Sanremo Music Festival 2000

Sanremo Music Festival 2000
Dates
Semi-final 1	21 February 2000
Semi-final 2	22 February 2000
Semi-final 3	24 February 2000
Semi-final 4	25 February 2000
Final	26 February 2000
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Fabio Fazio and Luciano Pavarotti, Teo Teocoli, Inés Sastre
Musical director	Gianfranco Lombardi
Artistic director	Mario Maffucci
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Big Artists section
Number of entries	16
Winner	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel "Sentimento"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	18
Winner	Jenny B "Semplice sai"

The Sanremo Music Festival 2000 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2000), officially the 50th Italian Song Festival (50º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 50th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 2000 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Fabio Fazio, supported by Luciano Pavarotti, Teo Teocoli and Inés Sastre. Composers Pino Donaggio and Giorgio Moroder and lyricist Carla Vistarini served as the artistic directors.

The winners of the Big Artists section were the group Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel with the song "Sentimento", while Samuele Bersani won the Critics Award with the song "Replay". Jenny B won the Newcomers section with the song "Semplice sai".

After every night, Alessia Marcuzzi and the comedy duo Fichi d'India hosted DopoFestival, a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists.

Participants and results

Big Artists

Big Artists section
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Sentimento" - Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel (Beppe Servillo, Domenico Ciaramella, Giuseppe D'Argenzio, Fausto Mesolella, Ferruccio Spinetti, Mario Tronco)	1	Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"La tua ragazza sempre" - Irene Grandi (Vasco Rossi, Gaetano Curreri)	2
"Innamorato" - Gianni Morandi (Adelio Cogliati, Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti)	3
"Il timido ubriaco" - Max Gazzè (Max Gazzè, Francesco Gazzè)	4	Volare Award for Best Music Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"Replay" - Samuele Bersani (Samuele Bersani, Beppe D'Onghia)	5	Mia Martini Critics Award
"Gechi e vampiri" - Gerardina Trovato (Gerardina Trovato, Tom Sinatra)	6
"In bianco e nero" - Carmen Consoli (Carmen Consoli)	7
"Brivido caldo" - Matia Bazar (Giancarlo Golzi, Piero Cassano)	8
"Il giorno dell'indipendenza" - Alice (Juri Camisasca)	9
"Non dirgli mai" - Gigi D'Alessio (Vincenzo D'Agostino, Gigi D'Alessio)	10
"Tutti i miei sbagli" - Subsonica (Samuel Umberto Romano, Max Casacci, Davide Dileo)	11
"Con il tuo nome" - Spagna (Ivana Spagna, Claudio Tarantola, Giorgio Spagna)	12
"Fare l'amore" - Mietta (Pasquale Panella, Armando Mango, Giuseppe Mango)	13
"Futuro come te" - Mariella Nava & Amedeo Minghi (Mariella Nava, Amedeo Minghi)	14
"Raccontami di te" - Marco Masini (Marco Masini, Giuseppe Dati)	15
"Un'altra vita" - Umberto Tozzi (Umberto Tozzi)	16

Newcomers

Newcomers section
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank	Notes
"Semplice sai" - Jenny B (Frank Minoia, Giovanna Bersola)	1	Winner of the Newcomers' section Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Lythium)
"Strade" - Tiromancino & Riccardo Sinigallia (Federico Zampaglione, Riccardo Sinigallia)	2
"Cronaca" - Luna (Claudio Mattone)	3	Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"La canzone del perdono" - Andrea Mirò (Enrico Ruggeri, Andrea Mirò)	4
"Chiedi quello che vuoi" - Davide De Marinis (Davide De Marinis, Cinzia Farolfi, Davide Bosio)	5
"Che giorno sarà" - Alfonso Maria Parente (Alfonso Maria Parente)	6
"Noël" - Lythium (Stefano Piro)	7	Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Jenny B)
"E io ci penso ancora" - Enrico Sognato (Enrico Sognato)	8
"Le margherite" - Marjorie Biondo (Marjorie Biondo, Maurizio Fiorilla)	9
"Ognuno per sé" - Erredieffe (Piero Calabrese)	10
"Fai la tua vita" - Claudio Fiori (Claudio Fiori, Marco Falagiani, Giancarlo Bigazzi)	11
"Ogni ora" - B.A.U. (Cristian Ciampoli)	12
"Un giorno senza fine" - Fabrizio Moro (Fabrizio Moro)	13
"Non ci piove" - Joe Barbieri (Joe Barbieri)	14
"La croce" - Alessio Bonomo (Alessio Bonomo)	15
"Uomo davvero" - Laura Falcinelli (E. Monti, P. M. Benedetti)	16
"Nutriente" - Moltheni (Umberto Giardini)	17
"Nord-est" - Andrea Mazzacavallo (Andrea Pozzan)	18

Guests

Guests
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Eurythmics	"17 Again"
Hevia	"Busindre Reel"
Lene Marlin	"Where I'm Headed"
Aqua	"Cartoon Heroes"
Oasis	"Go Let It Out"
Tina Turner	"Whatever You Need"
Robbie Williams	"She's the One"
Enrique Iglesias	"Be with You"
Youssou N'Dour	"My Hope Is in You"
Sting	"Desert Rose"
Tom Jones	"Sex Bomb"
Bono & The Edge	"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" "All I Want Is You"
Goran Bregović	"Mesečina"