The Sanremo Music Festival (Italian: Festival di Sanremo [f[stival di sanr[mo, festival -]), officially the Italian Song Festival (Italian: Festival della canzone italiana), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria.
Sanremo , as the festival is often affectionately called, also formed the basis for the Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956. The music festival has been used as the Italian way to choose the country's contestants in its European counterpart. (Italy has won Eurovision on three occasions.
