Sanremo Music Festival 2001

The Sanremo Music Festival 2001 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2001), officially the 51st Italian Song Festival (51º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 51st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 February and 3 March 2001 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Raffaella Carrà, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 2001
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	26 February 2001
Semi-final 2	27 February 2001
Semi-final 3	1 March 2001
Semi-final 4	2 March 2001
Final	3 March 2001
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Musical director	Gianfranco Lombardi
Presenters	Raffaella Carrà and Megan Gale, Enrico Papi, Massimo Ceccherini
Big Artists section
Number of entries	16
Winner	Elisa "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	16
Winner	Gazosa "Stai con me (Forever)"
2000 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2002

The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli.^[1] The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Critics Award. The group Gazosa won the Newcomers section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".^[1]

After every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella Carrà hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.^[1]

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" - Elisa (Elisa Toffoli, Zucchero Fornaciari)	1	Winner of the "Big Artists" section Mia Martini Critics Award
"Di sole e d'azzurro" - Giorgia (Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi, Matteo Saggese)	2
"Questa nostra grande storia d'amore" - Matia Bazar (Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano)	3
"L'acrobata" - Michele Zarrillo (Michele Zarrillo, Vincenzo Incenzo)	4
"Saluto l'inverno" - Paola Turci (Paola Turci, Carmen Consoli)	5
"Anche tu" - Jenny B (Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano)	6
"Sono contento" - Alex Britti (Alex Britti)	7	Volare Award for Best Music
"Tu che ne sai" - Gigi D'Alessio (Vincenzo D'Agostino, Gigi D'Alessio)	8
"Ciao Ninìn" - Fabio Concato (Fabio Concato)	9
"L'eterno movimento" - Anna Oxa (Laurex, Giuseppe Fulcheri)	10
"Pioverà (Habibi ené)" - Peppino di Capri (Franco Del Prete, Marcello Vitale, Peppino di Capri)	11
"Il profumo del mare" - Gianni Bella (Gianni Bella, Mogol)	12
"Fantasticamenteamore" - Syria (Biagio Antonacci, Saverio Lanza)	13
"Mezze verità" - Sottotono (Massimiliano Dagani, Massimiliano Cellamaro)	14
"Bentivoglio Angelina" - Quintorigo (Massimo De Leonardis, Michele Montanari, Valentino Bianchi, Stefano Ricci, Guido Facchini, Andrea Costa, Gionata Costa)	15	Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"L'assenzio (The Power of Nothing)" - Bluvertigo (Marco Castoldi, Luca Urbani)	16

Newcomers

Newcomers section[1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Stai con me (Forever)" - Gazosa (Stefano Borzi, E. Caterini, Sandro Nasuti)	1	Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Maggie" - Moses (Matteo Di Franco, Sergio Moschetto, Andrea Zuppini)	2
"Turuturu" - Francesco & Giada (Francesco Boccia, Giada Caliendo)	3
"Targato NA" - Principe e Socio M. (Mauro Spenillo, Antonio De Carmine)	4
"Promessa" - Carlotta (Luca Angelosanti, Assolo, Carla Quadraccia, Francesco Morettini, Davide Massa, Marco De Iaco, Alex Zuccaro)	5
"Raccontami" - Francesco Renga (Francesco Renga, Umberto Iervolino)	6	Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Roberto Angelini)
"Ed io non ci sto più" - Paolo Meneguzzi (Roberto Zappalorto)	7
"Emily" - Carlito (Carlo De Bei)	8	Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"Luna" - XSense (Alessandro Branca, Jacopo Monasta, Giacomo Godi, Paolo Brera)	9
"Il Signor Domani" - Roberto Angelini (Roberto Angelini)	10	Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Francesco Renga)
"Bocca" - Sara 6 (Serenella Occhipinti, Mauro Gardella, Serenella Occhipinti)	11
"Nascosto dietro un vetro" - Velvet (Pierluigi Ferrantini, Giancarlo Cornetta, Alessandro Sgreccia, Pierfrancesco Bazzoffi, Pierluigi Ferrantini)	12
"Battiti" - Stefano Ligi (Stefano Ligi, Roberto Costa)	13
"Ho vinto un viaggio" - Riky Anelli (Riky E. Anelli, Bruno Santori, C. H. Sementina)	14
"Quando io" - Pincapallina (Paolo Milzani)	15
"Grazie" - Isola Song (Salvatore Melis, Giuseppe Melis)	16

Guests

Guests[1]
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Ronan Keating	"Lovin' Each Day"
Faith Hill	"The Way You Love Me"
Eminem with D12	"I'm Back" "Purple Hills" "The Real Slim Shady"
30 Odd Foot of Grunts	"Things Have Got to Change" "Sail Those Same Oceans"
Westlife	"I Lay My Love On You"
Anastacia	"I'm Outta Love"
Placebo	"Special K"
Moby	"South Side"
Enya	"Wild Child"
Ricky Martin	"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" "She Bangs"