The Sanremo Music Festival 2005 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 2005), officially the 55th Italian Song Festival (), was the 55th annual

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, held at the

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, between 1 and 5 March 2005 and broadcast by

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. The show was presented by

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, supported by Antonella Clerici and Federica Felini. The same Bonolis, together with Gianmarco Mazzi, served as the artistic director. According to the rules of this edition, the participants were divided into five categories (Men, Women, Groups, Classic and Newcomers), with only three entries for each category acceding to the finals and with the winners of each category eventually competing for the first place. The winner of the main competition was

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with the song "Angelo".

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won the critics prize with the song "Colpevole". In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included

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, Mike Tyson,

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Participants and results

Men

Women

Groups

Classic

Newcomers

Musical guests

References

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