Sanremo Music Festival 1962

The Sanremo Music Festival 1962 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1962), officially the 12th Italian Song Festival (12º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 12th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 8 and 18 February 1962,^[1] and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Renato Tagliani [it], assisted by actresses Laura Efrikian and Vicky Ludovisi [it]. Gianni Ravera served as artistic director.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 1962
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	8 February 1962
Semi-final 2	9 February 1962
Semi-final 3	10 February 1962
Final	18 February 1962
Venue	Sanremo Casino Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Artistic director	Gianni Ravera
Presenters	Renato Tagliani and Laura Efrikian, Vicky Ludovisi
Vote
Number of entries	32
Winner	Domenico Modugno and Claudio Villa "Addio, addio"
1961 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1963

The final of the contest was also aired in Monaco's Radio Monte Carlo, broadcast a day later.

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 Domenico Modugno and Claudio Villa with the song "Addio, addio".^[1] Villa went on to perform the song for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962.

Participants and results

Claudio Villa performing the winning entry "Addio, addio"

Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Addio, addio" – Domenico Modugno, Claudio Villa (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno)	1
"Tango italiano" – Sergio Bruni, Milva (Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni)	2
"Gondolì gondolà" – Sergio Bruni, Ernesto Bonino (Nisa, Renato Carosone)	3
"Quando quando quando" – Tony Renis, Emilio Pericoli (Alberto Testa, Tony Renis)	4
"Stanotte al luna park" - Milva, Miriam Del Mare (Vito Pallavicini, Biri, Carlo Alberto Rossi)	5
"Lui andava a cavallo" - Gino Bramieri, Aurelio Fierro (Nicola Salerno, Nino Ravasini)	6
" Un'anima leggera" - Arturo Testa, Jolanda Rossin (Piero Rolla, Federico Bergamini)	7
"Cipria di sole" - Joe Sentieri, Aurelio Fierro (Giuseppe Marotta, Salvatore Mazzocco)	8
"Aspettandoti " – Tonina Torrielli, Nelly Fioramonti (Saverio Seracini, Vincenzo D'Acquisto)	9
"Buongiorno amore" - Johnny Dorelli, Betty Curtis (Mario Panzeri, Johnny Dorelli)	10
"Passa il tempo" - Flo Sandon's, Mario D'Alba (Sandro Taccani, Umberto Bertini)	11
"Inventiamo la vita" - Nunzio Gallo, Rocco Montana (Vittorio Mascheroni, Gian Carlo Testoni)	12
"Centomila volte" - Arturo Testa, Jolanda Rossin (Sergio Censi, De Bernardi)	Eliminated
"Conta le stelle" - Silvia Guidi, Jenny Luna (Enzo Di Paola, Umberto Bertini)	Eliminated
"Cose inutili" - Fausto Cigliano, Jenny Luna (Gianni Meccia, Ugo Tognazzi)	Eliminated
"Due cipressi" - Rossana, Gian Costello (Pietro Pizzigoni, Angelo Camis, Gian Carlo Testoni)	Eliminated
"Fiori sull'acqua" - Wanda Romanelli, Nelly Fioramonti (Gianni Fallabrino, Vincenzo D'Acquisto)	Eliminated
"I colori della felicità" - Wilma De Angelis, Tanya (Leda Ranzato, Eros Sciorilli)	Eliminated
"Il cielo cammina" - Luciano Tajoli, Betty Curtis (Mario Ruccione, Umberto Bertini, Pino Tombolato)	Eliminated
"Il nostro amore" - Gesy Sebena, Giacomo Rondinella (Pinchi, Virgilio Panzuti)	Eliminated
"Innamorati" - Gene Colonnello, Gloria Christian (Giovanni D'Anzi, Mario Panzeri)	Eliminated
"L'anellino" - Corrado Lojacono, Luciano Tajoli (Corrado Lojacono, Nicola Salerno)	Eliminated
"L'ombrellone" - Johnny Dorelli, Gloria Christian (Pino Calvi, Leo Chiosso)	Eliminated
"L'ultimo pezzo di terra" - Nunzio Gallo, Bruna Lelli (Marcello Zanfagna, Gino Conte, Nunzio Gallo, Agostino Forte)	Eliminated
"Lumicini rossi" - Wilma De Angelis, Lucia Altieri (Fabor, Gian Carlo Testoni)	Eliminated
"Occhi senza lacrime" - Pierfilippi, Cocky Mazzetti (Eros Macchi, A. Grettici)	Eliminated
"Pesca tu che pesco anch'io" - Gino Bramieri, Rocco Torrebruno (Eldo Di Lazzaro, Bixio Cherubini)	Eliminated
"Prima del paradiso" - Flo Sandon's, Edda Montanari (Riccardo Vantellini, Pinchi)	Eliminated
"Quando il vento d'aprile" - Aura D'Angelo, Claudio Villa (Salvatore Palomba, Antonio Vian)	Eliminated
"Tobia" - Cocky Mazzetti, Joe Sentieri (Carlo Donida, Mogol, Alberto Testa)	Eliminated
"Vestita di rosso" - Mario Abbate, Fausto Cigliano (Alberto Testa, Rinaldo Cozzoli, Giulio Compare)	Eliminated
"Vita " - Narciso Parigi, Giorgio Consolini (Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcasts

All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.

International broadcasts

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 1962

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Monaco	Radio Monte Carlo[a]			[2]
United States	WPIX[b]			[3][4]