Broadcaster Rai 1 Winner Alice Date 5 February 1981 | Entries acts ( songs) Dates 5 Feb 1981 – 7 Feb 1981 Venue Teatro Ariston | |
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Presenter(s) Claudio Cecchetto, Eleonora Vallone, Nilla Pizzi Location Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy Presented by Claudio Cecchetto, Eleonora Vallone, Nilla Pizzi Other Instances Sanremo Music Festival 2, Sanremo Music Festival 2, Sanremo Music Festival 2, Sanremo Music Festival 2, Sanremo Music Festival 2 | ||
The Sanremo Music Festival 1981 was the 31st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 5 and 7 February 1981 and broadcast by Rai 1.
The show was hosted by Claudio Cecchetto, assisted by the actress Eleonora Vallone and by the singer Nilla Pizzi (two times winner of the Festival).
The winner of the Festival was Alice with the song "Per Elisa".
This was the first edition to be enterely broadcast on RAI, after eight years in which the live broadcast was restricted only to the final night of the festival.
Massimo Troisi should have participated in the final night of the festival with three segments as a comedian, but just before to take the stage he decided not to appear because of the cuts of his monologues required by RAI executives.