Olly is the 75th winner of the Sanremo Festival, first in an all-male top five: second Lucio Corsi, third Brunori Sas, then Fedez and Cristicchi.
The young Genoese singer-songwriter, 23 years old, stands out with the song Balorda nostalgia, which he wrote and composed together with Pierfrancesco Pasini and JVLI, with whom he has been collaborating for a long time and who also took care of the production. «It's one of those things that seems unreal when it happens: I'm very happy, great! Thanks to Maestro Pallotti for the direction, to the orchestra, to you», comments the artist, who was awarded with 31% of the televote. Ciao ma', ciao pa', it's absurd but it happened».
The Sergio Bardotti Award for Best Lyrics goes to Brunori Sas, the Giancarlo Bigazzi Award for Best Musical Composition to Cristicchi, who also wins the Lucio Dalla Press Room Award. The Mia Martini Critics Award goes once again to Corsi, the Tim Award to Giorgia, a great omission from the podium who releases the tension (and disappointment) with tears. Achille Lauro is also out and the audience revolts both at the Ariston and on social media.
Until the very end, no smudges, no delays in the schedule. The Festival of normalization and national pacification, with zero controversy, scandals and gaffes, also ends right on time as ordered by a conductor who now seems like a train conductor.
The final evening starts with Gabry Ponte with the jingle that has obsessively tormented “Tutta l'Italia” for days. Carlo Conti welcomes him in an elegant black tuxedo: «It was a record edition and we will try to finish with a bang». Having filed away the “disturbers” issue, after Geppi Cucciari, Roberto Benigni, Katia Follesa, Nino Frassica, the artistic director quater returns to the formula of harmless co-hosts with the modest Alessia Marcuzzi and the calm Alessandro Cattelan, who feigns humility but does a dress rehearsal to steal the scepter. Karaoke with Antonello Venditti super guest with “Ricordati di me” and “Amici miei”, then Alberto Angela, Tedua from the Suzuki Stage, Planet Funk from Costa Crociere, Mahmood who presents the new single “Sottomarini”, Bianca Balti and Vanessa Scalera.
Cattelan in total white, after having brought home a decent Dopofestival, is promoted to the Ariston with what remains of the statue of Conti, «only the arm and the folder with the writing Sanremo 2025: you need it to say 'come on come on'». Alessia Marcuzzi, wrapped in a long black dress with a long neckline at the back, hugs everyone: Conti, Mara Venier sitting in the stalls and a randomly chosen member of the audience, greeting her son Tommaso. And to think that he is not even in the Fantasanremo.
The super guest is Antonello Venditti, who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award despite never having competed at the Festival : «Carlo worked the miracle: on Christmas night he went to a church, found some kids singing Stella and sent me the video. I thought it was a sign of destiny. I really feel good here, I must say, I'm not hostile, I'm inclusive. It's another step in my never-ending story: the past must lead us to a future of hope, more beautiful than the one we're living. Living means suffering, fighting for an idea, dying, falling, getting up, apologizing, this is life». The tour “Notte prima degli esami 40th Anniversary - 2025 Edition” will start on June 17, with the first three dates in Rome at the Terme di Caracalla, then about twenty dates throughout Italy and on September 18 at the Verona Arena.
Edoardo Bove, the Fiorentina midfielder who had taken ill on the pitch during the Franchi match against Inter in December, was moved : «I thank all of you for the affection, it reached me in a special way because it went beyond the colors and the flags. I woke up in the hospital without remembering anything: only by watching the reaction of my family, my friends, even people I don't know did I realize what happened».
The competition. In the Festival of the family and children, Francesca Michielin thanks her mother, Bresh who risks slipping before singing blows a kiss to his sister Chiara, Rocco Hunt comes down among the audience and kisses her mother Alfonsina : «In the song I say that I miss her a lot, when she heard it she came on foot to Sanremo». «Thank you, mother», says Olly. Brunori sings for his little girl, then posts the black and white photo while holding her in his arms. Kekko Silvestre of Modà pays homage to Cash, his friend who passed away two years ago. Noemi is a shining queen among the crystals, Tony Effe with a low-cut neckline waves a rosary on his wrist. With The Kolors, Fru of The Jackal bursts onto the stage. Achille Lauro has little voice but a lot of heart. Coma_Cose never predictable pulsate in red and black, Cristicchi divides social media while Giorgia reaches unapproachable peaks and Corsi is none other than Lucio.
