The Sanremo Music Festival 2024 (), officially the 74th Italian Song Festival (), was the 74th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by (RAI). It was held between 6 and 10 February 2024, and presented for the fifth and final time in a row by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition. The festival was won by Angelina Mango with "", earning her the right to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Format The 2024 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the in Sanremo, Liguria, organised by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus, for the fifth and final consecutive year.
Presenters On 24 March 2022, a month after the final of the 2022 edition, RAI officially confirmed Amadeus as the presenter of the 73rd and 74th editions of the Sanremo Music Festival, announcing in June 2023 that this would be his last time hosting the event. Each of the nights of the festival was co-hosted, respectively, by: Marco Mengoni, the winner of the previous edition, who additionally performed his 2013 and 2023 winning entries "" and "" as well as other songs from his repertoire; Giorgia, who additionally performed her breakthrough song "" and her 1995 winning entry "", as well as other songs from her repertoire; Teresa Mannino; Lorella Cuccarini; and Rosario Fiorello, who was originally meant to be a guest on that night. The competing entries on each of the second and third nights were also introduced by the non-competing artists alongside the hosts.
In addition, , the introductory segment aired before each of the nights and during the opening red carpet, was hosted by Paola & Chiara, Mattia Stanga and Daniele Cabras.
Format changes On 19 June 2023, Amadeus announced to have proposed changes in the rules of the contest, as well as in the organisation of the traditional five evening shows. The complete rules were published on 10 July.
Changes affected the number of the entries (increased from 28 to 30), the arrangement of the five shows (with the first night being organised as the third night of previous editions), the cover performance show (which was opened to songs from any time and place) and the jury system (as explained below).
Voting Voting occurred again through the combination of three methods:
Public televoting, carried out via landline and mobile phone. Jury of the press room, TV and web. Jury of the radio, detached from the second one and replacing the demoscopic jury from previous editions.
Their voting was articulated as follows:
First night: all of the entrants were judged by the jury of the press room, TV and web. Second night: half of the entrants were judged through a 50/50 split system by means of televoting and the jury of the radio. Third night: the other half of the entrants were judged through a 50/50 split system by means of televoting and the jury of the radio. Fourth night: the covers were judged through a split system by means of the televoting (34%) and the two juries (33% each). The results obtained on each evening that far were then combined. Fifth night: as in previous years, 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 at 34% and the two juries at 33% each) was held among the top five, which determined the winner.
For the first time, only the top five entries in each of the first four nights' partial rankings were revealed during the show, and only the complete ranking before and after the final was made public.
Selections Sanremo Giovani 2023 For the third time in a row, the Newcomers' section was not included in the Festival, with the selection directly decreeing three places reserved in the Big Artists' section. The twelve artists competing in the format were selected through two separate contests: standard section and .
Standard selection Online submissions for the standard selection were open between 15 June and 19 October 2023. On 27 October 2023, it was announced that 564 acts had applied, 49 of which were selected at a listening session by a musical committee – composed of Federica Lentini, and , and chaired by the artistic director (Amadeus) – to proceed to a live audition in Rome on 10 November; there, a total of eight finalists were selected. Their songs were released on 18 November 2023.
+ Artist Song Songwriter(s) Bnkr44 "" Clara "Boulevard" Grenbaud "Mama" Simone Buratti Jacopo Sol "" Lor3n "" Lorenzo Iavagnilio "" Tancredi "" Vale LP ""
Area Sanremo 2023 The rules of the selection, organised by the Municipality of Sanremo alongside the Sanremo Symphonic Orchestra Foundation, were released on 10 October 2023, with the opening of an online application platform lasting until 30 October 2023. Artists aged between 16 and 30 were eligible to compete. The 772 submitting acts were auditioned by a musical committee – composed of Alessio De Stefani, Lavinia Iannarilli, Paolo Biamonte and Sergio Rubino, and chaired by the artistic director (Amadeus) – between 4 and 24 November 2023 at the Sanremo , with around fifty qualifiers from this phase attending a final round on 25 and 26 November 2023; there, twenty winners were proclaimed among whom a total of four finalists were selected. Their songs were released on 1 December 2023.
+ Artist Song Songwriters "" Fellow "" Nausica "" ""
Final The final of was held on 19 December 2023 at the Sanremo Casino Theatre, presented by Amadeus and broadcast on Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2, as well as on the broadcaster's online platform RaiPlay. The ranking was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from the musical committee and the artistic director (Amadeus); the resulting top three artists were selected to compete in the Big Artists' section.
Artist Song Result 1 Grenbaud "Mama" Not selected 2 Clara "Boulevard" Winner 3 Bnkr44 "" Selected 4 Lor3n "" Not selected 5 Nausica "" Not selected 6 "" Not selected 7 "" Selected 8 Tancredi "" Not selected 9 Vale LP "" Not selected 10 Fellow "" Not selected 11 "" Not selected 12 Jacopo Sol "" Not selected
Competing entries For the third year in a row, the Newcomers' section of the contest was merged into the traditional Big Artists section, which sees the participation of 30 artists. 27 were selected by the artistic director among established artists, both by direct invitation and from over 400 submissions received by the deadline of 27 November 2023, and were announced on 3 December 2023; the remaining three artists qualified from on 19 December 2023 and competed with a new song. All the titles were announced on that day, with the lyrics published on 30 January 2024. By tradition, the full entries were only premiered during the festival, but a special listening session reserved for the press was held at the RAI studios on 15 January.
