Nek wins the Festivalbar 2005

The winning song of the 2005 edition of Festivalbar was “Lascia che io sia” by Nek

Also competing were:

Irene Grandi – Let Her Go

Cesare Cremonini – Jam #25

The Aura – Radio Star

Jovanotti – (So Much)³

Absolute Zero – Simply

Simone Cristicchi – I would like to sing like Biagio

Negramaro – Summer

Negrita – Rolling South

Max Pezzali – Here you are

Francesco Renga – One more hour

The Festivalbar was a summer event that took place every year from 1964 to 2007. Created by Vittorio Salvetti, it was initially intended to reward the most “popular” song on jukeboxes during the summer (each device was connected to a counter that recorded the data); later the ranking was established also considering radio and television airplay and sales data. The winning song was announced in September, with a public evening held in Asiago from 1964 to 1974 (with the exceptions of 1965, when it was held in Milan, and 1966 and 1967, when it was held in Salice Terme), and then from 1975 at the Verona Arena.