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Sanremo Music Festival 2025
Dates
Semi-final 14 february, 2025
Semi-final 25 february, 2025
Semi-final 36 february, 2025
Semi-final 47 february, 2025
Final8 february, 2025
Host
VenueTBA
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Carlo Conti
Artistic directorCarlo Conti
Host broadcaster
2024 ← Sanremo Music Festival

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 in Sanremo, organised and broadcast by RAI. It will be presented by Carlo Conti, who will also serve as the artistic director for the competition.

Format[edit]

The 2025 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival is expected to take place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organised by the Italian public broadcaster RAI.

Presenters[edit]

Carlo Conti, presenter and artistic director of the 2025 contest

In June 2023, Amadeus, Sanremo's host and artistic director from 2020, announced that he would step down from his position after 2024.[1] Despite proposals by RAI to remain for 2025,[2] Amadeus confirmed during a press conference on 5 February 2024 that the 2024 edition would be his final time in the role.[3]

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.[4][5]

Format changes[edit]

On 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.[6][7]

Competing entries[edit]

The contest will feature a Newcomers' section and a Big Artists section. The competing entries will be selected by the artistic director from public submissions and by direct invitation.[6][8] Upon the announcement of the new artistic director, Italian consumers association Codacons [it] 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.[9]

Broadcasts and ratings[edit]

Local broadcast[edit]

Rai 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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Farren, Neil (22 May 2024). "Italy: Carlo Conti New Host & Artistic Director of Festival di Sanremo". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Farren, Neil (13 June 2024). "Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2025 Format Changes Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.

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