Sanremo Music Festival 1988 - Wikipedia
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Sanremo Music Festival 1988 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 24 February 1988 |
Semi-final 2 | 25 February 1988 |
Semi-final 3 | 26 February 1988 |
Final | 27 February 1988 |
Host | |
Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
Presenter(s) | Miguel Bosé and Gabriella Carlucci |
Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
Big Artists section | |
Number of entries | 26 |
Winner | Massimo Ranieri "Perdere l'amore" |
Newcomers' section | |
Number of entries | 16 |
Winner | Future "Canta con noi" |
1987 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 1989 |

The Sanremo Music Festival 1988 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1988), officially the 38th Italian Song Festival (38º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 38th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 24 and 27 February 1988 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Miguel Bosé and Gabriella Carlucci, while Carlo Massarini [it] hosted the segments from the Sanremo PalaRock, and Kay Sandvick, Lara Saint Paul and Memo Remigi hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed.[1]
The winner of the Big Artists section was Massimo Ranieri with the song "Perdere l'amore", while Fiorella Mannoia won the Critics Award with the song "Le notti di Maggio".[1] The pop group Future won the Newcomers section with the song "Canta con noi".[1]
Participants and results
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All shows were broadcast on Rai Uno.
International broadcasts
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Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Notes and references
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- ^ Figli di Bubba ("Sons of Bubba") was a supergroup formed by Premiata Forneria Marconi members Mauro Pagani and Franz Di Cioccio, comedians Enzo Braschi [it] and Sergio Vastano, record producer Roberto Manfredi and journalists Roberto Gatti and Alberto Tonti.[1]
- ^ Delayed broadcast on 28 February at 14:00 (EDT)[3]
- ^ a b c d e f Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- ^ Maria Pia Fusco (3 March 1988). "Massimo, Toto e Luca tre modi di vincere". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Sunday – Noon". Newsday TV Plus. Melville, New York. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 32.
- ^ "Sunday Afternoon". The Record TV Record. West Paterson, New Jersey. 28 February – 5 March 1988. p. 12.
- ^ a b "Телевизија" [Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 27 February 1988. p. 24. Retrieved 11 February 2025 – via Belgrade University Library.