Sanremo 2025: Carlo Conti Likely to Return as Host

Who will lead Sanremo 2025? With Amadeus officially out of Rai, various options have emerged, though now the most likely name seems to be only one: Carlo Conti, who will take over the Festival again after having hosted it in 2015, 2016, and 2017. According to TvBlog, however, he will not be alone. By his side, there could also be his friends Giorgio Panariello and Leonardo Pieraccioni, with whom Conti has been involved for a few years in a very strong tour. And the artistic direction? It seems that some Rai executives would like it separated from the hosting. Could Carlo Conti accept? After all, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, he joked, 'I don't know if I still have the right musical ear.' On the share reached by Amadeus, which is hard to replicate, Conti played it off: 'But I could never replicate it, I wouldn't make it to 2 in the morning (laughs)! Amadeus did a great job, but you can't reason based on the past, otherwise, after Baudo, no one else should have done it.' On the new course of the Festival, which many believe started precisely with his three-year tenure of hosting and artistic direction, Conti says: 'The Festival has returned to its old splendor. Some say it was my doing that started it again. I don't take this credit: the only thing is having had the fortune to find among the new proposals Mahmood, Irama, Gabbani, and Ermal Meta, Nigiotti, Caccamo.' No women. 'I regret this. However, I wanted women on stage, starting with Maria De Filippi.' Asked if he will ask for a raise, after Amadeus left Rai, Conti replies: 'It doesn't work like that. But I am happy. In 2025 I will have been 40 years in Rai. For me, with every renewal, it's important that besides the pilot there is the car. So far they have believed in me. Then, never say never: there's no certainty in tomorrow.' Finally, there remains the question of co-hosts. According to DiPiù, as co-hosts there could be Elodie - who did it in 2021 - and Annalisa, but who knows. We just have to wait to see what form the next Festival will take.