Sanremo Music Festival's fifth night audience share Italy 1987-2020

The statistic shows the audience share of the Sanremo Music Festival's fifth night in Italy in selected years from 1989 to 2020. As of the survey period, the fifth night registering the highest audience share took place in 1989, reaching 75.4 percent of the audience. In 2020, the fifth night of the festival reached 60.6 percent of the audience. Started in 1951, the Sanremo Music Festival is currently the most popular Italian song competition. Held annually in the Italian city of Sanremo, in Liguria, the festival is broadcasted by RAI, the national public broadcasting company. The format of the Sanremo Music Festival was the main inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.