Italy ITALY 2025 - Lucio Corsi - Volevo essere un duro

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Unpopular: Sanremo this year is better than last year from the musical standpoint. Last year we had some good or great songs, but a lot of them were totally forgettable. This year I have 10-12 Songs that I really like or that surprised me positively. Obviously not meant for Eurovision, but for Sanremo only, because the focus of the majority of the performers was on the lyrics, not on the musicality.

 

[Paco Roca]

Unpopular: Sanremo this year is Better than last year from the musical standpoint. Last year we had some good or great songs, but a lot of them were totally forgettable. This year I have 10-12 Songs that I really like or that surprised me positively. Obviously not meant for Eurovision, but for Sanremo only, because the focus of the majority of the performers was on the lyrics, not on the musicality.

It's not a very unpopular opinion. I really feel like saying that all 29 of this year's songs will have a market and will quench the thirst of every type of audience. However, when the competition doesn't have those 4-5 that stand out from the competition, it creates nervousness and doubts in the fans. Furthermore, it will be an edition that at the end will generate furious crises in the fans who supported one or the other song. I imagine that the winner of Sanremo, even if it were Giorgia, will be hit by ferocious 0s with the excuse of the "same old Italian ballad already heard". The fact that Giorgia actually brings a song that winks at the sound and R&B voices is not a valid example.

Side note, observing the interpreters of the cover evening I think that Giorgia and Cristicchi have made excellent choices. Especially Giorgia who, to stem the popular emotion for Cristicchi, will be able to count on the support of the furious and adoring fandom of Queen Nali. Lucio Corsi also made a great choice and Brunori Sas is solid. Irama will lose some ground. Lauro will try to get support from Elodie's fandom. Olly also made a solid choice. And I could continue with the calculations... I think that more than ever, in this very open edition, the cover evening will count.

See? For me, if an edition is capable of creating doubts and is competitive, it means it is excellent.

 

[gigi_copp3]

There's now DRAMA happening

Cristicchi stated that "he presented Quando sarai piccola to Amadeus in one of his Sanremo, but he would have felt uncomfortable". On X a lot of people have found some past statements from Cristicchi who denote his closeness to right-wing ideas. So now people are conspiring about him being "pushed" to the Sanremo win to ensure a breakpoint with Amadeus' editions, which were historically considered as "leftist".

Meanwhile, the press is complaining because this year they vote with numbers instead of tokens, and this will lead to the press power being nothing if compared to the televoting, which can create greater distances between artists. With this year's rules, for instance, Geolier would have won Sanremo 2024.

 

[Paco Roca]

There's now DRAMA happening

Cristicchi stated that "he presented Quando sarai piccola to Amadeus in one of his Sanremo, but he would have felt uncomfortable". On X a lot of people have found some past statements from Cristicchi who denote his closeness to right-wing ideas. So now people are conspiring about him being "pushed" to the Sanremo win to ensure a breakpoint with Amadeus' editions, which were historically considered as "leftist".

Meanwhile, the press is complaining because this year they vote with numbers instead of tokens, and this will lead to the press power being nothing if compared to the televoting, which can create greater distances between artists. With this year's rules, for instance, Geolier would have won Sanremo 2024.

I read the news on a Spanish forum Apparently Cristicchi had already submitted the song but Wolfgang Amadeus rejected it. Cristicchi took it personally, since the song was dedicated to his mother who was seriously and irreversibly ill. Cristicchi said that in hindsight it would have been better not to participate in Amadeus' festivals because in his opinion "He would have felt out of place". For me, however, it is the usual mud machine that starts to move to hinder a dangerous contender (like Geolier last year), to hit an evil and ugly Salieri For me, there is a strong desire to support the "Italian Loreen" Giorgia. She could have more appeal at the ESC. Regarding Geolier I open two parentheses:

* It's ok that he had the vote of all Naples united to support him and his fandom and that would have drugged the festival but... he was clearly painted as a monster to create the dualism of good against evil. Angelina was presented as the archangel Michael capable of chasing the serpent into the bowels of the earth.
* The rules change every other and a little to suit their convenience. The popular vote are ok but the organizers always want to have control of their game. Needless to say that Geolier would have won this year also because there was a change of artistic director. We will fall into the sector of hypotheses like "If my grandfather had 8 balls he was a foosball table"

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I read the news on a Spanish forum Apparently Cristicchi had already submitted the song but Wolfgang Amadeus rejected it. Cristicchi took it personally, since the song was dedicated to his mother who was seriously and irreversibly ill. Cristicchi said that in hindsight it would have been better not to participate in Amadeus' festivals because in his opinion "He would have felt out of place". For me, however, it is the usual mud machine that starts to move to hinder a dangerous contender (like Geolier last year), to hit an evil and ugly Salieri For me, there is a strong desire to support the "Italian Loreen" Giorgia. She could have more appeal at the ESC. Regarding Geolier I open two parentheses:

