Carlo Conti, the artistic director of “Festival di Sanremo 2025″ will reveal the list of established artists who will compete in the “Categoria Campioni” on the 1st of December 2024 at 13:30 local time.
The announcement of the artists was preceded by one day
Carlo Conti has confirmed via an interview with FQ magazine that it is very possible that the number of participants in the big artists category will go beyond 24.
The exact number is still to be confirmed.
Festival di Sanremo 2025 – All Known Details

- The festival will last for 5 nights, starting on the 11th of February 2025 (Tuesday) and ending on the the 15th of February 2025 (Saturday)
- As always, 2 categories of artists will take part in the festival:
- “Categoria Campioni” – The “Champions” (Big Artists) Category: will feature at least 25 artists.
- “Categoria Nuove Proposte” – The “Newcomers” Category: will feature 4 finalists from “Sanremo Giovani 2024″
- Night 1:
- All big artists (“Champions”) will perform their songs.
- The results will be based on web and TV journalists
- At the end of the night, the top 5 will be announced in a random order.
- Night 2:
- Half of the big artists (“Champions”) will perform their songs
- The results will be based on 50% public votes and 50% radio
- The top 5 will be announced in random order.
- In addition, 2 of the 4 “Newcomers” will perform their songs. One of them will qualify for the Newcomers” final.
- Night 3:
- The second half of the artists will perform their songs
- The results will be based on 50% public votes and 50% radio
- The top 5 will be announced in random order.
- In addition, 2 of the 4 “Newcomers” will perform their songs. One of them will qualify for the Newcomers” final.
- Night 4:
- The artists will perform covers and/or duets.
- The covered songs will be either Italian or international (as well as duet partners).
- The results will be based on a 34% public vote, 33% professional jury vote and a 33% radio jury vote
- The winner of the night will be announced, but the results won’t impact the festival’s final results.
- Furthermore, the 2 “Newcomers” finalists will perform their songs and one of them will be the winner of the category, based on a 34% public vote, a 33% professional jury vote and a 33% radio jury vote.
- Night 5:
- All participants will perform their songs.
- The results will be based on the average ranking of the first 3 nights and the final night (based on 100% public votes)
- The Top 5 artists (based on the combined ranking of nights 1-3 and night 5, based on jury and public) will advance to the super final.
- Super-finalists will perform their songs again.
- The results of the super-final will be based on a 34% public vote, a 33% professional jury vote and a 33% radio jury vote.
- The competing artists in the “Champion” Category will be announced around December 2024 – January 2025.
- The final of “Sanremo Giovano 2024” will be held on the 18th December 2024

Angelina Mango represented Italy at Eurovision 2024 with “La Noia“.
She ended in 7th place with 268 points:
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th and 17th of May 2025

