The Sanremo Music Festival 1977 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 1977), officially the 27th Italian Song Festival (), was the 27th annual

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, held at the

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between 3 and 5 March 1977. The final night was broadcast by

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. The first two nights were broadcast live by radio and presented by

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, while the final night Elmi hosted together with

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. Rules of this edition consisted a "head to head" mechanism between two singers at a time. A jury, composed of 25 members, was located immediately under the stage and had to express the vote for a singer or another. Winners of the Festival were the musical group

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with the song " Bella da morire".

Participants and results

References

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