| Sanremo Christian Song Festival "Festival della Canzone Cristiana Sanremo" | |
|---|---|
| The logo of the festival | |
| Genre | Christian music |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Locations | Sanremo, Liguria |
| Country | Italy |
| Inaugurated | 3 February 2022 |
| Founder | Fabrizio Venturi |
| Most recent | 13 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.
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. [1]
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. [2] [3] [1] The official media of the festival are Vatican Radio, Vatican News, [4] joined by Radio Speranza in 2025. [5]
Following 2026, the festival announced a partnership with "Media Partner" and Bella, Così, Ciao Donna, In Famiglia and Di Tutto Italian magazines. [6]
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, [2] [7] doing its first edition on 3 February 2022. [4] [8] In its first edition, the "Diolovuole Band" were welcomed as special guests. [9]
Throughout the years it was proposed by various individuals as a way as to select an hypothetical Vatican candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest. [10] [11] [12]
The 2024 edition saw christian musician Noel Robinson as a special guest. [13]
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. [14] The 2025 edition was dedicated to Pope Francis and the 2025 Jubilee. [11] It was also announced that in this edition the winner would recieve an authentic trophy made by Michele Affidato , the same goldsmith who makes the trophies for the Sanremo Music Festival, [15] this would continue in the other editions after it. [16]
The 2026 edition brought in numerous changes. Massimo Galfano, who previously had experiences as a talent scout for Area Sanremo, Sanremo Giovani, The Voice Senior , stated he had found new talents as candidates for the next edition. [6] This specific edition was dedicated to those "who operate peace". [17]
This is a list of all the editions of the festival, as well as the respective victorious author and song of each edition.
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Vale la pena" | Fra Vinicius | [18] |
| 2023 | "Ti verrò a cercare" | Francesca Samarati | [19] |
| 2024 | "Un lampo nei suoi occhi" | Giuseppe Marchese | [20] |
| 2025 | "Una strada in mezzo al cielo" | Piero Chiappano | [21] [22] |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD |