Sanremo Music Festival 1980

Sanremo Music Festival 1980
Dates
Semi-final 1	7 February 1980
Semi-final 2	8 February 1980
Final	9 February 1980
Host
Venue	Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)	Claudio Cecchetto and Roberto Benigni, Olimpia Carlisi
Host broadcaster	Rai 1
Vote
Number of entries	30
Winner	Toto Cutugno "Solo noi"

The Sanremo Music Festival 1980 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1980), officially the 30th Italian Song Festival (30º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 30th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 7 and 9 February 1980, and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was hosted by Claudio Cecchetto, assisted by actors Roberto Benigni and Olimpia Carlisi. Daniele Piombi hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino, where a number of guests performed.

The winner of the festival was Toto Cutugno with the song "Solo noi".

Participants and results

Participants and results
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Solo noi" – Toto Cutugno (Toto Cutugno)	1
"Ti voglio bene" – Enzo Malepasso (Depsa, Enzo Malepasso)	2
"Su di noi" – Pupo (Paolo Barabani, Donatella Milani, Enzo Ghinazzi)	3
"Canterò canterò canterò" – Aldo Donati (Aldo Donati)	Finalist
"Cavallo bianco" – Paolo Riviera (Vania Magelli, Riccardo Aglietti)	Finalist
"Contessa" – Decibel (Fulvio Muzio, Enrico Ruggeri)	Finalist
"Gelosia" - Bobby Solo (Danilo Ciotti, Roberto Satti)	Finalist
"Il sole canta" - Orlando Johnson (Giovanni Ullu)	Finalist
"I Sing for You" - Sally Oldfield (Alberto Salerno, Maurizio Fabrizio)	Finalist
"L'italiano" - Stefano Rosso (Stefano Rosso)	Finalist
"Ma vai vai" - Giorgio Zito e i Diesel (Giorgio Bennato)	Finalist
"Mara" - Bruno D'Andrea (Luigi Albertelli, Bruno Tavernese)	Finalist
"Mariù" - Gianni Morandi (Rosalino Cellamare, Francesco De Gregori)	Finalist
"Musica regina" - Leano Morelli (Leano Morelli)	Finalist
"Passerà" - Alberto Cheli (Antonio Coggio, Marco Luberti)	Finalist
"Più di una canzone" – La Bottega dell'Arte (Piero Calabrese, Romano Musumarra)	Finalist
"Tu cioè..." – Peppino di Capri (Depsa, Giuseppe Faiella)	Finalist
"Tu mi manchi dentro" – Leroy Gómez (Cristiano Minellono, Renato Brioschi)	Finalist
"Va' pensiero" – Linda Lee (Pippo Caruso)	Finalist
"Voglio l'erba voglio" – Francesco Magni (Francesco Magni)	Finalist
"Amor mio... sono me!" – Omelet (Pino Scarpettini, Piccareta)	Eliminated
"Angelo di seta" – Rimmel (Gianni Dell'Orso, Remy Guide, Claudio Colitti)	Eliminated
"Dal metrò a New York" – Henry Freis (Sandro Giacobbe)	Eliminated
"Dammi le mani" – Mela Lo Cicero (Franco Chiaravalle)	Eliminated
"E pensare che una volta... non era così!" – Gianfranco De Angelis (S. Spassiano, Paolo Amerigo Cassella)	Eliminated
"Non ti drogare" – Alberto Beltrami (Alberto Beltrami)	Eliminated
"Ritagli di luce" – Latte e Miele (Luciano Poltini, Luigi Albertelli)	Eliminated
"Ti desidero" – Armonium (C. Scotti Galletta, Paolo Barabani, Franco Zulian)	Eliminated
"Tu che fai la moglie" – Luca Cola (Luca Cola, Enrico Intra, Rigaldi)	Eliminated
"Tu sei la mia musica" – Coscarella e Polimeno (Coscarella e Polimeno, Adelio Cogliati)	Eliminated

Broadcasts

Local broadcast

The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only on radio.

International broadcast

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 1980

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Chile	Canal 13