The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2007), officially the 57th Italian Song Festival (57º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 57th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo. The show was held during the five nights between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007.
The contest, broadcast by Rai 1, was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker. The competition included two different sections. The "Big Artists" section, starring twenty established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa", while the newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro's "Pensa".
Italian comedian Antonio Cornacchione performed a piece of political satire.[4]
Hunziker performed a song from her musical theatre stage work Tutti insieme appassionatamente, an Italian adaptation of the film The Sound of Music.[1]
At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.[7]
British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine".[7][8] The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1996, a few days before splitting.[8]
American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room", which was performed for the first time during a TV program.[7][9] Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People".[9]
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.[16]
Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.[16][17]
Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo, performing a medley of "Ciao amore", "Ritornerai" and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".[18]
Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io, inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.[18][19]
Italian television presenter Mike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker. Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.[23]