Four additional contestants have secured their places in the Sanremo Festival 2025, joining the previously announced 30 participants, whose song titles are now revealed.
The Italian National Broadcaster RAI revealed at the beginning of the month the list of participants who will take part in the Italian Eurovision preselection, the Sanremo 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, which will be held in Switzerland.
Yesterday, the final of ‘Sanremo Giovani,’ the youth competition of Sanremo, took place, during which four new names were selected to compete for the chance to represent Italy at Eurovision. Their song titles will be revealed later, leading up to the festival dates. Meanwhile, during the broadcast, the hosts disclosed the songs of the already confirmed contestants.
list of participants in the Sanremo Festival along with their songs
- Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti Giovanni”
- Gaia – “Chiamo io chiami tu”
- Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini”
- Francesco Gabbani – “Viva la vita”
- Williw Peyote – “Grazie ma no grazie”
- Noemi – “Se t’innamori muori”
- Rkomi – “Il ritmo delle cose”
- Moda – “Non ti dimentico”
- Rose Villain – “fuorilegge”
- Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci”
- Irama – “Lentamente”
- Clara – “Febbre”
- Massimo Ranieri – “Tra le mani un cuore”
- Emis Killa – “Demoni”
- Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord”
- Fedez – “Battito”
- Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola”
- Joan Thiele – “Eco”
- The Kolores – “Tu con chi fai l’amore?”
- Bresh – “La Tana Del Granchio”
- Marcella Bella – “Pelle diamante”
- Tony Effe – “Damme ‘na mano”
- Elodie – “Dimenticarsi alle 7”
- Olly – “Balorda nostalgia”
- Francesca Michielin – “Fango in paradiso”
- Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro”
- Shablo feat. Gue’, Joshua, Tormento – “La mia parola”
- Serena Brancale – “Anema e Core”
- Rocco Hunt – “Mille vote ancora”
- Giorgia – “La cura per me”
- Vale LP and Lil Jolie – TBA
- Alex Wyse – TBA
- September – TBA
- Mary Tomb – TBA
Sanremo Festival 2025: Format and Schedule
The festival will span five nights, organized as follows:
Night 1 (Tuesday, February 11th, 2025): All 34 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): 17 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 17 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 34 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.
Source: EurovisionFun.
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.