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Sanremo Music Festival 1971

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Sanremo Music Festival 1971
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 25 February 1971
Semi-final 2
  • 26 February 1971
Final
  • 27 February 1971
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
OrganiserDue Erre
Production
BroadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
DirectorLino Procacci
Artistic directorGianni Ravera, Ezio Radaelli
PresentersCarlo Giuffrè
and Elsa Martinelli
Vote
Number of entries24
Winner"Il cuore è uno zingaro"
Nicola Di Bari and Nada

The Sanremo Music Festival 1971 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1971), officially the 21st Italian Song Festival (21º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 21st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 25 and 27 February 1971. It was organised by the company Due Erre and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The shows were presented by Carlo Giuffrè and Elsa Martinelli. Gianni Ravera and Ezio Radaelli served as joint artistic directors.

It was the last edition in which each competing song was performed twice by two different artists. The winning song was "Il cuore è uno zingaro" written by Franco Migliacci and Claudio Mattone, and performed by both Nicola Di Bari and Nada.

Format

The Sanremo Music Festival 1971 took place between 25 and 27 February 1971.[1] In December 1970, the municipality of Sanremo announced they would assign the organisation of the festival to the company Due Erre, owned by Gianni Ravera and Ezio Radaelli, for the second consecutive year.[2]

The municipality chose to hold the event as usual in the ballroom of the Sanremo Casino, despite a proposal by Ravera and Radaelli, supported by various record companies and unions, to change the venue to the Teatro Ariston.[3] Eugenio Guglielminetti was chosen as the stage designer.[4]

Voting system

The vote in each show was conducted by twenty-three juries formed by newspapers across Italy, each with twenty-five members located in their respective editorial offices.[5][6] Forty percent of jury members were required to be under the age of 20.[6] In the semi-finals, jury members gave one vote to seven different songs, while in the final they gave one vote to three songs.[5]

Competing entries

191 songs were submitted by music publishers for the competition.[6][7] The festival's artistic directors, Gianni Ravera and Ezio Radaelli, formed a special commission composed of themselves, the journalists Adriano Bolzoni, Sandro Delli Ponti, Mario Olivieri and Marcello Fratoni, as well as the actresses Cristina Gajoni, Gianna Serra and Francesca Romana Coluzzi.[6] However, Coluzzi later resigned from the commission due to disagreements with other members during the selection process.[8][9] The commission narrowed down the list of submissions to twenty and selected another twelve to be evaluated by a second commission tasked with selecting four for the competition.[7][10][11] The second commission was to select songs with a focus on lyrical content, composed of writers and unionists, but ultimately featured members of the film industry.[3][10][12] They selected the songs "4/3/1943", "Bianchi cristalli sereni", "I ragazzi come noi" and "La folle corsa" for the competition.[12][13]

Requests were made by unions to limit the amount of foreign artists allowed to compete in the competition, as was done so for the 1970 edition. Their request specified only six foreign artists of "clear worldwide fame" should participate.[10][14] However, no formal agreement was reached and seven foreign artists were eventually included in the competition.[15]

On 25 January, the two record labels Durium and Ri-Fi announced they would boycott the festival, citing the cost of participation and dissatisfaction with the contest's regulations.[16] On 11 February, the record company Phonogram Inc. announced they would join the boycott, preventing the planned participation of the artists Orietta Berti, Fausto Leali, Anna Maria Izzo, Demis Roussos and Michel Sardou.[12][17] Additionally, the label Fonit Cetra announced their withdrawal from the competition on 15 February due to not finding any of the competing songs suitable to be performed by their artists Claudio Villa and Gipo Farassino. Two of their other artists, Sergio Endrigo and the band New Trolls, were granted permission by the label to participate on their own behalf.[18][19]

