Orchestra leader Gianfranco Lombardi Entries acts ( songs) Start date February 24, 1998 Venue Teatro Ariston | Broadcaster Rai 1 Winner Annalisa Minetti End date 1998 | |
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Dates 24 February 1998 (1st night) Presenter(s) Raimondo Vianello, Eva Herzigová, Veronica Pivetti Critic's prize Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel
"Dormi e sogna" Location Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy Presented by Raimondo Vianello, Eva Herzigová, Veronica Pivetti 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 1998 was the 48th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, in the late February 1998 and broadcast by Rai 1.
The show was presented by Raimondo Vianello, supported by Eva Herzigová and Veronica Pivetti.
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 was eventually able to win both the competitions with the song "Senza te o con te".
Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel won the Mia Martini Critics Award with the song "Dormi e sogna", while the duo Eramo & Passavanti won the Critics Award for the Newcomers section.
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 reward best music, best lyrics and best arrarrangementm consisted of composer Michael Nyman, singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, writer Vincenzo Cerami, record producer Celso Valli and vice-president of Rome-Europe Foundation Monique Vaute.
After every night, Piero Chiambretti and Nino D'Angelo hosted DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.
