Sanremo Music Festival 1994

1994
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston
Presenter(s)	Pippo Baudo and Anna Oxa, Cannelle
Musical director	Pippo Caruso
Artistic director	Pippo Baudo
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Vote
Number of entries	20
Winner	Aleandro Baldi
Number of entries	18
Winner	Andrea Bocelli

The Sanremo Music Festival 1994 was the 44th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, in the late February 1994 and broadcast by Rai 1.

The show was presented by Pippo Baudo, who also served as the artistic director, with singer Anna Oxa and model Cannelle. Antonella Clerici hosted the segments with the juries.

The winner of the Big Artists section was Aleandro Baldi with the ballad "Passerà", while Giorgio Faletti ranked second and won the Critics Award with "Signor tenente", an anti-mafia rap song inspired by massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio. Andrea Bocelli won the Newcomers section with the song "Il mare calmo della sera".

After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Mara Venier and Pippo Baudo with Renato Zero and Roberto D'Agostino.

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Passerà" – Aleandro Baldi (Aleandro Baldi, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani)	1	Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Signor tenente" – Giorgio Faletti (Giorgio Faletti)	2	Mia Martini Critics Award
"Strani amori" – Laura Pausini (Angelo Valsiglio, Roberto Buti, Cheope, Marco Marati, Francesco Tanini)	3
"Non è un film" – Gerardina Trovato (Angelo Anastasio, Celso Valli, Gerardina Trovato)	4
"Cinque giorni" – Michele Zarrillo (Vincenzo Incenzo, Michele Zarrillo)	5
"I soliti accordi" – Enzo Jannacci & Paolo Rossi (Enzo Jannacci, Paolo Rossi, Paolo Jannacci)	6
"Maledette malelingue" - Ivan Graziani (Ivan Graziani)	7
"Amare amare" - Andrea Mingardi (Andrea Mingardi, Maurizio Tirelli)	8
"Esser duri" - Marco Armani (Marco Armenise, Luca Carboni)	9
"Di notte specialmente" - Donatella Rettore (Cheope, Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego)	10
"Terra mia" - Mariella Nava (Mariella Nava)	11
"La casa dell'imperatore" - Formula 3 (Tony Cicco, Mario Castelnuovo)	12
"Amici non ne ho" - Loredana Bertè (Loredana Bertè, Philippe Leon)	13
"Crescerai" - Alessandro Canino (Bruno Zucchetti, Giuseppe Dati, Stefano Busà)	14
"Statento" - Francesco Salvi (Francesco Salvi, Vittorio Cosma)	15
"Oppure no" – Alessandro Bono (Alessandro Bono)	16
"Se mi ami…" - Claudia Mori (Toto Cutugno)	17
"L'ascensore" - Carlo Marrale (Carlo Marrale, Cheope)	18
"Una vecchia canzone italiana" - Squadra Italia[A] (Stefano Jurgens, Marcello Marrocchi)	19
"Napoli" - Franco Califano (Franco Califano, Alberto Laurenti, Antonio Gaudino)	20

Newcomers

Newcomers section
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Il mare calmo della sera" - Andrea Bocelli (Malise, Gian Pietro Felisatti, Gloria Nuti)	1	Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Ricordi del cuore" - Antonella Arancio (Claudio Allia, Ray Distefano)	2
"Quelli come noi" - Danilo Amerio (Danilo Amerio)	3
"Fuori" - Irene Grandi (Telonio, Irene Grandi)	4
"Così vivrai" - Valeria Visconti (Ermanno Croce, Rossano Eleuteri)	5
"Possiamo realizzare i nostri sogni" - Lighea (Stefano Jurgens, Tania Montelpare, Giulio Galgani)	6
"E poi" - Giorgia (Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi)	7
"Il mondo è qui" - Francesca Schiavo (Varo Venturi)	8
"Il mondo dove va" - Silvia Cecchetti (Vincenzo Benedetto Scanu)	9
"Senti uomo" - Giò Di Tonno (Giovanni Di Tonno, Alessandro Di Zio)	10
"Cuore cuore" - Paola Angeli (Paola Angeli)	Eliminated
"È solo un giorno nero" - Simona D'Alessio (Carmen Di Domenico, Claudio Pizzale)	Eliminated
"I giardini d'Alhambra" - Baraonna (Fulvio Caporale, Vito Caporale)	Eliminated	Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section Fonopoli Award for Best Arrangement
"Io e il mio amico Neal" - Daniela Colace (Michele Ascolese, Daniela Colace)	Eliminated
"Ma che sarei" - Franz Campi (Franz Campi)	Eliminated
"Non spegnere i tuoi occhi" - Joe Barbieri (Joe Barbieri)	Eliminated
"Propiziu ventu" - Paideja (Tina Nicoletta, Valeria Nicoletta)	Eliminated
"Senza un dolore" - Daniele Fossati (Daniele Fossati)	Eliminated

Guests

Guests
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Matt Bianco	"Our Love"
Take That	"Relight My Fire"
k.d. lang	"Constant Craving"
Incognito	"Givin' It Up"
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Amii Stewart	"Why"
Phil Collins	"Everyday"
Elton John & RuPaul	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

Notes

• A ^ Squadra Italia was a supergroup formed by Nilla Pizzi, Mario Merola, Jimmy Fontana, Wilma Goich, Rosanna Fratello, Lando Fiorini, Gianni Nazzaro, Wess, Toni Santagata, Giuseppe Cionfoli and Manuela Villa (Claudio Villa's daughter).