Sanremo Music Festival 1960

The Sanremo Music Festival 1960 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1960), officially the 10th Italian Song Festival (10º Festival della canzone italiana), was the tenth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 28 and 30 January 1960,^[1] and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Paolo Ferrari and Enza Sampò. Ezio Radaelli served as artistic director.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1960
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	28 January 1960
Semi-final 2	29 January 1960
Final	30 January 1960
Venue	Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Artistic director	Ezio Radaelli
Presenters	Paolo Ferrari and Enza Sampò
Vote
Number of entries	20
Winner	Tony Dallara and Renato Rascel "Romantica"
1959 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1961

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups.^[1] The winners of the festival were Tony Dallara and Renato Rascel with the song "Romantica".^[1] Dallara went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960.

Participants and results

Tony Dallara performing the winning entry "Romantica"

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Romantica" – Tony Dallara, Renato Rascel (Dino Verde, Renato Rascel)	1
"Libero" – Domenico Modugno, Teddy Reno (Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci)	2
"Quando vien la sera" – Wilma De Angelis, Joe Sentieri (Alberto Testa, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	3
"Colpevole" – Nilla Pizzi, Tonina Torrielli (Vincenzo D'Acquisto, Saverio Seracini)	4
"È mezzanotte" - Joe Sentieri, Sergio Bruni ( Alberto Testa, Rinaldo Cozzoli, Giulio Compare)	5
"Il mare" - Giorgio Consolini, Sergio Bruni (Antonio Pugliese, Vian)	6
"Noi" - Jula De Palma, Tony Dallara (Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni)	7
"È vero" - Teddy Reno, Mina (Nisa, Umberto Bindi)	8
"Splende il sole" – Fausto Cigliano, Irene D'Areni (Pinchi, Danpa, Panzuti)	9
"Notte mia" - Johnny Dorelli, Jula De Palma (Zanfagna, Marcello De Martino)	10
"A come amore" - Flo Sandon's, Gloria Christian ( Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino)	Eliminated
"Amore abisso dolce" - Achille Togliani, Giorgio Consolini ( Gian Carlo Testoni, Marcello Gigante)	Eliminated
"Amore senza sole" - Johnny Dorelli, Betty Curtis (Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni)	Eliminated
"Gridare di gioia" - Germana Caroli, Arturo Testa (Fanciulli, Arturo Testa)	Eliminated
"Invoco te" - Gino Latilla, Miranda Martino ( Gian Carlo Testoni, Tony De Vita, Glauco Masetti)	Eliminated
"Non sei felice" - Mina, Betty Curtis (Riccardo Vantellini, Pinchi)	Eliminated
"Perderti" - Tonina Torrielli, Arturo Testa (Pinchi, Pier Emilio Bassi)	Eliminated
"Perdoniamoci" - Achille Togliani, Nilla Pizzi ( Umberto Bertini, Enzo Di Paola)	Eliminated
"Splende l'arcobaleno" - Wilma De Angelis, Gloria Christian (Mario Tumminelli, Cosimo Di Ceglie)	Eliminated
"Vento pioggia... scarpe rotte" - Gino Latilla, Miranda Martino ( Eduardo Taranto, Coriolano Gori, Alfio Grasso)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

All shows were broadcast on RAI Televisione and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET.^[2][3][4]

International broadcast

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

International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 1960

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Belgium	NIR [fr; nl]	NIR		[5]
Germany	ARD	Deutsches Fernsehen		[6]
Netherlands	NTS	NTS	Piet te Nuyl Jr.	[7]
Soviet Union	AUR	First Programme[a]		[8]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TSR	RTF commentary	[9]
		RSI[b]		[6]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC Television Service[c]		[10]