Sanremo Music Festival 1955

Sanremo Music Festival 1955
Dates
Semi-final 127 January 1955
Semi-final 228 January 1955
Final29 January 1955
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Armando Pizzo, Maria Teresa Ruta
Artistic directorGiulio Razzi
Host broadcasterProgramma nazionale
Vote
Number of entries16
WinnerClaudio Villa and Tullio Pane
"Buongiorno tristezza"
1954 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1956

The Sanremo Music Festival 1955 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1955), officially the 5th Italian Song Festival (5º Festival della canzone italiana), was the fifth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 27 and 29 January 1955. The show was presented by television presenter Armando Pizzo, assisted by Maria Teresa Ruta.[1]

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups, with some artists performing multiple songs.[1] The winner of the festival was "Buongiorno tristezza", performed by Claudio Villa and Tullio Pane.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.