The week is passing by rapidly in the Italian Riviera. The 75th Sanremo Festival has just turned the page of its second night and is now approaching halftime. Fifteen of this year’s contestants went on stage for a second performance and received the votes of the public and the radio jury. We have another top 5! Is a winner emerging from the impressive panel of 29 entries?

Another night, another show. Carlo Conti accompanied again millions and millions of viewers across the Belpaese and beyond through the second night of the 75th Sanremo Festival live from Teatro Ariston. Co-hosts were Cristiano Malgioglio, Bianca Balti and Nino Frassica.

The night was lauched by the four contestants in the Newcomers’ section, with Alex Wyse and Settembre qualifying for the final duel on Thursday. Then, one of the highlights of the night: former Sanremo and Eurovision winner Damiano David (Maneskin, Italy 2021) graced the stage with a cover of Felicità, of late Lucio Dalla. Damiano later came back to present his very own Born with a broken heart. But the night will also be remembered because of a second male member of the audience loudly catcalling Elodie as she was about to start her Dimenticarsi alle 7, after a first episode directed at Rose Villain on Tuesday already made headlines in Italy.

The second night

Tonight the public televote accounted for 50% of the results, the remaining 50% coming from the radio jury. The first set of fifteen contestants performed their entries on the prestigious stage of Teatro Ariston. The top 5 of the night was announced in random order:

• Giorgia – La cura per me
• Simone Cristicchi – Quando sarai piccola
• Fedez – Battito
• Achille Lauro – Incoscienti giovani
• Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro

The third night

The second set of fourteen participants will perform on Thursday 13 February during the third night. The televote (50%) and the radio jury (50%) will again determine the outcome of the provisional top 5.

Co-hosts of the third night are Miriam Leone, Elettra Lamborghini, and Katia Follesa. Special guests are Ermal Meta (Italy, 2018), Duran Duran, Dario D’Ambrosio and Edoardo Bennato.

Third night line-up

1) Clara – Febbre
2) Brunori Sas – L’albero delle noci
3) Sarah Toscano – Amarcord
4) Massimo Ranieri – Tra le mani un cuore
5) Joan Thiele – Eco
6) Shablo Ft Guè, Joshua, Tormento – La mia parola
7) Noemi – Se t’innamori muori
8) Olly – Balorda nostalgia
9) Coma_Cose – Cuoricini
10) Modà – Non ti dimentico
11) Tony Effe – Damme ‘na mano
12) Irama – Lentamente
13) Francesco Gabbani – Viva la vita
14) Gaia – Chiamo io chiami tu

How to watch

The third night of the 75th Sanremo Festival will air live on Thursday 13 February at 20.40 CET. Eurofans can watch it on the following channels:

• Rai 1
• RaiPlay.it

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.