[1] The authors of the show were Ivano Balduini, Matteo Catalano, Massimo Cotto, Simona Ercolani, Cesare Lanza, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Luca Parenti and Francesco Valitutti.

[11] 312 artists participated in the selections,[12] and the 8 finalists of the contest—Divario, Davide Fasulo, Giops, Maya, Erika Mineo, Jacopo Ratini, Romeus and Donato Santoianni—were chosen on 12 December 2009[13] by a jury presided by music journalist Paolo Giordano and including Francesco Mandelli, Bruno Santori, Nicoletta Deponti, Luigi Grasso, Federica Gentile and Elena Di Cioccio.

[14] A few hours later, Jacopo Ratini and Romeus, performing "Su questa panchina" and "Come l'autunno" respectively, were chosen by the SanremoAcademy jury and announced as the two winners of the contest, becoming the first two confirmed artists competing in the newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012.

[16] A jury, composed of Massimo Cotto, Gigio D'Ambrosio, Andrea Lo Vecchio and Mariolina Simone later selected the 8 winning acts, chosen as the last performers competing in the newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010.

[25] At the end of the night, the three songs receiving the lowest points—Toto Cutugno's "Aeroplani", Nino D'Angelo's "Jammo jà" and "Italia amore mio" by Pupo, Emanuele Filiberto and Luca Canonici—were eliminated from the competition.

[34] Only the two songs receiving the most votes—"L'uomo che amava le donne" by Nina Zilli and "Non mi dai pace" by Luca Marino—were admitted to the final of the newcomers section, held on 19 February 2010.

[44] After the repechage round, the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival was celebrated by several guests, performing popular songs which competed in the contests held during the previous year.

A ranking was compiled, based on televoting and on the preferences expressed by the Sanremo Festival Orchestra, and the ten artists receiving the most votes were admitted to the final of the show, held on 20 February 2010.

[49] At the end of the night, the four finalists in the newcomers section performed their entries for the last time, and the final ranking was compiled, by combining the votes expressed by the Sanremo Festival Orchestra with televoting.

The ten remaining songs were performed and, after being voted by the Sanremo Festival Orchestra, the results were combined with televoting, determining the three artists competing in the second round.

[75] Mazzi later criticized televoting as a mechanism for determining the winner of the contest, but also explained that he expected more responsible behavior from the musicians of the Sanremo Festival Orchestra.

[78] During the TV show Striscia la notizia, a call center worker claimed that one of the contestants of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010 bought votes to gain positions in the final ranking.