* It's ok that he had the vote of all Naples united to support him and his fandom and that would have drugged the festival but... he was clearly painted as a monster to create the dualism of good against evil. Angelina was presented as the archangel Michael capable of chasing the serpent into the bowels of the earth.
* The rules change every other and a little to suit their convenience. The popular vote are ok but the organizers always want to have control of their game. Needless to say that Geolier would have won this year also because there was a change of artistic director. We will fall into the sector of hypotheses like "If my grandfather had 8 balls he was a foosball table"

Geolier was one of the most controversial runners up ever in the history of Sanremo, maybe on par with 2010... Nobody seemed to like his song yet it received tons of votes from we don't know where. Or maybe we do?

Cristicchi song is appreciated and praised by lots of people, the majority of Sanremo audience liked it. So it's not comparable I think.

 

[Paco Roca]

Geolier was one of the most controversial runners up ever in the history of Sanremo, maybe on par with 2010... Nobody seemed to like his song yet it received tons of votes from we don't know where. Or maybe we do?

Cristicchi song is appreciated and praised by lots of people, the majority of Sanremo audience liked it. So it's not comparable I think.

Geolier had a huge fandom, the song wasn't bad anyway and attracted the votes of his region that finally wanted to see a Neapolitan triumph. It's not so strange that he received many votes. Then of course there were also some unclean methods used by some people. In this sense last year's competition was worse than this one. Geolier was the bad guy, Angelina the good girl. The others, even if they had good songs, were fillers.

In my opinion the huge following for Cristicchi's song was surprising. They thought they were just giving him the opportunity to pay tribute to his mother and win the critics' award but... now he risks going to the ESC pushed by millions of Italians in tears. The desire to send Giorgia is hindered at the moment. I think they are inventing demons to stem the general madness of the public.

 

[goncalovieira]

I think Giorgia is still the main favorite.

 

[goncalovieira]

RAI, please... Make an exception and send her to Basel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz12ZumbPMs

This is so Eurovision.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Geolier had a huge fandom, the song wasn't bad anyway and attracted the votes of his region that finally wanted to see a Neapolitan triumph. It's not so strange that he received many votes. Then of course there were also some unclean methods used by some people. In this sense last year's competition was worse than this one. Geolier was the bad guy, Angelina the good girl. The others, even if they had good songs, were fillers.

In my opinion the huge following for Cristicchi's song was surprising. They thought they were just giving him the opportunity to pay tribute to his mother and win the critics' award but... now he risks going to the ESC pushed by millions of Italians in tears. The desire to send Giorgia is hindered at the moment. I think they are inventing demons to stem the general madness of the public.

Cristicchi already won a Sanremo (actually he completed the "Sanremo Slam" in 2007 winning "Premio della Critica", "Premio Sala stampa, radio and tv" and the entire Festival) and won two awards in 2019 too (better performance and better musical composition), coming 5th overall. How the hell is so surpring to see him up there when he already achieved all those things in Sanremo is beyond me. He is capable to win It on his own. We are definitely not talking about a youngster or a mr.nobody singing the song of his career for the occasion, but a renowned artist with a big past behind him. Vecchioni and Stadio didn't have the largest fanbase either, yet they won in 2011 and 2016.

PS: we had leftists in chief in both the 2007 and 2019 editions, just saying. I mean, if It was Povia and not Cristicchi, maybe I would have speculated something else aswell, but Cristicchi Is a phenomenal songwriter (with a not so phenomenal voice, that I agree) perfectly capable of writing great songs for Sanremo.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

RAI, please... Make an exception and send her to Basel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz12ZumbPMs

This is so Eurovision.

Imo, the greatest delusion of the year alongside Irama, I'm sorry to say that. Not sure if she would reach the left side of the final rankings in Sanremo, let alone Eurovision.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I think Giorgia is still the main favorite.

For sure. And even if Covers are not part of the main competition and don't count for the final ranking this year, I think her duet with Annalisa will boost her chances even more.

 

[Storm]

Personally, I get the appeal behind all the Top 5 entries of last night. Even if I don't love some of them myself. The one exception is Lucio Corsi lol.

