Italy: Sanremo 2025 artists announcement on December 1st

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The artists participating in Sanremo 2025, who will compete for the Golden Lion and the chance to represent Italy in Basel at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, will be announced a day earlier than initially planned, on December 1st.

Last-Minute Changes for Sanremo 2025

The new artistic director and host of Sanremo has revealed some minor changes. Initially, the artists’ announcement for Sanremo 2025 was scheduled for December 2nd, but it has been moved up to December 1st. The announcement will take place at 13:30 cet.

Although it was originally announced that 24 artists would compete in Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti has decided to increase this number. Reports suggest the final count will be 26 artists.

The most significant and intriguing change involves the duets night, where contestants will now have the opportunity to collaborate with one another.

For the final night of Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti will be joined by Alessandro Cattelan, one of the hosts of Eurovision 2022, which was held in Turin.

Festival Schedule

First Night: All 24 artists will present their competing songs. The top five of the evening (announced in random order) will be revealed.
Second Night: 12 artists will perform their entries, and the top five of this group will be announced in random order.
Third Night: The remaining 12 artists will perform, with another top five revealed, also in random order.
Fourth Night: Covers’ Night will feature duets, though the results from this semi-final phase will not count toward the final outcome.
Final Night: All 24 artists will compete in the grand final. The top five overall from the semi-finals will advance to the superfinal, where the winner will be determined through a combination of jury and public voting.

Italy’s Eurovision 2025 Representation

Artists aiming to represent Italy at Eurovision 2025 must submit an expression of interest form by the start of the final night on February 15th.

If the winner of the festival has already signed the form, they will automatically represent Italy. If they choose not to participate, the festival’s organizing committee will select another artist based on its criteria.

Rescheduled Festival Dates

Originally scheduled for February 4–8, the festival has been postponed by a week. It will now take place from February 11 to February 15 in the small Ligurian town of Sanremo.

The winner of the 2024 festival was newcomer Angelina Mango with the song “La Noia”, who represented Italy at Eurovision 2024, finishing seventh in the Grand Final.

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Italy: The participants of Festival di Sanremo 2025 will be announced on December 2!

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Festival di Sanremo, Italy’s most prestigious music festival, is only a few months away. During February, the entire Italian peninsula will be following all the events in the small Ligurian city to see who wins the Golden Lion and represents Italy in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

Given the festival’s importance to the Italian music scene, Carlo Conti, the newly appointed Director, is working tirelessly to finalize the lineup of twenty-four artists who will compete in Sanremo 2025.

Hence, it was revealed today that the participants in the 75th edition of the Festival di Sanremo will be revealed during RAI’s newscast on December 2nd.

Although the number of established artists competing in Sanremo is still unknown, Carlo Conti claims that they will appear in the Sanremo Giovanni final.

Sanremo 2025 – the schedule

First Evening: 24 artists perform their competing song (top five is revealed in a random order)

Second Evening: 12 artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)

Third Evening: 12 artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)

Fourth Evening: Covers’ Night, the artists will perform in a duet. The results of this semifinal will NOT be included in the main competition

Final: 24 artists will perform their competing song. The top five in the combined rankings of all semifinals advances in the Superfinal and gets to perform again. Juries and televote will vote again to decide the winner.

Italian representation in Eurovision 2025

If any of the 24 competitors (along with their respective record labels) want to compete in Eurovision 2025, they must complete a special form by the beginning of the festival’s final night on Saturday, February 15.

If the Sanremo 2025 winner has previously signed the interest form, he will be automatically considered Italy’s representative in the Eurovision 2025. Should he decide not to compete in Eurovision 2025, the festival’s organizing committee will select an artist from among those who have signed the interest form based on its own standards, which may or may not include the final score ranking.

Although originally scheduled from February 4 to February 8, eventually the festival was postponed, a week later. Therefore, it will take place from February 11 to February 15 in the small Ligurian town.

The winner of Sanremo’s Music Festival in 2024 was the debutant Angelina Mango with her song “La Noia“, who ultimately gained the right to represent Italy in Eurovision 2024, placing seventh in the Grand Final.

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Sanremo Festival: These are the names of the twenty-four participants of SanremoGiovani 2025!

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The procedures for the Festival di Sanremo seem to be progressing. The 24 names of the SanremoGiovani 2025 participants have just been announced! The list of names was announced via the official Sanremo social media accounts.

