#SANREMO 2014: ARISA WINS WITH CONTROVENTO

Sanremo's final didn't attract as many viewers as usually and end the flop season in that sense with a flop final, only 9,3 million ( 43,5%) against last year's 12,9 million and (53,8%). But the top-3 turned out b´not very Sanremo-esque when really a newcomer Renzo Rubino came third, Gualazzi with the Bloody Beetroots second and Arisa won. Well, Arisa is quite Sanremo after all, isn't she? While waiting for the detailed results here is the votes for the top-3

Televote: Arisa 58%, Gualazzi 23%, Rubino 19%

Jury votes: Arisa 42%, Gualazzi 29%, Rubino 29%

Here is the list of the other awards given out:

Premio della Critica Mia Martini for Big: Cristiano De Andrè for Invisibili

Premio della Critica Mia Martini for Newcomers: Zibba for Senza di te

Award for the best lyrics Sergio Bardotti: Cristiano De André for Invisibili

Award for the best arrangement for Big: Renzo Rubino for Per sempre e poi basta

Award Lucio Dalla, given my the journalists: Perturbazione for L'Unica

Award Lucio Dalla, for the Newcomers: Zibba for Senza di te

Premio Emanuele Luzzati for Newcomers: Rocco Hunt for Nu juorno buono

Premio Assomusica for Newcomers: Rocco Hunt for Nu juorno buono

Let' s have a look at the songs presented by Arisa: Controvento, Lentamente, Cuccurucucu
This was her fourth Sanremo. In 2009 she won the newcomers with Sincerità, the year after she was among the Big with Malamoreno, then in 2012 with La notte she came 2nd.

Apparently the results are as follow:

1. Arisa

2. Raphael Gualazzi & The Bloody beetroots

3. Renzo Rubino

4. Francesco Renga

5. Noemi

6. Perturbazione

7. Cristiano De Andrè

8. Frankie Hi.Nrg Mc

9. Giusy Ferreri

10. Francesco Sarcina

11. Giuliano Palma

12. Antonella Ruggiero

13. Ron

Full results here.

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