Sanremo Music Festival 1989

The Sanremo Music Festival 1989 (Festival di Sanremo 1989), officially the 39th Italian Song Festival (39º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 39th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 21 and 25 February 1989 and broadcast on Rai 1. The show was presented by Rosita Celentano, Paola Dominguin, Danny Quinn e Gianmarco Tognazzi. Kay Sandvick and Clare Ann Matz hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed.

The winners of the Big Artists section were Fausto Leali and Anna Oxa with the song "Ti lascerò", and Mietta won the Newcomers section with the song "Canzoni". Leali and Oxa were then selected to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, with "Avrei voluto".

Only in this edition it was introduced the "Emerging artists" category, whose members were selected through the television contest "Aspettando Sanremo" broadcast on Radio 1 and hosted by Claudio Lippi. The winner was Paola Turci with the song "Come bambini".

Guest acts

 * Ray Charles and Dee Dee Bridgewater
 * Charles Aznavour
 * Elton John
 * Boy George
 * Chris Rea
 * Johnny Clegg
 * Nick Kamen
 * Roachford
 * Tracy Spencer
 * Europe
 * Chico Buarque de Hollanda
 * Toni Childs
 * Belen Thomas
 * Depeche Mode
 * Sandie Shaw
 * Little Steven
 * Spagna
 * Cliff Richard
 * Kim Wilde
 * Tanita Tikaram
 * Simply Red
 * Ofra Haza
 * Joan Manuel Serrat
 * Tuck & Patti
 * Bros
 * Yazz