ITALY: SANREMO 2025 - THE COVER NIGHT'S GUEST ACTS AND SONGS

As usual Sanremo will have the cover's night on Friday night and this time the artists were free to choose their song they want to interpret and with whom. And finally - finally! - the outcome of the night won't have any official impact to the final result of the festival. Of course it will guide people's mind and some artists have made curious and intelligent choices maybe and in the end of the night the Cover's night winner will be announced and awarded per se, not adding the vote to the final score as said before. And yes, finally!

First of all, all the artists didn't invite a stranger on stage but fished from the pool of this year's artist so we have in duet Achille Lauro & Elodie, Francesca Michielin & Rkomi and Tony Effe & Noemi.

For the classic singer-songwriters we have in store two songs from Franco Califano, Pino Daniele and Fabrizio De Amdrè and one from Franco Battiato, Lucio Battisti, Domenico Modugno, Gino Paoli and Lucio Dalla. I'm maybe most waiting for La cura by Battiato as it is one fo the best songs ever written (also masterfully sung by Alice), and Giorgia and Annalisa belting out some Adele.

For the others we welcome back to Ariston for example Il Volo, Annalisa, Arisa, Dimartino, Lazza, Marco Masini, Neri per caso, Francesco Renga and Ditonellapiega just to name a few. Check out the full list of artists and the songs (and their original performer) below:

Achille Lauro & Elodie - A mano a mano

(Rino Gaetano 1981) & Folle città (Loredana Bertè 1979)

Bresh & Cristiano De Andrè - Creuza de mä

(Fabrizio De André 1984)

Brunori Sas & Dimartino, Riccardo Sinigallia - L'anno che verrà

(Lucio Dalla 1979)

Clara & Il Volo - The sound of silence

(Simon & Garfunkel 1965)

Coma_Cose & Johnson Righeira - L'estate sta finendo

(Righeira 1985)

Emis Killa & Lazza, Laura Marzadori (La Scala orchestra's first violin) - 100 messaggi

(Lazza 2024) withdrawn

Fedez & Marco Masini - Bella stronza

(Marco Masini 1995)

Francesca Michielin & Rkomi - La nuova stella di Broadway

(Cesare Cremonini 2013)

Francesco Gabbani & Tricarico - Io sono Francesco

(Tricarico 2000)

Gaia & Toquinho - La voglia, la pazzia

(Ornella Vanoni 1976)

Giorgia & Annalisa - Skyfall

(Adele 2012)

Irama & Arisa - Say something

(Christina Aquilera & Great Big World 2013)

Joan Thjiele & Frah Quintale - Che cosa c'è

(Gino Paoli 1964)

Lucio Corsi & Topo Gigio - Nel blú dipinto di blù

(Domenico Modugno 1958)

Marcella Bella & Twin Violins - L'emozione non ha voce

(Adriano Celentano 1999)

Massimo Ranieri & Neri per caso - Quando

(Pino Daniele 1991)

Modá & Francesco Renga - Angelo

(Francesco Renga 2005)

Olly & Goran Bregovich & his Funeral and Wedding orchestra - Il pescatore

(Fabrizio De Andrè 1970)

Rocco Hunt & Clementino - Yes I know my way

(Pino Daniele 1981)

Rose Villain & Chiello - Fiori rosa fiori di pesco

(Lucio Battisti 1970)

Sarah Toscano & Ofenbach - Overdrive

(Ofenbach 2023)

Serena Brancale & Alessandra Amoroso - If I ain't got you

(Alicia Keys 2004)

Shablo, Guè, Joshua, Tormento & Neffa - Aspettando il sole

(Neffa 1996) & Amor de mi vida (Sottotono 1999)

Simone Cristicchi & Amara - La cura

(Franco Battiato 1996)

The Kolors & Sal Da Vinci - Rossetto e caffe

(Sal Da Vinci 2024)

Tony Effe & Noemi - Tutto il resto é noia

(Franco Califano 1976)

Willie Peyote & Tiromancino, Ditonellapiega - Un tempo piccolo

(Franco Califano 2005)

Besides all these acts special life time awards will be handed over to Iva Zanicchi, the only woman to have won Sanremo three times (1967, 1969, 1974) and being the Italian entrant in Eurovision 1969 and Antonello Venditti who has never participated in the festival but as a guest.

The fourth night's co-hosts are none other than Sardinian stars Mahmood and stand-up comedian, actress, tv and radio hostess Geppy Cucciari (pictured in the main photo). Read more about Mahmood's adventures in Sanremo here.

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