 

[Looren]

Yeah this is a fantastic edition

1. Clara - Febbre
2. Gaia - Chiamo io chiami tu

3. Elodie - Dimenticarsi alle sette
4. The Kolors - Tu con chi fai l'amore?

5. Giorgia - La cura per me
6. Francesca Michielin - Fango in paradiso
7. Rose Villain - Fuorilegge
8. Noemi - Se t'innamori muori
9. Sarah Toscano - Amarcord
10. Serena Brancale - Anema e core
11. Simone Cristicchi - Quando sarai piccola
12. Brunori Sas - L'albero delle noci

13. Achille Lauro - Incoscienti giovani
14. Joan Thiele - Eco
15. Coma_Cose - Cuoricini
16. Bresh - La tana del granchio
17. Rkomi - Il ritmo delle cose
18. Rocco Hunt - Mille vote ancora
19. Fedez - Battito
20. Francesco Gabbani - Viva la vita

21. Olly - Balorda nostalgia
22. Irama - Lentamente
23. Massimo Ranieri - Tra le mani un cuore
24. Modà - Non ti dimentico
25. Marcella Bella - Pelle diamante
26. Lucio Corsi - Volevo essere un duro

27. Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua, Tormento - La mia parola

28. Tony Effe - Damme 'na mano
29. Willie Peyote - Grazie ma no grazie

 

[nudiecrudi]

My italian friends can confirm ( just check on line "pagelle seconda serata Sanremo 2025") seems the press has lost its love for Simone. Many votes around 6-7. On the other side Giorgia very appreciated with votes 8-9. Consider that the journalists have 33% of the final voting.
Giorgia is still in the game.
Pay attention to Achille Lauro, seems to have a great appeal this year.

 

[DirtyFalcon]

My italian friends can confirm ( just check on line "pagelle seconda serata Sanremo 2025") seems the press has lost its love for Simone. Many votes around 6-7. On the other side Giorgia very appreciated with votes 8-9. Consider that the journalists have 33% of the final voting.
Giorgia is still in the game.
Pay attention to Achille Lauro, seems to have a great appeal this year.

Why they lost their love for Simone ? because of the drama with Amadeus ?

 

[nudiecrudi]

Why they lost their love for Simone ? because of the drama with Amadeus ?

I don't know. But it wasn't fair to bring out that story as a revenge. Amadeus has said so many No during his 5 year period. It wasn't only Simone to be rejected.
Just to remind that it was Amadeus that, back in 2020, involved the press and radios in the voting system giving them an important role. Before that period the press was just an observer.
Giorgia has always been a progressive figure. Iconic her response to Giorgia Meloni's slogan " I'm Giorgia, I'm Christian I'm a mother, I'm Italian"
Giorgia's response was ' I'm Giorgia too, Christian, mother and Italian but not shout it out and bother people"

 

[HanVic123]

Listened to all songs at least twice now. Here's my top 10:

1. Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
2. Serena Brancale - Anema e core
3. Francesco Gabbani – Viva la vita
4. Giorgia – La cura per me
5. Rose Villain – Fuorileggie
6. Sarah Toscano – Amarcord
7. Coma_Cose – Cuoricini
8. Gaia – Chiamo io chiami tu
9. Elodie – Dimenticarsi alle 7
10. Brunori Sas – L'albero delle noci

All 7.5/10 or above


Also, Simone's song made me tear up when reading the lyrics

 

[RainyWoods]

I don't know about you but I'm eagerly awaiting the RainyWoods reviews

Here's my reviews...


Giorgia canta - La cura per me Make this song win Sanremo and then send it to Eurovision, right now, Italy.. right.. this.... second..

I am in shock. How is that even a live performance? What superpowers does this lady possess to be able to sing vocals so pristine, so godly for 4 minutes like that? This entry has it all.. immaculate singing, a delicious groove and a beautiful melody that swirls up and down. Absolutely gorgeous. The way it builds is just tremendous.


I'll listen to the other songs later. Sorry I'm being slow.

 

[AlekS]

SPOTIFY

2019 - Mahmood - #8 (among Sanremo entries, awesome result for Sanremo Giovani qualifier)
2020 - Diodato - #4 (among Sanremo entries)
2021 - Måneskin - #3
2022 - Mahmood & Blanco - #1
2023 - Marco Mengoni - #1
2024 - Angelina Mango - #4



2025:
1. Olly - 2.067 million
2. Fedez - 1.803 million
3. Tony Effe - 1.497 million
4. Giorgia - 1.251 million
5. Rose Villain - 1.244 million
6. Achille Lauro - 1.234 million
7. Elodie - 1.106 million
8. Bresh - 1.081 milion

Now that its been over 24 hours here are the Sanremo first night videos with the number of views.

Simone Cristicchi 1.97 million
Fedez 1.755 million
Giorgia 1.405 million
Lucio Corsi 847k
Brunori Sas 820k
Tony Effe 762k
Achille Lauro 726k

Interesting, cuz he's flopping on Spotify. Just #15.

 

[goncalovieira]

RAI will announce the existence of San Marino Song Contest tonight during the main show. They literally introduced the slot on their schedule.
It is really nice to see how RAI is engaged with Eurovision.