In recent days, Carlo Accountsguest at Prix Italia in Turin, he returned to talk about Sanremo Festival 2025between the dream of bringing the Ariston i Pink Floyd and the more than 100 wonderful songs already received from the big names in Italian music.
There are just over four months left until the 75th edition of Italian Song Festivaland in about two months the cast of the 24 big names in the competition will be announced (which could also increase by one or two names, as per tradition).
SANREMO FESTIVAL 2025 from the big names to the guests
While rumors continue to spread about the singers in the competition – from Sarah Tuscan (priority bet of Mary) to the possible couple Al Bano & Romina (as anticipated by us here) up to Elodie, Gaia And Olly – Carlo Accounts he said he had already received many songs:
“I started sleeping little at night because it is the most important time for choosing songs. I have so many in mind, but you only need to select 24, and at least 100 are already very strong. It will be a very difficult selection, and I'm already in difficulty…”
Among these 100 songs, there are certainly the two presented by Jalissewho – as declared by themselves in recent days – are presenting themselves for the 28th consecutive time after the 1997 victory with “Rivers of words”.
Among the guests who Accounts dreams of bringing on stage there are the Pink Floydas well as a possible reunion of the 883 in the original lineup with Max Pezzali And Mauro Respect. A performance that would be broadcast on TV after their reunion at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, which followed the breakup of Pezzali with the historic manager Claudio Cecchettoand two years of solo tours, with continuous sold outs.
The Young People
The name of the host will be announced on Tuesday 8 October Sanremo Youthwhich, according to rumors launched by Dagospiawill be Alessandro Cattelan. What is certain is that the youth circuit will be a real “guillotine”, with 24 artists competing for six weeks. In the end, only eight of them (including two from Sanremo area) will reach the final on December 18, and four will advance to the Sanremo Festival 2025 in the New Proposals category.
For the Bigs in the competition, the regulation lowers the maximum limit of the duration of the songs from four minutes to three and a half, while for the young people a maximum duration of three minutes will be imposed (last year it was three and a half minutes). This choice has already raised discussions, especially considering that it comes after the decision to lower the maximum age of participation to 26 years.
In the meantime, keep an eye on our website because a new article on the possible big names competing at the Sanremo Festival 2025 is coming.
