The Sanremo Music Festival 2023 (), officially the 73rd Italian Song Festival (), was the 73rd edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by (RAI). The show was held between 7 and 11 February 2023, and was presented for the fourth time in a row by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition, with Gianni Morandi co-hosting.
The festival was won by Marco Mengoni with "", earning him the right to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023; Mengoni had previously won Sanremo in 2013 and had represented Italy in that year's Eurovision.
Format The 2023 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organized by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus, for the fourth consecutive year.
Presenters On 24 March 2022, one month after the final of the 2022 edition, RAI officially confirmed Amadeus as the presenter of the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Together with Amadeus, Gianni Morandi served as co-host in all five nights of the festival. Alongside Amadeus and Morandi, four co-hosts alternated during the five evenings: Chiara Ferragni (first night and final), Francesca Fagnani (second night), Paola Egonu (third night) and Chiara Francini (fourth night).
Voting Voting occurred through the combination of three methods:
Public televoting, carried out via landline, mobile phone, the contest's official mobile app, and online voting. Jury of the press room, TV, radio and web. Demoscopic jury, composed by 1000 music fans who vote from their homes via an electronic voting system managed by Ipsos.
Their voting was articulated as follows:
First two nights: half of the entrants were judged by three separate panels from the jury of the press room, TV, radio and web. Third night: all of the entrants were judged through a 50/50 split system by means of televoting and the demoscopic jury. The results were combined with those of the previous nights. Fourth night: the same systems used on the first three nights were put in place. Fifth night: the entrants were judged by televoting alone, to be added up to the results obtained that far; ultimately, a final voting round (again a sum of televoting and the two juries) was held among the top 5, which determined the winner.
Selections Sanremo Giovani 2022 For the second time in a row, the Newcomers' section was not included in the Festival, but a similar selection was held to decree the six places reserved in the Big Artist section. The artists competing in the new format were selected through two separate contests: Standard section and Area Sanremo.
Standard selection On 26 October 2022, the RAI commission for Sanremo Music Festival 2022 announced a list of 714 acts, but only 43 artists coming from all Italian regions – excluding Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta – and from abroad were selected in the first phase.
On 5 November 2022, the RAI commission announced the eight finalists.
Gianmaria – "" Giuse the Lizia – "" Maninni – "" Mida – ""
Olly – "" Sethu – "" Shari – "" Will – ""
Area Sanremo After the auditions, a RAI commission – composed by Amadeus, Federica Lentini, Massimo Martelli and Leonardo de Amicis – identified 4 finalists for the competition among the 549 acts:
Colla Zio – "" Fiat 131 – ""
Noor – "" Romeo & Drill – ""
Final On 16 December 2022, the twelve finalists performed their songs on Sanremo Giovani 2022, broadcast on Rai 1 and presented by Amadeus. Gianmaria, Will, Olly, Colla Zio, Shari and Sethu will participate in Sanremo 2023 with a new entry.
ArtistSong 1Gianmaria"" 2Noor"" 3Will"" 4Olly"" 5Maninni"" 6Colla Zio"" 7Fiat 131"" 8Mida"" 9Shari"" 10Giuse the Lizia"" 11Romeo & Drill"" 12Sethu""
Big Artists For the second year in a row, the traditional Big Artists section of the contest was merged with the Newcomers' section, and saw the participation of 28 artists, 22 being selected among established artists and 6 qualifying from . The former 22, selected from over 300 submissions received, were revealed on 4 December 2022, and also attended the night of on 16 December, where their competing songs' titles were also made known.
