Sanremo Christian Song Festival

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Sanremo Christian Song Festival
"Festival della Canzone Cristiana Sanremo"
Sanremo Christian Song Festival logo.png
The logo of the festival
Genre Christian music
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Sanremo, Liguria
Country Italy
Inaugurated3 February 2022
Founder Fabrizio Venturi
Most recent13 February 2025
Website https://www.sanremofestivaldellacanzonecristiana.it/

The Sanremo Christian Song Festival (Italian: Festival della Canzone CristianaSanremo) is an Italian music festival and song contest held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It has the patronage of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the Italian Senate of the Republic, the Liguria region, the province of Imperia and the diocese of Sanremo and Ventimiglia. [1] [2] [3] The official media of the festival are Vatican Radio, Vatican News, [4] joined by Radio Speranza in 2025. [5]

Contents

The festival was created as to give a spotlight to christian music in Italy and to spread the word of Jesus Christ and Christianity through the use of music and songs. [3]

History

The creator of the festival, Fabrizio Venturi, first thought of creating the festival in 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was delayed and only brought to fruition in 2021, [1] [6] doing its first edition on 3 February 2022. [4] [7] In its first edition, the "Diolovuole Band" were welcomed as special guests. [8]

Troughout the years it was proposed by various individuals as a way as to select an hypothetical Vatican candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest. [9] [10] [11]

The festival gained increasing traction after its 2025 edition thanks to the help of Christian online groups, specifically ones on the social media platform Facebook. [12]

Editions

This is a list of all the editions of the festival, aswell as the respective victorious author and song of each edition.

Editions of the Sanremo Christian Song Festival
YearSongArtist(s)
2022"Vale la pena" [13] Fra Vinicius
2023"Ti verrò a cercare" [14] Francesca Samarati
2024"Un lampo nei suoi occhi" [15] Giuseppe Marchese
2025"Una strada in mezzo al cielo" [16] [17] Piero Chiappano

Bibliography

  1. 1 2 "Chi Siamo - Sanremo Cristian Music Festival - Sanremo Festival della Canzone Cristiana" (in Italian). 2022-12-29. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. ↑ Redazione (2025-02-04). "Festival Canzone Cristiana patrocinato da Senato e Camera". Radio Studio90 Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  3. 1 2 Cabello, Christian (2022-02-02). "Fabrizio Venturi: "Vi racconto il messaggio e lo scopo del Sanremo Cristian Music"". In Terris (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  4. 1 2 "A Sanremo il Festival della Canzone cristiana, Vatican News media ufficiale - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Italian). 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  5. ↑ Porzione, Redazione La (2025-02-05). "Radio Speranza nella Giuria delle radio del Festival di Sanremo". La Porzione (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  6. ↑ "Festival della canzone cristiana, la sfida a Sanremo è pronta: svelati i nomi degli artisti". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  7. ↑ "La musica cristiana arriva a Sanremo: chi canta prega due volte - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Italian). 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  8. ↑ https://www.comune.molfetta.ba.it/vivere-il-comune/attivita/notizie/item/la-diolovuole-band-special-guest-alla-prima-edizione-del-festival-della-canzone-cristiana-le-parole-del-sindaco-tommaso-minervini
  9. ↑ Battiato, Gabriella (2025-03-03). "Eurovision, la proposta di Gianni Ippoliti: "Potrebbe partecipare anche Città del Vaticano..."". imusicfun (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  10. ↑ giornale (2025-03-07). ""All'Eurovision potrebbe partecipare anche Città del Vaticano con il vincitore del Festival della Canzone Cristiana"". politicamentecorretto.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  11. ↑ Gnagni, Francesco (2022-02-08). "Il Vaticano all'Eurovision 2022? Spunta la candidatura insospettabile". Notizie.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  12. ↑ "Venturi: grande successo per IV Sanremo Cristian Music Festival". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  13. ↑ "Festival della Musica cristiana Sanremo 2022: trionfa fra Vinicius - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Italian). 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  14. ↑ portalecce (2023-02-14). "'Ti verrò a cercare'. Anima vince il Festival della canzone cristiana di Sanremo 2023". portalecce (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  15. ↑ SpettacoloRedazione. "Festival della Canzone Cristiana, Giuseppe Marchese vince la terza edizione con "Un lampo nei suoi occhi"". www.lacnews24.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  16. ↑ "Festival Canzone Cristiana 2025, vince Piero Chiappano". askanews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  17. ↑ "Piero Chiappano vince il Sanremo Cristian Music Festival 2025". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
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