Sanremo Music Festival 2010

Sanremo Music Festival 2010
Dates
Semi-final 1	16 February 2010
Semi-final 2	17 February 2010
Semi-final 3	18 February 2010
Semi-final 4	19 February 2010
Final	20 February 2010
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy
Presenter(s)	Antonella Clerici
Musical director	Marco Sabiu
Artistic director	Gianmarco Mazzi
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Big Artists section
Number of entries	15
Voting system	Mixed (televotes, jury and orchestra votes)
Winner	Valerio Scanu "Per tutte le volte che..."
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	10
Voting system	Mixed (televotes, orchestra votes)
Winner	Tony Maiello "Il linguaggio della resa"
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The Sanremo Music Festival 2010 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2010), officially the 60th Italian Song Festival (60º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 60th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 16 February 2010 and 20 February 2010 and broadcast by Rai 1. It was presented by Antonella Clerici, while the artistic director was Gianmarco Mazzi.

As in most of the previous years, the competition was divided in two sections. The Big Artists section, including 15 established Italian artists, was won by Valerio Scanu with the song "Per tutte le volte che...", while the Newcomers section was won by Tony Maiello with "Il linguaggio della resa". For the first time, the rules of the festival were modified so that songs with lyrics in an Italian regional language^[1] or written by non-Italian writers were allowed to compete in the festival.^[2] Moreover, the songs performed by the artists competing in the Newcomers' section were allowed to be released before the festival's first night.^[1]