EUROVISION 2025 - ITALY: SANREMO GIOVANI

Sanremo giovani will be a multi evening affair again and on top of that the separate Sanremo Giovani or newcomers final will be held in Sanremo 2025 festival giving us two winners again in 2025 rather than only one - as it should be if you ask me. Just think about some names that have won the newcomers before making it to the Big category: Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, Andrea Bocelli and Francesco Gabbani. Just to name a few.

There will be four heats on November 12, 19, 26 and December 3 presented by Eurovision host Alessandro Cattelan each with six participants, three making it further. The semi-final takes place on December 10 and the 12 will become six.

The final takes place on December 18. The six will become three, and also the two selected by AreaSanremo selection will battle out between them for the last spot. That makes four who will travel to Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in February and have the grand final with new songs.

The Sanremo Giovani selection had 564 submissions and 46 got an invitation to the auditions. Many of them come from talent shows proving that after possible success in them Sanremo is still the place to be. We have from various X Factors Angelica Bove, Selmi, Settembre, Sickteens, Martina Attili and Vale Lp. From various Amici editions we have Martina, Mew, Nahaze, Lil Jolie, Aaron, Wax, Alex Wyse, Nicol, Rea, Tancredi, Martina Beltrami and Noemi Cainero.

First show November 12, 2024:

The eliminations are made as duels (sigh.....)

Synergy Vs. Tancredi

MEW Vs. Sidy

Angie Vs. Mazzariello

Second show November 19,2024:

Grelmos Vs. Rea

Settembre Vs. Moska Drunkard

Ciao sono Vale Vs. Selmi

Third show November 26, 2024:

Alex Wyse Vs. Nicol

Cosmonauti Borghesi Vs. Bosmia

Giin Vs. Arianna Rozzo

Fourth show November 3, 2024:

Vale LP e Lil Jolie Vs. Orion

Angelica Bove Vs. Sea John

Questo e Quello Vs. Dea Culpa

The ones in bold made it through the live auditions on October 23.

You can listen and watch their videos on Raiplay here. Otherwise go HERE for a recap.

Below is my First hearing ranking from one to five star. None got the 5* yet.

Aaron - Grandine

Alex Wyse - Rockstar **

Angelica Bove - La nostra malinconia ****

Angie - Scorpione ***

Arianna Rozzo - J'Adore **

Befire - Naftalina

Bosnia - Vengo dal sud *

Cainero - Aria

Caleydo - Banlieue

Ciao sono Vale - Una nuvola mi copre *

Cosmonauti Borghesi - Aurora Tropicale **

Dea Culpa - Nuda ****

Giin - Tornare al mare ****

Giorgio Galimberti - Milano

Grandine - Sayonara

Grelmos - Flashback ****

Heartman - Inguaribile romantico

Helen Aria - Affogo nell'alba

Leimannoia - Virginia

Lysa - Soli per errore

Martina - Tu salvami il cuore

Martina Attili - Eva e Adamo

Martina Beltrami - Scappi da me

Mazzariello - Amarsi per lavoro **

Mew - Oh my God ****

Moska Drunkard - Trinacria ***

Nahaze - Titoli di coda

Nicol - Diamanti nel fango **

Orion - La prima volta che ci incontrammo **

Principe - Camilla!

Questo e Quello - Bella balla ***

Rea - Cielo aperto *

Samuele Di Nicolò - Non tornare più

Sea John - Se fossi felice ***

Selmi - Forse per sempre ***

Settembre - Vertebre **

Sickteens - Due cigarette

Sidy - Tutte le volte **

Silvia Carrino - Fai pace con me

Synergy - Fiamma **

Tancredi - Standing ovation **

Vale LP e Lil Jolie - Dimmi tu quando sei pronto per fare l'amore ***

Ventitrevotemario - Gocce

Wax- 7 vite

Yans, Fulgur & Kunai - Mary

The AreaSanremo selection.

There were 336 submission for Area Sanremo (a lot less than last year due to max age set to 26 again, last year 35% of submissions were over 26). The auditions take place in Palafiori di Sanremo between November 17 and 23. The ten qualifiers will be announced on 22, and out of them two will chosen for Sanremo Giovani and one of the two will make it all the way to Teatro Ariston in February 2025.

Once again many other talent show anems among the submissions: Sofia Tornambene (Kimono), Maria Tomba, Gabriele Espostio and Blue Phelix from X Factor, Carmen Ferrero, Niveo, Albe, Ascania, Crytical, Jore and Stefano Farinetto (Neno) from Amici, Gabriele Sarmiento from Il Collegio, Nicolò Galasso from Mare Fuori and also the Castrocaro 2023 new talents winner Djomi.

The 24 semi-finalists are: Ascanio, Cartapesta, Bels, LB Prada, Sofia Sole, Aria, Gabriele Esposito, Niveo, Arianna, Hanami, EJ, Albe, Jore, Maddalena, Crytical, Løvinne, Petr3sku, Shori, Djomi, Etra, Daniel Posniak, Sara Russo, Maria Tomba and Kimono.

And the ten finalists - two will make it to Sanremo giovani and one will have a spot in the Sanremo real thign in Teatro Ariston and could win Sanremo newcomers 2025:

Albe or Alberto La Malfa of Amici 21 fame (has released a single with Crytical, see below)

Cartapesta, a group of Roberto Colzani (vocals), Riccardo Diecidue and Carlo Banchelli

Crytical, or Francesco Paone, of Amici 21 fame (has released a single with Albe among others)

Djomi, or rapper Giovanni Pini. Has released already 2 albums and win Tour Music Fest 2022.

Etra, or Alessio Pipan is also an influencer and has released a few singles.

Hanami, or Giulia Guerra has released already an album and an EP and has some important collaborations already

Kimono, or Sofia Tornambene, winner of X Factor 2019, one Ep released.

Maria Tomba, of X Factor 2023 fame. Has released one album

Løvinne, or Maria Francesca Petruzzi, singer and edm mucisian

Sofia Sole of The Voice of Italy fame, just released her debut single.

The chosen ones are Etra with Spazio (tra le dita) and Maria Tomba with Goodbye (voglio good vibes)

To be updated.

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