico Modugno (who was also the composer of the song) and Johnny Dorelli. The couple had already won the previous edition of the festival with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu". Modugno went on to perform the song for at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.
Participants and results
+ Participants and results Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank "" Domenico Modugno Johnny Dorelli 1 "" Arturo Testa Gino Latilla 2 "" Achille Togliani Teddy Reno Giovanni D'Anzi 3 "" Jula de Palma Tonina Torrielli 4 "" Aurelio Fierro Teddy Reno 5 "" Fausto Cigliano Nilla Pizzi Roberto Murolo6 "" Aurelio Fierro Natalino Otto 7 "" Betty Curtis Wilma De Angelis 9 "" Claudio Villa & Gino Latilla Johnny Dorelli & Betty Curtis 9 "" Betty Curtis Claudio Villa 10 "" Nilla Pizzi Tonina Torrielli "" Anna D’Amico Natalino Otto Valerio Vancheri "" Gino Latilla Natalino Otto "" Achille Togliani Teddy Reno "" Arturo Testa Fausto Cigliano "" Nilla Pizzi Tonina Torrielli "" Claudio Villa Johnny Dorelli Pino Calvi "" Wilma De Angelis Jula de Palma "" Achille Togliani Arturo Testa "" Jula de Palma Miranda Martino
Broadcasts Local broadcast All shows were broadcast on Italian Television and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).
International broadcasts Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations are shown in the tables below.
+International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1959 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF ORF NIR Piet te Nuyl Jr. INR Mogens Kjelstrup ARD Radio Monte-Carlo NTS NTS Piet te Nuyl Jr. Radio Omroep Nieuw Guinea Curom SR BBC BBC Television Service Tom Sloan
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