What to expect from Italy's 'Festival di Sanremo' 2025

How To Watch

The final night of Sanremo is happening on Saturday 15 February, with a start time of 20:40 CET. Wherever you are in the world, you'll be able to watch the show live on Italian broadcaster Rai's online player, RaiPlay.

About Sanremo

It's the only song competition that makes us feel young in comparison... And so ahead of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in May, we'll be watching the 75th Festival di Sanremo on Saturday night! 

4 nights of the 2025 edition of the prestigious festival have already played out during the week and now 29 artists are set to present their songs one final time, during Saturday night's main event at the iconic Ariston Theatre, in the north-west of Italy. 

The final night of Sanremo is scheduled to go on for over 5 hours. So get some snacks in, remember to stay hydrated and perhaps treat yourself to a 'riposo' (Italy's own version of a 'siesta') in the afternoon. 

Our hosts for the duration of the night will be Carlo Conti, who's been presenting the whole week of live shows, plus Alessia Marcuzzi and Alessandro Cattelan. You might remember Alessandro - one of the hosts of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, when it came to us from Turin.

The Voting

Saturday night's final will be the third time throughout the competition that participants have performed their Sanremo entries for viewers.

On night one, all 29 artists presented their songs for the first time, while on the second and third nights, the lineup was split in half across the two nights, with each singer showcasing their song a second time. Friday night's 4th evening saw the artists take a short break from their brand-new compositions, instead getting to perform a cover version of their choosing, with a special-guest duet partner.

The final night will see all 29 songs being presented once more. Voting will come from three sources - a jury made up of members of the press (accounting for 33% of the score), a jury made up of members of the radio industry (33%) and a public vote (34%). This vote will be combined with voting from the first three nights and will determine a Top 5.

The Top 5 songs will then perform again, and voting will be opened one last time. The final vote will be combined with the previous rounds of voting on those 5 songs and by the end of the night (or rather, the early hours of Sunday morning!) Festival di Sanremo 75 will have a winner! 

As is tradition, the Sanremo champ will be invited to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, but their answer won't be confirmed until the following day, at a press conference. Since 2017, every Sanremo winner has accepted the invitation.

The Participants

These are the 29 songs that are taking part in the 75th edition of Festival di Sanremo:

Achille Lauro – Incoscienti giovani

Bresh – La tana del granchio

Brunori Sas – L’albero delle noci

Clara – Febbre

Coma_Cose – Cuoricini

Elodie – Dimenticarsi alle 7

Fedez – Battito

Francesca Michielin – Fango in paradiso

Francesco Gabbani – Viva la vita

Gaia – Chiamo io chiami tu

Giorgia – La cura per me

Irama – Lentamente

Joan Thiele – Eco

Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro

Massimo Ranieri – Tra le mani un cuore

Marcella Bella – Pelle diamante

Modà – Non ti dimentico

Noemi – Se t’innamori muori

Olly – Balorda nostalgia

Rocco Hunt – Mille volte ancora

Rose Villain – Fuorilegge

Rkomi – Il ritmo delle cose

Sarah Toscano – Amarcord

Serena Brancale – Anema e core

Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua and Tormento – La mia parola

Simone Cristicchi – Quando sarai piccola

The Kolors – Tu con chi fai l’amore

Tony Effe – Damme ‘na mano

Willie Peyote – Grazie ma no grazie

The winner of Sanremo 2024 was the song La noia, performed by Angelina Mango.

Angela accepted the invitation to represent Italy at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, and in Malmö the song received 268 points for a 7th-place finish in the Grand Final. 

It became Italy's 8th Top 10 finish over the past 10 Contests.

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