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La selezione dei partecipanti all’Eurovision Song Contest spetta alle emittenti televisive competenti dei singoli stati. A loro spetta la scelta del metodo di selezione: una selezione interna (quindi cantante e/o brano vengono scelti dall’emittente stessa), come accade solitamente per San Marino o Australia, oppure può organizzare un festival musicale (il pubblico sceglie un vincitore che viene invitato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest), come accade in Norvegia (Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), Svezia (Melodifestivalen), Italia (Festival di Sanremo), Grecia (Ellinikós Telikós) e molti altri. Il vincitore dell’eventuale festival però non è obbligato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest né tanto meno è obbligato ad esibirsi con la canzone vincitrice, ad esempio Iva Zanicchi ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 1969, in coppia con Bobby Solo, con la canzone “Zingara”, ma all’Eurovision Song Contest si presentò da sola con il brano “Due grosse lacrime bianche”. Con il tempo buona parte delle emittenti sta abbandonando la selezione interna in favore del festival musicale.

I partecipanti non devono obbligatoriamente avere vincoli di nazionalità (ad esempio nel 1988 la Svizzera vinse con la cantante canadese Céline Dion) e le canzoni non hanno restrizioni riguardanti la lingua (anche se nelle prime edizioni vigeva un obbligo di cantare in una delle lingue ufficiali del proprio paese).

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L’Eurovision Song Contest 2025 sarà la 69ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro. Il concorso si svolgerà presso la St. Jakobshalle a Basilea, in Svizzera, dal 13 al 17 maggio 2025, in seguito alla vittoria di Nemo con la canzone The Code nell’edizione precedente; sarà la terza edizione della manifestazione a svolgersi in Svizzera, dopo quelle del 1956 e 1989.

Il concorso si articolerà, come dal 2008, in due semifinali e una finale.

In seguito ad alcune controversie avvenute durante l’edizione 2024, relative all’organizzazione generale dell’evento, l’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER) ha annunciato la creazione di due nuovi posizioni che si affiancheranno a quella del superiore esecutivo: il direttore esecutivo del concorso, ricoperta dal britannico Martin Green, e dal responsabile del marchio e commerciale dell’evento.

Il 4 giugno 2024 sono stati annunciati i due produttori esecutivi dell’evento: Reto Peritz (responsabile del dipartimento dell’intrattenimento della SRF) e Moritz Stadler (responsabile del dipartimento delle operazioni della RTS), mentre la regia sarà affidata a Yves Schifferle (capodelegazione della Svizzera all’Eurovision Song Contest). Rimangono invariate le posizioni di Christer Björkman (capodelegazione svedese dal 2002 al 2021, nonché produttore dell’edizione 2013 e 2016) come direttore artistico e Tobias Åberg (produttore tecnico della manifestazione dal 2016) come produttore tecnico; ad essi si aggiungono anche Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol come responsabile dell’evento, Manfred Winz come responsabile delle finanze, Aurore Chatard come responsabile della sicurezza e Kevin Stuber come responsabile legale.

All’indomani della vittoria svizzera all’edizione 2024, ospitata dalla città svedese di Malmö, la delegazione svizzera ha espresso l’interesse dell’emittente pubblica SRG SSR a organizzare la manifestazione musicale. A stretto giro ha seguito l’interesse a ospitare l’evento di diverse città tra cui Basilea (St. Jakob-Park e St. Jakobshalle), Bienne-Berna (Festhalle Bern), Friburgo (BCF Arena), Ginevra (Palexpo), San Gallo (Olma Hall) e Zurigo (Hallenstadion).

Il 27 maggio 2024 la SRG SSR ha annunciato e presentato il bando per ospitare la manifestazione, tramite il quale tutte le città interessate avrebbero potuto presentare ufficialmente la propria candidatura entro la fine di giugno. Le prime città a confermare le proprie candidature per ospitare l’evento sono state Basilea e Zurigo, seguite da Bienne-Berna e Ginevra, mentre San Gallo ha ritirato la sua candidatura poiché non rispetta i criteri per ospitare l’evento.

Il 19 luglio 2024 la SRG SSR ha comunicato che la scelta è stata ristretta alle città di Ginevra e Basilea, che rispettano tutte le necessità del concorso, scartando di conseguenza Zurigo e Berna. Il successivo 30 agosto, sul canale YouTube ufficiale della manifestazione canora, è stato confermato che la sede dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2025 sarebbe stata la St. Jakobshalle di Basilea.

Il processo di selezione della scelta si è articolato nel seguente modo: le città interessate hanno preso visione dei criteri fondamentali per ospitare la manifestazione; alle stesse città sono state poi concesse quattro settimane per preparare i propri piani e progetti per ospitare l’evento; nel mese di giugno l’emittente organizzatrice ha valutato le candidature in base ai criteri fondamentali; entro la metà di luglio l’emittente organizzatrice ha visitato le città selezionate e i progetti preparati sono stati inviati all’Unione europea di radiodiffusione che ha decretato, di concerto con le emittenti organizzatrici ed entro il mese di agosto, la città ospitante.

Criteri fondamentali: la sede deve essere al coperto, dotata di aria condizionata secondo gli standard vigenti, e inoltre ben perimetrabile; la sede deve avere una capacità al 70% della capienza massima compresa tra gli 8 000 e i 10 000 spettatori; la sede deve essere dotata di un’area principale che consenta la realizzazione di un allestimento di alto livello con altezze disponibili di almeno 18 metri, buone capacità di carico sul tetto e facile accesso al carico; la sede deve essere disponibile per sei settimane prima dell’evento, le due settimane dello show e quella successiva per il disallestimento; la sede deve avere a disposizione una vicina sala stampa che possa accogliere almeno 1 000 giornalisti; la sede deve avere aree a raso e di facile accesso, contigue e integrate nel perimetro dell’infrastruttura per il supporto tecnico-logistico di 5 000 metri quadrati; la città deve avere a disposizione oltre 2 000 camere d’albergo nelle aree contigue all’evento; la città deve avere un aeroporto internazionale non più lontano di un’ora e mezza dalla sede dell’evento.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024 ← Eurovision Song Contest 2025 → Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Contest

🇫🇷 France • 🇩🇪 Germany • 🇮🇹 Italy • 🇪🇸 Spain • 🇨🇭 Switzerland • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Country:🇨🇭 Switzerland
National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 2025
Selection date(s): Artist: 5 March 2025 Ι Song: 10 March 2025
Host venue: –
Presenter(s): –
Host broadcaster: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) / Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), Radio télévision suisse (RTS), Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI), Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)
Participants – Number of entries: –
Voting system: –
Selection entrant: Zoë Më (Zoë Alina Kressler)
Selection song: “Voyage“
Selected songwriter(s): Emily Middlemas, Tom Oehler, Zoë Alina Kressler
Placement – Final: 19º FI: 10th, 214 points

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Voyage“, written by Emily Middlemas, Tom Oehler and Zoë Anina Kressler, and performed by Kressler herself under her stage name Zoë Më. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), internally selected its entry for the contest. In addition, SRG SSR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, after winning the previous edition with the song “The Code” by Nemo.

As the host country, Switzerland automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 19, the country placed 10th out of the 26 performing countries with 214 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland sixty-four times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. It won that first edition of the contest with the song “Refrain” performed by Lys Assia. Its second victory was achieved in 1988 with “Ne partez pas sans moi” performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion. Switzerland won the contest for the third time in 2024, with “The Code” performed by Nemo. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Switzerland has thus far managed to qualify to the final on ten occasions, five of them being all the contests it participated in since 2019, which included three top five results.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SRG SSR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had opted for both national finals and internal selections to select its entries throughout the years, sticking to the internal selection method since 2019. SRG SSR confirmed its intention to compete in and host the 2025 contest immediately after the 2024 final, later announcing that it would again use an internal selection to determine its entry.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.0.SUISA songwriting camp. Between 27 and 29 May 2024, the annual SUISA songwriting camp took place in Maur, Zurich; the songs composed in the event are usually submitted to SRG SSR as potential Eurovision entries. Participants in the camp included Ashley Hicklin (a seven-time Eurovision entrant as a songwriter), Linda Dale (a two-time Eurovision entrant as a songwriter, including with “The Code”, the winning Swiss entry in 2024) and Teya (one of the 2023 representatives for Austria).

2.1.Internal selection. SRG SSR opened a submission period between 8 and 22 August 2024 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, with priority given to Swiss nationals or residents. At the closing of the window, 431 entries had been submitted. The selection process was implemented in collaboration with the market research company YouGov Schweiz. Submissions were assessed in various rounds by a Swiss public panel, an international public panel, and a 25-member international expert jury; the public panels consisted of Swiss and international audience members, while the international jury consisted of former national jurors for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest. Blick has alleged that the final five contendants left in the running were all female artists.

On 5 March 2025, Zoë Më was announced as the selected entrant, with the song, “Voyage“, revealed and released on 10 March. Originally, both the announcement of the artist and the release of the song were to take place on 10 March, however, the former was eventually brought forward following a confrontation between Blick, to which several independent sources had unofficially confirmed the selected entrant, and SRF.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As the host country, Switzerland automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 17 May 2025, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2025, when it was announced that Switzerland would be voting in the first semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the Swiss entry will also be performed during the semi-final. On 17 March 2025, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 19.

In the final, Switzerland performed 19th in the running order, following Armenia and preceding Malta. Switzerland placed 10th with 214 points, finishing in 2nd place in the jury voting with 214 points and in last place in the televote with 0 points.

3.0.Voting.

3.2.1.Points awarded to Switzerland.

**Points awarded to Switzerland (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points		Estonia Poland Spain
10 points		Denmark Netherlands Portugal San Marino Sweden
8 points		Albania Belgium Croatia Latvia Luxembourg Slovenia
7 points		Armenia Germany Iceland Montenegro Serbia Ukraine
6 points		Cyprus Finland Greece
5 points
4 points		Georgia Italy
3 points		Lithuania Norway
2 points		France Malta
1 point		Australia Azerbaijan

3.2.1.0.Points awarded to Switzerland (Final).

3.2.2.Points awarded by Switzerland.

3.2.2.1.Points awarded by Switzerland (Semi-final 1).

**Points awarded by Switzerland (Semi-final 1)**
Score	Televote
12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Albania
8 points	Portugal
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Poland
5 points	San Marino
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Estonia
2 points	Ukraine
1 point	Norway

3.2.2.2.Points awarded by Switzerland (Final)

**Points awarded by Switzerland (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Italy
10 points	Albania	Sweden
8 points	Italy	France
7 points	Greece	Austria
6 points	Austria	Netherlands
5 points	Sweden	Estonia
4 points	France	United Kingdom
3 points	Poland	Finland
2 points	Estonia	Portugal
1 point	Netherlands	Ukraine

3.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.^[18] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Swiss jury:

Cyrill Camenzind
Giordano Tatum Rush
Gabriela Mennel
Mary Clapasson
Tiffany Athena Limacher

**Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Semi-final 1)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Iceland	7	4
02	Poland	5	6
03	Slovenia	11
04	Estonia	8	3
05	Ukraine	9	2
06	Sweden	4	7
07	Portugal	3	8
08	Norway	10	1
09	Belgium	15
10	Azerbaijan	14
11	San Marino	6	5
12	Albania	2	10
13	Netherlands	1	12
14	Croatia	12
15	Cyprus	13

**Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	17	25	9	14	15	19		18
02	Luxembourg	25	18	12	15	16	23		19
03	Estonia	13	2	6	5	22	6	5	9	2
04	Israel	11	22	7	11	17	14		1	12
05	Lithuania	9	13	20	16	20	18		21
06	Spain	21	7	14	18	21	16		13
07	Ukraine	10	8	21	10	6	10	1	15
08	United Kingdom	6	3	11	22	7	7	4	22
09	Austria	7	17	23	1	2	4	7	5	6
10	Iceland	22	23	8	13	24	20		14
11	Latvia	14	5	18	12	25	13		20
12	Netherlands	12	12	10	2	3	5	6	10	1
13	Finland	5	9	4	25	8	8	3	16
14	Italy	1	1	2	6	4	1	12	3	8
15	Poland	23	14	16	20	23	25		8	3
16	Germany	19	4	25	19	9	12		11
17	Greece	18	11	5	8	18	11		4	7
18	Armenia	8	19	22	21	19	21		25
19	Switzerland
20	Malta	15	16	19	24	12	24		24
21	Portugal	2	6	15	17	13	9	2	12
22	Denmark	16	15	13	23	14	22		23
23	Sweden	4	24	1	4	1	2	10	6	5
24	France	3	10	3	3	5	3	8	7	4
25	San Marino	24	20	24	9	10	17		17
26	Albania	20	21	17	7	11	15		2	10

Country: 🇫🇷 France
National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 2025
Selection date(s): Artist: 30 January 2025, Song: 15 March 2025
Host venue: –
Presenter(s): –
Host broadcaster: France Télévisions, France 2 (France 2, TV5 Monde)
Participants – Number of entries: –
Voting system: –
Selection entrant: Louane (Louane Emera, Anne Edwige Maria Peichert)
Selection song: “maman”
Selected songwriter(s): Anne Peichert, Tristan Salvati
Placement – Final: 24º FI: 7th, 230 points

France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Maman“, written by Anne Peichert and Tristan Salvati, and performed by Peichert herself under her stage name Louane. The French participating broadcaster, France Télévisions, internally selected its entry for the contest.

As a member of the “Big Five”, France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, France Télévisions and its predecessor national broadcasters have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing France sixty-six times since RTF’s debut in the inaugural contest. They first won the contest in 1958 with “Dors, mon amour” performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with “Tom Pillibi” performed by Jacqueline Boyer in 1960, “Un premier amour” performed by Isabelle Aubret in 1962, and “Un jour, un enfant” performed by Frida Boccara, who won in 1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Their fifth – and so far latest – victory came in 1977 with “L’oiseau et l’enfant” performed by Marie Myriam. France has also finished second five times, with Paule Desjardins in 1957, Catherine Ferry in 1976, Joëlle Ursull in 1990, Amina in 1991 (who lost out to Sweden’s Carola in a tie-break), and Barbara Pravi in 2021. In the 21st century, France has had less success, only making the top ten five times, with Natasha St-Pier finishing fourth in 2001, Sandrine François finishing fifth in 2002, Patricia Kaas finishing eighth in 2009, Amir finishing sixth in 2016, and Pravi finishing second in 2021 with 499 points. In 2024, it finished in fourth place with the song “Mon amour” performed by Slimane.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, France Télévisions organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country through France 2. The French broadcasters have used both national finals and internal selections to choose their entries in the past. In 2021 and 2022, the broadcaster selected its entries via the national final Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez !, a format which was also planned to be held in 2023 but was ultimately cancelled in favour of an internal selection. In August 2024, France Télévisions confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. On 30 January 2025, France Télévisions announced that it had internally selected Louane as the French entrant for the 2025 contest;^[5] the announcement came shortly after multiple French outlets reported Louane as having been unofficially confirmed to them as the selected entrant.^[6] Her entry, “Maman“, was presented to the public on 15 March, during half-time of the final match between France and Scotland in the 2025 Six Nations Championship tournament at the Stade de France.

3.0.Voting.

3.2.1.Points awarded to France.

**Points awarded to France (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points		Albania Armenia Greece Luxembourg Serbia
10 points	Armenia	Cyprus Germany
8 points	Belgium	Czechia Finland Ireland Malta Spain Switzerland
7 points		Sweden
6 points	Luxembourg	Austria Estonia Latvia Montenegro
5 points	Greece Portugal	San Marino
4 points	Israel Switzerland	Iceland
3 points	Cyprus	Poland Slovenia
2 points	Azerbaijan Montenegro	Netherlands Norway United Kingdom
1 point	Spain

3.2.1.0.Points awarded to France (Final).

