Sanremo Music Festival 1958

The Sanremo Music Festival 1958 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1958), officially the 8th Italian Song Festival (8º Festival della canzone italiana), was the eight annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 30 January and 1 February 1958, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by actor Gianni Agus, assisted by television announcer Fulvia Colombo.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1958
Date and venue
Final	1 February 1958
Venue	Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Musical director	Cinico Angelini
Artistic director	ATA
Presenters	Gianni Agus and Fulvia Colombo
Vote
Number of entries	20
Winner	Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"
1957 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1959

Fulvia Colombo hosting the festival

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups, with some artists performing multiple songs.^[1] The winner of the festival was "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", performed by Domenico Modugno (who was also the composer of the song) and Johnny Dorelli.^[1] Modugno went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958.

Participants and results

Domenico Modugno performing the winning song

Left to right: Domenico Modugno, Nilla Pizzi and Johnny Dorelli

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artists and writer(s)	Rank
"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" – Domenico Modugno – Johnny Dorelli (Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci)	1
"L'edera" – Nilla Pizzi – Tonina Torrielli (Vincenzo D'Acquisto, Saverio Seracini)	2
"Amare un'altra" – Gino Latilla – Nilla Pizzi (Riccardo Pazzaglia, Giorgio Fabor)	3
"Campana di Santa Lucia" – Claudio Villa – Giorgio Consolini (Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina)	4
"Giuro d'amarti così" – Claudio Villa – Nilla Pizzi (Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni)	5
"Timida serenata" - Carla Boni & Gino Latilla – Aurelio Fierro & Gloria Christian (Nicola Salerno, Gino Redi)	6
"Fragole e cappellini" - Claudio Villa & Duo Fasano – Aurelio Fierro ft. Trio Joyce (Mario Panzeri, Saverio Seracini)	7
"Non potrai dimenticare" - Natalino Otto – Carla Boni & Gino Latilla (Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni)	8
"Mille volte" – Tonina Torrielli – Cristina Jorio (Zibio, Giorgio Fabor)	9
"Fantastica" - Johnny Dorelli – Natalino Otto (Armando Costanzo, Coriolano Gori, Piero Bentivoglio)	10
"Arsura" - Carla Boni – Giorgio Consolini (Bixio Cherubini, Vincenzo D'Acquisto, Mario Schisa)	Eliminated
"Cos'è un bacio" - Claudio Villa & Gino Latilla – Gloria Christian (Vincenzo Rovi, Giampiero Boneschi)	Eliminated
"È molto facile dirsi addio" - Marisa Del Frate – Giorgio Consolini (Luigi Martelli, Ennio Neri)	Eliminated
"Ho disegnato un cuore" - Marisa Del Frate – Gloria Christian (Silvana Simoni, Isabella Piga)	Eliminated
"I trulli di Alberobello" - Duo Fasano – Aurelio Fierro & Trio Joyce (Giovanni Ciocca, Umberto Bindi)	Eliminated
"Io sono te" - Carla Boni – Cristina Jorio (Alberto Testa, Raul De Giusti, Biri, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	Eliminated
"La canzone che piace a te" - Nilla Pizzi & Aurelio Fierro – Claudio Villa & Duo Fasano (Raffaele Cutolo, Marino De Paolis, Mario Ruccione)	Eliminated
"Nozze d'oro" - Tonina Torrielli & Duo Fasano – Trio Joyce (Franco Conti, Giorgio Cavalli, Enrico Canelli)	Eliminated
"Se tornassi tu...!" - Johnny Dorelli – Giorgio Consolini (Ezio Radaelli, Carlo Vinci, Alberto Barberis)	Eliminated
"Tu sei del mio paese" - Gino Latilla – Natalino Otto ( Alberto Testa, Raul De Giusti, Biri, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

All shows were broadcast on Italian Television and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET.

International broadcasts

Known details on the broadcasts of the final in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations are shown in the tables below.

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1958 Final – 1 February 1958

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Belgium	NIR [fr; nl]	NIR		[2]
Denmark	Statsradiofonien	Statsradiofonien TV		[3]
Monaco	Radio Monte-Carlo			[4]
Netherlands	NTS	NTS	Piet te Nuyl Jr.	[5]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TV DRS		[6]
		TSR	Georges Hardy [fr]