Welcome to five days of pure-distilled-Italian-genius which is the Sanremo Music Festival! For those who are unfamiliar - the competition is held in the picturesque town of Sanremo in the North-Western pocket of Italy.
Beginning in 1951, many of the best known names in Italian music took part as competitors, guests or composers. For Italians it is the music event on the calendar and will propel artists straight to the top of the charts.
Need a guide of how to follow Sanremo this year? We've got you covered here.
15 of the artists performed this morning during the show - here are the provisional results for the Top 5 consisting of the televote (50%) and radio jury (50%) votes.
Top 5 Results:
As they were announced
Giorgia – La cura per me
Simone Cristicchi – Quando sarai piccola
Fedez – Battito
Achille Lauro – Incoscienti giovani
Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
Newcomers semi-final
In addition to the main show this year's festival reverted back to having a separate Newcomers' competition. This is a format seen in previous editions.
The top four artists of Sanremo Giovanni competed today in the Newcomers' section.
The competing acts were:
Alex Wyse - Rockstar
Maria Tomba - Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)
Settembre - Vertebre
Vale LP and Lil Jolie - Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l'amore
The two to go through to the final were:
Alex Wyse - Rockstar
Settembre - Vertebre
Iconic Moments:
Damiano David, the lead singer of Måneskin, made an appearance as a solo performer. His first performance was entirely in black and white with a more "mature" look. He also took to the stage for a rendition of his recent solo single Born with a Broken Heart.
The co-hosts of the evening paid homage to former Gianni Morandi and his famous "broom" moment of the 2023 festival (following Blanco destroying flowers).
Marco Mengoni did the same in 2024 and this time it was host Carlo Conti and his night 2 co-host Cristiano Malgioglio. However, this time a mop replaced the broom.
Co-host Cristiano Malgioglio stole the show many times throughout the show. His outfits were iconic including this ridiculously long train when first arriving.
This morning was the second night of the five-day festival - the rest of the week will proceed as follows:
Third Night - Friday (06:40am AEDT)
The remaining half of the artists will perform their entries for the second time
Voting will be televote (50%) and radio jury (50%)
A provisional ranking of the Top 5 acts will be announced at the end of the show
Confirmed special guests: Ermal Meta, Duran Duran and Dario D'Ambrosi
Fourth Night - Saturday (06:40am AEDT)
All 29 artist will perform covers of iconic Italian or international songs
Artists may perform with an acclaimed Italian or international guest
Voting will be televote (34%), combined press jury (33%) and radio jury (33%)
The winning cover will be announced, but unlike previous editions, the result will not count towards the overall score at the end of the festival
The night is closed by the Newcomers' final
Confirmed special guests: Iva Zanicchi, Benji & Fede, the cast of Mare fuori, Paolo Kessisoglu & Lunita Kessisoglu and Edoardo Bove.
Final Night - Sunday (06:40am AEDT)
All 29 artists will perform their songs for the third and final time
At the end of televoting, the final ranking will be drawn up comprised of print and TV media jury (33%), a radio jury (33%) and televoting (34%). The Top 5 ranked acts will perform again.
A new vote will then be held. Of the top five in the super final - the winner will be decided by televote (34%), press jury (33%) and radio jury (33%). The sum of the votes of all three components, added to the votes of the previous general classification, will finally decree the winning song of the Festival.
Confirmed special guests: Planet Funk, Tedua, Antonello Venditti and Vanessa Scalera.
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