Festivalbar

The Festivalbar is an Italian singing competition that takes place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the Piazza del Duomo, Milan; the first time it was held was in 1964. The competition is held throughout the summer and the final round will always take place at the Arena in Verona after 2-3 events in various cities of Italy.Despite being enormously successful, Festivalbar will not take place in 2008 because of unspecified cash-flow problems.

History

Originally, the Festivalbar was a competition made with data from jukeboxes in Italian bars, so the competition was a one evening event transmitted by the RAI.

From 1983 Mediaset started to transmit this programme and the Festivalbar would change its location every week.

The original promoter of the Festivalbar was Vittorio Salvetti. After his death in 1998 his son Andrea Salvetti took the reins.

Winning Songs

*1964: Bobby Solo - "Credi a me"
*1965: Petula Clark - "Ciao ciao"
*1966: Caterina Caselli - "Perdono"
*1967: Rocky Roberts - "Stasera mi butto"
*1968: Adamo - "Affida una lacrima al vento"
*1969: Lucio Battisti - "Acqua azzurra acqua chiara"
*1970: Lucio Battisti - "Fiori rosa fiori di pesco"
*1971: Demis Roussos - "We Shall Dance"
*1972: Mia Martini - "Piccolo uomo"
*1973: Marcella Bella - "Io domani"; Mia Martini - "Minuetto"
*1974: Claudio Baglioni - "E tu"
*1975: Drupi - "Due"; Gloria Gaynor - "Reach out" (I'll be there)
*1976: Gianni Bella - "Non si può morire dentro"
*1977: Umberto Tozzi - "Ti Amo"
*1978: Alunni del Sole - "Liù"; Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"
*1979: Alan Sorrenti - "Tu sei l'unica donna per me"
*1980: Miguel Bosè - "Olympic Games"
*1981: Donatella Rettore - "Donatella"
*1982: Miguel Bosè - "Bravi ragazzi"; Loredana Bertè - "Non sono una signora"; Ron - "Guarda chi si vede"
*1983: Vasco Rossi - "Bollicine"
*1984: Gianna Nannini - "Fotoromanza"
*1985: Righeira - "L'estate sta finendo"
*1986: Tracie Spencer - "Run To Me"
*1987: Ivana Spagna - "Dance Dance Dance"
*1988: Scialpi e Scarlett - "Pregherei"
*1989: Raf - "Ti pretendo"
*1990: Francesco Baccini e Ladri di Biciclette - "Sotto questo sole"
*1991: Gino Paoli - "Quattro amici"
*1992: Luca Carboni - "Mare mare"
*1993: Raf - "Il battito animale"
*1994: Umberto Tozzi - "Io muoio di te"
*1995: 883 - "Tieni il tempo"
*1996: Eros Ramazzotti - "Più bella cosa"
*1997: Pino Daniele - "Che male c'è"
*1998: Vasco Rossi - "Io no"
*1999: Jovanotti - "Un raggio di sole"
*2000: Lunapop - "Qualcosa di grande"
*2001: Vasco Rossi - "Ti prendo e ti porto via"
*2002: Ligabue - "Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima"
*2003: Eros Ramazzotti - "Un'emozione per sempre"
*2004: Zucchero - "Il grande Baboomba"
*2005: Nek - "Lascia che io sia"
*2006: Ligabue - "Happy Hour"
*2007: Negramaro - "Parlami d'amore"

External links

* [http://www.festivalbar.it Official website]
* [http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/musica/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=37&ID_articolo=1026&ID_sezione=62&sezione= Mancano i soldi - La prima estate senza Festivalbar] , article (in Italian) from La Stampa of 29/6/2008 on the Festivalbar not happening in 2008.