The second night of Festival di Sanremo just ended, and after seeing 15 out of 29 artists perform tonight, we have a new top five. The ranking is the result of a split vote: 50% televote and 50% radio jury.
Festival di Sanremo took place in the city of Sanremo at Teatro Ariston, just like in previous years. The 15 contestants performed alongside the festival’s orchestra.
Tonight, we witnessed two semifinals in the New Proposals category, which is separate from the main competition. The qualifiers who will perform again tomorrow are Alex Wyse and Settembre.
Another highlight of the second night of the festival was Damiano David from the iconic Italian band Måneskin (winners of Eurovision 2021), who was invited as a guest. He performed two songs: Felicità, a tribute to Lucio Dalla, and his solo song Born with a Broken Heart.
The show was hosted by Carlo Conti and co-hosted by Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio, and Nino Frassica. While yesterday’s voting was decided by the press jury, tonight the vote was split equally between the televote and the radio jury.
Festivali di Sanremo 2025: Night 2
Top 5
Today, the voting started from the very first performance, with additional time allowed for voting after the last performance. A provisional ranking is created after each night, but this year, the full chart will not be made public. Instead, the audience will only know which artists made it into the top five, but in a completely random order.
The rankings from the first three nights are crucial for the contestants, as they will contribute to the final result in the Grand Final.
After the second night, the artists who made it into the top five are:
- Giorgia – “La cura per me”
- Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro”
- Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola”
- Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani”
- Fedez – “Battito”
Today’s chart is largely similar to yesterday’s, with four names remaining the same. Among them is Achille Lauro, a former Eurovision participant for San Marino in 2022, who impresses this time with a deep ballad about youth, lost time, and lost love. If Achille’s appearances in Sanremo in the previous years were eccentric, this time he impresses everyone with pure class.
Giorgia, considered one of the greatest female voices of the festival, remains in the ranking with a heartbreaking ballad about love, suffering, and healing—capturing how a person can be both your pain and your cure. Lucio Corsi stands out with a song about embracing your authentic self, offering a confidence boost with the message that you are enough just as you are.
Simone Cristicchi appears to be one of the favorites this year, receiving a standing ovation after his performance and once again bringing tears to the audience’s eyes. His song When You’ll Be Little tells the heartbreaking story of a son caring for his ailing mother, exploring the pain of watching parents change and the profound act of returning the love once received. The lyrics speak of the patience needed to guide a mother who forgets who she is due to illness, remembering her about the dear ones, the tenderness of looking after her, and the power of love in easing the pain of feeling helpless against the passage of time.
The only change in today’s chart is the absence of Brunori Sas, who did not perform tonight as he is scheduled for tomorrow. He was replaced by Fedez, whose powerful rap song delves into the struggles that follow a painful breakup—an obsession with the past and how two people who once loved each other ended up causing each other pain instead.
Night 2 running order
- Rocco Hunt – “Mille volte ancora”
- Elodie – “Dimenticarsi alle 7”
- Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro”
- The Kolors – “Tu con chi fai l’amore”
- Serena Brancale – “Anema e core”
- Fedez – “Battito”
- Francesca Michielin – “Fango in paradiso”
- Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola”
- Marcella Bella – “Pelle diamante”
- Bresh – “La tana del granchio”
- Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani”
- Giorgia – “La cura per me”
- Rkomi – “Il ritmo delle cose”
- Rose Villain – “Fuorilegge”
- Willie Peyote – “Grazie ma no grazie”
Who was your favorite tonight? What are your thoughts about tonight’s top 5? Let us know in the comments below.