Competing entries[1][5][20][21]
Song Artist 1 Artist 2 Songwriter(s) Conductor(s)
"4/3/1943" Lucio Dalla Equipe 84
"13, storia d'oggi" Al Bano Aguaviva
"Amsterdam" Rosanna Fratello Nino Ferrer
"Andata e ritorno" Maurizio & Fabrizio I Protagonisti
"Bianchi cristalli sereni" Don Backy Gianni Nazzaro Don Backy Gianfranco Monaldi
"Che sarà" Ricchi e Poveri José Feliciano Paolo Ormi
"Com'è dolce la sera" Donatello Marisa Sannia
"Come stai?" Carmen Villani Domenico Modugno
"I ragazzi come noi" Mark e Martha Paolo Mengoli
  • Franco Orlandini
  • Elvio Favilla
"Il cuore è uno zingaro" Nicola Di Bari Nada
"Il dirigibile" Antoine Anna Identici
"Il sorriso, il paradiso" Wallace Collection Sergio Menegale
"Il viso di lei" Fabio Trioli I Giganti Vince Tempera
"L'ora giusta" Lorenza Visconti Edda Ollari
"L'ultimo romantico" Pino Donaggio Peppino di Capri
"La folle corsa" Little Tony Formula 3 Willy Brezza
"Lo schiaffo" Gens Jordan and Middle of the Road
  • Vincenzo Barsanti
  • Giandiego Deriu
"Ninna nanna (Cuore mio)" Caterina Caselli Dik Dik
"Non dimenticarti di me" Mal Nomadi Claudio Fabi
"Occhi bianchi e neri" Pio Mau Cristiani
"Rose nel buio" Gigliola Cinquetti Ray Conniff
"Santo Antonio, Santo Francisco" Mungo Jerry Piero Focaccia Detto Mariano
"Sotto le lenzuola" Adriano Celentano Coro Alpino Milanese
"Una storia" Sergio Endrigo New Trolls Sergio Endrigo Angel Pocho Gatti

Contest overview

The contest consisted of two-semi-finals held on 25 and 26 February 1971 and a final held on 27 February. The first two nights consisted of twelve songs performed twice, in which seven would qualify, creating a final with fourteen songs performed twice. Performances could be accompanied by an orchestra and with backing vocals provided by the vocal group I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi.[5] All shows were presented by the actors Carlo Giuffrè and Elsa Martinelli.[17][22] The television production was directed by Lino Procacci.[23]

The song "Dichiarazione d'amore" recorded by host Carlo Giuffrè, written by Giuffrè and Paolo Dossena, served as the contest's theme.[5]

In the semi-finals, songs were presented in groups of three, while the final was split into two halves—each containing every song performed once.[5][24] The first half was broadcast internationally and the second half was broadcast only in Italy, with the respective record label of each artist deciding which half they would perform in.[24][25][26]

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 25 February 1971 at 21:30 CET.[27] Twelve songs performed and seven were selected for the final.[28]

  Qualifier
Semi-final 1 – 25 February 1971[22][28][29][30]
R/O Song Artist 1 Artist 2 Points Place
1 "Com'è dolce la sera" Donatello Marisa Sannia 461 2
2 "Come stai?" Domenico Modugno Carmen Villani 383 4
3 "Occhi bianchi e neri" Pio Mau Cristiani —N/a
4 "Amsterdam" Rosanna Fratello Nino Ferrer —N/a
5 "Ninna nanna (Cuore mio)" Caterina Caselli Dik Dik 380 5
6 "L'ultimo romantico" Pino Donaggio Peppino di Capri 358 6
7 "Che sarà" Ricchi e Poveri José Feliciano 498 1
8 "Bianchi cristalli sereni" Don Backy Gianni Nazzaro 400 3
9 "Andata e ritorno" Maurizio & Fabrizio I Protagonisti —N/a
10 "Il sorriso, il paradiso" Sergio Menegale Wallace Collection 319 7
11 "Non dimenticarti di me" Mal Nomadi —N/a
12 "Il viso di lei" Fabio Trioli I Giganti —N/a

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 26 February 1971 at 21:15 CET.[31] Twelve songs performed and seven were selected for the final.[32]