Below you can see the list of official names:

 

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The show will be broadcast in a second zone on Rai2, RaiRadio2 and RaiPlay from 12 November.

The historic Sanremo is a very important music festival in Italy and through which new talents and trends in the Italian music industry are highlighted. SanremoGiovani is an important event for the Italian music scene, acting as a prelude to the Sanremo 2025 festival. The participation of young artists is expected to offer fresh ideas and musical proposals.

We are looking forward to this year’s selections by Sanremo’s 2025 organizers!

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Annalisa wins OGAE Second Chance Contest 2024!

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The OGAE Second Chance Contest returned for its 38th edition, with the reveal of the participants’ list in late July.

Sixteen countries participated this year, along with the participation of OGAE Rest of the World. Hence, tonight and live from Borås, Sweden the voting took place with the following results:

  1. Italy: Annalisa – “Sinceramente” – 364 points
  2. Sweden: Jacqline – “Effortless” – 252 points
  3. Norway: KEiiNO – “Damdiggida” – 238 points
  4. Finland: Sara Siipola – “Paskana” – 196 points
  5. Serbia: Konstrakta – “Novo, bolje” – 178 points
  6. Estonia: OLLIE – “My Friend” – 131 points
  7. Spain: Angy Fernández – “Sé quien soy” – 119 points
  8. Germany: Ryk – “Oh Boy” – 113 points
  9. Czechia: MYDY – “Red Flag Parade” – 70 points
  10. Denmark: Basim – “Johnny” – 50 points
  11. Croatia: MARCELA – “Gasoline” – 47 points
  12. San Marino (OGAE Rest of the World): Loredana – “Pazza” – 44 points
  13. Malta: ERBA’ – “Sirena” – 34 points
  14. Lithuania: Shower – “Impossible” – 8 points
  15. Ukraine: Ziferblat – “Place I Call Home” – 6 points
  16. Portugal: João Borsch – “…Pelas costuras” – 6 points

The votes cast by the OGAE fan clubs determined the 38th winner of the OGAE Second Chance Contest. Along with the participating clubs there were guest juries from countries that either did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest this year or did not have a national selection process.

Therefore, “Sinceramente” by Annalisa from Italy was crowned as the fans’ favorite song that did not make it to Malmö with 364 points. Annalisa participated in Sanremo Music Festival and despite finishing in third place, it is established as a big commercial success in Italy, being multi-platinum awarded.

The rest of the top three included of:

  • Sweden: Jacqline – “Effortless”
  • Norway: KEiiNO – “Damdiggida”

This is Italy’s fourth win in the contest, and Annalisa’s second. Annalisa is the second artist to win the contest more than once, after Alcazar from Sweden.

What is OGAE Second Chance?

It is a contest that has been organized annually since 1987, with the goal of showcasing the best song that did not make it to the Eurovision stage. Thus, each organization selects what it considers to be the best song that competed in the national final of its country. It is not required that this song has placed second.

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MTV EMA 2024: Eurovision artists nominated in this year’s awards!

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The regional European MTV awards have a strong connection with Eurovision, as many artists emerge each year from the contest and introduce themselves into a wider audience. As a result, there could not be an MTV nominees list without the presence of Eurovision stars.

Eurovision nominees

Specifically, from the class of 2024, we have three artists nominated for their regional award categories:

  • Nemo: Best Swiss Artist
  • Angelina Mango: Best Italian Artist
  • Slimane: Best French Artist

Moreover, Noa Kirel, a multi MTV EMA winner, is once again nominated for Best Israeli Singer and Mahmood, who represented Italy in Eurovision 2019 and 2022, is also nominated for Best Italian SInger.

Last year’s edition of the MTV EMA Awards was ultimately cancelled due to the Israel-Hamas war for security reasons. This year, the Awards will take place in Manchester on November 10.

 

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Junior Eurovision 2024: The results of the first draw for the contest’s running order!

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With less than two months remaining for the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Heads of Delegation met in Madrid, where the contest will be held, and during their meeting a preliminary running order draw took place. The aforementioned draw decided who will open and who will close the show, as well as in which spot will the host country, namely Spain, perform.

