Tonight, the 75th Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo will begin at the Ariston Theatre, with the first of five consecutive nights of Italian music.
🇮🇹 Italy – Festival di Sanremo 2025 – First Night
When?
20:40 CET, until 01:20 CET approximatively
Where?
- Online, either on
- Rai1 on RaiPlay for the TV stream
- Rai Radio 2 on RaiPlaySound for the radio stream (which includes special interviews)
- Physically, at the Ariston Theatre, in Sanremo
Who?
On the first night, all 29 artists will perform their entry for the first time. The running order was revealed to be similar to the one used in the dress rehearsals, which RAI has described as such:
- Gaia – “Chiamo io chiami tu“
- Francesco Gabbani – “Viva la vita“
- Rkomi – “Il ritmo delle cose“
- Noemi – “Se ti innamori muori“
- Irama – “Lentamente“
- Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini“
- Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola“
- Marcella Bella – “Pelle diamante“
- Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti Giovani“
- Giorgia – “La cura per me“
- Willie Peyote – “Grazie ma no grazie“
- Rose Villain – “Fuorilegge“
- Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua e Tormento – “La mia parola“
- Olly – “Balorda nostalgia“
- Elodie – “Dimenticarsi alle 7“
- Massimo Ranieri – “Tra le mani un cuore“
- Tony Effe – “Damme ‘na mano“
- Serena Brancale – “Anema e core“
- Brunori SAS – “L’albero delle noci“
- Modà – “Non ti dimentico“
- Clara – “Febbre“
- Fedez – “Battito“
- Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro“
- Bresh – “La tana del granchio“
- Rocco Hunt – “Mille vot’ ancora“
- Joan Thiele – “Eco“
- Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord“
- Francesca Michielin – “Fango in paradiso“
- The Kolors – “Tu con chi fai l’amore?“
The show will be hosted by the new Sanremo artistic director Carlo Conti, who held the role between 2015 and 2017, replacing Amadeus, who had directed Sanremo since 2020. He will co-host the evening with Antonella Clerici and Gerry Scotti.
Along with co-hosts, Carlo Contil will also welcome guests on stage: Lorenzo Jovanotti, and the duo of Israeli singer Noa (Israel 2009) and Palestinian artist Mira Awad, who will perform “Imagine” together.
Format
For the first night, only the “Press, TV and Web” jury will vote. Only the top 5 entries will be revealed, without detailed results and in no particular order.
Which song are you expecting the most? How will Carlo Conti’s hosting compare to Amadeus‘? And, more importantly, do you have your FantaSanremo team ready? Tell us more in the comments below or on social media, at @escxtra !
