Watch: Tonight at 20:40, the third of five evenings of the Italian Eurovision pre-selection, “Sanremo 2025” festival, will take place. A link for viewing the broadcast is provided.
The Italian Eurovision pre-selection, the long-standing and beloved “Sanremo 2025” music festival, kicked off on Tuesday’s night. This evening’s show will be the third of five taking place between February 11-15 2025, culminating in the selection of Italy’s representative for Eurovision 2025. All performances will be held at the “Ariston Theatre” (Teatro Ariston), which has consistently hosted the festival since 1977 (except for 1990, when the festival was held at the “Nuovo Mercato Dei Fiori” hall).
The broadcast will begin at 20:40 and is expected to last until 01:30.
To watch the third evening of the festival – click here!
How Will the Third Evening Unfold?
The festival will be hosted by Carlo Conti, the new artistic director and host chosen after the retirement of Amadeus. Conti has previous experience hosting the festival from 2015-2017. Each evening will feature additional hosts; tonight’s co-hosts will be model-actress Miriam Leone, singer Elettra Lamborghini, and actress Katia Follesa. Tonight, the remaining 14 competing songs in the festival will be performed, with voting conducted by a radio jury (50%), combined with the public vote (50%). Subsequently, the top five songs will be announced randomly.
What Will Happen in the Rest of the Festival?
On the fourth evening (Friday, February 14), each artist will perform a cover version of an existing song in Italian, English, or any other language. Competing artists will have the opportunity to perform their cover with a guest artist. The performances will be judged by the audience at home (34%), a professional jury composed of journalists (33%), and a radio jury (33%). The results from this evening will not be added to the overall score.
On the final evening, the festival’s grand finale, which will take place on Saturday, February 15, all 29 artists will perform their competing songs again. Only the audience at home will vote during this round. The results from this evening’s audience votes will be combined with the scores from previous evenings to determine which five artists advance to the final round (Superfinal). In this final round, the top five songs will be performed again and judged by a combination of audience votes (34%), a professional jury composed of journalists (33%), and a professional jury of radio broadcasters (33%). The song receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winner of the festival.
The 14 songs that will be performed on the second Night of the festival:
- Gaia – “Chiamo io chiami tu“
- Francesco Gabbani – “Viva la vita“
- Noemi – “Se t’innamori muori“
- Irama – “Lentamente“
- Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini“
- Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua, Tormento – “La mia parola“
- Olly – “Balorda nostalgia“
- Massimo Ranieri – “Tra le mani un cuore“
- Tony Effe – “Damme ‘na mano“
- Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci“
- Modà – “Non ti dimentico“
- Clara – “Febbre“
- Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord“
- Joan Thiele – “Eco“
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!
- 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.
- Clara: Participated in the Sanremo Festival 2024 with the song “Diamanti Grezzi” and finished in 24th place out of 30.
- Coma_Cose: Participated in the Sanremo Festival 2023 with the song “L’ADDIO” and in 2021 with the song “Fiamme negli occhi“.
- 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.
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.
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.
