The Sanremo Music Festival 1995 was the 45th annual

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...

, held at the

Teatro Ariston The Ariston Theatre ( it, Teatro Ariston) is a cinema in Sanremo, Italy. It has been the venue of the annual Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the ...

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, in the late February 1995 and broadcast by

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. The show was presented by

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, who also served as the artistic director, with actresses

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and

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. The winner of the Big Artists section was Giorgia with the song "Come saprei", which also won the Critics Award. The a cappella group

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won the Newcomers section with the song "Le ragazze". In the opening night, shortly after the beginning of the show, a man, Pino Pagano, sat on the edge of the gallery of the theater and showed the intention to commit suicide jumping below, shouting "Pippo, io mi butto" (Italian for "Pippo, I'm jumping"): he was eventually stopped by Baudo himself amid the applause of the audience. After every night

broadcast ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Serena Dandini with

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, Gianni Ippoliti and Pippo Baudo.

Participants and results

Big Artists

Newcomers

Guests

References

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