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The host of the Italian Eurovision national final, Carlo Conti, reveals: 20 artists have already been chosen for the Sanremo Festival 2025, and this year controversial topics will remain outside.

The host of the Italian Eurovision national final, Carlo Conti, revealed new details about the songs that will participate in the Sanremo Festival 2025 during a podcast he was interviewed for. Among the new details, Conti revealed that 20 artists have already been chosen to participate for certain in the upcoming festival and the lyrics of the songs will not include controversial topics such as immigration or war.

Conti has already mentioned in the past that the number of artists participating in the Sanremo Festival will increase from the original plan and will include over 24 artists. Today, Conti declares that over 24 artists will take part in the festival this year and that he already knows about 20 artists who will participate for certain. We remind you that although the list of participants is expected to be published on Sunday, December 1st at 12:30 CET, no official confirmations have yet been received from artists regarding participation in the festival.




The podcast also mentioned that there have been changes regarding the topics that the songs will deal with. Unlike previous years where it was possible to write songs about controversial topics, this year the Sanremo Festival is expected to focus on more intimate and personal topics. According to Conti:

“It’s no longer a macro world, they [the songs] don’t talk about immigration or war, but return to talking about the micro world, about family, about personal relationships.”

In addition, Conti mentioned several more names of well-known artists in the Italian music industry who are expected to take part in the festival such as Al Bano Carrisi and younger singers like Fedez and Tony Effe who came up as candidates for a possible duet with Emis Killa. Conti also declared that the number of female singers participating in the festival is larger this year compared to previous years. The name of one of the participants that came up was the Italian rapper Anna. In the spirit of the extensive participation of rappers in the festival, Conti also responded in the interview to possible controversies regarding the lyrics of the songs in the competition:

“I’m not afraid of controversies. However, I can say that even the rappers brought things that are aimed at pop. They are evolving, they didn’t bring aggressive things and I heard things that are not banal at all.”




Although the official list of participants in the San Remo Festival has not yet been published, according to recent leaks it seems that quite a few of Italy’s representatives in the past are expected to return to the festival, such as Italy’s representative at Eurovision 2017 Francesco Gabbani, San Marino’s representative at Eurovision 2022 Achille Lauro, Blanco who represented Italy together with Alessandro Mahmood as the host country at Eurovision 2022, Italy’s representative at Eurovision 2014 Emma Marrone, Italy’s representatives at Eurovision 1976 and 1985 Al Bano Carrisi & Romina Power and Italy’s representatives at Eurovision 1997 the duo Jalisse. Now, Nina Zilli, Italy’s representative at Eurovision 2012, has also been added to the list. In addition, a list of artists expected to participate in the festival was leaked:

• Elodie
• Alex Britti
• Anna
• Bresh
• Alban
• Caparezza
• Olly
• Arisa
• Nina Zilli
• Rocco Hunt
• Thomas Paradise
• Tropic
• Brunori Sas

Many of these names are familiar to Sanremo audiences:




Sanremo Festival 2025: Format and Schedule

The festival will span five nights, organized as follows:

Night 1 (Tuesday, February 11th, 2025): All 24 artists will perform their competing songs. A jury composed of professional journalists from television and internet media will vote on all songs. The Italian national broadcaster RAI will then announce the top five songs that received the most votes, in random order.

Night 2 (Wednesday, February 12th, 2025): 12 artists will perform their competing songs again. This time, the voting will be split between the public (50%) and a jury of radio broadcasters (50%). The top five will be announced in random order.

Night 3 (Thursday, February 13th, 2025): The remaining 12 artists will perform their competing songs. As in the second night, the songs will be voted on by the public (50%) and a jury of radio broadcasters (50%). The top five will be announced in random order.

Night 4 (Friday, February 14th, 2025): The competing artists will perform cover versions of existing songs in Italian, English, or any other language. The artists will have the opportunity to perform with a guest artist. The songs will be voted on by the public (34%), a professional jury of journalists (33%), and a professional jury of radio broadcasters (33%). The results from this night will not be added to the overall score.

Night 5 (Saturday, February 15th, 2025): All 24 artists will perform their competing songs again, with only the public voting. The combination of public votes from this evening and the scores from previous nights will determine which five artists advance to the superfinal. These top five songs will be performed again and will be chosen by the public (34%), the professional jury of journalists (33%), and the professional jury of radio broadcasters (33%). After this, the song with the most votes will be declared the festival winner.

Additionally, on the second and third evenings, four young artists will present their songs in the “Nuove Proposte” (Newcomers) category as part of the festival. One artist from each evening will advance to the final, while on the fourth night, a jury composed of the public (34%), journalists (33%), and radio broadcasters (33%) will determine the winner in the Newcomers category.

With significant changes and heightened anticipation, Sanremo 2025 promises to captivate audiences with its expanded lineup and thrilling performances. As the December 1 participant reveal draws closer, this year’s festival is set to keep fans on edge until the very end.




Italy in Eurovision 2024

“La noia” is the song performed by singer Angelina Mango in the grand final of Eurovision 2024. The song was selected at the Italian Sanremo Festival 2024. In the Eurovision final, the song placed 7th with 268 points. Italy has successfully ranked in the top 10 for eight consecutive years.

Source: Msn.com, Wemusic.it, Wemusic.it.

Eurovision 2025: This will be Italy’s 50th participation in Eurovision. Italy joined the contest in 1956, was one of the seven founding countries, and has won three times over the years. Italy’s most recent victory was at Eurovision 2021 with the song “Zitti e buoni” performed by the band Måneskin.