Sanremo makes strong debut with massive audience share

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The 2025 Sanremo Music Festival made a strong debut on its opening night Tuesday, attracting an average of 12.6 million viewers, or 65.3 per cent of the audience share.

The winner of the Sanremo Music Festival will go on to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest. (Photo: ANSA)

This year’s audience includes, for the first time, small screen viewers who tuned in with a personal computer, smart phone or tablet.

The first night of the festival hosted by Carlo Conti featured Italian singer-songwriter and rapper Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, as a guest star.

There was also a video message from Pope Francis.

The evening was co-hosted by popular TV presenters Antonella Clerici and Gerry Scotti.

Brunori SAS, Giorgia, Lucio Corsi, Simone Cristicchi and Achille Lauro were the five artists who topped the standings on the first evening of the much-loved TV jamboree and song contest.

Last year, according to Auditel data exclusively based on TV viewers, the popular song fest attracted an average of 10.561 million, or 65.1 per cent of the TV audience share.

ANSA

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