| Sanremo Music Festival 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 27 February 2006 |
| Semi-final 2 | 28 February 2006 |
| Semi-final 3 | 1 March 2006 |
| Semi-final 4 | 2 March 2006 |
| Final | 3 March 2006 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Giorgio Panariello and Victoria Cabello |
| Musical director | Renato Serio |
| Artistic director | Giorgio Panariello, Gianmarco Mazzi |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Overall competition | |
| Number of entries | 30 |
| Winner | Povia "Vorrei avere il becco" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 12 |
| Winner | Riccardo Maffoni "Sole negli occhi" |
| Men section | |
| Number of entries | 6 |
| Winner | Povia "Vorrei avere il becco" |
| Women section | |
| Number of entries | 6 |
| Winner | Anna Tatangelo "Essere una donna" |
| Groups section | |
| Number of entries | 6 |
| Winner | I Nomadi "Dove si va" |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2006 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2006), officially the 56th Italian Song Festival (56º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 56th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 27 February and 3 March 2006 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by comedian Giorgio Panariello with Victoria Cabello. Panariello and Gianmarco Mazzi served as the artistic directors.
The competition took place between 30 songs, divided into four different categories—Men, Women, Groups and Newcomers. As in the previous year, a winner for each category was announced, and the final winner of the competition was selected among the artist which took first place in one of the five sections. After placing first in the Men section with his entry "Vorrei avere il becco", Povia was announced the winner of the competition, beating I Nomadi's "Dove si va", Anna Tatangelo's "Essere una donna" and Riccardo Maffoni's "Sole negli occhi", winners of the sections Groups, Women and Newcomers, respectively.