Sanremo Music Festival 2014 ( '' 64 ° Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2014 '' ) was the 64th annual Sanremo Music Festival , a televised song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo , Liguria , between 18 and 22 February 2014 and broadcast by Rai 1 . Fabio Fazio and Italian comedy actress Luciana Littizzetto presented the show , which was based on the same rules adopted for the previous contest . Competing artists were split in two different sections — Big Artists and Newcomers . The Big Artists section included 14 established Italian artists . During the first and the second night of the show , each act performed two songs , and only one song per act was allowed to continue the competition , as a result of votes received by public and journalists . After the third night , Riccardo Sinigallia 's entry , " Prima di andare via " , was disqualified for being performed during a concert preceding the competition . During the final night , Arisa 's " Controvento " was announced as the winning song for the Big Artists section of the contest . The Newcomers ' section featured eight songs performed by debuting or little known artists . The winning entry , Rocco Hunt 's " Nu juorno buono " , was announced during the semi-final of the contest
previous contest
Sanremo Music Festival 2013
Sanremo Music Festival 2014