XXXIII Festival della canzone italiana = Festival of Italian Song

The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Italy and is a competition between previously unreleased songs. It's usually referred to as the Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as the Sanremo Music Festival and it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest. (The first Sanremo Music Festival was held between 29-31 January 1951.)

The festival is usually held over three evenings - Prima serata (1st evening), Secondo serata (2nd evening) and Finale Serata (final evening).

In 1983, the festival was hosted by Andrea Giordana and Isabel Russinova and there were two more associate hosts for the outside location, auditorium and introducing the guest stars: Anna Petinelli and Emanuela Falcetti.

Other guests, together with Frida, this year (1983) were:

1. KC And The Sunshine Band
2. Saxon
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Commodores
5. John Denver
6. Ph D
7. Pippo Franco
8. Nino Manfredi
9. Domenico Modugno and
10. Raffaella Carra.

Naturally Frida appeared as a guest star and not as a competitor on the Prima and Finale Serata (ie. the first and last evenings (Thursday 3 and Saturday 5 February 1983 ) where she performed I Know There's Something Going On both times and was introduced (both times) by Anna Pettinelli.

The Serata finale (last evening finale) was broadcast by some foreign countries via Eurovision, for example Switzerland on Saturday 23 April 1983, 21:00-22:05 and at some point also in Portugal, but these transmissions were 2-hours long and edited down without the performances of the guest stars - so therefore it means that Frida's two performances of I Know There's Something Going On (in different outfits) were shown only in Italy. 

Until the above information was available, it was long believed that one of Frida's performances was actually a rehearsal, especially because there seems to be no applause on the recording - plus, without knowing the format of the festival, it would seem strange that two performances of the same song would be performed.  We can see from the running order that Frida was not alone - Peter Gabriel, Saxon and the Commodores all performed their songs twice apiece also.

Running order of the whole event:

1st evening (Prima Serata, Thursday 3 February 1983, 21:30 onwards):

1. Tiziana Rivale - Sara quel che sara
2. Nino Buonocore - Nuovo amore
3. Gloriana - Il mio treno
4. Manuele Pepe - Solo conte
5. Giorgia Fiorio - Avro’
6. Riccardo Azzurri - Amare Te
7. Brunella Borciani - E la neve scende
8. Marco Armani - E' la Vita
9. Daniela Goggi - Dammi tanto amore
10. Stefano Sani - Complimenti
11. Vasco Rossi - Vita Spericolata
12. Gianni Nazzaro - Mi sono Innamorato
13. Amii Stewart - Working Late Tonight
14. Giuseppe Cionfoli - Shalom
15. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
16. Richard Sanderson - Stiamo Insieme
17. Pupo - Cieli Azzurri
18. Dori Ghezzi - Margherita Non lo Sa
19. KC And The Sunshine Band (GUEST STAR) - Give it Up
20. Saxon (GUEST STAR) - Nightmare
21. Frida (GUEST STAR) - I Know There's Something Going on (1st performance)
22. Pippo Franco (GUEST STAR) (stand-up comedian)
23. Nino Manfredi (GUEST STAR) - Canzone Pulita (VIDEO over end credits)

2nd evening (Secondo Serata, Friday 4 February 1983, 21:20 onwards):

1. Pinot - Donna
2. Alessio Colombini - Scatole Cinesi
3. Donatella Milani - Volevo Dirti
4. Flavia Fortunato - Casco Blu
5. Amedeo Minghi - 1950
6. Fiordaliso - Oramai
7. Sibilla - Oppio
8. Zucchero Fornaciari - Nuvola
9. Patrizia Danzi - Fammi Volare
10. Christian - Abbracciami Amore Mio
11. Bertin Osborne - Eterna Malattia
12. Toquinho (GUEST STAR) - Acquarello (from Casino Sanremo)
13. Marek & Wacek (GUEST STARS) - Medley (from Casino Sanremo)
14. Peter Gabriel (GUEST STAR) - Shock the Monkey
15. Commodores (GUEST STAR) - Reach High
16. John Denver (GUEST STAR) - Shanghai Breezes
17. Raffaella Carra (GUEST STAR) - Ahi
18. Nino Manfredi (GUEST STAR) - Canzone Pulita (VIDEO over end credits)