3.2.2.1.Points awarded by France (Semi-final 2)

**Points awarded by France (Semi-final 2)**
Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	Luxembourg
8 points	Armenia
7 points	Greece
6 points	Latvia
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Serbia
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Finland
1 point	Austria

3.2.2.2.Points awarded by France (Final)

**Points awarded by France (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Albania
10 points	Albania	Armenia
8 points	Armenia	Greece
7 points	Poland	Israel
6 points	Ukraine	Italy
5 points	Portugal	Spain
4 points	Greece	Austria
3 points	Italy	Netherlands
2 points	Austria	Switzerland
1 point	Luxembourg	Poland

3.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand fin al.

The following members comprised the French jury:

Franck Broqua
Olivier Weber
Alexia Guerin
Nathalie Couzouyan
Virginie Petit

**Detailed voting results from France (Semi-final 2)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Australia	12
02	Montenegro	16
03	Ireland	13
04	Latvia	5	6
05	Armenia	3	8
06	Austria	10	1
07	Greece	4	7
08	Lithuania	6	5
09	Malta	14
10	Georgia	15
11	Denmark	8	3
12	Czechia	11
13	Luxembourg	2	10
14	Israel	1	12
15	Serbia	7	4
16	Finland	9	2

**Detailed voting results from France (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	20	19	23	17	4	14		23
02	Luxembourg	15	12	14	12	10	16		10	1
03	Estonia	24	23	16	10	11	21		14
04	Israel	3	3	11	5	16	4	7	1	12
05	Lithuania	22	25	13	25	20	24		20
06	Spain	9	6	21	6	3	6	5	11
07	Ukraine	21	22	17	22	24	25		5	6
08	United Kingdom	4	15	10	15	18	13		22
09	Austria	18	1	8	13	9	7	4	9	2
10	Iceland	14	16	9	16	21	20		18
11	Latvia	16	24	6	23	14	17		17
12	Netherlands	10	20	4	11	5	8	3	12
13	Finland	23	13	25	2	22	12		19
14	Italy	6	4	2	24	12	5	6	8	3
15	Poland	5	21	19	3	23	10	1	4	7
16	Germany	8	18	20	20	17	22		15
17	Greece	13	2	3	4	8	3	8	7	4
18	Armenia	7	7	1	7	1	2	10	3	8
19	Switzerland	11	9	5	9	7	9	2	16
20	Malta	2	10	24	18	15	11		25
21	Portugal	25	8	12	21	19	19		6	5
22	Denmark	17	14	18	14	13	23		24
23	Sweden	12	11	15	8	25	15		13
24	France
25	San Marino	19	17	22	19	6	18		21
26	Albania	1	5	7	1	2	1	12	2	10

Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
National selection – Selection process: Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? (Top priority ESC 2025 – Who sings for Germany?)
Selection date(s): Heats: 14 February 2025, 15 February 2025 Ι Semi-final: 22 February 2025 Ι Final: 1 March 2025
Host venue: EMG Studios Hürth, Studio 8
Presenter(s): Barbara Schöneberger
Host broadcaster: ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) – Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Das Erste, BR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, MDR Fernsehen, NDR Fernsehen, Radio Bremen TV, rbb Fernsehen, SR Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, one)
Participants – Number of entries: 24
Voting system: Heats, Semi-final, Final: Jury Ι Superfinale: Televote
Selection entrant: Abor & Tynna (Attila Bornemisza, Tünde Bornemisza)
Selection song: “Baller“
Selected songwriter(s): Alexander Hauer, Attila Bornemisza, Tünde Bornemisza
Placement – Final: 16º FI: 15th, 151 points

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Baller“, written by Alexander Hauer, Attila Bornemisza and Tünde Bornemisza, and performed by the Bornemiszas as Abor & Tynna. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final format Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? in collaboration with private broadcaster RTL to select its entry.

As a member of the “Big Five”, Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 16, Germany placed 15th out of the 26 performing countries, scoring 151 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, ARD has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Germany 67 times since its debut at the inaugural contest in 1956, making Germany, to this point, the country with the most entries in the contest; it has taken part in every edition, except in 1996, when it was eliminated in a pre-qualification round. It has won the contest on two occasions: in 1982 with the song “Ein bißchen Frieden” performed by Nicole, and in 2010 with the song “Satellite” performed by Lena. In 2024, “Always on the Run” performed by Isaak placed 12th out of 25 competing songs in the final with 117 points.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ARD organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. ARD confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 27 May 2024. Since 1996, ARD has delegated the participation in the contest to its member Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Since 2022, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete in the contest. On 29 October 2024, the broadcaster announced that it would organise a multi-artist national final in collaboration with private broadcaster RTL and Stefan Raab. Raab, a three-time German Eurovision participant (as singer and/or songwriter) and co-presenter of the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, had previously worked with NDR on its national finals between 2010 and 2012.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?. Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? (“Top priority ESC 2025 – Who sings for Germany?”) was the competition that selected the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place between 14 February 2025 and 1 March 2025 at the EMG Studio 8 in Hürth, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger, and consisted of two heats, a semi-final and a final. The heats and semi-final were broadcast on RTL and online via RTL+, while the final was broadcast on Das Erste and One as well as online via the ARD Mediathek platform and ARD’s Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.de.

2.1.1.Competing entries. Interested artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition between 6 and 28 November 2024. Artists without their own songs were also able to apply and had to submit an introduction video along with a performance clip of a cover song. By the end of the process, it was announced that 3,281 applications were received, of which 1,198 included an own song. The 24 competing acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of Raab Entertainment, ARD and RTL, and announced on 4 February 2025.

**Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? participating artists**
Abor & Tynna, Adina, Benjamin Braatz, Cage, Chase, Cloudy June, Cosby, Enny-Mae x Paradigm, Equa Tu, Fannie, Feuerschwanz, From Fall to Spring, Jaln, Janine, Jonathan Henrich, Julika, Leonora, Lyza, Moss Kena, Ni-ka, Noah Levi, Parallel, The Great Leslie, Vincent Varus

2.1.2.Heats. Two heats took place on 14 and 15 February 2025. In each heat each, twelve artists performed a cover song or their own song (though not their candidate Eurovision song should they progress to the semi-final), and an expert jury selected seven acts to proceed to the semi-final. The jury panel for both shows consisted of producer Stefan Raab, singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, and presenter Elton, while 2004 German entrant Max Mutzke and singer-songwriter Johannes Oerding featured as guest jurors in the first and second heat, respectively.

**Heat 1 – 14 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Julika	“Run”	Advanced
2	Benjamin Braatz	“Breakfast”	Advanced
3	Fannie	“Easy”	Eliminated
4	Chase	“Million Years Ago”	Eliminated
5	Enny-Mae x Paradigm	“Arcade”	Eliminated
6	Jonathan Henrich	“Golden Hour”	Advanced
7	Feuerschwanz	“Dragostea din tei“	Advanced
8	Cage	“Wrong Places”	Advanced
9	Equa Tu	“Gaga”	Eliminated
10	Janine	“Can’t Help Falling in Love”	Eliminated
11	Cosby	“Loved for Who I Am”	Advanced
12	Abor & Tynna	“Skyfall”	Advanced

**Heat 2 – 15 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Adina	“In the Air Tonight”	Eliminated
2	Jaln	“Lose Control”	Advanced
3	Leonora	“Good Day”	Advanced
4	Ni-ka	“The Way You Make Me Feel”	Eliminated
5	From Fall to Spring	“Control”	Advanced
6	Noah Levi	“There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”	Eliminated
7	Cloudy June	“Sad Girl Era”	Advanced
8	Parallel	“Noi”	Eliminated
9	Moss Kena	“Die with a Smile”	Advanced
10	Vincent Varus	“Coffee”	Eliminated
11	The Great Leslie	“Fix You”	Advanced
12	Lyza	“Voilà“	Advanced

2.1.3.Semi-final. The semi-final took place on 22 February 2025. Each of the remaining fourteen artists performed their candidate Eurovision song and an expert jury selected nine acts to proceed to the final. The jury panel consisted of Raab, Catterfeld and Elton, as well as singer-songwriter Max Giesinger.

**Semi-final – 22 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Feuerschwanz (feat. DAG von SDP)	“Knightclub”	Ben Metzner, Dag-Alexis Kopplin, Hans Platz, Peter Henrici	Advanced
2	Benjamin Braatz	“Like You Love Me”	Benjamin Braatz	Advanced
3	Cloudy June	“If Jesus Saw What We Did Last Night”	Amanda Cy, Claudi Terry Verdecia, Maarten Paul	Eliminated
4	Cosby	“I’m Still Here”	Kilian Reischl, Marie Kobylka, Robin Karow	Advanced
5	Jaln	“Weg von dir“	Marc Rohles, Worthington Jalen Davis	Eliminated
6	From Fall to Spring	“Take the Pain Away”	Benedikt Veith, León Arend, Lukas Wilhelm, Philip Wilhelm, Sebastian Monzel, Simon Triem	Eliminated
7	Jonathan Henrich	“Golden Child”	Jonathan Henrich	Eliminated
8	Abor & Tynna	“Baller“	Alexander Hauer, Attila Bornemisza, Tünde Bornemisza	Advanced
9	Leonora	“This Bliss”	Leonora Margarethe Huth, Jan Klinkenberg, Anikó Kanthak	Advanced
10	Julika	“Empress”	Julika Lüer	Advanced
11	Lyza	“Lovers on Mars”	Anderz Wrethov, Julie Aagaard, Thomas Stengaard, Vasilisa Subotic	Advanced
12	Moss Kena	“Nothing Can Stop Love”	Hitimpulse, Martin Gallop, Matthew Thomas Paul Holmes, Philip Anthony Leigh, Thomas McKenna	Advanced
13	The Great Leslie	“These Days”	Alfie Pawsey, Freddie Miles, Oliver Trevers, Ryan Lavender	Advanced
14	Cage	“Golden Hour”	Karolin Gärtner, Orkun Akcil	Eliminated

2.1.4.Final. The final took place on 1 March 2025. The winner was selected through two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, each of the remaining nine artists performed their candidate Eurovision song and a cover song, and an expert jury will selected five acts to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the winner was selected solely through public voting with options for landline, SMS and online voting. The jury panel that voted in the first round consisted of Raab, Catterfeld, 2014 Austrian entrant and winner Conchita Wurst, and singer-songwriter Nico Santos.

**Final – 1 March 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Cover	Result
1	The Great Leslie	“These Days”	“Waterloo”	Advanced
2	Benjamin Braatz	“Like You Love Me”	“Angels”	Eliminated
3	Leonora	“This Bliss”	“Houdini”	Advanced
4	Feuerschwanz (feat. DAG von SDP)	“Knightclub”	“I See Fire”	Eliminated
5	Moss Kena	“Nothing Can Stop Love”	“Levitating”	Advanced
6	Abor & Tynna	“Baller“	“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”	Advanced
7	Cosby	“I’m Still Here”	“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”	Eliminated
8	Lyza	“Lovers on Mars”	“Creep”	Advanced
9	Julika	“Empress”	“Euphoria”	Eliminated

**Superfinal – 1 March 2025**
Artist	Song	Public vote				Place
Artist	Song	Phone	SMS	Online	Total	Place
Abor & Tynna	“Baller“	142,656	82,688	6,302	231,646	1
Leonora	“This Bliss”	31,130	14,230	715	46,075	4
Lyza	“Lovers on Mars”	150,758	52,848	2,486	206,092	2
Moss Kena	“Nothing Can Stop Love”	110,071	37,821	1,847	149,739	3
The Great Leslie	“These Days”	18,962	10,058	816	29,836	5

2.1.5.Preparation & Promotion.

3.Ratings.

**Viewing figures by show**
Show	Air date	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)
Heat 1	14 February 2025	2.14	9.2%
Heat 2	15 February 2025	1.79	7.7%
Semi-final	22 February 2025	1.81	8.5%
Final	1 March 2025	3.69	16.8%

4.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As the host country, Switzerland automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 17 May 2025, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2025, when it was announced that Switzerland would be voting in the first semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the Swiss entry will also be performed during the semi-final. On 17 March 2025, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 19.

4.0.Voting.

4.0.1.Points awarded to Germany.

4.2.1.0.Points awarded to Germany (Final)

**Points awarded to Germany (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Austria	Czechia Ukraine
10 points		Israel Serbia
8 points	Lithuania	Italy
7 points
6 points
5 points	Armenia Finland Israel Latvia Poland Serbia Ukraine	Greece Lithuania
4 points	Albania	Luxembourg
3 points	Croatia Estonia Greece	Spain
2 points	Georgia	Azerbaijan Georgia Latvia
1 point	Czechia Denmark Iceland Netherlands	Belgium Finland

4.2.2.Points awarded by Germany.

4.2.2.1.Points awarded by Germany (Semi-final 2)

**Points awarded by Germany (Semi-final 2)**
Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	Greece
8 points	Latvia
7 points	Lithuania
6 points	Finland
5 points	Austria
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Australia
1 point	Serbia

4.2.2.2.Points awarded by Germany (Final)

**Points awarded by Germany (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Austria
10 points	Greece	France
8 points	Albania	Malta
7 points	Poland	Switzerland
6 points	Austria	Greece
5 points	Sweden	Italy
4 points	Estonia	Sweden
3 points	Ukraine	Israel
2 points	Italy	Poland
1 point	Iceland	Norway

4.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the German jury:

Alexander Zuckowski
Eko Fresh
Marc Möllmann
Carolin Fortenbacher
Vasilisa Subotic

**Detailed voting results from Germany (Semi-final 2)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Australia	9	2
02	Montenegro	16
03	Ireland	14
04	Latvia	3	8
05	Armenia	13
06	Austria	6	5
07	Greece	2	10
08	Lithuania	4	7
09	Malta	12
10	Georgia	15
11	Denmark	7	4
12	Czechia	11
13	Luxembourg	8	3
14	Israel	1	12
15	Serbia	10	1
16	Finland	5	6

**Detailed voting results from Germany (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	13	9	22	6	5	10	1	20
02	Luxembourg	6	8	6	25	21	14		17
03	Estonia	8	20	9	19	7	15		7	4
04	Israel	16	11	7	14	3	8	3	1	12
05	Lithuania	18	10	18	16	25	20		13
06	Spain	19	15	17	11	17	19		19
07	Ukraine	15	21	16	24	23	24		8	3
08	United Kingdom	5	16	10	9	9	11		22
09	Austria	10	2	8	1	4	1	12	5	6
10	Iceland	25	25	24	22	22	25		10	1
11	Latvia	21	7	21	23	14	17		14
12	Netherlands	11	4	15	15	8	13		11
13	Finland	12	22	12	3	10	12		12
14	Italy	2	14	3	7	20	6	5	9	2
15	Poland	24	3	23	5	15	9	2	4	7
16	Germany
17	Greece	17	6	14	4	1	5	6	2	10
18	Armenia	7	24	11	12	16	16		18
19	Switzerland	1	13	1	18	6	4	7	15
20	Malta	4	1	2	13	11	3	8	24
21	Portugal	23	17	13	21	19	22		23
22	Denmark	20	12	20	17	12	18		21
23	Sweden	9	23	4	2	13	7	4	6	5
24	France	3	5	5	8	2	2	10	16
25	San Marino	14	19	19	20	24	23		25
26	Albania	22	18	25	10	18	21		3	8

Notes.

