Carlo Conti, the artistic director of “Festival di Sanremo 2025″ revealed the list of established artists who will compete in the “Categoria Campioni“.
A total of 30 artists will compete in the “Categoria Campioni“.
The Big Artists
- Achille Lauro
- Gaia
- Coma_Cose
- Francesco Gabbani
- Willie Peyote
- Noemi
- Rkomi
- Moda’
- Rose Villan
- Brunori Sas
- Irama
- Clara
- Massimo Ranieri
- Emis Killa
- Sarah Toscano
- Fedez
- Simone Cristicchi
- Joan thiele
- The Kolors
- Bresh
- Marcella bella
- Tony effe
- Elodie
- Olly
- Francesca Michielin
- Lucio corsi
- Shablo feat. Guè, joshua & tormento
- Serena brancale
- Rocco hunt
- Giorgia
Among the artists, we can find some familiar names:
- Francesca Michielin represented Italy in Eurovision 2016 .
- Francesco Gabbani represented Italy in Eurovision 2017.
- Massimo Ranieri represented Italy in Eurovision in 1971 and 1973
- Irama and Fedez participated in “Sanremo” in the past and reached the podium
- Achille Lauro represented San Marino in Eurovision 2022
- Elodie was a fan-favorite and participated in “Sanremo” several times.
- Clara participated in “Sanremo 2024”, as part of the Giovani category.
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:
- 15 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 remaining 15 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 final of “Sanremo Giovano 2024” will be held on the 18th of 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
