A few hours after the final of the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 , Rai 1 director Mauro Mazza expressed his willing to confirm Gianni Morandi as the main presenter of the show for the 2012 contest . In an interview released in April 2011 , Morandi revealed he was considering the opportunity to present the contest for a second time , and on 13 October 2011 Morandi was officially confirmed as the presenter of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 . On the same day , Gianmarco Mazzi , who had signed a 2 years long contract with RAI in late 2010 , was confirmed as the artistic director of the show . It was Mazzi 's seventh Sanremo Music Festival
Sanremo Music Festival 2011
Sanremo Music Festival 2011
Sanremo Music Festival 2012