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Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
National selection – Selection process: Festival di Sanremo 2025 (75º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2025)
Selection date(s): 1st night: 11 February 2025 Ι 2nd night: 12 February 2025 Ι 3rd night: 13 February 2025 Ι 4th night: 14 February 2025 Ι 5th night – Final: 15 February 2025
Host venue: Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s): Carlo Conti with Antonella Clerici and Gerry Scotti (first night), Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio and Nino Frassica (second night), Miriam Leone, Elettra Lamborghini and Katia Follesa (third night), Mahmood and Geppi Cucciari (fourth night), Alessia Marcuzzi and Alessandro Cattelan (fifth night).
Director: Maurizio Pagnussat Ι Musical director: Pinuccio Pirazzoli Ι Artistic director: Carlo Conti
Host broadcaster: RAI (Rai 1, Rai Radio 2, Rai Italia, RaiPlay, Rai 4K)
Participants: Big Artists section: 29 Ι Newcomers’ section: 4
Voting system: Televote, press jury and radio jury
Number of entries: Big Artists section: 24 Ι Newcomers’ section: 4
Newcomers’ section: Settembre – “Vertebre”
Big Artists section – Selection entrant: ~~Olly~~ / Lucio Corsi
Selection song: ~~“Balorda nostalgia“~~ / “Volevo essere un duro”
Selected songwriter(s): ~~Federico Olivieri, Julien Boverod, Pierfrancesco Pasini~~ / Lucio Corsi, Tommaso Ottomano
Placement – Final: 14º FI: 5th, 256 points

Italy was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Volevo essere un duro“, written by Lucio Corsi and Tommaso Ottomano, and performed by Corsi himself. The Italian participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), used the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 to select its entry, with “Balorda nostalgia” performed by Olly emerging as the winner. However, Olly declined the opportunity to represent Italy in the contest, with RAI appointing runner-up Corsi as its entrant.

As a member of the “Big Five”, Italy automatically qualifies to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Italy forty-eight times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. Since then, it has won the contest on three occasions: in 1964 with the song “Non ho l’età” performed by Gigliola Cinquetti, in 1990 with “Insieme: 1992” by Toto Cutugno, and in 2021 with “Zitti e buoni” by Måneskin. RAI has withdrawn from the contest a number of times, with its most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. It made its return in 2011, with its entry “Madness of Love” performed by Raphael Gualazzi, placing second—its highest result, to that point, since its victory in 1990. A number of top 10 placements followed in subsequent editions, including its third victory in 2021. In 2024, it placed seventh with “La noia” performed by Angelina Mango.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RAI organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Between 2011 and 2013 and since 2015, RAI has regularly used the Sanremo Music Festival to select its entrant to the contest, at first through an intermediate stage of internal selection among the contestants, and after 2014 (when a full internal selection took place), the winner of the festival has always earned the right of first refusal to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision.

Artist selection.

Sanremo Music Festival 2025. RAI organised the Sanremo Music Festival 2025, the 75th edition of the event, between 11 and 15 February 2025. On 20 August 2024, the broadcaster published the rules of the competition, confirming that the winner of the festival’s Big Artists section would earn the right to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.

29 artists competed in the Big Artists section over the course of five consecutive nights, selected by the artistic director Carlo Conti by direct invitation and from public submissions, and their names were announced on 1 December 2024.^[4]^[5] Three former Italian Eurovision entrants were among the competing artists: Massimo Ranieri (1971 and 1973), Francesca Michielin (2016), and Francesco Gabbani (2017), as well as Achille Lauro, who represented San Marino in 2022. Additionally, Noemi’s entry was co-written by Mahmood and Blanco, both of whom represented Italy in 2022 (the former having previously competed in 2019). Blanco also co-wrote Giorgia and Irama’s entries.

The Sanremo Music Festival 2025 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2025), officially the 75th Italian Song Festival (75º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 75th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). It was held between 11 and 15 February 2025 and presented by Carlo Conti, who also served as the artistic director for the competition.^[3]^[4] The festival was won by Olly with “Balorda nostalgia“, earning him the right of first refusal to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025; however, he ultimately declined the opportunity in favour of runner-up Lucio Corsi with “Volevo essere un duro“.

1.Format. RAI initially announced that the contest would be held from 4 to 8 February 2025. The dates were later changed to 11–15 February as they overlapped with the quarter-finals of Coppa Italia, broadcast on Mediaset channels.

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

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. In October 2024, Conti announced that the special DopoFestival broadcast after each of the shows would be hosted by Alessandro Cattelan. The following month, Cattelan was announced as one of the co-hosts of the final night of the festival. In mid-January 2025, the complete line-up of the hosts was announced, which includes: Antonella Clerici (2005 co-host and 2010 host) and Gerry Scotti on the first night; Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio and Nino Frassica on the second night; Miriam Leone, Elettra Lamborghini and Katia Follesa on the third night; Mahmood (2019 and 2022 winner) and Geppi Cucciari on the fourth night; Alessia Marcuzzi in addition to Cattelan on the final. In late December 2024, the hosts of PrimaFestival, the introductory segment aired before each of the nights and during the opening red carpet, were announced to be Bianca Guaccero, Gabriele Corsi and Mariasole Pollio;^[15] comedy duo I Sansoni was added to the cast on 3 February 2025.

Stage design. In June 2024, it was announced that the Sanremo 2025 stage would be designed by Riccardo Bocchini, the same designer of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions.

Theme music. The official musical theme of the festival, “Tutta l’Italia“, was composed by Gabry Ponte and was released on 31 January 2025.

Format changes. 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 2021, and that of DopoFestival, which would be reduced in length compared to previous editions; the “cover night” was retained, and once again none of the entries was eliminated before the final.

The complete rules were published on 20 August. It was initially confirmed that the number of entries would decrease from 30 to 24. As for the voting system, the results of the “cover night” would not be added to the score obtained on the other shows. On the final night, after the top five songs have been announced, there would be another round of voting, but unlike previous years, the results would then be added to the overall score. The song with the highest overall score would win the contest. In November, Conti announced that the number of entries would instead be higher than 24, as well as clarifying that competing artists would be able to duet with each other during the “cover night”; the entries were ultimately revealed to be 30 as in the previous edition.

1.2.Voting. Voting occurred again through the combination of three methods:

Public televoting, carried out via landline and mobile phone.
Jury of the press room, TV and web.
Jury of the radio.

Their voting was articulated as follows:

First night: all of the entrants were judged by the jury of the press room, TV and web.
Second night: half of the entrants were judged through a 50/50 split system by means of televoting and the jury of the radio, to be added up to the results of the first night. The four newcomers were judged by all three juries, determining the two finalist.
Third night: the other half of the main entrants and the two newcomer finalists were judged as on the previous night, with the winner of the latter section being proclaimed.
Fourth night: the covers were judged through a split system by means of the televoting (34%) and the two juries (33% each), determining the winner of the night.
Fifth night: the entrants were judged through a split system by means of the televote (34%), and the two juries (33% each), to be added up to the results of the first three nights; ultimately, a final voting round (with the same split system) was held among the top five, which determined the winner.

2.Selections.

2.1.Sanremo Giovani 2024. The four artists competing in the Newcomers’ section were determined through the Sanremo Giovani format, with the contestants, aged 16 to 26, being selected via a standard selection and the separate Area Sanremo competition. The contest was held from 12 November to 18 December 2024, and took place in three stages:

four weekly “challenges” on 12, 19, 26 November and 3 December, presented by Alessandro Cattelan and airing on Rai 2, each seeing six contestants, three of them advancing to the next stage based on the votes of the musical committee;
a semi-final on 10 December, also presented by Cattelan and airing on Rai 2, where six of the remaining twelve contestants were eliminated by the musical committee;
a final on 18 December 2024, titled Sarà Sanremo, held at the Sanremo Casino Theatre and presented by Carlo Conti, airing live on Rai 1; the six finalists competed for three spots in the festival, while another two, selected from Area Sanremo, competed for an additional place; the results were determined by the votes of the musical committee.

2.1.1.Standard selection. Online submissions for the standard selection were open between 10 July and 8 October 2024. On 17 October 2024, it was announced that 564 acts had applied, 46 of which were selected by a musical committee – composed of professionals Ema Stokholma, Carolina Rey, Manola Moslehi, Enrico Cremonesi and Daniele Battaglia, and chaired by the artistic director (Conti) with RAI director Claudio Fasulo – to take part in an audition round in Rome on 23 October, where 24 artists were selected to compete. Their songs were released on 31 October 2024.

**Selected entries**
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	Alessandro Rina, Francesco Facchinetti, Matteo Ieva
Angelica Bove	“La nostra malinconia“	Alessandro Raina, Davide Simonetta, Paolo Antonacci
Angie	“Scorpione“	Angelica Paola Ibba, Fabio Pizzoli, Pietro Celona, Pietro Posani
Arianna Rozzo	“J’adore“	Arianna Rozzo, Francesco Dini
Bosnia	“Vengo dal sud“	Filippo Bosnia, Giuseppe La Rosa
Ciao sono Vale	“Una nuvola mi copre“	Manuel Franco Rocati, Nicolò Belloni, Valeria Fusarri
Cosmonauti Borghesi	“Aurora tropicale“	Alessandro Mastropietro, Leonardo Rese, Marco Cestrone
Dea Culpa	“Nuda“	Alessandro Fava, Alessia Gerardi, Anas El Hirech
Giin	“Tornare al mare“	Alessandro Donadei, Ginevra De Tommasi
Grelmos	“Flashback”	Gabriele Coco, Greta Jasmin El Moktadi, Paolo Muscolino, Roberto Strano
Mazzariello	“Amarsi per lavoro“	Antonio Mazzariello, atteo Domenichelli
Mew	“Oh My God”	Francesco Catitti, Jacopo Ettorre, Paride Surace, Valentina Turchetto
Moska Drunkard	“Trinacria”	Cristina Rizzo, Marco Giordano, Silvia Vavolo
Nicol	“Come mare“	Enrico Brun, Francesco Amato, Michael Tenisci, Nicol Castagna, Stefano Marletta
Orion	“Diamanti nel fango“	Dario Bovenzi
Questo e Quello	“Bella balla“	Francesco Mannella Vardè, Lorenzo Di Blasi, Stefano D’Angelo
Rea	“Cielo aperto“	Federico Cimini, Maria Mircea
Sea John	“Se fossi felice“	Giovanni Maresca
Selmi	“Forse per sempre“	Davide De Blasio, Gianpiero Gentile, Niccolò Selmi, Raffaele Esposito
Settembre	“Vertebre“	Andrea Settembre, Laura Di Lenola, Manuel Finotti
Sidy	“Tutte le volte“	David Anokye Yeboah, Iacopo Sinigaglia, Lorenzo Vizzini, Bisaccia, Samuel Balice, Sidy Lamine Casse
Synergy	“Fiamma“	Aurora Mina Cortes, Lucia Battistini, Massimiliano Giorgetti
Tancredi	“Standing Ovation”	¡Adel Al Kassem, Gianmarco Grande, Giordano Colombo, Tancredi Cantù Rajnoldi
Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	Francesca Calearo, Valentina Sanseverino

2.1.2.Area Sanremo 2024. The rules of the Area Sanremo selection, organised by the Municipality of Sanremo alongside the Sanremo Symphonic Orchestra Foundation, were released on 3 September 2024, with the opening of an online application platform lasting until 18 October 2024. The 336 submitting acts were auditioned by a musical committee between 16 and 21 November 2024 at the Sanremo Palafiori, with the 24 qualifiers from this phase attending a final round on 22 November; there, ten winners were proclaimed, among whom two Sanremo Giovani finalists were selected on 23 November. The choice was revealed on 10 December, during the semi-final.

**Area Sanremo finalists**
(winning entries are marked in bold; selected Sanremo Giovani entrants are underlined)
Albe – “Finalmente“, Aria, Arianna, Ascanio, Bels, Cartapesta – “Lamponi“, Crytical – “L’ultimo istante“, Daniel Posniak, Djomi – “Il mio ultimo pregio“, EJ, Etra – “Spazio (tra le dita)“, Gabriele Esposito, Hanami – “Luci spente“, Jore, Kimono – “Fuori tempo“, LB Prada, Løvinne – “Iceberg”, Maddalena, Maria Tomba – “Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)”, Niveo, Petr3sku, Sara Russo, Shori, Sofia Sole – “Briciole“

**Selected entries**
Artist	Song	Songwriters
Etra	“Spazio (tra le dita)“	Alessio Pipan, Daniele Dibiaggio, Andrea Perna
Maria Tomba	“Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)”	Maria Tomba, Alfredo Bruno, Giulia Guerra, Mirko Guerra, Salvatore Mineo

Challenges.

**First challenge night – 12 November 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Synergy	“Fiamma“	Did not advance
I	2	Tancredi	“Standing Ovation”	Advanced
II	3	Mew	“Oh My God”	Advanced
II	4	Sidy	“Tutte le volte“	Did not advance
III	5	Angie	“Scorpione“	Did not advance
III	6	Mazzariello	“Amarsi per lavoro“	Advanced

**Second challenge night – 19 November 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Grelmos	“Flashback”	Advanced
I	2	Rea	“Cielo aperto“	Did not advance
II	3	Settembre	“Vertebre“	Advanced
II	4	Moska Drunkard	“Trinacria”	Did not advance
III	5	Ciao sono Vale	“Una nuvola mi copre“	Did not advance
III	6	Selmi	“Forse per sempre“	Advanced

**Third challenge night – 26 November 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	Advanced
I	2	Nicol	“Come mare“	Did not advance
II	3	Cosmonauti Borghesi	“Aurora tropicale“	Did not advance
II	4	Bosnia	“Vengo dal sud“	Advanced
III	5	Giin	“Tornare al mare“	Did not advance
III	6	Arianna Rozzo	“J’adore“	Advanced

**Fourth challenge night – 3 December 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	Advanced
I	2	Orion	“Diamanti nel fango“	Did not advance
II	3	Angelica Bove	“La nostra malinconia“	Advanced
II	4	Sea John	“Se fossi felice“	Did not advance
III	5	Questo e Quello	“Bella balla“	Advanced
III	6	Dea Culpa	“Nuda“	Did not advance

Semi-final.

**Semi-final – 10 December 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Grelmos	“Flashback”	Eliminated
I	2	Settembre	“Vertebre“	Finalist
II	3	Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	Finalist
II	4	Arianna Rozzo	“J’adore“	Eliminated
III	5	Tancredi	“Standing Ovation”	Eliminated
III	6	Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	Finalist
IV	7	Mew	“Oh My God”	Finalist
IV	8	Questo e Quello	“Bella balla“	Eliminated
V	9	Angelica Bove	“La nostra malinconia“	Finalist
V	10	Mazzariello	“Amarsi per lavoro“	Eliminated
VI	11	Bosnia	“Vengo dal sud“	Eliminated
VI	12	Selmi	“Forse per sempre“	Finalist

Final.

**Final – 18 December 2024**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Result
I	1	Mew	“Oh My God”	Eliminated
I	2	Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	Winner
II	3	Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	Winner
II	4	Selmi	“Forse per sempre“	Eliminated
III	5	Angelica Bove	“La nostra malinconia“	Eliminated
III	6	Settembre	“Vertebre“	Winner
IV	7	Maria Tomba	“Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)”	Winner
IV	8	Etra	“Spazio (tra le dita)“	Eliminated

Competing entries. The contest features a Big Artists section and a Newcomers’ section. The entries competing in the former were selected by the artistic director both from public submissions and by direct invitation, and were announced on 1 December 2024; the number of entries, originally planned to be 24, was later announced to be higher and finally revealed to be 30. Four acts, as determined through the Sanremo Giovani format, are competing in the latter section. The titles of the Big Artists’ entries were announced during Sarà Sanremo, a special broadcast of 18 December 2024 in which the Sanremo Giovani final was included.

Upon the announcement of the new artistic director, Italian consumers association Codacons 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. However, this was not granted, and shortly before the announcement of the competing artists, Codacons filed a complaint to RAI over some of the rumoured participants, requesting that any songs featuring “wrong, miseducative or dangerous messages” be banned from the festival.

