The show was presented by Raffaella Carrà, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.
[1] The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli.
[1] The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Critics Award.
The group Gazosa won the Newcomers section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".
[1] After every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella Carrà hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.