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 or Piazza Bra,

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. The first edition took place in 1964 and was broadcast by

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. 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

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es in Italian bars, so the competition was a one evening event transmitted by

. From 1983,

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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. After his death in 1998, his son

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took the reins.

Winning songs

*1964:

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- "Credi a me" *1965:

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- "Ciao ciao" *1966:

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" *1967:

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- "Stasera mi butto" *1968: Adamo - "Affida una lacrima al vento" *1969:

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- "Acqua azzurra acqua chiara" *1970:

- "Fiori rosa fiori di pesco" *1971:

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" *1972:

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" *1973:

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- "Io domani";

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" *1974:

Claudio Baglioni Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture such as ''E tu come stai?''. In the 80s he released the ...

- "E tu" *1975:

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- "Due";

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" *1976:

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- "Non si può morire dentro" *1977:

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" *1978:

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- "Liù";

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" *1979: Alan Sorrenti - "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" *1980: Miguel Bosè - "Olympic Games" *1981:

Donatella Rettore Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955, in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Rettore started her singing career in 1973. Her early recordings was oriented towards Italian ...

- "Donatella" *1982: Miguel Bosè - "Bravi ragazzi";

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- " Non sono una signora";

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- "Anima" *1983:

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- " Bollicine" *1984:

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- " Fotoromanza" *1985:

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- " L'estate sta finendo" *1986:

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- " Run to Me" *1987:

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- "Dance Dance Dance" *1988:

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- "Ti pretendo" *1990:

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& Ladri di Biciclette - "Sotto questo sole" *1991:

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- "Quattro amici" *1992:

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- "Mare mare" *1993:

- "Il battito animale" *1994:

- "Io muoio di te" *1995:

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- "Tieni il tempo" *1996:

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- "Più bella cosa" *1997:

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- "Che male c'è" *1998:

- "Io no" *1999:

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- "Un raggio di sole" *2000:

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- " Qualcosa di grande" *2001:

- "Ti prendo e ti porto via" *2002: Ligabue - " Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima" *2003:

- "Un'emozione per sempre" *2004:

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- "Il grande Baboomba" *2005:

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- "Lascia che io sia" *2006: Ligabue - " Happy Hour" *2007:

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- "Parlami d'amore"

Notes

External links

Official websiteMancano i soldi - La prima estate senza Festivalbar
article (in Italian) from

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of 29/6/2008 on the Festivalbar not happening in 2008. {{coord missing, Italy 1964 establishments in Italy 2007 disestablishments in Italy Music festivals in Italy Mediaset es:Festivalbar#top