The Sanremo Music Festival 1989 was the 39th annual

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, held at the

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, between 21 and 25 February 1989 and broadcast on

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. The show was presented by Rosita Celentano, Paola Dominguin,

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. Kay Sandvick and Clare Ann Matz hosted the segments from the

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where a number of foreign guests performed. The winner of the Big Artists section were

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and

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with the song "Ti lascerò", and

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won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Canzoni". Only in this edition it was introduced the "Emerging artists" category, whose members were selected through the television contest "Aspettando Sanremo" broadcast on Radio 1 and hosted by

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. The winner was

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with the song "Come bambini".

Participants and results

Big Artists

Emerging artists

Newcomers

Musical guests

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References

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