On 29 January 2025, Emis Killa, who was among the selected entrants with the song “Demoni“, announced his intention to withdraw from the competition due to legal issues. RAI stated that he would not be replaced.

**Big Artists section**
Artist(s)	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Rank	Awards
Achille Lauro	“Incoscienti giovani“	Lauro De Marinis, Paolo Antonacci, Davide Simonetta, Daniele Nelli, Gregorio Calculli, Matteo Ciceroni, Simon Pietro Manzari	Davide Rossi	7	—
Bresh	“La tana del granchio“	Andrea Brasi, Luca Di Blasi, Giorgio De Lauri, Luca Ghiazzi	Diego Calvetti [it]	11	—
Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	Dario Brunori	Stefano Amato^[a]	3	Musical commission’s “Sergio Bardotti” Award for Best Lyrics
Clara	“Febbre“	Clara Soccini, Jacopo Ettorre, Francesca Calearo, Dario Faini, Federica Abbate	Valeriano Chiaravalle [it]	27	—
Coma_Cose	“Cuoricini“	Fausto Zanardelli, Francesca Mesiano, Antonio Filippelli, Gianmarco Manilardi	Enrico Melozzi	10
Elodie	“Dimenticarsi alle 7“	Elodie Di Patrizi, Davide Petrella, Davide Simonetta	Davide Rossi	12
Fedez	“Battito“	Federico Leonardo Lucia, Alessandro La Cava, Federica Abbate, Nicola Lazzarin	Valeriano Chiaravalle	4
Francesca Michielin	“Fango in paradiso“	Francesca Michielin, Davide Simonetta, Alessandro Raina	Carmelo Patti^[b]	21
Francesco Gabbani	“Viva la vita“	Francesco Gabbani, Carlo Gabelloni, Luigi De Crescenzo, Davide Simonetta, Andrea Vittori, Giuseppe Zito	Fabio Gurian	8
Gaia	“Chiamo io chiami tu“	Gaia Gozzi, Davide Petrella, Stefano Tognini	Riccardo Zangirolami	26
Giorgia	“La cura per me“	Giorgia Todrani, Riccardo Fabbriconi, Michele Zocca	Enzo Campagnoli [it]	6	TIM Award for Most Voted Artist on TIM Media Platforms
Irama	“Lentamente“	Filippo Maria Fanti, Riccardo Fabbriconi, Michele Zocca, Giuseppe Colonnelli	Giulio Nenna	9	—
Joan Thiele	“Eco“	Alessandra Joan Thiele, Federica Abbate, Simone Benussi, Emanuele Triglia	Carmelo Patti	20
The Kolors	“Tu con chi fai l’amore“	Antonio Fiordispino, Davide Petrella, Edoardo D’Erme, Stefano Tognini	Valeriano Chiaravalle	14
Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	Lucio Corsi, Tommaso Sabatini	Davide Rossi	2	“Mia Martini” Critics Award, Assomusica Award for Best Live Performance by an Emerging Artist
Marcella Bella	“Pelle diamante“	Marcella Bella, Senatore Cirenga, Alessandro Simoncini, Pasquale Mammaro, Marco Rettani	Fabio Gurian	29	—
Massimo Ranieri	“Tra le mani un cuore“	Tiziano Ferro, Filippo Neviani, Giulia Anania, Marta Venturini	Lucio Fabbri^[c]	23
Modà	“Non ti dimentico“	Francesco Silvestre	Andrea Benassai	22
Noemi	“Se t’innamori muori“	Alessandro Mahmoud, Riccardo Fabbriconi, Michele Zocca	Michele Zocca^[d]	13
Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	Federico Olivieri, Julien Boverod, Pierfrancesco Pasini	Giovanni Pallotti	1	Winner of the “Big Artists” section – Golden Lion
Rkomi	“Il ritmo delle cose“	Mirko Martorana, Jacopo Ettorre, Matteo Pierotti, Francesco Catitti, Luca Faraone, Pablo Miguel Lombroni	Riccardo Zangirolami	28	—
Rocco Hunt	“Mille vote ancora“	Rocco Pagliarulo, Gabriel Rossi, Marco Salvaderi, Davide Simonetta, Stefano Tognini, Paolo Antonacci, Lorenzo Santarelli	Enzo Campagnoli	15
Rose Villain	“Fuorilegge“	Rosa Luini, Federica Abbate, Nicola Lazzarin, Andrea Ferrara	Davide Rossi	19
Sarah Toscano	“Amarcord“	Sarah Toscano, Jacopo Ettorre, Federica Abbate, Federico Mercuri, Giordano Cremona, Leonardo Grillotti, Eugenio Maimone	Valeriano Chiaravalle	17
Serena Brancale	“Anema e core“	Serena Brancale, Federica Abbate, Jacopo Ettorre, Manuel Finotti, Nicola Lazzarin	Nicole Brancale^[e]	24
Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento	“La mia parola“	Pablo Miguel Lombroni, Cosimo Fini, Joshua Bale, Massimiliano Cellamaro, Edoardo Medici, Luca Faraone, Roberto Lamanna, Ernesto Conocchia	Luca Faraone	18
Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	Simone Cristicchi, Erika Mineo, Nicola Brunialti	Valter Sivilotti	5	Orchestra’s “Giancarlo Bigazzi” Award for Best Musical Composition, Press room’s “Lucio Dalla” Award, Lunezia Award
Tony Effe	“Damme ‘na mano“	Nicolò Rapisarda, Luca Faraone, Diego Vincenzo Vettraino	Enzo Campagnoli	25	—
Willie Peyote	“Grazie ma no grazie“	Guglielmo Bruno, Daniel Bestonzo, Luca Romeo, Alex Andrea Vella	Daniel Bestonzo	16	—

**Newcomers’ section**
Artist(s)	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Rank	Award
Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	Alessandro Rina, Francesco Facchinetti, Matteo Ieva	Valeriano Chiaravalle	2	—
Maria Tomba	“Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)”	Maria Tomba, Alfredo Bruno, Giulia Guerra, Mirko Guerra, Salvatore Mineo	Fabio Barnaba	3	—
Settembre	“Vertebre“	Andrea Settembre, Laura Di Lenola, Manuel Finotti	Fabio Barnaba	1	“Mia Martini” Critics Award, Press room’s “Lucio Dalla” Award, Nuovo IMAIE “Enzo Jannacci” Award
Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	Valentina Sanseverino, Francesca Calearo	Carmelo Patti	3	—

4.Shows.

First night. All 29 artists performed their competing songs. The top 5 were announced in a random order.

Co-conduttori. Antonella Clerici, Gerry Scotti. Ospiti. Carlotta Mantovan (dalla platea), Papa Francesco (videomessaggio), Noa e Mira Awad – Imagine, Luca Ravenna (durante l’esibizione di Grazie ma no grazie), Jovanotti – L’ombelico del mondo, Il più grande spettacolo dopo il Big Bang, I Love You Baby, Fuorionda, A te e Un mondo a parte (con Dardust), Gianmarco Tamberi, Raf – Self Control (in collegamento dal Suzuki Stage di piazza Colombo), Alessandro Cattelan (in collegamento dal DopoFestival).

**First night – 11 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Press jury ranking
1	Gaia	“Chiamo io chiami tu“	23
2	Francesco Gabbani	“Viva la vita“	10
3	Rkomi	“Il ritmo delle cose“	28
4	Noemi	“Se t’innamori muori“	7
5	Irama	“Lentamente“	26
6	Coma_Cose	“Cuoricini“	8
7	Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	2
8	Marcella Bella	“Pelle diamante“	27
9	Achille Lauro	“Incoscienti giovani“	5
10	Giorgia	“La cura per me“	1
11	Willie Peyote	“Grazie ma no grazie“	14
12	Rose Villain	“Fuorilegge“	17
13	Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	6
14	Elodie	“Dimenticarsi alle 7“	12
15	Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento	“La mia parola“	18
16	Massimo Ranieri	“Tra le mani un cuore“	16
17	Tony Effe	“Damme ‘na mano“	29
18	Serena Brancale	“Anema e core“	21
19	Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	3
20	Modà	“Non ti dimentico“	25
21	Clara	“Febbre“	24
22	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	4
23	Fedez	“Battito“	11
24	Bresh	“La tana del granchio“	19
25	Sarah Toscano	“Amarcord“	22
26	Joan Thiele	“Eco“	15
27	Rocco Hunt	“Mille vote ancora“	20
28	Francesca Michielin	“Fango in paradiso“	13
29	The Kolors	“Tu con chi fai l’amore“	9

Second night. Fifteen of the competing artists performed their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 were announced in a random order.

The night was opened by the Newcomers’ semi-final.

Co-conduttori. Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio, Nino Frassica. Ospiti. Alessandro Cattelan (presentazione delle Nuove proposte e collegamento dal DopoFestival), Damiano David – Felicità e Born with a Broken Heart, Alessandro Borghi e Vittorio Bombicini (durante l’esibizione di Felicità), , Cinzia TH Torrini (dalla platea), Alessandro Gervasi e Francesco Del Gaudio –Champagne e presentazione del film Champagne – Peppino di Capri, Dove Cameron (dalla platea), BigMama – La rabbia non ti basta (in collegamento dal Suzuki Stage di piazza Colombo), Paolo Genovese (dalla platea), Il cast di Follemente (Edoardo Leo, Pilar Fogliati, Emanuela Fanelli, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Claudia Pandolfi, Vittoria Puccini, Marco Giallini, Maurizio Lastrico, Rocco Papaleo e Claudio Santamaria) – Somebody to Love e presentazione del film, Carolina Kostner – presentazione di Milano Cortina 2026, Red Canzian (dalla platea), Il cast di Belcanto (Vittoria Puccini, Carmine Recano e Giacomo Giorgio) – presentazione della prima stagione della fiction, Luca Ravenna (durante l’esibizione di Grazie ma no grazie).

**Second night – 12 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Night rankings
			Radio jury	Televote		Total ranking
			Radio jury	%	Place	Total ranking
1	Rocco Hunt	“Mille vote ancora“	15	5.93%	7	8
2	Elodie	“Dimenticarsi alle 7“	9	5.20%	8	7
3	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	4	10.66%	3	5
4	The Kolors	“Tu con chi fai l’amore“	5	2.42%	9	9
5	Serena Brancale	“Anema e core“	13	1.62%	12	13
6	Fedez	“Battito“	11	19.39%	2	2
7	Francesca Michielin	“Fango in paradiso“	10	1.60%	13	12
8	Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	2	20.49%	1	1
9	Marcella Bella	“Pelle diamante“	14	0.72%	15	15
10	Bresh	“La tana del granchio“	8	6.02%	6	6
11	Achille Lauro	“Incoscienti giovani“	3	10.55%	4	4
12	Giorgia	“La cura per me“	1	9.79%	5	3
13	Rkomi	“Il ritmo delle cose“	12	1.54%	14	14
14	Rose Villain	“Fuorilegge“	7	2.03%	11	11
15	Willie Peyote	“Grazie ma no grazie“	6	2.05%	10	10

**Semi-final (Newcomers) – 12 February 2025**
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Press jury	Radio jury	Televote		Result
Challenge	Draw	Artist	Song	Press jury	Radio jury	%	Place	Result
I	1	Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	1	1	86.96%	1	Finalist
I	2	Vale LP and Lil Jolie	“Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l’amore“	2	2	13.04%	2	Eliminated
II	3	Maria Tomba	“Goodbye (Voglio good vibes)”	2	2	14.14%	2	Eliminated
II	4	Settembre	“Vertebre“	1	1	85.86%	1	Finalist

Third night. The remaining fourteen artists performed their competing songs for a second time. The top 5 were announced in a random order.

The night was closed by the Newcomers’ final.

Co-conduttrici. Miriam Leone, Elettra Lamborghini, Katia Follesa. Ospiti. Edoardo Bennato – Sono solo canzonette e presentazione del docufilm Sono solo canzonette, Samuele Parodi, Nunzia De Girolamo (dalla platea), Federica Gentile (dalla platea), Dario D’Ambrosi e gli attori del Teatro Patologico – La musica è vita, Il cast di Mare fuori (Maria Esposito, Giovanna Sannino, Domenico Cuomo, Giuseppe Pirozzi, Alfonso Capuozzo e Manuele Velo) – presentazione della quinta stagione della fiction, Ermal Meta – Vietato morire (in collegamento dal Suzuki Stage di piazza Colombo), Duran Duran – Invisible, Notorious, Ordinary World, Girls on Film, Psycho Killer (con Victoria De Angelis), The Wild Boys e ritiro del Premio “Amici di Sanremo”, Iva Zanicchi – Non pensare a me, Ciao cara come stai?, Zingara e ritiro del Premio “Città di Sanremo” alla carriera, Giuseppe Lai (in collegamento dall’Amerigo Vespucci), Afrojack (dalla platea), Alessandro Cattelan (in collegamento dal DopoFestival).

**Third night – 13 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Night rankings
			Radio jury	Televote		Total ranking
			Radio jury	%	Place	Total ranking
1	Clara	“Febbre“	12	1.24%	14	14
2	Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	2	35.09%	1	1
3	Sarah Toscano	“Amarcord“	10	3.72%	7	8
4	Massimo Ranieri	“Tra le mani un cuore“	11	2.58%	10	11
5	Joan Thiele	“Eco“	7	1.56%	12	12
6	Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento	“La mia parola“	9	2.85%	8	10
7	Noemi	“Se t’innamori muori“	4	2.72%	9	6
8	Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	3	26.22%	2	2
9	Coma_Cose	“Cuoricini“	1	2.07%	11	5
10	Modà	“Non ti dimentico“	13	4.24%	5	9
11	Tony Effe	“Damme ‘na mano“	14	4.96%	4	7
12	Irama	“Lentamente“	8	7.20%	3	3
13	Francesco Gabbani	“Viva la vita“	5	5.24%	6	4
14	Gaia	“Chiamo io chiami tu“	6	1.32%	13	13

**Final (Newcomers) – 13 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Press jury	Radio jury	Televote		Total score	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Press jury	Radio jury	%	Place	Total score	Place
1	Settembre	“Vertebre“	1	1	49.03%	2	52.5%	1
2	Alex Wyse	“Rockstar”	2	2	50.97%	1	47.5%	2

Fourth night. The artists each performed an Italian or international song from the past (or a medley thereof), duetting with each other or with one or more guest performers. A winner for the night was proclaimed, but, unlike previous years, the results for the night were not added to the overall score. During the night, only the top 10 were announced.

Co-conduttori. Mahmood – NLDA Intro, Bakugo, Ra ta ta, Soldi, Kobra e Tuta gold, Geppi Cucciari. Ospiti. Roberto Benigni, Max Giusti (dalla platea), Caterina Balivo, Eleonora Daniele e Anna Falchi (dalla platea), Benji & Fede – Dove e quando (in collegamento dal Suzuki Stage di piazza Colombo), Gianni Bella (dalla platea), Nicola Carlone (dalla platea), Paolo Kessisoglu e Lunita Kessisoglu – Paura di me, Alessandro Cattelan (in collegamento dal DopoFestival).

