The Italian natinoal broadcaster RAI recently unveiled the 30 artists who will participate in the Sanremo Festival 2025, which serves as Italy’s Eurovision national selection. Among the contestants are several familiar names: Francesco Gabbani, Francesca Michielin, and Achille Lauro.
The Italian television network, RAI, revealed today (Sunday) the list of participants who will take part in the Italian Eurovision national selection, the San Remo Festival 2025. The festival will be held as usual in February, and at its conclusion, the winner will be announced and given the right to represent Italy at Eurovision 2025, in Basel, Switzerland. If the festival winner declines to participate in Eurovision, the offer will pass to the runner-up in the festival.
The contestants list in the Sanremo Festival:
- Achille Lauro
- Gaia
- Coma_Cose
- Francesco Gabbani
- Williw Peyote
- Noemi
- Rkomi
- Moda
- Rose Villain
- Brunori Sas
- Irama
- Clara
- Massimo Ranieri
- Emis Killa
- Sarah Toscano
- Fedez
- Simone Cristicchi
- Joan Thiele
- The Kolores
- Bresh
- Marcella Bella
- Tony Effe
- Elodie
- Olly
- Francesca Michielin
- Lucio Corsi
- Shablo feat. Gue’, Joshua, Tormento
- Serena Brancale
- Rocco Hunt
- Giorgia
Among the contestants are several familiar names:
- Francesco Gabbani: Participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2016 with the song “Amen“. A year later, he won with the song “Occidentali’s Karma” and represented Italy at Eurovision, finishing in sixth place with 334 points!
- Francesca Michielin: Participated in the Sanremo Festival twice and reached second place both times but represented Italy at Eurovision 2016 with the song “Nessun grado di separazione“, with which she reached 16th place.
- Achille Lauro: Represented San Marino at Eurovision 2022 with the song “Stripper“, finishing 14th in the second Semi-final. That same year, Lauro tried to represent Italy and participated in the Sanremo Festival with another song, “Domenica“. Achille also participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2019 and 2020.
- Massimo Ranieri: Italy’s representative for Eurovision in 1971, with the song “L’amore è un attimo“, and finished in fifth place. He also represented Italy in 1973 with the song “Chi sarà con te“, and finished 13th.
- Irama: Participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2016 with the song “Cosa resterà“, in 2019 with the song “La ragazza con il cuore di latta“, in 2021 with the song “La genesi del tuo colore“, in 2022 with the song “Ovunque sarai“, and last year with the song “Tu no“, with which he finished in fifth place.
- Giorgia Todrani, the 53-year-old Italian singer who won the Sanremo Festival in 1995 with the song “Come saprei“. However, because Italy did not participate in the competition between 1994 and 1996 due to lack of interest in Eurovision, the singer did not represent her country. Her last participation in the festival was in 2023 with the song “Parole dette male” with which she reached sixth place. In 2024, she returned to co-host with the festival’s then-host, Amadeus, the second evening of Sanremo.
- Elodie – Participated in Sanremo in 2017 with the song “Tutta colpa mia” with which she reached eighth place, in 2020 she returned to the festival with the song “Andromeda” with which she reached seventh place, and in 2021 with the song “Due” with which she reached ninth place.
- Rocco Hunt – Participated in Sanremo in 2016 with the song “Wake Up” and reached ninth place.
- Clara: Participated in the Sanremo Festival 2024 with the song “Diamanti Grezzi” and finished in 24th place out of 30.
- The Kolores: Participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2018 with the song “Frida” and reached ninth place. Last year they participated with the song “Un ragazzo una ragazza” with which they failed to advance to the super-final stage on the last evening of the festival.
- Rose Villain: Participated in the Sanremo Festival last year with the song “CLICK BOOM!” with which she failed to advance to the super-final stage on the last evening of the festival.
- Coma_Cose: Participated in the Sanremo Festival 2023 with the song “L’ADDIO” and in 2021 with the song “Fiamme negli occhi“.
- Marcella Bella: Participated in Sanremo several times in 1972, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2005, and in the last year also participated in San Marino’s Eurovision national selection with the song “Chi siamo davvero“, but never managed to reach Eurovision.
- Rkomi: Participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2022 with the song “Insuperabile“.
- Modà: It is an Italian pop band from Milan. The band, formed in 2002, currently consists of lead vocalist Kekko Silvestre, guitarists Diego Arrigoni and Enrico Zapparoli, bassist Stefano Forcella, and drummer Claudio Dirani. The band participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2023 with the song “Lasciami” with which they reached 11th place.
- Olly – Participated in San Remo 2023 with the song “Polvere” with which he reached 24th place.
Sanremo Festival 2025: Format and Schedule
The festival will span five nights, organized as follows:
Night 1 (Tuesday, February 11th, 2025): All 30 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): 15 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 15 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 30 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, 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.
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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.
