Una Voce per San Marino 2025

223 songs. Ouch. Well, in for a penny, in for a pound. Don’t expect huge walls of text for every song because most of them will be below 4/10. Also, don’t expect any specific thoughts regarding the semi-finals themselves because they’re just a straight stream of songs without any opening acts or breaks.

Table of Contents

Semi-Final 1

Alessio’s Mind – Carpe Diem

The song might not be absolutely awful, but he lacks any vocal power to deliver it in any way that comes off as convincing. That high note was one of the most pitiful high notes of the season too.

Vincenzo Bles – Hola

This is what people mean when they say, “Rap? More like Crap”. He had a severe absence of any kind of talent to be on stage, and I didn’t enjoy a single second of this. The vocals were even worse than in the first song.

Vimoksha – Find You

For UVPSM, this is actually pretty nice. She started off rather flat, but quickly found her vocals. And, while the song is very messy, it has an identity and I think the addition of French lyrics and operatic parts is kinda fun. Not a bad effort at all.

Atwood – Evil

This is almost enjoyable in some rare moments, but it really fell apart live, although I suspect that the completely absent production values are at least partly to blame here. It’s still above some other songs by actually trying to be good, even if it doesn’t succeed.

Valis & Polczi – Never Alone

There are two people here and they both sound bad. It mixes very repetitive faux-anthemic verses that consist of title repetitis with a really poor rap section. It’s a big no from me.

Timo – Suena

With this, I can definitely blame the production for making this sound bad because he clearly tries. I think that this would be much better with proper production. And the dancer is cool.

Carson Coma – Daddy said no

Of the songs so far, this is easily the most competent song, which makes sense because these guys are actually competent. The song is still a little cringy, but in a likeable way. I also liked the Hungarian lyrics at the end.

Timea – Born to be free

This is extremely chaotic and tries to be a million diffent things at once, but it’s actually weirdly enjoyable. She’s a really good vocalist, the other performers have some charisma too, the operatic parts weirdly don’t annoy me and it’s an overall nice and competent rock song.

Catch the Giant! – Eclipse

This is very old-school, but not in a dated way. This is the third song in a row I’ve actually enjoyed, but maybe that’s because the mixing got better, and they were all in a genre that appeals to me. I could actually imagine listening to this normally.

The Unknown Voices – My Name Was Hamilton

Ok, we’re back to songs that fail to be good in every way. First of all, I can’t understand what he’s singing at all. I didn’t even realise this was in English until someone pointed it out to me. Secondly, every time he tries to reach for a high note, he fails in the most spectacular way.

Chazza – Protagonist

There’s something promising about this song, but the UVPSM studio is actively preventing her from realising it. It’s still less offensively bad than a bunch of other songs I’ve had to sit through this season.

Cecilia Herrera – Bandida

This is better than a lot of songs in Benidorm Fest this year. She’s a surprisingly good performer and delivers enough energy for me to be able to enjoy it, even considering the limitations the production places on her.

The Leaf – I Ching

It’s back to incomprehensibly sung rock for us, and I don’t like it any more than previous songs of this type. Maybe it could’ve been better with some polish, or if it was in Italian, I don’t know.

Natalia – Uomo Cosmico

If she could find the note, this might’ve been alright. As is, this is very amateur and mediocre, but still, not to the point where my ears start bleeding.

Cristina Macchiavelli feat. Nymos – Psiche e amore

This is a rare song where the rapped part is better than the sung part. They should just send the rapper alone (and give him a better song). But this is very solid.

Narbera – Credere in me

For the most part, this was a good song (yes, what a surprise). Unfortunately, he had a couple of voice cracks, which made it a little worse for me, but this is something he can work on. It feels more like a Sanremo Giovani act that doesn’t do much but isn’t bad, either.

Dramalove – Supernatural

There are some shreds of potential here, but they’re destroyed by a very unlikeable performance and a weird song with no structure. The instrumental bridge was by far the best part.