**Fourth night – 14 February 2025**
Draw	Artist(s)	Guest artist(s)	Song	Rankings
				Radio jury	Press jury	Televote		Total ranking
				Radio jury	Press jury	%	Place	Total ranking
1	Rose Villain	Chiello	“Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco“	25	25	1.07%	19	26
2	Modà	Francesco Renga	“Angelo“	24	24	2.33%	14	18
3	Clara	Il Volo	“The Sound of Silence”	13	18	5.11%	8	9
4	Noemi and Tony Effe	—	“Tutto il resto è noia“	26	26	2.16%	15	21
5	Francesca Michielin and Rkomi	—	“La nuova stella di Broadway“	21	23	1.50%	18	19
6	Lucio Corsi	Topo Gigio	“Nel blu, dipinto di blu“	2	2	11.66%	2	2
7	Serena Brancale	Alessandra Amoroso	“If I Ain’t Got You”	3	4	2.69%	13	13
8	Irama	Arisa	“Say Something”	8	10	6.44%	6	6
9	Gaia	Toquinho	“La voglia, la pazzia“	11	20	0.61%	24	22
10	The Kolors	Sal Da Vinci	“Rossetto e caffè“	7	13	4.42%	10	10
11	Marcella Bella	Twin Violins	“L’emozione non ha voce“	22	22	0.76%	23	24
12	Rocco Hunt	Clementino	“Yes I Know My Way”	10	7	5.73%	7	7
13	Francesco Gabbani	Tricarico	“Io sono Francesco“	23	17	1.69%	16	15
14	Giorgia	Annalisa	“Skyfall”	1	1	14.27%	1	1
15	Simone Cristicchi	Amara	“La cura“	4	8	3.49%	12	11
16	Sarah Toscano	Ofenbach	“Overdrive” / “Be Mine”	20	16	1.59%	17	14
17	Coma_Cose	Johnson Righeira	“L’estate sta finendo“	5	9	0.54%	25	16
18	Joan Thiele	Frah Quintale	“Che cosa c’è“	19	21	0.81%	21	23
19	Olly	Goran Bregović and the Wedding & Funeral Band	“Il pescatore“	16	15	7.34%	4	4
20	Achille Lauro and Elodie	—	“A mano a mano” / “Folle città“	6	3	4.98%	9	8
21	Massimo Ranieri	Neri per Caso	“Quando“	14	14	0.78%	22	20
22	Willie Peyote	Tiromancino and Ditonellapiaga	“Un tempo piccolo“	18	19	0.29%	26	25
23	Brunori Sas	Dimartino and Riccardo Sinigallia [it]	“L’anno che verrà“	15	11	6.69%	5	5
24	Fedez	Marco Masini	“Bella stronza“	12	5	8.53%	3	3
25^[f]	Bresh	Cristiano De André	“Crêuza de mä“	9	6	3.61%	11	12
26	Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento	Neffa	“Amor de mi vida” / “Aspettando il sole“	17	12	0.93%	20	17

Fifth night. All 29 artists performed their competing songs. The top 5 artists of the combined rankings of this and the first three shows advanced to the superfinal, where the juries and televote determined the winner.

Co-conduttori. Alessia Marcuzzi, Alessandro Cattelan. Ospiti. Gabry Ponte e Andrea Bonomo – Tutta l’Italia, Mara Venier (dalla platea), Luca Ravenna (durante l’esibizione di Grazie ma no grazie), Alberto Angela – presentazione della puntata speciale di Ulisse – Il piacere della scoperta, Tedua – Bagagli (improvvisazione) (in collegamento dal Suzuki Stage di piazza Colombo), Gianluca “Fru” Colucci (durante l’esibizione di Tu con chi fai l’amore), Antonello Venditti – Amici mai, Ricordati di me e ritiro del Premio “Città di Sanremo” alla carriera, Planet Funk – Nights in White Satin/Chase the Sun/These Boots Are Made for Walkin’/Who Said (Stuck in the UK) (in collegamento dalla Costa Toscana), Brenda Lodigiani, Edoardo Bove, Vanessa Scalera – presentazione della quarta stagione della fiction, Imma Tataranni – Sostituto procuratore, Stefania Constantini e Amos Mosaner (dalla platea), Veronica Maya (dalla platea), Bianca Guaccero, Gabriele Corsi e Mariasole Pollio, Ema Stokholma e Gino Castaldo (in collegamento), Mahmood – Sottomarini, Bianca Balti.

**Final – 15 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Provisional ranking	Night rankings					Final ranking
				Radio jury	Press jury	Televote		Total ranking
				Radio jury	Press jury	%	Place	Total ranking
1	Francesca Michielin	“Fango in paradiso“	25	19	21	0.58%	23	22	21
2	Willie Peyote	“Grazie ma no grazie“	20	8	12	1.09%	16	12	16
3	Marcella Bella	“Pelle diamante“	29	27	27	0.37%	28	29	29
4	Bresh	“La tana del granchio“	9	14	17	2.15%	10	11	11
5	Modà	“Non ti dimentico“	17	28	28	1.29%	13	26	22
6	Rose Villain	“Fuorilegge“	22	16	15	1.06%	17	15	19
7	Tony Effe	“Damme ‘na mano“	13	29	29	1.86%	11	24	25
8	Clara	“Febbre“	28	24	26	0.49%	25	28	27
9	Serena Brancale	“Anema e core“	26	20	16	0.87%	20	19	24
10	Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	1	5	4	17.44%	1	1	1
11	Francesco Gabbani	“Viva la vita“	10	13	10	2.38%	9	8	8
12	Noemi	“Se t’innamori muori“	14	9	9	0.79%	21	13	13
13	Rocco Hunt	“Mille vote ancora“	12	26	23	1.55%	12	18	15
14	The Kolors	“Tu con chi fai l’amore“	18	10	18	0.71%	22	17	14
15	Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	2	7	5	16.26%	2	2	2
16	Achille Lauro	“Incoscienti giovani“	6	3	3	8.54%	5	5	7
17	Coma_Cose	“Cuoricini“	15	4	8	1.24%	14	9	10
18	Giorgia	“La cura per me“	5	1	1	8.03%	6	4	6
19	Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	3	6	6	3.75%	7	7	4
20	Elodie	“Dimenticarsi alle 7“	11	18	11	1.14%	15	14	12
21	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	7	2	2	12.31%	3	3	3
22	Irama	“Lentamente“	8	22	25	2.89%	8	10	9
23	Fedez	“Battito“	4	12	7	9.65%	4	6	5
24	Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento	“La mia parola“	19	17	13	0.90%	19	16	18
25	Joan Thiele	“Eco“	23	11	14	0.38%	27	21	20
26	Massimo Ranieri	“Tra le mani un cuore“	21	25	20	0.40%	26	27	23
27	Gaia	“Chiamo io chiami tu“	24	15	22	0.33%	29	23	26
28	Rkomi	“Il ritmo delle cose“	27	23	24	0.54%	24	25	28
29	Sarah Toscano	“Amarcord“	16	21	19	0.99%	18	20	17

**Superfinal – 15 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Provisional ranking	Second round rankings				Total score	Final ranking
				Radio jury	Press jury	Televote
				Radio jury	Press jury	%	Place
1	Fedez	“Battito“	5	5	4	20.51%	3	17.67%	4
2	Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	4	4	5	6.13%	5	14.78%	5
3	Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	1	3	3	16.61%	4	20.32%	3
4	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	3	1	1	25.70%	2	23.39%	2
5	Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	2	2	2	31.05%	1	23.84%	1

2.1.3.Final. The final of the festival took place on 15 February 2025. All of the artists performed their songs one final time, with a combination of public televoting (34%), radio jury voting (33%) and press jury voting (33%) being summed up to the results obtained in the previous nights to determine five qualifiers for the superfinal round. The same system then selected the winner, Olly with the song “Balorda nostalgia“. In the winner’s press conference the following morning, Olly stated that he has yet to decide on his Eurovision participation, with RAI granting him until 23 February to make a decision. On 22 February, Olly confirmed that he would not represent Italy in the contest, due to scheduling conflicts with his concert tour in May. RAI subsequently announced that it had appointed the runner-up, Lucio Corsi with “Volevo essere un duro“, as its entrant.

**Superfinal – 15 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Provisional ranking	Second round rankings				Total score	Final ranking
				Radio jury	Press jury	Televote
				Radio jury	Press jury	%	Place
1	Fedez	“Battito“	5	5	4	20.51%	3	17.67%	4
2	Simone Cristicchi	“Quando sarai piccola“	4	4	5	6.13%	5	14.78%	5
3	Brunori Sas	“L’albero delle noci“	1	3	3	16.61%	4	20.32%	3
4	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	3	1	1	25.70%	2	23.39%	2
5	Olly	“Balorda nostalgia“	2	2	2	31.05%	1	23.84%	1

6.Special guests and other acts. Special guests included:

first night – Noa and Mira Awad (performing “Imagine”), Jovanotti with Rockin’1000, Gianmarco Tamberi, and Raf;
second night – Damiano David, Alessandro Borghi, Francesco Del Gaudio, Alessandro Gervasi, BigMama, Edoardo Leo, Pilar Fogliati, Emanuela Fanelli, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Claudia Pandolfi, Vittoria Puccini, Marco Giallini, Maurizio Lastrico, Rocco Papaleo, Claudio Santamaria, Carolina Kostner, Carmine Recano, and Giacomo Giorgio;
third night – Edoardo Bennato, Samuele Parodi, Dario D’Ambrosi with Teatro Patologico, the main cast of The Sea Beyond, Ermal Meta, and Duran Duran with Victoria De Angelis;
fourth night – Roberto Benigni, Benji & Fede, and Paolo and Lunitta Kessisoglu;
fifth night – Gabry Ponte, Alberto Angela, Tedua, Planet Funk, Edoardo Bove, Vanessa Scalera, Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, Mahmood, and Bianca Balti.

In addition, special lifetime achievement awards were handed to Iva Zanicchi (a decades-long recurring contestant and three-time winner of the festival) and Antonello Venditti on the third and fifth night, respectively, and a tribute to late pianist Ezio Bosso was included in the opening night.

Premi.

Sezione Campioni.

Vincitore 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Campioni: Olly con Balorda nostalgia
Podio – secondo classificato 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Campioni: Lucio Corsi con Volevo essere un duro
Podio – terzo classificato 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Campioni: Brunori Sas con L’albero delle noci
Podio – quarto classificato 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Campioni: Fedez con Battito
Podio – quinto classificato 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Campioni: Simone Cristicchi con Quando sarai piccola
Rappresentante designato dell’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Lucio Corsi con Volevo essere un duro
Premio della Critica “Mia Martini” sezione Campioni: Lucio Corsi con Volevo essere un duro
Premio Sala Stampa Radio–TV–Web “Lucio Dalla” sezione Campioni: Simone Cristicchi con Quando sarai piccola
Premio “Sergio Bardotti” per il miglior testo: Brunori Sas con L’albero delle noci
Premio “Giancarlo Bigazzi” alla miglior composizione musicale: Simone Cristicchi con Quando sarai piccola
Premio Lunezia per il valore emozionale: Simone Cristicchi con Quando sarai piccola
Premio Miglior cover: Giorgia (e Annalisa) con Skyfall
Premio TIM: Giorgia con La cura per me

Sezione Nuove proposte.

Vincitore 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Nuove proposte: Settembre con Vertebre
Podio – secondo classificato 75º Festival di Sanremo sezione Nuove proposte: Alex Wyse con Rockstar
Premio della Critica “Mia Martini” sezione Nuove proposte: Settembre con Vertebre
Premio Sala Stampa Radio–TV–Web “Lucio Dalla” sezione Nuove proposte: Settembre con Vertebre
Premio “Enzo Jannacci” NuovoIMAIE alla migliore interpretazione: Settembre con Vertebre

Altri premi.

Premio alla carriera “Città di Sanremo”: Iva Zanicchi e Antonello Venditti
Premio “Amici di Sanremo”: Duran Duran

Orchestra. L’orchestra è stata diretta dal maestro Pinuccio Pirazzoli.

Le canzoni dei cantanti in gara sono state dirette da:

Stefano Amato per Brunori Sas
Fabio Barnaba per Maria Tomba, Settembre e Serena Brancale (solo quarta serata)
Andrea Benassai per i Modà
Daniel Bestonzo per Willie Peyote
Nicole Brancale per Serena Brancale
Diego Calvetti per Bresh
Enzo Campagnoli per Giorgia, Rocco Hunt, Tony Effe e Noemi (solo quarta serata)
Valeriano Chiaravalle per Alex Wyse, Clara, Fedez, Sarah Toscano e The Kolors
Lucio Fabbri per Massimo Ranieri
Luca Faraone per Shablo con Guè, Joshua e Tormento
Fabio Gurian per Francesco Gabbani e Marcella Bella
Enrico Melozzi per i Coma_Cose
Giulio Nenna per Irama
Mirko Onofrio per Brunori Sas (solo quarta serata)
Giovanni Pallotti per Olly
Carmelo Patti per Francesca Michielin, Joan Thiele, Vale LP e Lil Jolie
Davide Rossi per Achille Lauro, Elodie, Lucio Corsi e Rose Villain
Valter Sivilotti per Simone Cristicchi
Riccardo Zangirolami per Gaia, Rkomi e Francesca Michielin (solo quarta serata)
Michele “Michelangelo” Zocca per Noemi

Jingle. Il jingle del festival è il brano Tutta l’Italia del produttore italiano Gabry Ponte.

In questa edizione, come già accaduto nelle altre edizioni condotte da Conti, l’entrata in scena di ciascun Campione è accompagnata da uno stacchetto che riprende un successo della sua carriera.

Achille Lauro: Me ne frego (2020)
Bresh: Torcida (2024)
Brunori Sas: Per due che come noi (2019)
Clara: Diamanti grezzi (2024)
Coma_Cose: L’addio (2023)
Elodie: Due (2023)
Fedez: Chiamami per nome (2021)
Francesca Michielin: Nessun grado di separazione (2016)
Francesco Gabbani: Occidentali’s Karma (2017)
Gaia: Chega (2020)
Giorgia: Come saprei (1995)
Irama: Ovunque sarai (2022)
Joan Thiele: Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore) (2022)
Lucio Corsi: Tu sei il mattino (2024)
Marcella Bella: Montagne verdi (1972)
Massimo Ranieri: Perdere l’amore (1988)
Modà: Tappeto di fragole (2011)
Noemi: Sono solo parole (2012)
Olly: Polvere (2023)
Rkomi: Insuperabile (2022)
Rocco Hunt: Wake Up (2016)
Rose Villain: Click boom! (2024)
Sarah Toscano: Sexy magica (2024)
Serena Brancale: Baccalà (2024)
Shablo con Guè, Joshua e Tormento: Quanto ti vorrei (Chiello feat. Shablo, 2021)
Simone Cristicchi: Ti regalerò una rosa (2007)
The Kolors: Italodisco (2023)
Tony Effe: Sesso e samba (2024)
Willie Peyote: Mai dire mai (la locura) (2021)

Regia. La regia dell’evento è stata affidata a Maurizio Pagnussat, alla sua quarta esperienza al festival dopo le edizioni dal 2015 al 2017. Tra le novità introdotte, l’utilizzo del CuePilot (già impiegato nelle edizioni 2018 e 2019), del software Disguise d3 quale mediaserver e il mastering dell’audio effettuato mediante la tecnologia Dolby Atmos.

PrimaFestival. Come per le precedenti edizioni, anche nel 2025 la trasmissione dell’evento è stata preceduta dalla finestra del PrimaFestival, incentrata su indiscrezioni sulle canzoni in gara, sugli artisti e sugli ospiti del Festival. La trasmissione è andata in onda dall’8 al 15 febbraio 2025 con la conduzione di Bianca Guaccero, Gabriele Corsi e Mariasole Pollio e brevi interventi comici de I Sansoni.

DopoFestival. A distanza di cinque anni dall’ultima edizione, nel 2025 la trasmissione dell’evento è stata seguita dal programma DopoFestival, incentrato sul meglio delle serate e sulle reazioni alle esibizioni degli artisti e degli ospiti, andato in onda dall’11 al 14 febbraio 2025 con la conduzione di Alessandro Cattelan e un cast composto da Selvaggia Lucarelli, Anna Dello Russo e gli Street Clerks.

Sanremo Live LIS. Per la sesta edizione è stata messa in onda una versione dedicata alle persone con disabilità uditive su RaiPlay dei performer e degli interpreti in lingua dei segni italiana.

