Canzonissima

Canzonissima was an Italian musical variety show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1958 to 1974, aired on Saturday evening except for the last two editions in which it was aired on Sunday afternoon. The program was referred to as "the synthesis and the model of comparison of the Italian television variety".[1]

Canzonissima
Paolo Panelli, Delia Scala and Nino Manfredi hosting Canzonissima (1959)
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
Release
Original networkRai 1
Original release1958 (1958) –
1974 (1974)

History
Dalida won the finals with "Dan dan dan", the song that reflects her recent child loss.

It was born in radio as a song tournament in 1956, with the title Le canzoni della fortuna and gained great public success. The following year it was brought on television titled Voci e volti della fortuna and turned into a competition between amateurs from the various regions of Italy, with the participation of some professional singers, who competed in a separate group. In 1958, the variety took the name Canzonissima that remained until the end, with an exception from 1963 to 1967 when the transmission continued with new formats and new titles; Gran Premio, Napoli contro tutti, La prova del nove, Scala reale e Partitissima.

The show consisted of a musical contest (with singers combined with some state lottery numbers) from the elaborate rules which were generally different from one edition to another; the competition was interspersed with dances and comedy sketches involving special guests.[1]

The 1959 edition contributed to the launch Nino Manfredi's career, and the 1970 edition launched the career of Raffaella Carrà.[1] The 1962 edition, hosted by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, generated large political controversities due to use of censorship to cut some satirical sketches of Fo; the couple Fo-Rame was eventually fired, and the scandal lead to a long interruption of five years.[1][2]

Editions
# Year Presenters Winners
11956Adriana Serra, Antonella Steni, Raffaele Pisu and Renato Turi"Mamma" (Nunzio Gallo) e "Buon anno, buona fortuna" (Gino Latilla)
21957Enzo Tortora, Silvio Noto, Antonella Steni and Renato Turi"Scapricciatiello" (Aurelio Fierro)
31958Renato Tagliani with Walter Chiari, Raimondo Vianello, Lauretta Masiero, Scilla Gabel and Corrado Pani"L'edera" (Nilla Pizzi)
41959Delia Scala, Paolo Panelli and Nino Manfredi"Piove" (Joe Sentieri)
51960Alberto Lionello, Lauretta Masiero, Aroldo Tieri and Lilli Lembo"Romantica" (Tony Dallara)
61961Sandra Mondaini, Enzo Garinei, Toni Ucci, Carletto Sposito and Annamaria Gambineri, with Paolo Poli, Alberto Bonucci and Tino Buazzelli"Bambina bambina" (Tony Dallara)
71962Dario Fo and Franca Rame, then Tino Buazzelli, Sandra Mondaini and Corrado"Quando, quando, quando" (Tony Renis)
81963Various (one for each region of Italy)*(in this edition the Italian regions compete - Sicily wins)
91964Nino Taranto and Nadia Gray"'O sole mio" (Claudio Villa)
101965Corrado with Walter Chiari and Kessler Twins"Non son degno di te" (Gianni Morandi)
111966Peppino De Filippo"Granada" (Claudio Villa)
121967Alberto Lupo, Franco and Ciccio"Dan dan dan" (Dalida)
131968Mina, Walter Chiari and Paolo Panelli"Scende la pioggia" (Gianni Morandi)
141969Johnny Dorelli, Raimondo Vianello and Kessler Twins, with Sandra Mondaini and Paolo Villaggio"Ma chi se ne importa" (Gianni Morandi)
151970Corrado and Raffaella Carrà"Vent'anni" (Massimo Ranieri)
161971Corrado and Raffaella Carrà, with Alighiero Noschese"Chitarra suona più piano" (Nicola Di Bari)
171972Pippo Baudo and Loretta Goggi"Erba di casa mia" (Massimo Ranieri)
181973Pippo Baudo and Mita Medici"Alle porte del sole" (Gigliola Cinquetti)
191974Raffaella Carrà, Cochi e Renato and Mike Bongiorno"Un corpo e un'anima" (Wess & Dori Ghezzi)

References
  1. Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003.
  2. Chiara Valentini. La storia di Dario Fo. Feltrinelli Editore, 1997.

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