Sanremo Music Festival 1955

The Sanremo Music Festival 1955 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1955), officially the 5th Italian Song Festival (5º Festival della canzone italiana), was the fifth annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 27 and 29 January 1955, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by television presenter Armando Pizzo, assisted by Maria Teresa Ruta.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1955
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	27 January 1955
Semi-final 2	28 January 1955
Final	29 January 1955
Venue	Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Musical director	Cinico Angelini
Artistic director	Giulio Razzi
Presenters	Armando Pizzo, Maria Teresa Ruta
Vote
Number of entries	16
Winner	Claudio Villa and Tullio Pane "Buongiorno tristezza"
1954 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1956

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 "Buongiorno tristezza", performed by Claudio Villa and Tullio Pane.^[1]

Participants and results

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artists and writer(s)	Rank
"Buongiorno tristezza" - Claudio Villa – Tullio Pane (Giuseppe Fiorelli, Mario Ruccione)	1
"Il torrente" - Claudio Villa – Tullio Pane (Carlo Alberto Liman, Leo Carmi)	2
"Canto nella valle" - Natalino Otto & Trio Aurora – Bruno Pallesi, Nuccia Bongiovanni & Radio Boys (Mario Panzeri, Umberto Fusco)	3
"Incantatella" - Claudio Villa – Narciso Parigi (Enzo Bonagura)	4
"Un cuore" - Antonio Basurto – Gianni Ravera (Peppino Mendes, Eduardo Falocchino)	5
"L'ombra" - Jula de Palma – Marisa Colomber (Walter Colì)	6
"Ci ciu cì (Cantava un usignol)" - Narciso Parigi & Radio Boys – Natalino Otto & Trio Aurora (Ettore Minoretti, Saverio Seracini)	7
"Una fotografia nella cornice" - Natalino Otto – Antonio Basurto (Lucia Mannucci, Fecchi)	8
"Cantilena del trainante" - Jula de Palma – Antonio Basurto (Faccenna, De Angelis)	Eliminated
"Che fai tu luna in ciel" - Bruno Pallesi – Jula de Palma (Nino Rastelli, Brinniti)	Eliminated
"Era un omino" - Clara Jaione & Radio Boys – Nella Colombo, Bruno Rosettani & Trio Aurora (Angelo Paolillo)	Eliminated
"I tre timidi" - Natalino Otto – Nuccia Bongiovanni & Radio Boys (Eros Valladi)	Eliminated
"Il primo viaggio" - Bruno Pallesi & Nuccia Bongiovanni – Bruno Rosettani, Nella Colombo & Trio Aurora (Sargon)	Eliminated
"Non penserò che a te" - Gianni Ravera – Tullio Pane (Taddei, Poggiali, Minasi)	Eliminated
"Sentiero" - Bruno Pallesi – Jula de Palma (Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina)	Eliminated
"Zucchero e pepe" - Bruno Rosettani & Trio Aurora – Clara Jaione & Radio Boys (Biri, Lydia Capece Minutolo, Vittorio Mascheroni)	Eliminated