3rd evening (Finale Serata, Saturday 5 February 1983, 20:30):

1. Marco Armani - E' la Vita
2. Flavia Fortunato - Casco Blu
3. Riccardo Azzurri - Amare Te
4. Donatella Milani - Volevo Dirti
5. Zucchero Fornaciari - Nuvola
6. Giorgia Fiorio - Avro’
7. Tiziana Rivale - Sara quel che sara
8. Fiordaliso - Oramai
9. Roberto Benini (comedian) - Via con me
10. Giuseppe Cionfoli - Shalom
11. Barbara Boncompagni - Notte e Giorno
12. Bertin Osborne - Eterna Malattia
13. Vasco Rossi - Vita Spericolata
14. Viola Valentino - Arriva Arriva
15. Christian - Abbracciami Amore Mio
16. Toto Cutugno - L'italiano
17. Passengers - Movie Star
18. Sandro Giacobbe - Primavera
19. Marco Ferradini - Una Catastrofe Bionda
20. Dory Ghezzi - Margherita Non lo Sa
21. Stefano Sani - Complimenti
22. Gianni Nazzaro - Mi sono Innamorato
23. Amii Stewart - Working Late Tonight
24. Pupo - Cieli Azzuri
25. Richard Sanderson - Stiamo Insieme
26. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
27. Gianni Morandi - La Mia Nemica Amatissima
28. Pippo Franco (GUEST STAR) - Chi chi chi co co co
29. Domenico Modugno (GUEST STAR) - Io Vivo Qui
30. Peter Gabriel (GUEST STAR) - Shock the Monkey
31. Commodores (GUEST STAR) - Reach High
32. Frida (GUEST STAR) - I Know There's Something Going on (2nd performance)
33. chat with Nino Manfredi (GUEST STAR)
34. John Denver (GUEST STAR) - Annie's Song
35. Saxon (GUEST STARr) - Nightmare
36. KC And The Sunshine Band (GUEST STAR) - You Said You'd Gimme Some More
37. Ph D (GUEST STAR) - I Didn't Know
38. Donatella Milani - Volevo Dirti (excerpt)
39. Tiziana Rivale - Sara quel che sara (excerpt)
40. Fiordaliso - Oramai (excerpt)
41. Toto Cutugno - L'italiano (excerpt)
42. Dory Ghezzi - Margherita Non lo Sa (excerpt)
43. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane (excerpt)
44. Raffaella Carra (GUEST STAR) - Soli Sulla Luna and a short interview
45. Nino Manfredi (GUEST STAR) - Canzone Pulita (VIDEO)
46. (3rd place) Dori Ghezzi - Margherita non lo sa (excerpt)
47. (2nd place) Donatella Milani - Volevo dirti (excerpt)
48. (1st place) Tiziana Rivale - Sara quel che sara

Click here for a TV listing from La Stampa - 3 February 1983, p.17
Click here for a TV listing from La Stampa - 4 February 1983, p.17
Click here for a news article from La Stampa - 4 February 1983, p.19
Click here for a TV listing from La Stampa - 5 February 1983, p.15

Broadcast information:
Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 February 1983, LIVE on RAIUNO, Italy
Saturday 23 April 1983, 21:00-22:05, Switzerland (edited show - no Frida)
Portugal (edited show, the commentary with Portugese subtitles - no Frida)

Some flowers were thrown onto the stage for Frida on the finale evening and she bent down to pick them up

Sanremo Music Festival;

Thanks to Philip Muytjens, Philippe Dupont and Petr Mlejnek and Guido. Extra thanks to Henk Jansen c/o ABBAtalk.
Massive thanks to Jozsef for the comprehensive information.
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