Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo (in English: Italian song festival of Sanremo) is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival or Sanremo Music Festival Award, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Series details

• Title: Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo
• Format: Variety
• Language: Italian
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1951-01-30
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Rai 1
• Network country: Italy
• Typical episode runtime: 240 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33428

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1951-01-30; final listed air date 1951-01-31.
• Season 2: premiered 1952-01-28; final listed air date 1952-01-30.
• Season 3: premiered 1951-01-31; final listed air date 1951-01-31.
• Season 4: premiered 1954-01-28; final listed air date 1954-01-30.
• Season 5: premiered 1955-01-27; final listed air date 1955-01-29.
• Season 6: premiered 1956-03-08; final listed air date 1956-03-10.
• Season 7: premiered 1957-02-07; final listed air date 1957-02-09.
• Season 8: premiered 1958-01-30; final listed air date 1958-02-01.
• Season 9: premiered 1959-01-29; final listed air date 1959-01-31.
• Season 10: premiered 1960-01-28; final listed air date 1960-01-30.
• Season 11: premiered 1961-01-26; final listed air date 1961-02-06.
• Season 12: premiered 1962-02-08; final listed air date 1962-02-18.
• Season 13: premiered 1963-02-07; final listed air date 1963-02-09.
• Season 14: premiered 1964-01-30; final listed air date 1964-02-01.
• Season 15: premiered 1965-01-28; final listed air date 1965-01-30.
• Season 16: premiered 1966-01-27; final listed air date 1966-01-29.
• Season 17: premiered 1967-01-26; final listed air date 1967-01-28.
• Season 18: premiered 1968-02-01; final listed air date 1968-02-03.
• Season 19: premiered 1969-01-30; final listed air date 1969-02-01.
• Season 20: premiered 1970-02-26; final listed air date 1970-02-28.
• Season 21: premiered 1971-02-25; final listed air date 1971-02-27.
• Season 22: premiered 1972-02-24; final listed air date 1972-02-26.
• Season 23: premiered 1973-03-08; final listed air date 1973-03-10.
• Season 24: premiered 1974-03-07; final listed air date 1974-03-09.
• Season 25: premiered 1975-02-27; final listed air date 1975-03-01.
• Season 26: premiered 1976-02-19; final listed air date 1976-02-21.
• Season 27: premiered 1977-03-03; final listed air date 1977-03-05.
• Season 28: premiered 1978-01-26; final listed air date 1978-01-28.
• Season 29: premiered 1979-01-11; final listed air date 1979-01-13.
• Season 30: premiered 1980-02-07; final listed air date 1980-02-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.