Sanremo Music Festival 2010
| Sanremo Music Festival 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 16 February 2010 |
| Semi-final 2 | 17 February 2010 |
| Semi-final 3 | 18 February 2010 |
| Semi-final 4 | 19 February 2010 |
| Final | 20 February 2010 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Antonella Clerici |
| Director | Duccio Forzano |
| Musical director | Marco Sabiu |
| Artistic director | Gianmarco Mazzi |
| Host broadcaster | Rai 1 |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Voting system | Mixed (televotes, jury and orchestra votes) |
| Winner | Valerio Scanu "Per tutte le volte che..." |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 10 |
| Voting system | Mixed (televotes, orchestra votes) |
| Winner | Tony Maiello "Il linguaggio della resa" |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2010 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2010), officially the 60th Italian Song Festival (60º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 60th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 16 February 2010 and 20 February 2010 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Antonella Clerici, while the artistic director was Gianmarco Mazzi.
As in most of the previous years, the competition was divided in two sections. The Big Artists section, including 15 established Italian artists, was won by Valerio Scanu with the song "Per tutte le volte che...", while the Newcomers section was won by Tony Maiello with "Il linguaggio della resa". For the first time, the rules of the festival were modified so that songs with lyrics in an Italian regional language or written by non-Italian writers were allowed to compete in the festival. Moreover, the songs performed by the artists competing in the Newcomers' section were allowed to be released before the festival's first night.