Artist(s) Song Songwriter(s) Conductor Rank Awards Alessandra Amoroso "" Francesco Mancarella 9 Alfa "" 10 Award for Best Live Performance by an Emerging Artist Angelina Mango "" Giovanni Pallotti 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section Golden Lion Orchestra's "Giancarlo Bigazzi" Award for Best Composition Press room's "Lucio Dalla" Award Annalisa "" Daniel Bestonzo 3 rowspan="3" BigMama "" Alberto Cipolla 22 Bnkr44 "" Enrico Melozzi 28 Clara "" Valeriano Chiaravalle 24 "Enzo Jannacci" Award for Best Vocal Performance Dargen D'Amico "" 20 rowspan="3" Diodato "" Antonio Diodato 13 Emma "" Alberto Cipolla 14 Fiorella Mannoia "" Clemente Ferrari 15 Musical commission's "Sergio Bardotti" Award for Best Lyrics Francesco Renga and Nek "" 25 rowspan="9" Fred De Palma "" Valeriano Chiaravalle 30 Gazzelle "" Enrico Melozzi 11 Geolier "" Francesco D'Alessio 2 Ghali "" Enrico Melozzi 4 "" Carmelo Patti 12 "" Carmelo Patti 8 Irama "" Giulio Nenna 5 La Sad "" Simone Bertolotti 27 Loredana Bertè "" Luca Chiaravalli 7 "Mia Martini" Critics Award Mahmood "" Carmelo Patti 6 Maninni "" Enrico Brun 26 "CoReCom Liguria" Award for Best Lyrics on Social Issues Mr. Rain "" Enrico Melozzi 17 "" Giuliano Sangiorgi Davide Rossi 19 Lunezia Award for Best Lyrics "" Lucio Fabbri 21 rowspan="5" Rose Villain "Click Boom!" Davide Rossi 23 Sangiovanni "" Davide Rossi 29 "" Daniel Bestonzo 18 The Kolors "" Valeriano Chiaravalle 16
Shows First night All of the competing artists performed their songs.
+ First night6 February 2024 Artist Song Press jury ranking 1 Clara "" 19 2 Sangiovanni "" 30 3 Fiorella Mannoia "" 6 4 La Sad "" 28 5 Irama "" 17 6 Ghali "" 9 7 "" 10 8 Annalisa "" 3 9 Mahmood "" 5 10 Diodato "" 4 11 Loredana Bertè "" 1 12 Geolier "" 23 13 Alessandra Amoroso "" 15 14 The Kolors "" 7 15 Angelina Mango "" 2 16 "" 13 17 BigMama "" 16 18 "" 12 19 Emma "" 8 20 Francesco Renga and Nek "" 25 21 Mr. Rain "" 24 22 Bnkr44 "" 28 23 Gazzelle "" 14 24 Dargen D'Amico "" 10 25 Rose Villain "Click Boom!" 20 26 "" 18 27 Fred De Palma "" 27 28 Maninni "" 21 29 Alfa "" 22 30 "" 26
Second night Fifteen of the competing artists performed their songs. Each of them was introduced on stage by one of the non-competing artists.
+ Second night7 February 2024 Artist Song Presenting artist Night rankings Radio jury Televote Total ranking % Place 1 Fred De Palma "" Ghali 15 0.5% 15 15 2 Francesco Renga and Nek "" La Sad 14 1.4% 11 14 3 Alfa "" Mr. Rain 7 2.0% 10 11 4 Dargen D'Amico "" Diodato 11 2.2% 9 10 5 "" Rose Villain 13 5.0% 4 7 6 Gazzelle "" Bnkr44 12 4.2% 5 8 7 Emma "" 4 3.4% 8 6 8 Mahmood "" Alessandra Amoroso 5 4.0% 6 5 9 BigMama "" 9 1.1% 14 13 10 The Kolors "" Angelina Mango 2 1.2% 13 9 11 Geolier "" Fiorella Mannoia 8 56.5% 1 1 12 Loredana Bertè "" Sangiovanni 3 3.6% 7 4 13 Annalisa "" Maninni 1 5.9% 3 3 14 Irama "" 6 7.7% 2 2 15 Clara "" 10 1.3% 12 12
Third night The remaining fifteen competing artists performed their songs. Each of them was introduced on stage by one of the non-competing artists.
+ Third night8 February 2024 Artist Song Presenting artist Night rankings Radio jury Televote Total ranking % Place 1 "" Loredana Bertè 13 12.8% 3 4 2 Maninni "" Alfa 11 1.8% 15 15 3 Bnkr44 "" Fred De Palma 14 3.4% 11 13 4 "" Clara 10 2.7% 13 12 5 Mr. Rain "" 8 8.7% 5 5 6 Rose Villain "Click Boom!" Gazzelle 9 4.7% 9 8 7 Alessandra Amoroso "" Dargen D'Amico 6 12.6% 4 3 8 "" BigMama 7 2.7% 12 11 9 Angelina Mango "" Irama 1 15.5% 1 1 10 Diodato "" The Kolors 2 5.2% 7 6 11 Ghali "" Mahmood 4 13.2% 2 2 12 "" Emma 3 3.6% 10 9 13 Fiorella Mannoia "" Annalisa 5 5.0% 8 7 14 Sangiovanni "" Francesco Renga and Nek 12 2.2% 14 14 15 La Sad "" Geolier 15 5.6% 6 10
Fourth night The artists each performed an Italian or international song from the past (or a medley thereof), duetting with one or more guest performers.