Festival di Sanremo 2012

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Date(s)	14-18 February 2012
Venue	Teatro Ariston, Sanremo
Host(s)	Gianni Morandi
Voting Method	100% Jury
Winner	Nina Zilli

As part of the Sanremo Festival a special jury selected the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 from the competing entries. Entries from both the established artists’ (Artisti) and newcomers’ (Giovani) sections were considered. The selected entry was announced on the final night of the festival on 18 February.

Alessandro Casillo was not eligible to be chosen as he would have been under 16 on the day of the Eurovision final.

Artisti Section
Artist	Song
Arisa	La notte
Chiara Civello	Al posto del mondo
Dolcenera	Ci vediamo a casa
Emma Marrone	Non è l’inferno
Eugenio Finardi	E tu lo chiami Dio
Francesco Renga	La tua bellezza
Gigi D’Alessio & Loredana Bertè	Respirare
Irene Fornaciari	Grande mistero
Marlene Kuntz	Canzone per un figlio
Matia Bazar	Sei tu
Nina Zilli	Per sempre
Noemi	Sono solo parole
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla	Nanì
Samuele Bersani	Un pallone

Giovani Section
Artist	Song
Alessandro Casillo	È vero
Bidiel	Sono un errore
Celeste Gaia	Carlo
Dana Angi	Incognita poesia
Erica Mou	Nella vasca da bagno del tempo
Giulia Anania	La mail che non ti ho scritto
Io ho sempre voglia	Incredibile
Marco Guazzone	Guasto

It was later decided that Nina Zilli would not compete at Eurovision with her Sanremo song – L’amore è femmina (Out of Love) was selected to be the Italian entry at Eurovision 2012.