The Sanremo Music Festival 2000 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 2000), officially the 50th Italian Song Festival (), was the 50th 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
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 ...
in
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...
,
province of Imperia
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, in the late February 2000 and broadcast by
Rai 1
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.
The show was presented by
Fabio Fazio
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, supported by
Luciano Pavarotti
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,
Teo Teocoli
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Selected filmography
* ''Paolo e Francesca'' (1971)
* '' The Boss and the Worke ...
and
Inés Sastre
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Born in Valladolid, Sastre's career started at the age of 12, when she was selected for a fast-food commercial with McDonald's. Her first movie appearance ...
. Composers
Pino Donaggio
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and
Giorgio Moroder
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and lyricist Carla Vistarini served as the artistic directors.
The winners of the Big Artists section were the group
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In 2000 the band won the ...
with the song "
Sentimento
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The album was conducted by Lorin Maazel with London Symphony Orchestra, a ...
".
Jenny B
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Bersola was born in 1972 in Catania, Sicily, Italy, to a Sicilian mother and Senegalese father. In the early years of her music caree ...
won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Semplice sai", and
Samuele Bersani
Samuele Bersani (born 1 October 1970, in Rimini, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He received the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2000 and in 2012, with the songs "Replay" and "Un pallone", respectively.
His b ...
won the
Mia Martini
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After every night,
Alessia Marcuzzi
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Career
Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...
and the comedy duo
Fichi D'India
were an Italian Double act, comedy duo made up of Bruno Arena (12 January 1957 – 28 September 2022) and Max Cavallari (born 8 July 1963), both actors and cabaret artists.
They started their artistic career in 1989 on the beaches of Cape Pal ...
hosted ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.