The Sanremo Music Festival 1998 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 1998), officially the 48th Italian Song Festival (), was the 48th 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 annual ...
, held at the
Teatro Ariston
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The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the ...
in
Sanremo
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,
province of Imperia
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, in the late February 1998 and broadcast by
Rai 1
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.
The show was presented by
Raimondo Vianello
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He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...
, supported by
Eva Herzigová
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and
Veronica Pivetti
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Born in Milan, Pivetti is the daughter of Grazia Gabrielli, a voice actress and of Paolo Pivetti, a stage director. She is the younger sister of ...
.
According to the rules of this edition, the winner and the two runner-up of the "Newcomers" section were allowed in the final night to compete in the Big Artists section;
Annalisa Minetti
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was eventually able to win both the competitions with the song "Senza te o con te".
Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel
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In 2000 the band won the ...
won the
Mia Martini
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For the newcomers, only the winner was revealed; for the big artists section, initially only the first three positions were announced, while the complete final ranking was disclosed only several weeks after the end of the festival.
The "Quality Jury", responsible for rewarding best music, best lyrics and best arrangements, consisted of composer
Michael Nyman
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, singer-songwriter
Roberto Vecchioni
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Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated i ...
, writer
Vincenzo Cerami
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From 1967, he contributed or wrote screenplays or adapted screenplays for more than 40 films. In 1996, he was a member of the jury ...
, record producer
Celso Valli
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and vice-president of Rome-Europe Foundation Monique Vaute.
After every night,
Piero Chiambretti
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Born on 30 May 1956 in Aosta to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in Turin. He later moved to Bologna, where he studied Arts, Music ...
and
Nino D'Angelo
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hosted ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.