Sanremo Music Festival 1989

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.

[1] 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".

[1] Leali and Oxa were then selected to represent Italy 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.