Sanremo Music Festival 1977

Sanremo Music Festival
27th edition (1977)
Dates	3 March 1977 (1st night)
Presenter(s)	Mike Bongiorno, Maria Giovanna Elmi
Broadcaster	Rai 1
Venue	Teatro Ariston
Overall competition
Entries	acts (12 songs)
Winner	Homo Sapiens "Bella da morire"
Sanremo Music Festival chronology
◄ 1977 ►

The Sanremo Music Festival 1977 was the 27th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 3 and 5 March 1977. The final night was broadcast by Rai 1. The first two nights were broadcast live by radio and presented by Maria Giovanna Elmi, while the final night Elmi hosted together with Mike Bongiorno.

Rules of this edition consisted a "head to head" mechanism between two singers at a time. A jury, composed of 25 members, was located immediately under the stage and had to express the vote for a singer or another.

Winners of the Festival were the musical group Homo Sapiens with the song "Bella da morire".

Participants and results

Participants and results
Song, performing artist(s) and writer(s)	Rank
"Bella da morire" – Homo Sapiens (Renato Pareti, Alberto Salerno)	1
"Tu mi rubi l'anima" – Collage (Gabriella Padovan, Antonello de Sanctis)	2
"Monica" – Santo California (Paolo Pinna, Giacomo Simonelli, Elio Palumbo)	3
"Miele" – Il Giardino dei Semplici (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Totò Savio)	Semi-finalist
"Gran Premio" – Albatros (Michelle Vasseur, Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno)	Semi-finalist
"Io ti porterei" - Leano Morelli (Leano Morelli)	Semi-finalist
"Dedicato a te" - Santino Rocchetti (Santino Rocchetti, Andrea Lo Vecchio)	Finalist
"E invece con te" - Daniela Davoli (Daniela Davoli, Michele Zarrillo)	Finalist
"Con te ci sto" – Umberto Napolitano (Umberto Napolitano)	Finalist
"Ma perché" - Matia Bazar (Carlo Marrale, Piero Cassano, Aldo Stellita)	Finalist
"Oh Carmela" - Donatella Rettore (Donatella Rettore, Claudio Rego)	Finalist
"Tesoro mio" - La Strana Società (Luigi Albertelli, Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano)	Finalist