  Qualifier
Semi-final 2 – 26 February 1971[22][26][32][33]
R/O Song Artist 1 Artist 2 Points Place
1 "La folle corsa" Formula 3 Little Tony 373 5
2 "L'ora giusta" Lorenza Visconti Edda Ollari —N/a
3 "Il cuore è uno zingaro" Nada Nicola Di Bari 524 1
4 "Una storia" Sergio Endrigo New Trolls 345 7
5 "Il dirigibile" Antoine Anna Identici —N/a
6 "Rose nel buio" Gigliola Cinquetti Ray Conniff 367 6
7 "4/3/1943" Lucio Dalla Equipe 84 408 3
8 "Sotto le lenzuola" Coro Alpino Milanese Adriano Celentano 398 4
9 "Lo schiaffo" Gens Jordan and Middle of the Road —N/a
10 "Santo Antonio, Santo Francisco" Mungo Jerry Piero Focaccia —N/a
11 "13, storia d'oggi" Al Bano Aguaviva 411 2
12 "I ragazzi come noi" Mark e Martha Paolo Mengoli —N/a

Final

Nada and Nicola Di Bari upon their victory

The final took place on 27 February 1971 at 21:00 CET.[34]

The winning song was "Il cuore è uno zingaro" written by Franco Migliacci and Claudio Mattone, performed by Nicola Di Bari and Nada. In second place was the song "Che sarà" written by Franco Migliacci and Jimmy Fontana, performed by Ricchi e Poveri and Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano.[24][25][35] "4/3/1943" written by Paola Pallottino and Lucio Dalla, performed by Dalla and Equipe 84, finished in third place and received an award for the best lyrics among the twenty-four competing songs, decided by a committee of journalists, writers and politicians appointed by the municipality of Sanremo.[25][35][36][37] Dalla also received the Giorgio Berti award for best performer, decided by journalists at the event.[38]

  Winner
Final – 27 February 1971[24][25][32][35][38]
R/O Song Artist 1 Artist 2 Points Place
1 "Bianchi cristalli sereni" Don Backy Gianni Nazzaro 76 7
2 "Rose nel buio" Gigliola Cinquetti Ray Conniff 58 9
3 "Il sorriso, il paradiso" Wallace Collection Sergio Menegale 18 14
4 "Il cuore è uno zingaro" Nicola Di Bari Nada 357 1
5 "Come stai?" Carmen Villani Domenico Modugno 95 6
6 "L'ultimo romantico" Pino Donaggio Peppino di Capri 50 11
7 "Che sarà" Ricchi e Poveri José Feliciano 316 2
8 "La folle corsa" Little Tony Formula 3 43 12
9 "Una storia" Sergio Endrigo New Trolls 30 13
10 "Ninna nanna (Cuore mio)" Caterina Caselli Dik Dik 56 10
11 "Com'è dolce la sera" Donatello Marisa Sannia 136 4
12 "13, storia d'oggi" Al Bano Aguaviva 69 8
13 "4/3/1943" Lucio Dalla Equipe 84 297 3
14 "Sotto le lenzuola" Adriano Celentano Coro Alpino Milanese 115 5

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale (television) and Secondo Programma (radio) beginning at 21:00 CET.[34] The semi-finals were broadcast on Secondo Programma (television) and Secondo Programma (radio), with the first semi-final starting at 21:30 CET and the second semi-final starting at 21:15 CET.[27][31]

International broadcast

The first half of the final was broadcast via the Eurovision network in other countries.[25] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1971
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Canada CTV[a] [39][40][41]
 Chile UCTV Canal 13[b] [42]
 Israel IBA Israeli Television[c] [43]
 Japan NHK NHK[d] Yutaka Ishida [44]
 Romania TVR Programul 1[e] [45]
 South Korea DBC[f] Lee Hae-seong [46]
MBC[g] [47]
 Spain Cadena SER[h] [48]

Notes

  1. Delayed three-part broadcast on 9, 16 and 23 May at 14:30 (EST)[39]
  2. Delayed broadcast on 31 May and 7 June at 22:35 (CST)[42]
  3. Delayed broadcast on 27 May at 20:20 (IST)[43]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 9 May at 14:35 (JST)[44]
  5. Delayed broadcast the following day at 21:35 (EET)[45]
  6. Delayed broadcast on 3 days between 14 March to 16 March[46]
  7. Delayed broadcast on 17 April at 19:50 (KST)[47]
  8. Simulcast on Radio Barcelona,[48] Radio Girona,[49] Radio Murcia,[50] Radio San Sebastián,[51] Radio Sevilla,[52] and Radio Zaragoza.[53]

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