Competing entries +Competing songs and artists, showing writers, orchestra conductor and results achieved Artist Song Songwriter(s) Orchestra conductor Rank Sanremo Music Festival Awards Marco Mengoni "" Giovanni Pallotti Carmelo Patti 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section – Golden Lion Orchestra's "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for the Best Composition Lazza "" 2 rowspan="8" Mr. Rain "" Enrico Melozzi3 Ultimo "" Will Medini Celso Valli 4 Tananai "Tango" Fabio Gurian5 Giorgia "" Big Fish6 Madame "" Luca Faraone7 Rosa Chemical "Made in Italy" Fabio Gurian8 Elodie "" Carolina Bubbico9 Colapesce and Dimartino "Splash" Davide Rossi10 "Mia Martini" Critic's Award Press room's "Lucio Dalla" Award Modà "" Adriano Pennino11 rowspan="2" Gianluca Grignani "" Enrico Melozzi Peppe Vessicchio 12 Coma_Cose "" Vittorio Cosma13 Music commission's "Sergio Bardotti" Award for the Best Lyrics Lunezia Award Ariete "" Alberto Cipolla14 rowspan="5" LDA "" Francesco D'Alessio (nights 2, 3 and 5)Adriano Pennino (night 4)15 Articolo 31 "" Franco Godi 16 Paola e Chiara "" Federico Mercuri Luca Faraone 17 Leo Gassmann "" Simone Bertolotti Fernando Lopez 18 Mara Sattei "" Carmelo Patti19 "CoReCom" Award Colla Zio "" 20 NuovoIMAIE "Enzo Jannacci" Award for the Best Interpretation I Cugini di Campagna "" Fabio Gargiulo21 rowspan="8" Gianmaria "" Daniel Bestonzo22 Levante "" 23 Olly "" Alberto Cipolla24 Anna Oxa "" Loris Ceroni25 Will "" Valeriano Chiaravalle26 Shari "" Carmine Iuvone27 Sethu "" Enrico Melozzi28
Shows First night The first fourteen competing artists each performed their song. + First night: 7 February 2023 Artist Song Press jury ranking Panel 1 (press and TV) Panel 2 (radio) Panel 3 (web) Total ranking 1Anna Oxa"Sali (Canto dell'anima)" 14 14 14 14 2Gianmaria"Mostro" 13 13 11 12 3Mr. Rain"Supereroi" 10 8 7 9 4Marco Mengoni"Due vite" 1 1 1 1 5Ariete"Mare di guai" 11 10 12 11 6Ultimo"Alba" 4 7 10 4 7Coma_Cose"L'addio" 2 5 2 3 8Elodie"Due" 3 2 3 2 9Leo Gassmann"Terzo cuore" 6 4 5 5 10I Cugini di Campagna"Lettera 22" 5 8 9 8 11Gianluca Grignani"Quando ti manca il fiato" 7 13 8 10 12Olly"Polvere" 12 12 13 13 13Colla Zio"Non mi va" 8 6 6 7 14Mara Sattei"Duemilaminuti" 9 3 4 6
Second night The remaining fourteen artists each performed their song. + Second night: 8 February 2023 Artist Song Press jury ranking Panel 1 (press and TV) Panel 2 (radio) Panel 3 (web) Total ranking 1Will"Stupido" 12 10 1312 2Modà"Lasciami" 8 12 1010 3Sethu"Cause perse" 13 14 1214 4Articolo 31"Un bel viaggio" 7 9 99 5Lazza"Cenere" 6 4 34 6Giorgia"Parole dette male" 4 3 75 7Colapesce and Dimartino"Splash" 1 5 11 8Shari"Egoista" 14 13 1413 9Madame"Il bene nel male" 2 1 22 10Levante"Vivo" 9 8 98 11Tananai"Tango" 3 2 43 12Rosa Chemical"Made in Italy" 5 6 56 13LDA"Se poi domani" 11 11 1111 14Paola e Chiara"Furore" 10 7 67
Third night All of the twenty-eight artists performed their songs once again. + Third night: 9 February 2023ArtistSongProvisional general rankingNight rankingsUpdated general rankingDemoscopic juryTelevoteTotal ranking 1Paola e Chiara"Furore"1416161714 2Mara Sattei"Duemilaminuti"1214191818 3Rosa Chemical"Made in Italy"913677 4Gianluca Grignani"Quando ti manca il fiato"19178812 5Levante"Vivo"1618242321 6Tananai"Tango"48555 7Lazza"Cenere"79444 8LDA"Se poi domani"242291315 9Madame"Il bene nel male"37766 10Ultimo"Alba"1011112 11Elodie"Due"5513109 12Mr. Rain"Supereroi"172333 13Giorgia"Parole dette male"8612910 14Colla Zio"Non mi va"1319222120 15Marco Mengoni"Due vite"11221 16Colapesce and Dimartino"Splash"2314118 17Coma_Cose"L'addio"64151211 18Leo Gassmann"Terzo cuore"1110231919 19I Cugini di Campagna"Lettera 22"1521252522 20Olly"Polvere"2324212424 21Anna Oxa"Sali (Canto dell'anima)"2626182025 22Articolo 31"Un bel viaggio"1812171617 23Ariete"Mare di guai"2020111516 24Sethu"Cause perse"2828272828 25Shari"Egoista"2727282727 26Gianmaria"Mostro"2223202223 27Modà"Lasciami"2115101413 28Will"Stupido"2525262626
Fourth night The artists each performed a cover of a song from the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, or '00s, duetting with a guest performer.