Conferenze stampa. Le conferenze stampa sono state tenute ogni mattina dal 10 al 17 febbraio nella sala Roof dell’Ariston e trasmesse in diretta su RaiPlay.

Controversie.

Controversie sulla vittoria della kermesse. Il 7 febbraio 2025 Striscia la notizia ha riportato che l’inviato Pinuccio di Telebari ha dichiarato di sapere che l’edizione sarebbe stata vinta da Olly, sottolineando: «Quando vince un cantante, bisogna sempre chiedersi chi c’è dietro […] andate a vedere chi c’era dietro il vincitore dell’anno scorso», alludendo alla manager Marta Donà. Anche Enrico Mentana, dopo la vittoria di Olly, ha espresso perplessità sul fatto che Donà fosse manager dei vincitori delle due precedenti edizioni (Angelina Mango nel 2024 e Marco Mengoni nel 2023) e dei Måneskin del 2021. Ha inoltre messo in evidenza che a tutti i concorrenti citati, compreso quello del 2025, era stato assegnato il codice 15 del televoto. Il giornalista Roberto Pavanello ha detto al riguardo: «Ribattezziamolo Festival di Marta Donà».

Rispondendo alle accuse, Carlo Conti ha dichiarato: «Coincidenza assoluta. […] Io quando scelgo le canzoni non guardo né chi ha scritto il brano, né la fedina penale, né il management, ma sento solo la canzone. È tutto puramente casuale».

Controversia sul cast dei partecipanti. Successivamente alla rivelazione del cast di artisti ammessi alla kermesse, il 2 dicembre 2024 il Codacons ha richiesto di visionare in anteprima i testi delle canzoni poiché «nel momento in cui in Italia si è avviata una lotta serrata a femminicidi, violenza di genere e bullismo hanno inserito nel cast di Sanremo artisti i cui brani sono stati caratterizzati da insulti alle donne e frasi violente», rivolgendosi principalmente a Emis Killa, Fedez, Tony Effe e Guè, i quali «si sono contraddistinti in passato per la violenza e la pericolosità dei loro testi, […] invitandoli a prendere le distanze da contenuti sessisti e insulti alle donne, […] che rappresentano una offesa al genere femminile o che possono incentivare i giovani alla violenza».

Esposto Antitrust del Codacons sugli autori dei brani. Il 22 gennaio 2025 Codacons ha presentato un esposto all’Antitrust denunciando il fatto che «undici autori firmano quasi il 70% dei brani in gara al Festival di Sanremo», prendendo a riferimento Federica Abbate, Davide Simonetta, Nicola Lazzarin, Jacopo Ettorre e Davide Petrella come «quella che appare come una casta» in grado di «arrecare danno al settore, ai consumatori e agli stessi artisti», chiedendo all’Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato di «verificare possibili anomalie» anche rispetto agli anni precedenti, in quanto «molti dei nomi che figurano quest’anno come autori delle canzoni in gara sono gli stessi che hanno scritto testi o melodie dei brani presentati a Sanremo lo scorso anno».

Meccanismo di voto e inchieste sull’irregolarità del televoto. Il meccanismo di voto della serata finale è stato criticato nel corso della conferenza stampa di presentazione della terza serata, in cui Conti ha chiarito la modalità di voto. Alludendo al voto del precedente anno come non imparziale per via di una presunta coalizione della sala stampa sul voto, ha comunicato un ridimensionamento del peso del voto della sala stampa, suscitando un’immediata reazione dei giornalisti presenti.

Il 13 febbraio 2025 Fanpage.it ha parlato di un tentativo di condizionare il televoto messo in atto da un un gruppo Telegram, composto da oltre 800 000 iscritti e gestito da Pengwin, pseudonimo di Kristian Tumidajewicz, attraverso una scommessa su tre livelli (si poteva puntare sulla vittoria finale di Rocco Hunt, sul piazzamento nei primi 5 e sul piazzamento nei primi 10). Nei commenti sui social di Hunt sono apparse le emoticon di un pinguino e il tag al canale Instagram ufficiale di Pengwin. Le testate giornalistiche hanno scritto che si potrebbe trattare di un’irregolarità del televoto e di falsamento, oltre che un esercizio abusivo di attività di gioco o di scommessa illegale, Rocco Hunt si è classificato 15º non rientrando quindi nei criteri della scommessa.

Coinvolgimento dei partecipanti a indagini giudiziarie. Il 29 gennaio 2025 Emis Killa ha annunciato il ritiro dalla manifestazione in quanto iscritto nel registro degli indagati per il reato di associazione per delinquere nell’ambito di un’inchiesta “Doppia Curva” della direzione distrettuale antimafia della procura di Milano sugli affari criminali afferenti i gruppi ultras interisti e milanisti. Il 13 febbraio 2025 è stata riportata da la Repubblica un’intercettazione telefonica tra Fedez e Luca Lucci, capo degli ultras del Milan indagato per l’inchiesta “Doppia Curva”, avvenuta nel corso del festival. Nella stessa data, nel corso della conferenza stampa di presentazione della terza serata del festival, alcuni giornalisti hanno sollevato la questione sulla partecipazione di Fedez, viste sia l’intercettazione che l’indagine per rissa, lesioni e percosse dalla Procura di Milano nell’ambito dell’inchiesta relativa all’aggressione al personal trainer Cristiano Iovino (22 aprile 2024), denotando l’assenza del rapper alle conferenze stampa dedicate agli artisti. Conti ha confermato che per regolamento la partecipazione alla kermesse sarebbe stata garantita, mentre il capo dell’ufficio stampa della Rai Fabrizio Casinelli ha fatto notare che non vi è alcun obbligo per i partecipanti di presenziare alle conferenze stampa.

7.Broadcast and ratings.

7.1.Local broadcast. Rai 1 and Rai Radio 2 brought the official broadcasts of the festival in Italy – the latter with commentary by Gino Castaldo and Ema Stokholma. The five evenings were also streamed online via the broadcaster’s official online platform RaiPlay.

International broadcast. Outside Italy, RAI aired the festival on its international channel Rai Italia and made the RaiPlay broadcast available worldwide, including all member countries of the European Broadcasting Union; the festival, serving as the Italian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, was also broadcast on the Eurovision network.

**International broadcasters of the Sanremo Music Festival 2025**
Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)
Albania	RTSH	RTSH 2	Nights 1–3	Andri Xhahu
Albania	RTSH	RTSH 1	Nights 4–5	Andri Xhahu
Canada^[g]	ICI Télévision		All shows^[h]	—
Moldova	TRM	Moldova 1	All shows	Unknown
Montenegro	RTCG	TVCG 2, Radio 98	All shows	Nebojša Šofranac
Romania	TVR	TVR 1	All shows	Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
Spain	RTVE	RTVE Play	Night 5	Giuseppe di Bella, Irene Mahía and Mawot
United Kingdom	GlitterBeam Radio		Night 5	Eugenio Ceriello and Michael Walton-Dalzell

Ratings.

Live show	Timeslot (UTC+1)	Date	Start (8:40 pm – 9:15 pm)		1st time (9:15 pm – 11:30 pm)		2nd time (11:30 pm – 1:30 am)		Overall audience
Live show	Timeslot (UTC+1)	Date	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)
1st	8:40 pm	11 February 2025	13.327	51.88	16.199	63.68	8.322	69.25	12.600	65.30
2nd		12 February 2025	12.244	50.37	14.848	63.62	7.577	67.14	11.700	64.50
3rd		13 February 2025	10.001	60.01	13.243	58.10	6.436	65	10.700	59.80
4th		14 February 2025	13.492	56.00	16.658	69.23	9.939	74.00	13.575	70.80
5th		15 February 2025	14.100	60.7	16.000	69.0	11.100	79.2	13.400	73.1

Notes.

a^ Mirko Onofrio on the fourth night.
b^ Riccardo Zangirolami on the fourth night.
c^ No conductor on the fourth night, as the cover was performed a cappella.
d^ Enzo Campagnoli on the fourth night.
e^ Fabio Barnaba on the fourth night.
f^ Due to technical problems during their first performance, the duo performed their cover again at the end of the night.
g^ In addition to regular broadcasters, the recordings of the five shows are available via cable television provider Rogers Cable in Canada.
h^ Delayed broadcast.

7.3.Preparations and promotion.

8.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As the host country, Switzerland automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 17 May 2025, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2025, when it was announced that Switzerland would be voting in the first semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the Swiss entry will also be performed during the semi-final. On 17 March 2025, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 19.

8.0.Voting.

8.0.1.Points awarded to Italy.

8.0.1.0.Points awarded to the Italy (Final)

Points awarded to Italy (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Slovenia	Croatia Georgia Portugal San Marino Slovenia Switzerland
10 points	Albania Austria	Azerbaijan Lithuania
8 points	Malta Portugal Switzerland	Denmark Poland Ukraine
7 points	Estonia Ukraine
6 points	Croatia Lithuania	France
5 points		Belgium Germany
4 points		Estonia Greece Malta Spain
3 points	France San Marino	Cyprus Czechia Israel
2 points	Germany Latvia Netherlands	Iceland
1 point	Belgium Montenegro Sweden

8.0.2.Points awarded by Italy.

8.0.2.1.Points awarded by Italy (Semi-final 1)

**Points awarded by Italy (Semi-final 1)**
Score	Televote
12 points	San Marino
10 points	Albania
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Poland
2 points	Norway
1 point	Portugal

8.0.2.2.Points awarded by Italy (Final)

**Points awarded by Italy (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	San Marino	United Kingdom
10 points	Albania	Estonia
8 points	Israel	Germany
7 points	Estonia	Denmark
6 points	Ukraine	San Marino
5 points	Sweden	Malta
4 points	Austria	Switzerland
3 points	Poland	Albania
2 points	Greece	Ukraine
1 point	Norway	Finland

8.0.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Italian jury:

Andrea Settembre
Diego Calvetti
Mattia Marzi
Giulia Ausani
Manola Moslehi

**Detailed voting results from Italy (Semi-final 1)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Percentage	Rank	Points
01	Iceland	2.77%	7	4
02	Poland	2.61%	8	3
03	Slovenia	1.23%	11
04	Estonia	7.46%	3	8
05	Ukraine	5.46%	4	7
06	Sweden	3.00%	5	6
07	Portugal	1.52%	10	1
08	Norway	2.27%	9	2
09	Belgium	0.96%	13
10	Azerbaijan	0.86%	15
11	San Marino	54.65%	1	12
12	Albania	12.43%	2	10
13	Netherlands	2.88%	6	5
14	Croatia	0.97%	12
15	Cyprus	0.92%	14

**Detailed voting results from Italy (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Percentage	Rank	Points
01	Norway	19	23	17	19	25	24		1.90%	10	1
02	Luxembourg	24	15	11	13	17	20		0.99%	19
03	Estonia	2	3	2	3	9	2	10	6.18%	4	7
04	Israel	17	9	8	25	16	17		11.44%	3	8
05	Lithuania	21	5	5	24	21	11		0.95%	20
06	Spain	16	25	18	17	19	23		1.51%	13
07	Ukraine	12	4	7	14	12	9	2	5.00%	5	6
08	United Kingdom	5	2	1	4	2	1	12	0.45%	24
09	Austria	23	21	25	21	22	25		2.18%	7	4
10	Iceland	15	22	16	10	14	19		1.49%	14
11	Latvia	25	14	24	9	23	21		1.08%	17
12	Netherlands	13	19	14	8	6	15		1.77%	11
13	Finland	14	24	3	7	24	10	1	1.01%	18
14	Italy
15	Poland	18	17	19	11	18	22		2.15%	8	3
16	Germany	1	1	12	20	3	3	8	1.53%	12
17	Greece	9	16	23	15	10	18		1.90%	9	2
18	Armenia	20	10	6	23	20	16		0.85%	22
19	Switzerland	4	11	15	12	5	7	4	0.72%	23
20	Malta	10	20	20	2	7	6	5	0.89%	21
21	Portugal	11	13	4	22	11	12		1.14%	16
22	Denmark	3	7	13	16	1	4	7	0.41%	25
23	Sweden	8	12	22	5	13	13		2.58%	6	5
24	France	6	18	9	18	8	14		1.20%	15
25	San Marino	7	6	10	6	4	5	6	34.16%	1	12
26	Albania	22	8	21	1	15	8	3	16.52%	2	10

Country: 🇪🇸 Spain
National selection – Selection process: Benidorm Fest 2025
Selection date(s): Semi-final 1: 28 January 2025 Ι Semi-final 2: 30 January 2025 Ι Final: 1 February 2025
Host venue: Palau Municipal d’Esports l’Illa de Benidorm, Benidorm, Spain
Presenter(s): Paula Vázquez, Ruth Lorenzo, Inés Hernand
Executive supervisor: Ana María Bordas, César Vallejo
Artistic director: María Eizaguirre
Host broadcaster: Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), La 1, RNE
Participants – Number of entries: 16 (8 songs will compete in Semi-final 1. 4 songs will qualify for the Final; 8 songs will compete in Semi-final 2. 4 songs will qualify for the Final; 8 songs will compete in the Final)
Voting system: Professional jury (50% – 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 points) and public voting (50% – app, Call e SMS: 80, 70, 60, 56, 50, 44, 40, 32 points)
Selection entrant: Melody (Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez)
Selection song: “ESA DIVA”
Selected songwriter(s): Alberto Fuentes Lorite, Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez
Placement- Final result: 6º FI: 24th, 37 points

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Esa diva”, written by Alberto Fuentes Lorite and Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez, and performed by Ruiz herself under her stage name Melody. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), together with the Generalitat Valenciana, organised Benidorm Fest 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest. Melody had attempted to represent Spain in 2009 with “Amante de la luna” but came second in the national final in a tie in points with the winner.

As a member of the “Big Five”, Spain was directly qualified to compete in the final of the contest. Performing in position 6, it placed twenty-fourth out of the twenty-six competing entries with 37 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Televisión Española (TVE) until 2006, and Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) since 2007, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain sixty-three times since TVE’s first entry in 1961.^[1] They have won the contest on two occasions: in 1968 with the song “La, la, la” performed by Massiel and in 1969 with the song “Vivo cantando” performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. They have also finished second four times, with “En un mundo nuevo” by Karina in 1971, “Eres tú” by Mocedades in 1973, “Su canción” by Betty Missiego in 1979, and “Vuelve conmigo” by Anabel Conde in 1995, and third two times, with “Lady, Lady” by Bravo in 1984 and “SloMo” by Chanel in 2022. In 2024, RTVE placed 22nd with the song “Zorra” performed by Nebulossa.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The Spanish broadcaster has selected its entry for the contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past, with the national final Benidorm Fest being used since 2022. RTVE confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 1 February 2024, while Benidorm Fest 2024 was still ongoing, announcing the organisation of the fourth edition of the festival in order to select its next entry.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Benidorm Fest 2025. Benidorm Fest 2025 was the fourth edition of Benidorm Fest, organised by RTVE and Generalitat Valenciana to select the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The event took place at the Palau Municipal d’Esports l’Illa de Benidorm in Benidorm, Valencian Community. Sixteen artists and songs competed over three shows: two semi-finals on 28 and 30 January, and the final on 1 February 2025, with a total of eight entries ultimately qualifying to the final.

The voting consisted of a national and international jury vote (50%) and public voting (50%), the latter of which was a combination of telephone calls, SMS messages and votes cast through a free mobile app.

