[1] The winners of the festival were Iva Zanicchi and Claudio Villa with the song "Non pensare a me".

[1][2] Villa was thus selected to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, with "Non andare più lontano".

During the festival, following the elimination of his song performed with his partner Dalida, singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco committed suicide.

Only four decades later a copy was recovered and restored by Italian broadcaster RAI.

All shows were broadcast on Italian Television and Secondo Programma, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).