| Sanremo Music Festival 2008 | |
|---|---|
| La parola alla musica | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 25 February 2008 |
| Semi-final 2 | 26 February 2008 |
| Semi-final 3 | 27 February 2008 |
| Semi-final 4 | 28 February 2008 |
| Final | 1 March 2008 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti, Bianca Guaccero, Andrea Osvárt |
| Musical director | Pippo Caruso |
| Artistic director | Pippo Baudo |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Mixed (popular jury, "quality jury" and televotes) |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Winner | Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce "Colpo di fulmine" |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Winner | Sonohra "L'amore" |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2008 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2008), officially the 58th Italian Song Festival (58º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 58th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and broadcast by Rai 1. The first and the second night of the show were held on 25 and 26 February 2008, while the last three nights were held from 28 February and 1 March 2008. The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti with Bianca Guaccero and Andrea Osvárt.
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by the duo composed of Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce with the song "Colpo di fulmine", while the newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Sonohra with "L'amore".
The festival received poor ratings compared previous editions. All of the five nights of the show were watched by less than 10,000,000 people, the worst result in the contest's history.[1][2]
- ^ "Mai nella storia del Festival ascolti tanto bassi: l'audience si è sempre mantenuta sotto i dieci milioni di spettatori". Il Tempo (in Italian). 3 March 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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