The Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the
Piazza del Duomo, Catania
Piazza del Duomo is the main city square in Catania, Italy, flanked by both the centers of civic (city hall at Palazzo degli Elefanti) and religious power ( Duomo or Cathedral of Saint Agatha).
The square
The ''Duomo di Catania'' or ''Cattedral ...
or
Piazza Bra
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, Verona. The first edition took place in 1964 and was broadcast by RAI. The competition was held throughout the summer and the final round always took place at the Arena in Verona after 3-4 events in various cities of Italy.
History
Originally, the Festivalbar was a competition made with data from jukeboxes in Italian bars, so the competition was a one evening event transmitted by RAI.
From 1983,
Mediaset
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started to transmit this programme and the Festivalbar would change its location every week.
The original promoter of the Festivalbar was
Vittorio Salvetti
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. After his death in 1998, his son
Andrea
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Adamo
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* Adamo Abate (c. 990 – 1060–1070), Italian medieval Benedictine abbot and saint, a promoter of the unification of the Southern population ...
Mia Martini
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*1973: Marcella Bella - "Io domani";
Mia Martini
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*1974: Claudio Baglioni - "E tu"
*1975: Drupi - "Due";
Gloria Gaynor
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Alan Sorrenti
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Biography
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- "Tu sei l'unica donna per me"
*1980:
Miguel Bosè
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Miguel Bosè
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Fotoromanza
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L'estate sta finendo
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Scialpi
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Background
Born in Parma, Scialpi had an immediate success in the Summer of 1983 with the song ...
Ladri di Biciclette
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- "Sotto questo sole"
*1991: Gino Paoli - "Quattro amici"
*1992: Luca Carboni - "Mare mare"
*1993: Raf - "Il battito animale"
*1994: Umberto Tozzi - "Io muoio di te"
*1995: 883 - "Tieni il tempo"
*1996:
Eros Ramazzotti
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- "Più bella cosa"
*1997:
Pino Daniele
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*Ilva Ligabue (1932–1998), Italian opera ...
- "
Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima
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*2003:
Eros Ramazzotti
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- "Un'emozione per sempre"
*2004: Zucchero - "Il grande Baboomba"
*2005: Nek - "Lascia che io sia"
*2006:
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History and profile
The paper was fou ...