And to think that in January 2025, a month before the Festival, we already knew more or less everything. This year, however, aside from the singing lineup, the news about the event kicking off on Tuesday, February 24th is slowly arriving.
Carlo Conti lets it slip: "We're at sea regarding guests," he confesses at the press conference. Not just the international ones, for which negotiations are understandably underway, but also the co-hosts. In addition to the official Laura Pausini and Max Pezzali, a few new names are emerging piecemeal: Achille Lauro, who's expected to duet with Pausini on the song "16 marzo," and Luca Argentero, as an ambassador for Italian fiction around the world, are now considered certain. And then there are two top guests from the Big Band: Sabrina Ferilli (perhaps with Tommaso Paradiso) on the cover night, and Belen Rodriguez with Samurai Jay.