Benidorm Fest 2025 was the fourth edition of the annual Benidorm Fest, a television song contest held in Benidorm, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). The show was held between 28 January and 1 February 2025. “Esa diva” by Melody won the edition and represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

2.1.1.Format. The competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final. In total, 16 candidate songs will compete divided between the two semifinals, that is, eight will participate in each one. In each semifinal, the four songs with the most votes among a professional jury (50%), and the public voting (50%), will qualify to the final. During the final, the eight qualified songs will be performed again and the winner will determined following the same voting system as in the semi-finals. In response to criticism for the low televoting figures in 2024, attributed to the relatively high costs of telephone calls and SMS messages, RTVE managers stated the goal to make the public voting free by means of a mobile app from 2025; this was confirmed upon the opening of the submission window on 20 May 2024.

Following the 2024 edition of the competition, representatives of Benidorm’s municipal council (including mayor Toni Pérez), the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, and RTVE travelled to the 74th Sanremo Music Festival, currently serving as the Italian national selection for Eurovision; municipal councillor Jesús Carrobles revealed that the aim was to start a collaboration between the two events. An agreement for a collaboration with the Chilean Viña del Mar International Song Festival was also signed.

2.1.1.1.Presenter. At the January 2025 press conference, Paula Vázquez, Ruth Lorenzo and Inés Hernand were announced as the hosts of the competition. In addition, each show was preceded by an introductory segment on RTVE Play, titled Benidorm Calling and hosted by Jordi Cruz, Masi Rodríguez and Iban Garcia, and the finale was followed by a commentary show, titled La noche del Benidorm and hosted by Lalachus and Aitor Albizua.

2.1.1.2.Jury members. The jury will consist of four Spanish members and four international members. The Spanish members are radio Roberto Santamaría (director of Radio Nacional de España), Javier Llano (head of music programming at the Cadena 100 radio channel), Jaime Acero (content director at TelevisaUnivision), and Claudia Orellana (director and founder of the Son Buenos music talent management company); the international members are Oksana Skybinska (head of the Ukrainian delegation to the contest), Maja Tokic (executive producer of Dora), Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen (head of the Dutch delegation to the contest), and Mariangela Borneo (director of international projects and festivals at RAI).

2.1.1.3.Guest performers: Edurne and Ginebras [es] performed during the first semi-final. Ruth Lorenzo, Chenoa, and Isabel Aaiún performed during the second semi-final. Nebulossa, Rigoberta Bandini, and Amaral performed during the final.

2.1.2.Competing entries. RTVE published the rules and regulations for Benidorm Fest 2025 on 20 May 2024, opening a submission window lasting until 10 October 2024. In order for an entry to qualify to compete, performers and at least one songwriter must be Spanish citizens over the age of 16 (at least 50% of Spanish citizens in the case of groups), and songs must contain at least 60% of the lyrics in one of the official languages of Spain. On 11 October 2024, RTVE revealed that nearly 1000 entries had been received, about 200 more than the previous edition.

The 16 participants, selected by a professional panel made up of musical advisors Beatriz Luengo, Rayden, Pablo Cebrián [es] and Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, were originally set to be introduced on 7 November 2024 at the Prado del Rey studios in Madrid; however, on 4 November RTVE revealed that the announcement was being postponed. The artists and songs were announced on 12 November 2024. An additional 6 reserves have been selected, and will be revealed at a later date.

**Benidorm Fest 2025 selected artists and songs**
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Arranger(s)
Carla Frigo	“Bésame“	Carla Frigola Amanda Castillo Benjamín García	Eyla Bengro
Celine Van Heel	“La casa“	Alfred García Celine Van Heel	Alfred García Pol Álvarez Tom Johnson
Chica Sobresalto	“Mala feminista“	Maialen Gurbindo	Chica Sobresalto
Daniela Blasco	“Uh nana”	Félix Joan Óscar Campos Carlos José Montado Daniela Blasco	Félix Joan Óscar Campos
David Afonso	“Amor barato“	Alejandro Martínez Luis Ramiro	Lex C
DeTeresa	“La pena“	Inés Ramos DeTeresa Vera Noor	DeTeresa
Henry Semler	“No lo ves“	Henry Semler	Henry Lardner Semler Pepe Bernabé
J Kbello	“VIP”	J Kbello Ricardo Furiati Dangelo Ortega María Parrado José Otero	Luis del Toro
K!ngdom	“Me gustas tú“	Andrea Rada Iván Ramírez Jorge Gomis	Pau Paredes
Kuve [es]	“Loca xti“	Maryan Frutos Juan Sueiro	Maryan Frutos Juan Sueiro
Lachispa	“Hartita de llorar“	Claudia Gómez Galindo Alejandro “Jimbo” Páez Lou Eduardo Figueroa Espadas Juan Diego Lazo Gonzales Silvia Expósito Mansilla	Chanela Clicka “Jimbo Páez” “Eduardo Figueroa”
Lucas Bun	“Te escribo en el cielo“	Lucas Bun Luis García Ollés	Pau Aymí
Mawot	“Raggio di sole“	Roberto Comins Cubertorer	Julián Gálvez Vozmediano
Mel Ömana	“I’m a Queen”	Mel Ömana Alejandro Martínez Lex C	Lex C
Melody	“Esa diva“	Alberto Lorite Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez	Joy Deb Peter Boström Thomas G:Son
Sonia & Selena	“Reinas“	Mark Dasousa Arturo Martínez Marzo	Mark Dasousa

3.Contest overview.

3.1.Semi-finals.

The first semi-final took place on 28 January 2025. “Uh nana” performed by Daniela Blasco, “Hartita de llorar” performed by Lachispa, “Loca xti” performed by Kuve and “Te escribo en el cielo” performed by Lucas Bun advanced to the final, while “Mala feminista” performed by Chica Sobresalto, “Amor barato” performed by David Afonso, “Reinas” performed by Sonia & Selena and “Me gustas tú” performed by K!ngdom were eliminated.
The second semi-final took place on 30 January 2025. “I’m a Queen” performed by Mel Ömana, “Esa diva” performed by Melody, “VIP” performed by J Kbello and “Raggio di sole” performed by Mawot advanced to the final, while “Bésame” performed by Carla Frigo, “La pena” performed by DeTeresa, “No lo ves” performed by Henry Semler and “La casa” performed by Celine Van Heel were eliminated.

3.1.1.Semi-final 1. The first semi-final took place on 28 January 2025. Eight artists competed and four qualified for the final.

**Semi-final 1 – 28 January 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Public vote				Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Televote	App	Total	Points	Total	Place
1	Kuve	“Loca xti“	65	586	8,653	9,239	56	121	3
2	David Afonso	“Amor barato“	33	300	3,030	3,330	32	65	8
3	Chica Sobresalto	“Mala feminista“	50	203	8,060	8,263	50	100	5
4	K!ngdom	“Me gustas tú“	29	1,056	6,263	7,319	44	73	7
5	Lucas Bun	“Te escribo en el cielo“	64	477	5,635	6,112	40	104	4
6	Sonia & Selena	“Reinas“	31	249	9,169	9,418	60	91	6
7	Lachispa	“Hartita de llorar“	83	340	19,062	19,402	70	153	2
8	Daniela Blasco	“Uh nana“	77	641	24,798	25,439	80	157	1

3.1.2.Semi-final 2. The second semi-final took place on 30 January 2025. Eight artists competed and four qualified for the final.

**Semi-final 2 – 30 January 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Public vote				Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Televote	App	Total	Points	Total	Place
1	Mel Ömana	“I’m a Queen”	90	1,009	16,494	17,503	70	160	1
2	Henry Semler	“No lo ves“	50	171	2,139	2,310	32	82	7
3	DeTeresa	“La pena“	22	468	12,596	13,064	60	82	6
4	J Kbello	“VIP“	65	663	12,338	13,001	56	121	3
5	Carla Frigo	“Bésame“	37	2,799	2,882	5,681	50	87	5
6	Mawot	“Raggio di sole“	54	329	4,891	5,220	44	98	4
7	Celine Van Heel	“La casa“	36	239	3,100	3,339	40	76	8
8	Melody	“Esa diva“	78	1,378	34,371	35,749	80	158	2

3.2.Final. Taking place on 1 February 2025, Melody won the final with her song “Esa diva“, making her the representative for Spain in Eurovision 2025.

The final took place on 1 February 2025 and saw eight contestants, four having qualified from each semi-final. The winning entry was “Esa diva” performed by Melody. The song was written by Melody herself along Alberto Fuentes Lorite, and was arranged by Joy Deb, Peter Boström, and Thomas G:son. She was accompanied by five backing male dancers: Daniel Arango, Jesús Bolivar, Hrisio Busarov, Marc Montojo, and Iván Matías Urquiaga.

**Final – 1 February 2025**
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Public vote				Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Expert jury	Televote	App	Total (50 %)	Points	Total	Place
1	Daniela Blasco	“Uh nana”	71	2,309	38,350	40,659 (16,89%)	70	141	2
2	Kuve	“Loca xti“	52	735	8,775	9,510 (3,94%)	44	96	6
3	Mawot	“Raggio di sole“	18	512	6,104	6,616 (2,74%)	40	58	8
4	Lachispa	“Hartita de llorar“	48	912	22,614	23,526 (9,77%)	50	98	5
5	Mel Ömana	“I’m a Queen“	61	2,486	27,935	30,421 (12,78%)	56	117	4
6	J Kbello	“VIP“	74	3,103	28,213	31,316 (12,96%)	60	134	3
7	Lucas Bun	“Te escribo en el cielo“	38	1,247	4,831	6,078 (2,52%)	32	70	7
8	Melody	“Esa diva“	70	6,118	86,272	92,390 (38,37%)	80	150	1

3.3.Preparation for Eurovision. Once the entry was selected, RTVE strengthened its candidacy for Eurovision by appointing Mario Ruiz as its artistic director, Mónica Peña and Alex Bullón as choreographers, Maxi Gilbert as lighting designer, Mercè Llorens as camera director and supervisor, and Raúl Amor as stylist. The backing dance group was changed to three male and two female dancers, keeping Marc Montojo and Iván Matías Urquiaga from the Benidorm Fest, and incorporating Ana Acosta, Vicky Gómez, and the choreographer Álex Bullón himself The stage outfits for Eurovision were commissioned to Gustavo Adolfo Tarí, who designed and tailored them to Melody and her dancers.

A revamped version of “Esa diva“, produced by Eighty4, Rick Parkhouse, George Tizzard, and Guillem Vila Borràs, was released on 13 March 2025, alongside an accompanying music video directed by Mario Ruiz. RTVE premiered them in access prime time in simulcast on all its channels, announced as “The Diva Xperience” and attracting 2.343 million viewers and a 17% share in average.^[a] They had previously been presented to the press at a private screening on 11 March at the Sala Equis in Madrid.

Promotion. On 3 February 2025, Melody made her first television appearance after winning Benidorm Fest on the talk show La revuelta, attracting 1.951 million viewers and a 14.77% share in average on La 1 during her interview. On 8 February, she attended the 39th Goya Awards ceremony in Granada, in which all the journalists who were taking turns interviewing her on the red carpet ended up asking her to sing a piece of “Esa diva“, which caused her voice to sneak into all the other interviews that were being done at the same time over and over again. On 21 February, the Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, received her at the city hall where she greeted and sang “Esa diva” from the main balcony to a large cheering crowd in Plaza Nueva.

Melody participated in the Eurovision official “A little bit more” project recording the symphonic version of “Esa diva“, arranged and orchestrated by Borja Arias, and performed along the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by Raúl Benavent at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, which was released on 1 April 2025; and a cover of “Vuelve conmigo“, the song which placed second at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 performed by Anabel Conde, which was released on 17 April. She also attended and performed the revamp version of “Esa diva” at the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 5 April, the Eurovision Party in London on 13 April, and the PrePartyES in Madrid on 18–19 April.^[b]

On 7 April 2025, Melody was received at the town hall of her hometown of Dos Hermanas (Seville) where she greeted and sang “Esa diva” from the main balcony to a large cheering crowd outside. On 23 April, she surprised the children’s cast of the Spanish stage musical adaptation of The Chorus on stage, and everyone present, after their performance at Teatro La Latina in Madrid, since they had made a video singing “Esa diva“. She thanked them for the gesture, encouraged them to sing the song for everyone there, after which she also sang the chorus with them.^[29]^[30] On 25 April, ¡Hola! magazine, in partnership with RTVE, published for the first time a special 144-pages Eurovision collector’s book for fans.

On 26 April 2025, on the occasion of the final match of the 2024–25 Copa del Rey football tournament at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, RTVE, which was broadcasting the event, interviewed Melody on the field during halftime and broadcast the “Esa diva” music video in which the first verse had been replaced with some footage, recorded the day before, of her singing it a cappella next to the Cup in the center of the empty stadium. This was watched on La 1 by 5.9 million people with a share of 40.13% in average. RTVE had tried to get her to sing the song live during halftime at the stadium, but the Football Federation didn’t consider it appropriate. On 28 April, on her journey back to Madrid, Melody was one of the many people who were trapped on trains due to the major power blackout that affected all the Iberian Peninsula. She was on a high-speed train stopped somewhere in the countryside of the province of Ciudad Real for more than seven hours before they were evacuated.

On 5 May 2025, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, received Melody at the Palace of Moncloa where he wished her the best of luck. She guest appeared in the fifth episode of the thirteenth season of MasterChef aired on 5 May on La 1.^[37] On 6 May, RTVE held a gala at Teatro Barceló in Madrid to both present its spring programming and bid farewell to Melody before departing with the entire delegation for Basel the following day. At the event, which was broadcast on RTVE Play, she received the gold record certifications that “Esa diva” had achieved.^[d] On 11 May, Melody and her team attended in Basel the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and its “Turquoise Carpet”, where she wore a black and gold dress designed by Rafael Urquizar.

Calls for exclusion of Israel. On 11 April 2025, RTVE requested a debate within the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) regarding the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) participation in the contest representing Israel, citing “concerns raised by various civil society groups in Spain regarding the situation in Gaza”. That same day, the EBU responded to RTVE’s letter, acknowledging “concerns and deeply held views around the current conflict in the Middle East” but reiterating that all EBU members are eligible to compete.

4.Ratings.

**Viewing figures by show**
Show	Air date	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)
Semi-final 1	28 January 2025	1.215	13.1%
Semi-final 2	30 January 2025	1.030	11.7%
Final	1 February 2025	1.938	17.1%

5.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals, held on 13 and 15 May respectively, and the final on 17 May 2025. All countries with the exceptions of the host country (Switzerland) and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten entries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As a member of the “Big Five”, Spain was automatically qualified to the final, but it was required to broadcast the first semi-final, and guest perform and vote in it. In that first semi-final, Melody guest performed “Esa diva” between the entries competing in positions 4 and 5.^[44] In the final, she performed in position 6, and placed twenty-fourth out of the twenty-six competing entries with 37 points.

The performance of “Esa diva” at the Eurovision stage was preceded by a presentation video postcard filmed in Lucerne in February where Melody makes some chocolates. The live performance of the song begins with Melody backlit against a white background wearing a Cordovan hat and a long-tailed black dress from which her dancers emerge. As she steps off the small platform she is standing on, a red carpet unfolds on the floor screen and flashes of light illuminate her. As the first chorus hits, she appears from behind a large curtain wearing a shiny, silver bodysuit. She walks to the center of the stage and blows a kiss to the camera. As the second chorus hits, the curtain falls revealing a white structure with two staircases. After a dance break, she goes upstairs to sing a long note and the final chorus, ending the performance with a final pirouette.