Hence, we now have the first part of Junior Eurovision’s running order, which looks as following:

  • Italy will open the show
  • Malta will close the show
  • Spain will perform tenth

The full running order will be revealed nearer the contest.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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Junior Eurovision 2024: Listen to the Italian entry!

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About a week ago, RAI revealed that the thirteen years-old Simone Grande will represent Italy in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest with his song “Pigiama Party“. Just moments ago, the music video of the Italian entry was uploaded on the official Junior Eurovision YouTube channel.

You can listen to “Pigiama Party“, below:

How was Simone Grande selected?

For the eight consecutive year, RAI opted for an internal selection. In fact, Simone Grande was crowned the winner of “The Voice Kids 2023“, back in December. Then, it was mentioned that the winner of the children’s talent show will represent Italy in Junior Eurovision, though it was officially confirmed several months later.

RAI has previously used “The Voice Kids” as a source for its Junior Eurovision contestants; Melissa and Ranya, the representatives from the previous year, were both finalists in the inaugural season.

Who is Simone Grande?

Simone was born and is currently living in Rozzano, a small town close to Milan, where he’s attending the second year of middle school. He admits that he doesn’t like studying very much, but he does have a lot of other passions!

He loves to play football and has been playing football since he was 8 years old. His favourite team? Well, Simone is a big supporter of Inter Milano, keeping it close to home. Simone also loves cooking for his family and creating new recipes that everyone can taste together.

When he was just 4 years of age, Simone started dancing, thanks to his older sister Noemi. Nowadays, however, when it comes to performing, he’s completely focused on singing. When he sings, Simone says that he feels incredibly joyful and excited.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.

Junior Eurovision 2024
Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

Albania – RTSH
Armenia – AMPTV
Cyprus – RIK
Estonia – ERR
France – FT
Georgia – GPB
Germany – ARD/NDR
Ireland – RTÉ
Italy – RAI
Malta – PBS
North Macedonia – MRT
Poland – TVP
Portugal – RTP
San Marino – RTV San Marino
Spain – TVE
The Netherlands – AVROTROS
Ukraine – UA:PBC
The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.

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Junior Eurovision 2024: Simone Grande will represent Italy in Madrid!

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With two months to go until the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Italian representative was just revealed. Just moments ago, RAI announced that Simone Grande will fly the Italian flag in Madrid.

How was Simone Grande selected?

For the eight consecutive year, RAI opted for an internal selection. In fact, Simone Grande was crowned the winner of “The Voice Kids 2023“, back in December. Then, it was mentioned that the winner of the children’s talent show will represent Italy in Junior Eurovision, though it was officially confirmed just now, several months later.

RAI has previously used “The Voice Kids” as a source for its Junior Eurovision contestants; Melissa and Ranya, the representatives from the previous year, were both finalists in the inaugural season.

Who is Simone Grande?

Simone was born and is currently living in Rozzano, a small town close to Milan, where he’s attending the second year of middle school. He admits that he doesn’t like studying very much, but he does have a lot of other passions!

He loves to play football and has been playing football since he was 8 years old. His favourite team? Well, Simone is a big supporter of Inter Milano, keeping it close to home. Simone also loves cooking for his family and creating new recipes that everyone can taste together.

When he was just 4 years of age, Simone started dancing, thanks to his older sister Noemi. Nowadays, however, when it comes to performing, he’s completely focused on singing. When he sings, Simone says that he feels incredibly joyful and excited.

Simone’s song is expected to be released at a later stage but we already know the title, which is Pigiama Party.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.

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Source: junioreurovision.tv

Italy: Rumored artists for Sanremo 2025!

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The most prestigious music festival in Italy, Sanremo Music Festival, is four and a half months away. Festival di Sanremo also serves as the nation’s selection method for the Eurovision Song Contest.

After Amadeus, whose impact on the Festival has surely left a mark, Carlo Conti returns to lead the 75th edition of Sanremo’s Music Festival as artistic director. It’s rumored that Conti is attempting to persuade prominent figures in the Italian music industry to take part, so his task will not be simple.

