Sanremo Music Festival 2015

Sanremo Music Festival 2015
Dates
Semi-final 1	10 February 2015
Semi-final 2	11 February 2015
Semi-final 3	12 February 2015
Semi-final 4	13 February 2015
Final	14 February 2015
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Carlo Conti and Arisa, Emma Marrone, Rocío Muñoz Morales
Musical director	Pinuccio Pirazzoli
Artistic director	Carlo Conti
Host broadcaster	RAI
Big Artists section
Number of entries	20
Voting system	Televotes, music journalists, popular jury, expert jury
Winner	Il Volo "Grande amore"
Newcomers' section
Number of entries	8
Voting system	Televotes, music journalists, jury
Winner	Giovanni Caccamo "Ritornerò da te"
2014 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2016

The Sanremo Music Festival 2015 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2015), officially the 65th Italian Song Festival (65º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 65th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, between 10 and 14 February 2015 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by 2012 and 2014 winners Emma and Arisa, along with Spanish television presenter and model Rocío Muñoz Morales and artistic director Carlo Conti.

The Big Artists section included 20 established Italian artists, competing with a song each, while 8 artists performed in the Newcomers' section. On 13 February 2015, Giovanni Caccamo won the Newcomers' section with "Ritornerò da te", also receiving the "Emanuele Luzzati" Award, the Critics' Award "Mia Martini", and the Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla". He also co-wrote the song "Adesso e qui (nostalgico presente)", performed by Malika Ayane, which received the Critics' Award in the Big Artists section. The "Lucio Dalla" Award in the Big Artists section was received by Nek with "Fatti avanti amore". The winner of the Big Artists category was operatic pop trio Il Volo with their entry "Grande amore". As a result, the group was eligible to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where they would finish in third place.^[1] A total of twenty prizes were awarded during the festival.