Buonasera Sanremo! The longest-running annual TV music competition in the world is ready to entertain millions of viewers in the Belpaese and beyond. Live from Teatro Ariston on the Italian Riviera, Carlo Conti and his 29 participants are ready to write yet another page of the Italian music industry.
The 75th Sanremo Festival is just a few hours away. One of the most-anticipated events in the cultural universe of Italy is about to kick-off with the usual layer of drama, politics and just anything but music. Carlo Conti is back as host after having directed the Festival in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Fans across Europe and Australia have five long nights of music have of them, which will engrave another name in the Olympus of the Italian music industry. The list of winners of more than seven decades of Festival includes almost every single important name, the success in this Festival being considered as one of the most important achievements for singers in Italy.
But Sanremo wouldn’t be Sanremo without its link to Eurovision. It is on the basis of the experience of the first festival in 1951 that the Eurovision Song Contest took place.
How to watch
The 75th Sanremo Festival will air live at 20.40 CET. Eurofans can watch it on the following channels:
- Rai 1
- RaiPlay.it
Tonight’s running order
29 competing entries are at the starting blocks. This is their order of appearance tonight:
- Gaia – Chiamo io chiami tu
- Francesco Gabbani – Viva la vita
- Rkomi – Il ritmo delle cose
- Noemi – Se t’innamori muori
- Irama – Lentamente
- Coma_Cose – Cuoricini
- Simone Cristicchi – Quando sarai piccola
- Marcella Bella – Pelle diamante
- Achille Lauro – Incoscienti giovani
- Giorgia – La cura per me
- Willie Peyote – Grazie ma no grazie
- Rose Villain – Fuorilegge
- Olly – Balorda nostalgia
- Elodie – Dimenticarsi alle 7
- Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua and Tormento – La mia parola
- Massimo Ranieri – Tra le mani un cuore
- Tony Effe – Damme ‘na mano
- Serena Brancale – Anema e core
- Brunori Sas – L’albero delle noci
- Modà – Non ti dimentico
- Clara – Febbre
- Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
- Fedez – Battito
- Bresh – La tana del granchio
- Sarah Toscano – Amarcord
- Joan Thiele – Eco
- Rocco Hunt – Mille volte ancora
- Francesca Michielin – Fango in paradiso
- The Kolors – Tu con chi fai l’amore
This list includes former Sanremo winners Francesco Gabbani (Italy, 2017), Giorgia (1995), Massimo Ranieri (1988, Italy 1971), Sanremo Cristicchi (2007) and former Eurovision entrant Francesca Michielin (Italy, 2016).
The structure of Sanremo 2025
The 75th Sanremo Festival will consist of five nights.
- Tuesday 11 Februrary, first night. All 29 artists will perform their competing songs. The top 5 will be announced in a random order. Co-hosts Antonella Clerici and Gerry Scotti. Special guests Noa, Mira Awad, Jovanotti and Raf.
- Wednesday 12 February, second night. Fifteen/fourteen of the competing artists will perform their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 will be announced in a random order. Co-hosts Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgiglio and Nino Frassica. Special guests Damiano David (Maneskin, Eurovision 2021) and BigMama.
- Thursday 13 February, third night. The remaining artists will perform their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 will be announced in a random order. Co-hosts Miriam Leone, Elettra Lamborghini and Katia Follesa. Special guests Ermal Meta (Eurovision 2018) and Duran Duran.
- Friday 14 February, fourth night. The artists each will perform an Italian or international song from the past (or a medley thereof), duetting with each other or with one or more guest performers. The winner of the night will be proclaimed, but unlike previous years, the results for that night will not be added to the overall score. Co-hosts Mahmood and Geppi Cucciari. Special guests Benji and Fede.
- Saturday 15 February, fifth night. All 29 artists will perform their competing songs. The top 5 artists of the combined rankings of this and the first three shows will advance to the superfinal. Here they will get to perform their song for a second time, while juries and televote will vote to determine the winner. Co-hosts Alessia Marcuzzi and Alessandro Cattelan. Special guests Planet Funk and Tedua.
Tonight’s vote
The result of the first night will be determined by the votes of the press room, TV and web. The top five will be announced at the end of the night in random order.
The overall winner of the 75th Sanremo Festival will be given the honour of representing Italy at the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday 17 May 2025.
Italy in Eurovision
Italy is one of the founder members of the Eurovision Song Contest having debuted in the very first contest in 1956. The country has won the event thrice with Gigliola Cinquetti (1964), Toto Cutugno (1990) and Maneskin (2021).
Italy withdrew from the competition in 1998 and returned to Eurovision in 2011 after a 13 year hiatus. Since their return to the contest the Italians have enjoyed great success in the event placing 9 times in the top 10 of the scoreboard including a victory in 2021.
Last year Angelina Mango represented Italy at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden with her entry La noia, placing 7th with 268 points.