In Spain, TVE broadcast the first semi-final and the final of the contest on La 1 and its 4K UHD simulcast channel La 1 UHD, and the second semi-final on La 2; in addition, Radio Nacional de España (RNE) aired the final on Radio Nacional and on its accessible service RNE para todos; with all the shows also broadcast internationally on TVE Internacional and the final on Radio Exterior; and both television and radio broadcasts available online via RTVE Play. Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar provided the commentary for the television broadcast, and David Asensio, Sara Calvo, and Luis Miguel Montes commented the final on the radio broadcast. The final was broadcast in Catalonia on Ràdio 4 with commentary in Catalan by Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez, with the option of the Catalan commentary also available regionally on La 1. As part of the Eurovision programming, the special live broadcast Divas Calling, hosted by Ángela Fernández, Carmen Farala, and Angy Fernández, preceded each of the three shows and followed the final on RTVE play, with the edition for the final held at the Auditorio Los del Río in Dos Hermanas, and with the after-final also broadcast on La 1. On Friday 16 May, the documentary Melodiva about Melody’s journey to Eurovision premiered on La 1 and RTVE play. The long-running daily game show Saber y ganar paused its regular run during Eurovision week to hold five special themed episodes about the event on La 2 and RTVE play. A special themed episode of La familia de la tele titled La familia de la tele a Eurovisión, hosted by María Patiño and Aitor Albizua live from Prado del Rey, preceded the final on La 1.

RTVE appointed Chanel Terrero, who represented Spain in 2022, as its spokesperson to announce the Spanish jury’s votes in the final live from Benidorm. Public events, organised by RTVE in collaboration with the town council, were held on 16–17 May at the Auditorio Julio Iglesias in Benidorm with performances by special guests, the live screening of the final, and other activities. They also held a public event on 14 May at the Gare du Nord in Basel.

The first semi-final, in where Spain guest performed and voted, attracted 1.348 million viewers and a 11% share on La 1 in average, being the most watched Eurovision semi-final to date. Melody’s performance was watched by 1.586 million people with a share of 13.23% in average. The second semi-final attracted 0.804 million viewers and a 6.5% share on La 2 in average. The final attracted 5.884 million viewers and a 50.1% share on La 1 in average, with the voting segment followed by 6.315 million viewers and a 59.7% share in average. The final was watched on RTVE play by 0.839 million viewers in average.

Israeli controversy. On the television broadcast of the second semifinal, commentators Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar introduced the Israeli entry with a mention to the Palestinian victims of the Israeli attacks on Gaza.^[e]^] In the wake of a protest filed by the Israeli participating broadcaster, the EBU threatened RTVE with “punitive fines” if its commentators allude to Gaza again in the final.^[f] The news boards of TVE and rtve.es expressed their “concern over the threat”, defended Varela and Aguilar’s right to comment freely, and condemned any interference. Just before broadcasting the final, RTVE showed the following message on-screen in Spanish and English on a black background: “When Human Rights are at stake, silence is not an option. Peace and Justice for Palestine”. In the final, Varela and Aguilar simply introduced the singer and the song briefly during the Israeli postcard. Following the publication of the detailed televoting results, RTVE announced that it will ask the EBU to open a debate on the televote to assess whether the way it is being carried out is the best, as it believes it is affected by the ongoing armed conflicts.

5.0.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain in the final and by Spain in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1–8, 10, and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. In the final, Spain placed 24th with 37 points. Over the course of the contest, Spain awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

5.2.1.Points awarded to Spain.

5.2.1.0.Points awarded to the Spain (Final)

Points awarded to Spain (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points
10 points		Albania
8 points
7 points
6 points	Portugal
5 points		Azerbaijan France Malta
4 points
3 points	Rest of the World
2 points		Sweden
1 point	Ireland

5.2.2.Points awarded by Spain.

5.2.2.1.Points awarded by Spain (Semi-final 1)

**Points awarded by Spain (Semi-final 1)**
Score	Televote
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Poland
8 points	Norway
7 points	Portugal
6 points	Albania
5 points	Iceland
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Sweden
1 point	San Marino

5.2.2.2.Points awarded by Spain (Final)

**Points awarded by Spain (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Switzerland
10 points	Ukraine	Netherlands
8 points	Poland	France
7 points	Estonia	Austria
6 points	Finland	United Kingdom
5 points	Sweden	Malta
4 points	Austria	Italy
3 points	Albania	Germany
2 points	Norway	Ukraine
1 point	France	Albania

5.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the country’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Spanish jury:

Javier Llano Abril – director of Cadena 100
Javier Pageo Nicolás – stage designer
Ana Isabel Conde (Anabel Conde) – singer, represented Spain in 1995
Irene Garrido Miñano – singer
María Melodía Pérez Castillo (Mel Ömana) – singer, finalist of the Benidorm Fest 2025

**Detailed voting results from Spain (Semi-final 1)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Iceland	6	5
02	Poland	2	10
03	Slovenia	13
04	Estonia	7	4
05	Ukraine	1	12
06	Sweden	9	2
07	Portugal	4	7
08	Norway	3	8
09	Belgium	11
10	Azerbaijan	15
11	San Marino	10	1
12	Albania	5	6
13	Netherlands	8	3
14	Croatia	14
15	Cyprus	12

**Detailed voting results from Spain (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	20	22	10	14	17	21		9	2
02	Luxembourg	15	7	20	9	8	13		25
03	Estonia	23	13	24	15	24	24		4	7
04	Israel	25	6	22	24	20	18		1	12
05	Lithuania	4	20	23	16	18	15		19
06	Spain
07	Ukraine	9	21	18	2	7	9	2	2	10
08	United Kingdom	19	3	8	13	2	5	6	24
09	Austria	11	5	6	3	4	4	7	7	4
10	Iceland	22	9	19	23	23	22		17
11	Latvia	7	19	16	20	5	12		22
12	Netherlands	3	1	3	7	9	2	10	12
13	Finland	14	25	7	22	11	17		5	6
14	Italy	6	11	13	11	3	7	4	11
15	Poland	18	14	14	5	19	14		3	8
16	Germany	12	10	4	10	6	8	3	14
17	Greece	21	23	15	8	21	20		15
18	Armenia	10	24	11	19	16	19		13
19	Switzerland	1	4	2	18	1	1	12	23
20	Malta	13	12	5	1	15	6	5	18
21	Portugal	17	15	21	21	13	23		16
22	Denmark	16	17	12	6	22	16		20
23	Sweden	2	8	17	12	14	11		6	5
24	France	8	2	1	17	10	3	8	10	1
25	San Marino	24	16	25	25	25	25		21
26	Albania	5	18	9	4	12	10	1	8	3

After Eurovision. Just after Eurovision, RTVE and Melody canceled their upcoming events so she could have a few days to rest. These included a joint press conference and an interview on La revuelta, both scheduled for 19 May 2025, which led to all sorts of speculation in the Spanish media. On 26 May, they held the press conference at Prado del Rey, amidst great national media attention, where they discussed their participation in Eurovision, expressed their gratitude for the support they had received, and where Melody expressed her disagreement with RTVE over some of the decisions made. The press conference was broadcast on RTVE play, streamed on numerous digital media outlets, and covered live not only on La familia de la tele on La 1, but also on rival television shows in the other Spanish major networks.

Following a disagreement between Melody and La revuelta team over the way they reacted on the show to her absence, she refused to appear on it. On 4 June, she made her first television appearance after Eurovision instead on the rival talk show El Hormiguero on Antena 3, attracting 2.443 million viewers and a 19.9% share in average. She opened the show with a live medley of “Esa diva” and her new single “El apagón“, marking the first time in the show’s history that a guest began the program by performing, after which she was interviewed. As a result of this, RTVE added a clause to the rules of Benidorm Fest 2026, which were published on 4 June, extending to two months after Eurovision its decision-making power over which interviews its future representative will give. Media immediately dubbed this clause the “Melody Clause”.

Notes.

a^ RTVE premiered the new version and the music video simultaneously on Televisión Española (TVE) on La 1, La 2, 24 horas, Clan, and Teledeporte, on Radio Nacional de España (RNE), and online on RTVE Play, on 13 March 2025 at 21:40 CET.
b^ In addition to the revamp version of “Esa diva“, Melody performed at the PrePartyES an acoustic version of the song, “Vuelve conmigo” in a duo with Anabel Conde, and “Amante de la luna“, the song with which she attempted to represent Spain in 2009, but which came second in the national final in a tie in points with the winner.
c^ Left to right: Iván Matías Urquiaga, Marc Montojo, Melody, Álex Bullón, Ana Acosta, Vicky Gómez, Ana María Bordas – Head of Delegation of RTVE–, and María Eizaguirre – Director of Communication and Participation of RTVE–.
d^ The event had to be postponed twice due to the death of Pope Francis and the power blackout.
e^ RTVE confirmed that its commentators made this introduction “in coordination with the network”.
f^ In a letter sent to RTVE signed by Bakel Walden –the chairperson of the contest’s reference group– and Martin Osterdahl –the contest’s executive supervisor–.

Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingom
National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2025
Selection date(s): 7 March 2025
Host venue: –
Presenter(s): –
Host broadcaster: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants – Number of entries: –
Voting system: –
Selection entrant: Remember Monday (Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, Charlotte Steele)
Selection song: “What the Hell Just Happened?”
Selected songwriter(s): Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull, Julie Aagaard, Kes Kamara, Lauren Byrne, Sam Brennan, Thomas Stengaard, Tom Hollings
Placement – Final result: 8º FI: 19th, 88 points

The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “What the Hell Just Happened?”, written by Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull, Julie Aagaard, Kes Kamara, Lauren Byrne, Sam Brennan, Thomas Stengaard, and Tom Hollings, and performed by Steele, Hull, and Byrne as Remember Monday. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), internally selected its entry for the contest.

As a member of the “Big Five”, the United Kingdom automatically qualifies to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 8, the United Kingdom placed nineteenth out of the 26 performing countries with 88 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the United Kingdom sixty-six times since its first entry in 1957. Thus far, it has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song “Puppet on a String” performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song “Boom Bang-a-Bang” performed by Lulu, in 1976 with “Save Your Kisses for Me” performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song “Making Your Mind Up” performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song “Love Shine a Light” performed by Katrina and the Waves. After its last win, it has failed to be consistently successful, only reaching the top ten four times: in 1998, 2002, 2009, and 2022; and ending last five times: in 2003 (the first time in the country’s history in the contest), 2008, 2010, 2019, and 2021. In 2024, it was represented by “Dizzy” performed by Olly Alexander, which finished in 18th place. The United Kingdom is the country that has hosted the contest the most times, with nine in total (in 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1998, and 2023).

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, the BBC organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has used various methods to select its entry: From 1957 to 2010, it organised a national final which featured a competition among several artists and songs to choose its entry for the contest. Between 2011 and 2015, the BBC opted to internally select its entry. For its 2016 entry, the broadcaster announced that a national final would be organised again. The same process was used in 2017 and 2018, and changes were brought in for 2019. From 2020, the BBC opted to return to an internal selection.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. The BBC internally selected its entry for the 2025 contest. On 16 October 2024, in a press release, the broadcaster announced that its internal selection would be led by Andrew Cartmell, who was appointed as the head of delegation for the country, and David May, who previously served as manager for Sam Ryder, who finished in second place for the United Kingdom in 2022. The BBC confirmed that its search for the British entry had been underway for several months with a multitude of British record labels, publisher, songwriters, and the broadcaster’s music production labels BBC Music and BBC Introducing. It was also revealed that the British entry would released to the public in March 2025.

On 29 January 2025, during The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, Mills confirmed that the British entry had already been selected and that work was underway in its final presentation. On 4 February 2025, BBC Radio 1 hosts Natalie O’Leary and Vicky Hawkesworth stated that the group Remember Monday had been selected to represent the United Kingdom in Basel, leading to a multitude of British media outlets confirming the group to be the selected entrants; the BBC did not respond to the speculation. On 7 March 2025, during The Scott Mills Breakfast Show, Remember Monday were officially confirmed as the British representatives with the song “What the Hell Just Happened?”. The song was written by group members Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull, and Lauren Byrne, alongside Julie Aagaard, Kes Kamara, Sam Brennan, Thomas Stengaard, and Tom Hollings.

2.2.Preparation and promotion.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progresses to the final. As a member of the “Big Five”, the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final on 17 May 2025, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2025, when it was announced that the United Kingdom would be voting in the second semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the British entry was also performed during the semi-final.

3.0.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by the United Kingdom in the second semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The UK jury consisted of Liz McClarnon, Tom Ogden, Afrodeutsche, Mark Lippman, and Carl Parris.In the final, the United Kingdom placed 19th with 88 points, including 12 points from Italy in the jury vote. Over the course of the contest, the UK awarded its 12 points to Israel in the second semi-final, and to Latvia (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

The Doctor Who episode “The Interstellar Song Contest” aired on BBC One on the same day as the final, featuring appearances from UK Eurovision commentators Graham Norton and Rylan Clark. Related to this, the then-lead star of Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, was set to appear as the spokesperson for the United Kingdom, announcing its jury votes in the contest.^[18] However, it was announced on 15 May that Sophie Ellis-Bextor would replace Gatwa as spokesperson, citing “unforeseen circumstances”.

3.2.1.Points awarded to the United Kingdom.

3.2.1.0.Points awarded to the United Kingdom (Final)

**Points awarded to the United Kingdom (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points		Italy
10 points		Czechia Ukraine
8 points
7 points		Austria Norway
6 points		Luxembourg Spain
5 points		Estonia Finland Iceland
4 points		Denmark Switzerland
3 points
2 points		Ireland Portugal San Marino
1 point		Poland

3.2.2.Points awarded by the United Kingdom.

3.2.2.1.Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Semi-final 2)

**Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Semi-final 2)**
Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Latvia
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Australia
4 points	Finland
3 points	Greece
2 points	Malta
1 point	Luxembourg

3.2.2.2.Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Final)

**Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Final)**
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Latvia
10 points	Poland	Denmark
8 points	Lithuania	Austria
7 points	Sweden	Malta
6 points	Estonia	Lithuania
5 points	Albania	Finland
4 points	Finland	Luxembourg
3 points	Latvia	Estonia
2 points	Greece	France
1 point	Malta	Greece

3.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the British jury:

Mark Lippman
Thomas Philip Ogden
Carl Bernard Parris
Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon – Cho
Henrietta Ama Smith – Rolla

**Detailed voting results from United Kingdom (Semi-final 2)**
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Australia	6	5
02	Montenegro	16
03	Ireland	4	7
04	Latvia	3	8
05	Armenia	13
06	Austria	12
07	Greece	8	3
08	Lithuania	2	10
09	Malta	9	2
10	Georgia	15
11	Denmark	5	6
12	Czechia	11
13	Luxembourg	10	1
14	Israel	1	12
15	Serbia	14
16	Finland	7	4

**Detailed voting results from United Kingdom (Final)**
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	8	6	14	14	13	14		24
02	Luxembourg	6	8	12	4	11	7	4	20
03	Estonia	9	17	15	2	12	8	3	5	6
04	Israel	14	18	16	16	21	22		1	12
05	Lithuania	20	4	1	12	20	5	6	3	8
06	Spain	7	7	11	15	16	15		17
07	Ukraine	21	16	6	17	22	21		14
08	United Kingdom
09	Austria	5	1	24	6	6	3	8	12
10	Iceland	22	19	23	24	10	23		11
11	Latvia	1	5	25	1	5	1	12	8	3
12	Netherlands	10	9	13	18	7	17		18
13	Finland	19	10	7	5	3	6	5	7	4
14	Italy	18	11	9	10	23	20		15
15	Poland	4	20	18	19	14	19		2	10
16	Germany	17	12	8	7	17	18		13
17	Greece	15	21	2	20	9	10	1	9	2
18	Armenia	16	2	19	25	18	13		19
19	Switzerland	11	22	4	8	15	12		22
20	Malta	2	15	22	3	4	4	7	10	1
21	Portugal	12	14	5	9	24	16		21
22	Denmark	3	13	3	13	1	2	10	16
23	Sweden	13	23	17	11	2	11		4	7
24	France	23	3	10	21	8	9	2	23
25	San Marino	24	25	21	23	25	25		25
26	Albania	25	24	20	22	19	24		6	5