The Sanremo Music Festival 2007 was the 57th SanremoMusic Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo. The show was held during the five nights between 27 February 2007 and 3 March 2007. The contest, broadcast by Rai 1, was presented by Pippo Baudo and Michelle Hunziker. The competition included two different sections. The "Big Artists" section, starring twenty established singers, was won by Simone Cristicchi with the song "Ti regalerò una rosa", while the newcomers' section, featuring 14 debuting or little known artists, was won by Fabrizio Moro's "Pensa".
American singer-songwriter Norah Jones sang and played piano on her single "Thinking About You".
Second night
Big Artists and Newcomers section
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Guests and other performances
At the beginning of the night, Hunziker and Baudo performed the song "Non ho l'età", which won the competition 1964 being performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.
British boyband Take That was the first international guest of the night, performing their song "Shine". The band had previously performed as a guest during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1996, a few days before splitting.
American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend sang his single "Save Room", which was performed for the first time during a TV program. Legend also performed his hit "Ordinary People".
Third night
Big Artists section
Guests and other performances
Spanish singer and actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz sang his single "Dirás que estoy loco", with a choreography performed by six dancers.
Italian comedian Max Tortora impersonated Franco Califano, performing a satirical piece.
Fourth night
The running order of the contestants was decided by a drawing at the beginning of the night.
Newcomers section
Guests and other performances
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was interviewed by Pippo Baudo during the night.
Franco Battiato performed his songs "La cura", "I giorni della monotonia" and "Il vuoto", together with Mab, a hard rock band produced by Battiato himself.
Gigi D'Alessio performed a cover of Lucio Battisti's "Il nastro rosa". He also played piano while Lara Fabian sang Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio". Finally, D'Alessio and Fabian duetted, performing Battisti's "Un cuore malato".
Elisa performed her singles "Luce ", which won the contest in 2001, and "Eppure sentire", as well as a cover of Mia Martini's "Almeno tu nell'universo".
Renato Zero tributed Italian singer-songwriters Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi and Sergio Endrigo, performing a medley of "Ciao amore", "Ritornerai" and "Era d'estate". He also sang a medley of his hits "Il carrozzone", "Ave Maria" and "Il cielo".
Gianna Nannini performed the songs "Dolente Pia" and "Mura Mura" from her musical Pia come la canto io, inspired by Pia de' Tolomei, a historical character also appearing in Dante Alighieri'sDivine Comedy.
Tiziano Ferro performed his songs "Ed ero contentissimo", "Ti scatterò una foto", "Sere nere" and "Non me lo so spiegare".
Italian actor Neri Marcorè impersonated Luciano Ligabue, performing "L'IVA", a satirical cover of his song "Viva".
Italian television presenterMike Bongiorno opened the show with Michelle Hunziker. Bongiorno presented the Sanremo Music Festival 11 times during the previous years. Since Baudo presented the show for the twelfth time in 2007, overtaking Bongiorno's record, Bongiorno was invited to tie Baudo's number of appearances during the contest.
British singer Joss Stone performed her single "Tell Me 'bout It" and tributed Aretha Franklin covering "Respect".
Mika also appeared during the final night, singing his hit "Grace Kelly".
Italian TV presenter and actor was another guest of the show, performing some short comedy scenes with Pippo Baudo.