+ Fourth night: 10 February 2023 Artist Guest artist Song Night rankings Updated general ranking Press jury Demoscopic jury Televote Total ranking 1ArieteSangiovanni"Centro di gravità permanente"282871718 2WillMichele Zarrillo"Cinque giorni" 2623182526 3ElodieBigMama"American Woman"341279 4OllyLorella Cuccarini"La notte vola"2018172024 5UltimoEros RamazzottiEros Ramazzotti medley1213222 6LazzaEmma Marrone and "La fine"43333 7TananaiDon Joe and Biagio Antonacci"Vorrei cantare come Biagio" and "Sognami"55666 8ShariSalmo"Hai scelto me" and "Diavolo in me"2726242827 9Gianluca GrignaniArisa"Destinazione Paradiso"9108811 10Leo GassmannEdoardo Bennato and Quartetto FlegreoEdoardo Bennato medley118151316 11Articolo 31FedezArticolo 31 medley16610914 12GiorgiaElisa"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" and "Di sole e d'azzurro"11445 13Colapesce & DimartinoCarla Bruni "Azzurro"620191510 14I Cugini di CampagnaPaolo Vallesi"La forza della vita" and "Anima mia"2425222422 15Marco MengoniThe Kingdom Choir"Let It Be"22111 16GianmariaManuel Agnelli"Quello che non c'è"1422161621 17Mr. RainFasma"Qualcosa di grande"2511554 18MadameIzi"Via del Campo"81211117 19Coma_CoseBaustelle"Sarà perché ti amo"177231812 20Rosa ChemicalRose Villain"America"72113128 21ModàLe Vibrazioni"Vieni da me"181491013 22LevanteRenzo Rubino"Vivere"2319272623 23Anna OxaIljard Shaba"Un'emozione da poco"2124202325 24SethuBnkr44"Charlie fa surf"2227282728 25LDAAlex Britti"Oggi sono io"1316141415 26Mara SatteiNoemi"L'amour toujours"199262219 27Paola e ChiaraMerk & KremontPaola e Chiara medley1515211917 28Colla ZioDitonellapiaga"Salirò"1017252120
Fifth night – Final All of the artists performed their songs one final time, with the top five reprising their performances before moving on to the final round of voting.
+Fifth night: 11 February 2023 – First roundArtistSongTelevoteFinal general ranking%Place 1Elodie"Due"2.34%109 2Colla Zio"Non mi va"0.53%2120 3Mara Sattei"Duemilaminuti"0.66%1819 4Tananai"Tango"6.30%55 5Colapesce & Dimartino"Splash"2.01%1110 6Giorgia"Parole dette male"2.44%96 7Modà"Lasciami"2.70%811 8Ultimo"Alba"15.67%22 9Lazza"Cenere"13.88%43 10Marco Mengoni"Due vite"21.19%11 11Rosa Chemical"Made in Italy"3.68%78 12I Cugini di Campagna"Lettera 22"0.74%1621 13Madame"Il bene nel male"3.94%67 14Ariete"Mare di guai"1.71%1214 15Mr. Rain"Supereroi"14.80%34 16Paola e Chiara"Furore"0.62%1917 17Levante"Vivo"0.42%2423 18LDA"Se poi domani"1.11%1315 19Coma_Cose"L'addio"0.94%1513 20Olly"Polvere"0.42%2524 21Articolo 31"Un bel viaggio"0.71%1716 22Will"Stupido"0.19%2626 23Leo Gassmann"Terzo cuore"0.49%2318 24Gianmaria"Mostro"0.59%2022 25Anna Oxa"Sali (Canto dell'anima)"0.52%2225 26Shari"Egoista"0.09%2827 27Gianluca Grignani"Quando ti manca il fiato"1.07%1412 28Sethu"Cause perse"0.11%2728 +Fifth night: 11 February 2023 – Second round (Superfinal)ArtistSongRankingsPlacePress juryDemoscopic juryTelevoteTotal 1Ultimo"Alba"5420.39%12.25%4 2Tananai"Tango"3511.15%11.15%5 3Lazza"Cenere"2318.28%16.64%2 4Marco Mengoni"Due vite"1132.31%45.53%1 5Mr. Rain"Supereroi"4217.87%14.43%3
Special guests
The special guests of Sanremo Music Festival 2023 included:
Singers / musicians: Achille Lauro, Al Bano, Annalisa, Antytila, Black Eyed Peas, Blanco, Depeche Mode, Fedez, Francesco Renga, Gino Paoli, Guè, Italian Air Force Band, J-Ax, La Rappresentante di Lista, Mahmood, Måneskin, Massimo Ranieri, Nek, Ornella Vanoni, Peppino di Capri, Piero Pelù, Pooh, Salmo, Sangiovanni, Takagi & Ketra, Tom Morello