Sanremo Music Festival 1967

243 song submissions were presented by music publishers to the festival's organisers, Società ATA, for the competition. In December 1966, an advisory commission lead by composer Carlo Savina and composed of four journalists, narrowed down the list of submissions to thirty-five. ATA then chose thirty entries from the list to compete in the event, increased from the original aim of twenty-six, with two of the entries rejected to prevent possible plagiarism claims if they were to compete. Among the competing artists were and , who were given the right to participate after winning the 1966 edition of the Castrocaro Music Festival for newcomer artists. Initially American musician Johnny Rivers was announced among the competing artists, set to perform the song "", but withdrew before rehearsals. The Hollies were announced as his replacement, before refusing to perform the song and being replaced by . The song "" written and performed by Domenico Modugno, was also set to be performed by French singer Christophe, but due to disagreements with Modugno over his performance, he withdrew from the competition on the day of the first semi-final. He was replaced with , as suggested by Modugno. Notable figures from abroad were featured in the list of competing artists, such as multi-award-winning American singer Dionne Warwick, American singer and actress Cher, and the English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, who at the time was in a romantic relationship with musician Mick Jagger. == Contest overview ==

of Sanremo 1967, with Peppino di Capri performing. The Sanremo Music Festival 1967 consisted of three live shows, two-semi-finals held on 26 and 27 January 1967 and a final held on 28 January. The first two nights consisted of fifteen songs performed twice, while the final consisted of fourteen songs performed twice. As in previous editions, only the winner was to be revealed and all other finalists declared tied runners-up. Semi-final 1 The first semi-final took place on 26 January 1967 at 21:15 CET. All other finalists were announced as runners-up and the full results never officially revealed. However, according to widespread rumours, "" performed by and Les Surfs was the second-place finisher, with "" performed by I Giganti and The Bachelors, and "" performed by Ornella Vanoni and among the top four. == Broadcasts ==

Local broadcast The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale TV and Secondo Programma, beginning at 21:00 CET, with the semi-finals broadcast on Secondo Programma TV and Secondo Programma, at 21:15 CET. International broadcasts The first half of the final was broadcast via the Eurovision and Intervision networks in other countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. } == Incidents and controversies ==

Death of Luigi Tenco performing during rehearsals During the first semi-final on 26 January, Luigi Tenco performed the song "" alongside French singer Dalida, which he had written himself. Before going on stage, Tenco was hesitant and had told presenter Mike Bongiorno that it could be his last performance. In the morning of 27 January, Tenco was found dead in his room at the Hotel Savoy in Sanremo. He died from a single gunshot wound to the head. The same night, his death was ruled as a suicide. He was apparently upset at his elimination from the competition, with a suicide note found in the hotel, presumably written by Tenco, explaining his death "as a gesture of dissent against the public who chose 'Io, tu e le rose' for the final night and against the commission that selected 'La rivoluzione'." The death was only briefly addressed by Bongiorno at the start of the second semi-final, without mentioning the singer's name. The case was reopened in 2005 and again in 2013, with the verdict remaining a suicide. ==Notes==