Sanremo Music Festival 2005

The Sanremo Music Festival 2005 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2005), officially the 55th Italian Song Festival (55º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 55th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 1 and 5 March 2005 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Paolo Bonolis, supported by Antonella Clerici and Federica Felini. Bonolis and Gianmarco Mazzi served as the artistic directors.^[1]

Sanremo Music Festival 2005
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	1 March 2005
Semi-final 2	2 March 2005
Semi-final 3	3 March 2005
Semi-final 4	4 March 2005
Final	5 March 2005
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy
Production
Broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Director	Stefano Vicario
Artistic director	Paolo Bonolis, Gianmarco Mazzi
Presenters	Paolo Bonolis and Antonella Clerici, Federica Felini
Big Artists section
Number of entries	20
Winner	Francesco Renga "Angelo"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	12
Winner	Laura Bono "Non credo nei miracoli"
2004 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2006

According to the rules of this edition, the participants were divided into five categories (Men, Women, Groups, Classic and Newcomers), with only three entries for each category advancing to the finals and with the winners of each category eventually competing for the first place. The winner of the main competition was Francesco Renga with the song "Angelo", while Nicola Arigliano won the Critics Award with the song "Colpevole". Laura Bono won the Newcomers section with "Non credo nei miracoli".^[1]

In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Will Smith, Hugh Grant, Mike Tyson, Christian De Sica.^[1]

Participants and results

Men

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Angelo" - Francesco Renga (Francesco Renga, Maurizio Zappatini)	1	Winner of the main competition Winner of the "Men" section
"L'amore che non c'è " - Gigi D'Alessio (Gigi D'Alessio, Vincenzo D'Agostino)	2
"Nel mondo dei sogni" - Marco Masini (Marco Masini, Giuseppe Dati, Goffredo Orlandi)	3
"Non capiva che l'amavo" - Paolo Meneguzzi (Paolo Meneguzzi, Rosario Di Bella, Dino Melotti)	Eliminated
"Le parole" - Umberto Tozzi (Umberto Tozzi, Riccardo Ancillotti)	Eliminated

Women

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Echi d'infinito" - Antonella Ruggiero (Mario Venuti, Kaballà)	1	Winner of the "Women" section
"Da grande" - Alexia (Alexia Aquilani, Maurizio Fabrizio, Guido Ciminotti, Giuseppe Fulcheri, Celso Valli)	2
"Ragazza di periferia" - Anna Tatangelo (Gigi D'Alessio, Vincenzo D'Agostino, Adriano Pennino)	3
"Fammi entrare" - Marina Rei (Marina Rei, Daniele Sinigallia)	Eliminated
"A modo mio" - Paola e Chiara (Paola Iezzi, Chiara Iezzi)	Eliminated

Groups

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Che mistero è l'amore" - Nicky Nicolai & Stefano Di Battista Jazz Quartet (Pino Marino, Giancarlo Lucariello, Maurizio Fabrizio)	1	Winner of the "Groups" section
"Ovunque andrò" - Le Vibrazioni (Francesco Sarcina)	2
"Grido d'amore" - Matia Bazar (Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano)	3
"Francesca" - DJ Francesco Band (Alberto Rapetti, Francesco Facchinetti, Davide Primiceri)	Eliminated
"Dovevo dirti molte cose (amore)" - Velvet (Velvet, Sgreccia)	Eliminated

Classic

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Come noi nessuno al mondo" - Toto Cutugno ft. Annalisa Minetti (Toto Cutugno)	1	Winner of the "Classic" section
"Uomo bastardo" - Marcella Bella (Stefano Pieroni, Gianni Bella)	2
"La panchina" - Peppino di Capri (Depsa, Giuseppe Faiella, Christian Piccinelli)	3
"Colpevole" - Nicola Arigliano (Franco Fasano, Gianfranco Grottoli, Andrea Vaschetti)	Eliminated	Winner of the Mia Martini critics award
"Non escludo il ritorno" - Franco Califano (Federico Zampaglione, Franco Califano)	Eliminated

Newcomers

Big Artists section [1]
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Non credo nei miracoli" - Laura Bono (Laura Bono, Mario Natale)	1	Winner of the "Newcomers" section
"Che farò" - La Differenza (Fabio Falcone, Giuseppe Martinelli, Simone Zaccagna)	2
"L'immaginario" - Veronica Ventavoli (Diego Calvetti, Mario Ciappelli)	3
"Sono qui per questo" - Max De Angelis (Max De Angelis, Diego Calvetti, Mario Ciappelli)	Eliminated
"L'idea" - Equ (Gabriele Graziani, Vanni Crociani, Daniele Boscherini)	Eliminated
"Fammi respirare (aria)" - Giovanna D'Angi (Giovanni Caruso, Mario Pappalardo)	Eliminated
"Vorrei" - Sabrina Guida (Walter Esposito, Sabrina Guida, Roberto D'Aquino)	Eliminated
"Ci vuole k..." - Concido (Andrea & Enrico Plebani, Giorgio Tarantelli, Giorgio Costantini)	Eliminated
"Riesci a innamorarmi" - Modà (Francesco Silvestre)	Eliminated
"Dov'è la terra capitano?" -Enrico Boccadoro (Enrico Boccadoro)	Eliminated
"Segui il tuo cuore" -Christian Lo Zito (Giuseppe Furnari)	Eliminated
"Mentre tutto scorre" - Negramaro (Giuliano Sangiorgi)	Eliminated

Musical guests

Guests [1]
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Michael Bublé	"Feeling Good" "Home"
Lola Ponce	"Step"
Gwen Stefani	"Rich Girl"
Vasco Rossi	"Vita spericolata" "Un senso"
Povia	"I bambini fanno ooh..."