Watch: Tonight at 20:40 CET, the final of “Sanremo 2025”, will take place. The winning song among 29 entries will be offered the chance to represent Italy at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. Click below to watch.
Tonight at 20:40 CET, the Italian national broadcaster RAI will host the concluding evening of “Sanremo 2025”, where the best Italian song will be chosen. The winning act will be offered the opportunity to represent Italy at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. The winner can accept or decline the offer. If declined, the festival production will offer the honor to the highest-ranking artist willing to represent Italy in the contest.
All performances of the final 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 CET and is expected to last until 02:00 CET.
To watch the Sanremo Final – click here!
The festival will be hosted by Carlo Conti, the new artistic director and host chosen after Amadeus‘ retirement. Conti has previous experience hosting the festival from 2015-2017. Each evening featured additional hosts, and tonight’s co-hosts will be television and radio presenter, Eurovision 2022 host Alessandro Cattelan, and actress and television presenter Alessia Marcuzzi. The festival takes place at the Teatro Ariston, which has consistently hosted the festival since 1977 (except for 1990, when it was held at the “Nuovo Mercato Dei Fiori”).
In tonight’s final, 29 songs will compete. The winner will be chosen in two stages: All 29 artists will perform their songs. The top five ranked by a combination of public voting and results from previous evenings will advance to the second stage. In the second stage, all five will perform again. The winner will be determined by the same voting method as the fourth evening: 34% public vote, 33% journalist vote, and 33% radio broadcaster vote.
Who should we watch out for tonight?
The Euromix editorial has chosen singer Rose Villain with the song “Fuorilegge” as the favorite to represent Italy at Eurovision, while Clara with the song “Febbre” came in second place in the system’s ranking.
At the top of the betting odds, we can find Giorgia with the song “La cura per me“, and right after her, Olly with his song “Balorda nostalgia“.
The competing participants and songs in Sanremo’s Final:
- Francesca Michielin – “Fango in paradiso“
- Willie Peyote – “Grazie ma no grazie“
- Marcella Bella – “Pelle diamante“
- Bresh – “La tana del granchio“
- Modà – “Non ti dimentico“
- Rose Villain – “Fuorilegge“
- Tony Effe – “Damme ‘na mano“
- Clara – “Febbre“
- Serena Brencale – “Anema e core“
- Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci“
- Francesco Gabbani – “Viva la vita“
- Noemi – “Se t’innamori muori“
- Rocco Hunt – “Mille vote ancora“
- The Kolors – “Tu con chi fai l’amore?“
- Olly – “Balorda nostalgia“
- Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani“
- Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini“
- Giorgia – “La cura per me“
- Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola“
- Elodie – “Dimenticarsi alle sette“
- Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro“
- Irama – “Lentamente“
- Fedez – “Battito“
- Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua, Tormento – “La mia parola“
- Joan Thiele – “Eco“
- Massimo Ranieri – “Tra le mani un cuore“
- Gaia – “Chiamo io chiami tu“
- Rkomi – “Il ritmo delle cose“
- Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord“
Among the contestants are many 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. Also participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2021 with Fedez and the song “CHIAMAMI PER NOME“, and came second.
- Fedez: Participated in the Sanremo Festival in 2021 with Francesca Michielin and the song “CHIAMAMI PER NOME“, and came second.
- 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.
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.