Thus, considering the labels that artists are in, the initial rumors about Sanremo 2025 participants suggest the following singers:

  • TIZIANO FERRO
  • ELODIE
  • BLANCO
  • TANANAI
  • EMMA
  • MATTEO BOCELLI
  • GAIA
  • OLLY
  • TOMMASO PARADISO
  • BRESH
  • SUBSONICA
  • LA RAPPRESENTANTE DI LISTA
  • ALBANO & ROMINA
  • ACHILLE LAURO
  • IRAMA
  • COMA_COSE
  • THE KOLORS
  • SARAH TOSCANO
  • PETIT
  • MADAME
  • ALFA
  • FRANCESCO GABBANI
  • VIRGINIO
  • BENJI & FEDE

Not just their fame but also the songs these performers can bring to Sanremo are important factors for Conti. But there’s still a long time to go before the formal announcements are made.

Sanremo 2025 – the schedule

First Evening: 24 artists perform their competing song (top five is revealed in a random order)

Second Evening: 12 artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)

Third Evening: 12 artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)

Fourth Evening: Covers’ Night, the artists will perform in a duet. The results of this semifinal will NOT be included in the main competition

Final: 24 artists will perform their competing song. The top five in the combined rankings of all semifinals advances in the Superfinal and gets to perform again. Juries and televote will vote again to decide the winner.

Italian representation in Eurovision 2025

If any of the 24 competitors (along with their respective record labels) want to compete in Eurovision 2025, they must complete a special form by the beginning of the festival’s final night on Saturday, February 15.

If the Sanremo 2025 winner has previously signed the interest form, he will be automatically considered Italy’s representative in the Eurovision 2025. Should he decide not to compete in Eurovision 2025, the festival’s organizing committee will select an artist from among those who have signed the interest form based on its own standards, which may or may not include the final score ranking.

Although originally scheduled from February 4 to February 8, eventually the festival was postponed, a week later. Therefore, it will take place from February 11 to February 15 in the small Ligurian town.

The winner of Sanremo’s Music Festival in 2024 was the debutant Angelina Mango with her song “La Noia“, who ultimately gained the right to represent Italy in Eurovision 2024, placing seventh in the Grand Final.

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Italy: The regulations of Festival di Sanremo 2025!

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RAI has already announced Italy’s participation in Eurovision 2025. Festival di Sanremo will once again serve as the country’s national selection process for Eurovision 2025 and it will take place from 11 to 15 February 2025.

Festival di Sanremo will see minor changes in its format in 2025 along with a new artistic director, namely Carlo Conti, who will return to this role after eight years.

DAY 1  –  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025

All the 24 participating songs in the “Campioni (Big)” category will be heard for the first time, and journalists from TV and electronic media will exclusively determine the first night’s results.

DAY 2  –  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The first 12 songs from the “Campioni (Big)” category will be performed on the second night again. The outcome of that night will be decided in equal shares by televoting and the voting of representatives from the Italian radio.

DAY 3  –  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The remaining 12 songs from the “Campioni (Big)” category will be performed during the third night and the results will be determined as in the second night (50-50).

DAY 4  –  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2025 (COVER NIGHT)

The 24 competitors will sing a cover of a popular Italian or non-Italian song, and the outcome on that particular day will be decided by a triple vote consisting of 34% televoting, 33% press, TV, and internet jury, and 33% radio jury.

The special cover night award will also be given to the winner.

DAY 5  –  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The 24 artists will perform again, and a three-way vote will determine the outcome on that night: 34% will be cast by televoting, 33% by the press, TV, and internet jury, and 33% by radio jury.

These results and the results from the first three nights of Sanremo 2025 will then be combined. The top five will then be determined by adding these results together (day 4 results will not be tallied).

A triple vote will be used to determine the winner after the top five either performs  their entries again or following the recap, as following:

  • 33% press, TV, and web jury
  • 34% televoting
  • 33% radio jury

Italian representation in Eurovision 2025

If any of the 24 competitors (along with their respective record labels) want to compete in Eurovision 2025, they must complete a special form by the beginning of the festival’s final night on Saturday, February 15.

If the Sanremo 2025 winner has previously signed the interest form, he will be automatically considered Italy’s representative in the Eurovision 2025. Should he decide not to compete in Eurovision 2025, the festival’s organizing committee will select an artist from among those who have signed the interest form based on its own standards, which may or may not include the final score ranking.

The winner of Sanremo’s Music Festival in 2024 was the debutant Angelina Mango with her song “La Noia“, who ultimately gained the right to represent Italy in Eurovision 2024, placing seventh in the Grand Final.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: RAI