Sanremo Music Festival 2008
58th Italian Song Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival 2008 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2008), officially the 58th Italian Song Festival (58º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 58th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The first and the second night of the show were held on 25 and 26 February 2008, while the last three nights were held from 28 February and 1 March 2008. The contest was presented by Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti with Bianca Guaccero and Andrea Osvárt.
The competition included two different sections. The Big Artists section, featuring 20 established singers, was won by the duo composed of Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce with the song "Colpo di fulmine", while the newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Sonohra with "L'amore".
The festival received poor ratings compared previous editions. All of the five nights of the show were watched by less than 10,000,000 people, the worst result in the contest's history.
Presenters and personnel
In June 2007, RAI vice director Giancarlo Leone officially announced Pippo Baudo and Piero Chiambretti as the presenters of the Sanremo Music Festival, also confirming Baudo as the artistic director of the show. It was Baudo's thirteenth Sanremo Music Festival as the presenter of the competition.
Italian actress Bianca Guaccero and Hungarian fashion model and actress Andrea Osvárt were later selected as the co-presenters of the show.
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