The Sanremo Music Festival 2000 (), officially the 50th Italian Song Festival (), was the 50th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 2000 and broadcast by (RAI). 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 Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section "" Irene Grandi 2 "" Gianni Morandi 3 "" Max Gazzè 4 Volare Award for Best Music Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Samuele Bersani 5 Mia Martini Critics Award "" Gerardina Trovato 6 "" Carmen Consoli Carmen Consoli7 "" Matia Bazar 8 "" Alice Juri Camisasca9 "" Gigi D'Alessio 10 "" Subsonica 11 "" Spagna 12 "" Mietta 13 "" Mariella Nava & Amedeo Minghi 14 "" Marco Masini 15 "" Umberto Tozzi Umberto Tozzi16
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Jenny B 1 Winner of the Newcomers' section Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Lythium) "" Tiromancino & Riccardo Sinigallia 2 "" Luna Claudio Mattone 3 Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Andrea Mirò 4 "" Davide De Marinis 5 "" Alfonso Maria Parente Alfonso Maria Parente6 "" Lythium Stefano Piro7 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section (shared with Jenny B) "" Enrico Sognato Enrico Sognato8 "" Marjorie Biondo 9 "" Erredieffe Piero Calabrese10 "" Claudio Fiori 11 "" B.A.U. Cristian Ciampoli12 "" Fabrizio Moro Fabrizio Moro13 "" Joe Barbieri Joe Barbieri14 "" Alessio Bonomo Alessio Bonomo15 "" Laura Falcinelli 16 "" Moltheni Umberto Giardini17 "" Andrea Mazzacavallo Andrea Pozzan18
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"
Broadcasts International broadcasts Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 2000 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) SBS SBS TV
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