Guest of Tg1 Mattina Estate, on Rai1, Carlo Conti interviewed by Giorgia Cardinaletti, anticipated some innovations that will be introduced in the Regulations of Sanremo Festival 2025.
The first novelty is, in reality, a return to the past, in that the New Proposals and Big categories will be reintroduced.
I report the division between New Proposals and Bigs: the New Proposals will not increase the number of Bigs, but they will have their race and the Bigs will run their race. The winner of the New Proposals will probably be proclaimed on the cover evening.
Also in this edition there will be no eliminations:
There will be no eliminations, it would be anachronistic. I don’t want to throw away the work of Baglioni and Amadeus, but make very small changes. I am working on my previous editions, also taking into account the great work done subsequently, by Baglioni in his two editions and in the five extraordinary Amadeus festivals that made Sanremo grow.
On the choice of songs, the artistic director of Sanremo 2025 he declares that as of now, some songs are arriving to him, via WhatsApp, or via email, some songs from record companies, both major and independent. He adds that he lives the situation peacefully and lightly, because as Bennato would say “they’re just songs”. But then he says:
.I have always felt a great responsibility: my wife tells me that in my previous festivals I would wake up at night, assailed by doubts about a song that I had perhaps discarded. The “steak” of the festival are the songs, the competing singers, the rest is a side dish.
I also spoke with Amadeus: music, after all, has been the common thread of our life, the rest is putting together a television programme, which is very important, because Sanremo is like the national team, we all become technical commissioners and artistic directors.
Carlo Conti
That of Accounts it’s a return to Sanremo Festival as he has already been the artistic director and host for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions.
In 2015 he was joined by Arisa, Emma And Rocío Muñoz Morales. This edition, won by the trio The flight. He was also a guest that year Conchita Wurstthe winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Austria.
In the 2016 Sanremo Festival, Conti presented with Gabriel Garko, Virginia Raffaele And Madalina Gheneawhile the winners were the Stadium. In 2017 he was joined by Maria De Filippi to the leadership and the victory went to Francesco Gabbani.
