Carlo Conti surpasses Amadeus: the first night of the Sanremo Festival 2025 records 65.3% share with 12 million 600 thousand viewers (Total Audience). Over two million more than last year's first night which had recorded 10 million 561 thousand viewers, with a share of 65.1 percent.
The first part, from 9:25 pm to 11:31 pm, was watched by 15 million 75 thousand viewers, with a share of 64.3%. The second part, from 11:34 pm to 11:59 pm, was watched by 6 million 527 thousand viewers, with a share of 66.9%. The peak of audience was recorded at 10:09 pm with 16 million 786 thousand viewers. The peak of share was recorded at 12:15 am with 70.1%. The PrimaFestival recorded a 39.1% share with 8 million 986 thousand viewers. Sanremo Start from 8:44 pm to 9:19 pm marked 51.1% with 12 million 967 thousand viewers.
The co-hosts
Carlo Conti's traveling companions, Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio and Nino Frassica. "I didn't agree to participate to pretend to be a cancer patient - Balti's words - but as a top model to wear my clothes and compete with Cristiano but not because I don't want to talk about pain, in the world wherever we turn we see it, but tonight I want to be a celebration of life, I want to live it like this".
The exit order
Rocco Hunt
Elodie
Lucio Courses
The Kolors
Serena Brancale
Fedez
Francesca Michielin
Simone Cristicchi
Marcella Beautiful
Bresh
Achilles Lauro
Georgia
Rkomi
Rose Villain
Willie Peyote
Guests and New Proposals
Damiano David is tonight's super guest, he will celebrate Lucio Dalla with a tribute. Ice skating champion Carolina Kostner, testimonial for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games, will also be arriving. The athlete will tell the story of the torch relay.
The New Proposals competition opens with two-way challenges between the four finalists, Vale Lp and Lil Jolie with Maria Tomba, and Settembre with Alex Wyse. The performances are submitted to the judgement of the public with Televoting (with a weight of 34%), the Jury of the Press Room, TV and Web, (33%) and the Jury of the Radio (33%). The two most voted songs will access the final of the third evening.
At the Ariston, half of the Bigs also parade, evaluated at 50% by the public at home with Televoting and at 50% by the Radio Jury. At the end, the five most voted are announced, again without order of placement.
There will also be the cast of the film Follemente (Edoardo Leo, Pilar Fogliati, Emanuela Fanelli, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Claudia Pandolfi, Vittoria Puccini, Marco Giallini, Maurizio Lastrico, Rocco Papaleo and Claudio Santamaria) and two important Rai fiction titles: Belcanto, coming from Monday 24 on Rai1, again with Puccini and Carmine Recano and Giacomo Giorgio, and Champagne - Peppino di Capri, broadcast on Rai1 on March 24, with little Alessandro Gervasi, 6 years old, who promises to amaze on the piano, the Capri singer as a child, and Francesco Del Gaudio (Peppino as an adult).
BigMama performs on the stage in Piazza Colombo.
(Online Union)