The Sanremo Music Festival 2025 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2025), officially the 75th Italian Song Festival (75º Festival della canzone italiana), is set to be the 75th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, organised and broadcast by RAI. It will be held between 4 and 8 February 2024 and presented by Carlo Conti, who will also serve as the artistic director for the competition.[1]
| Sanremo Music Festival 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 4 February 2025 |
| Semi-final 2 | 5 February 2025 |
| Semi-final 3 | 6 February 2025 |
| Semi-final 4 | 7 February 2025 |
| Final | 8 February 2025 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Presenter(s) | Carlo Conti |
| Artistic director | Carlo Conti |
| Host broadcaster | |
| Big Artists section | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Newcomers' section | |
| Number of entries | 4 |
Format
editPresenters
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In June 2023, Amadeus, Sanremo's host and artistic director from 2020, announced that he would step down from his position after 2024.[2] Despite proposals by RAI to remain for 2025,[3] Amadeus confirmed during a press conference on 5 February 2024 that the 2024 edition would be his final time in the role.[4]
On 22 May 2024, RAI announced Carlo Conti – who had previously taken on the role in 2015, 2016 and 2017 – as the artistic director and main host of the 2025 and 2026 editions.[5][6]
Format changes
editOn 13 June 2024, Conti announced the first changes in the rules and the organisation of the contest: these include the reintroduction of the separate Newcomers' section, which was last featured in 2018, and that of the special DopoFestival broadcast after each of the shows, which will be reduced in length compared to previous editions; the "cover night" will be retained, and once again none of the entries will be eliminated before the final.[7][8]
Stage design
editIn June 2024, it was announced that the Sanremo 2025 stage will be designed by Riccardo Bocchini, the same designer of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions.[9]
Selections
editSanremo Giovani 2024
editThe four artists competing in the Newcomers' section will be determined through the Sanremo Giovani format, with the contestants, aged 16 to 26, being selected via a standard selection and the separate Area Sanremo competition. The contest will be held from 12 November to 18 December 2024, and will take place in three stages:[10]
- four weekly "challenges" on 12, 19, 26 November and 3 December, airing on Rai 2, each seeing six contestants, three of them advancing to the next stage based on the votes of the musical committe;
- a semi-final on 10 December, also airing on Rai 2, where six of the remaining twelve contestants will be eliminated by the musical committee;
- a final on 18 December 2024, held at the Sanremo Casino Theatre and presented by Carlo Conti, airing live on Rai 1; the six finalists will compete for three spots in the festival, while another two, selected from Area Sanremo, will compete for an additional place; the results will be determined by a 50/50 combination of televoting and votes from the musical committee.
Standard selection
editOnline submissions for the standard selection will be open between 10 July and 8 October 2024. 40 acts will be selected by a musical committee – composed of professionals and chaired by the artistic director (Conti) – to take part to an audition round in Rome, where 24 artists will be selected to compete.[10]
Area Sanremo 2024
editArea Sanremo will be an internal selection whereby the musical committee will choose two artists to take part in the final of Sanremo Giovani.[10]
Competing entries
editThe contest will feature a Big Artists section and a Newcomers' section. A total of 24 entries will compete in the former, which will be selected by the artistic director both from public submissions and by direct invitation;[1][7][11] 4 acts, as determined through the Sanremo Giovani format, will compete in the latter.[10] Upon the announcement of the new artistic director, Italian consumers association Codacons issued a statement requesting that Conti establish a professional committee to select the competing entries, to ensure that they meet musical standards and that their selection is not based on the artists' "number of social media followers, web views or temporary fame deriving from their participation in singing talent shows", as well as the inclusion of a Codacons representative in each phase of the preparations in order to guarantee public transparency.[12]
Shows
editFirst night
editAll 24 artists will perform their competing songs. The top 5 will be announced in a random order.[1]
Second night
editTwelve of the competing artists will perform their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 will be announced in a random order.[1]
Third night
editThe remaining twelve artists will perform their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 will be announced in a random order.[1]
Fourth night
editThe artists each will perform an Italian or international song from the past (or a medley thereof), duetting with one or more guest performers. Unlike the previous years, a winner of the night will be proclaimed, rather than adding the results to the overall score.[1]
Fifth night
editAll 24 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.[1]
Broadcasts and ratings
editLocal broadcast
editRai 1 and Rai Radio 2 will bring the official broadcasts of the festival in Italy. The five evenings will also be streamed online via the broadcaster's official online platform RaiPlay.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Conte, Davide (23 June 2024). "Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2025 Dates Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Amadeus a FQMagazine, 'Sanremo 2024 sarà il mio ultimo festival'" [Amadeus to FQMagazine, "Sanremo 2024 will be my last festival"] (in Italian). ANSA. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Argyiriou, Giannis (7 January 2024). "Italy: Amadeus does not rule out staying on as host and artistic director at Sanremo 2025!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Sanremo. Amadeus: Telemeloni? Nessuna pressione politica. Sesto Festival: tutto termina" [Sanremo. Amadeus: Meloni-TV? No political pressure. Sixth Festival: everything is over]. PrimaOnline (in Italian). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Carlo Conti alla guida di Sanremo per i prossimi due anni" [Carlo Conti at the helm of Sanremo for the next two years] (in Italian). ANSA. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (22 May 2024). "Italy: Carlo Conti New Host & Artistic Director of Festival di Sanremo". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti: «Torna la distinzione tra nuove proposte e big». Poi l'appello a Vasco Rossi: «Pensaci»" [Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti: "The distinction between Newcomers and Bigs is back". Then an appeal to Vasco Rossi: "Think about it"]. Il Messaggero (in Italian). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (13 June 2024). "Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2025 Format Changes Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Gugliotta, Jacopo (22 June 2024). "Festival di Sanremo 2025 all'Ariston dal 4 all'8 febbraio" [Sanremo Festival 2025 at the Ariston from 4 to 8 February]. Riviera24.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Giù l'età per Sanremo Giovani, in 4 in gara tra Nuove Proposte" [Down with the age for Sanremo Giovani, 4 competing in the Newcomers] (in Italian). ANSA. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Rossini, Matteo (11 June 2024). "Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti parla della scelta delle canzoni" [Sanremo 2025, Carlo Conti talks about the entry selection]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). Sky Italia. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Sanremo 2025, l'appello del Codacons: 'Chiediamo a Conti di rompere col passato e di allontanarsi il più possibile dalla strada tracciata da Amadeus'" [Sanremo 2025, Codacons' appeal: "We ask Conti to break with the past and move as far as possible from the path traced by Amadeus"]. FQ Magazine (in Italian). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.