Max Lain – Linee parallele

This is far from great, but there’s something enjoyable about it at times, which puts it above most other songs tonight. His vocals were all over the place, but the song itself seemed fairly pleasant.

Edea – L’amore non si giudica

This isn’t too bad, but it isn’t good either. Its biggest crime is being entirely forgettable, sadly.

Marco Urbinati – X Agosto

Of all the bad vocalists, this is probably the worst one. He floated around notes, and the song mostly sounded like “eeEEeeEE”. I found this very bad.

Effemme – Fuori di me

Well, she’s doing pretty well, considering the conditions. The vocals are good, the song is pleasant, and the performance is enjoyable as well. The butterfly dress is one of the worst outfits I’ve seen this season, though. Overall, it’s fine.

Lenni-Kalle Taipale & Andrea Brosio – I’m on Fire

A peace/unity rock song? Well, I suppose that’s something different. In fact, despite being insanely cheesy, I don’t think this is too bad actually. I think this safely qualifies as a “guilty pleasure”. The orchestral intro was still the strongest part though. The vocals were weird though: he sang a little poorly, but then hit every high note. I think this shows that this is more of a mixing issue.

Evdokia Moisidou – A Dream Come True

As you all know, I usually heavily dislike opera, especially sopranos. However, I found this surprisingly not too irritating at first. As it went on, I was able to tolerate it less, but I have to give it props for almost pulling off a tolerable soprano opera song.

LeBlond – Di go go

This is certified trash and I love it. It’s so irresistibly fun that nobody can hate it. It has two key changes, bad vocals, nonsense lyrics and an incredibly charismatic performer. I’m gonna listen to this after UVPSM is over and I won’t regret a thing. Banger!

Fabio Imperatrice feat. Cambra – Serate incerte

It’s a bore. This had no progression, climax or anything at all. It just plodded on for three minutes and ended. I wouldn’t be able to remember anything about it.

Latente – Più grandi

This was a decently competent song with a decently competent performance. It failed to engage me, but it was better than a bunch of other songs.

Galen Borson – Medicine Man

This was hilariously bad. To be honest, the song isn’t even that bad, but the performance considerably brings it down. But still, (minor) props for effort.

King Foo – The Edge of the World

Without all the screaming, this could actually be pretty good. She sounds fine, even considering the production. A revamp could make it nice.

Il Solito Dandy – Millennial

I found this just bland and uninspired. I don’t have anything to say about this, but it didn’t offend me.

Kian Butler – If You Dare

I don’t actively hate this, but I do dislike this. I dislike the cheesy lyrics and the cheap clubby beat, but whatever. There’s been worse here already.

Iuna – Non mu bagno mai

For the most part, it sounded like a generic Italian song, except it was very whispery and quiet, but then she broke my ears with the screamed chorus in English. And I know that this is a mixing issue, so I won’t knock too many points off this, so whatever. There’s been worse anyway.

Justine Mayer – Love Me

She’s a good singer, but the song is incredibly average and one-note. I think that this could benefit from a revamp and then I’d actually like it.

Joanna – I Wish to Be Me

She isn’t such a bad singer, I suppose, but the song is the most generic of the night. It’s just generic self-empowerment crap that isn’t actually relatable to anyone.

Jannike – Goldylicious

This is super cheap and not even performed that well, but I suppose it isn’t the absolute worst song of the night simply because I find the title funny.

Semi-Final 2

Alexis Strum – If You Think I’m Too Much (You Should Go Find Less)

The title is certainly iconic, and the rest of the song is actually kinda entertaining. At the very, the lyrics aren’t too bad. Overall, this isn’t such a bad opener.

Unico – Scusa se ti voglio amare

This was a drag of a song, although he didn’t perform it too poorly. Overall, I’ve heard worse.

Davide – Solo

This felt way longer than 3 minutes, although I didn’t think it was terrible. It was only a bit of a bore.

Tadeni – Quicksand

It’s certainly a song. If it was a little but less overperformed, I would’ve liked it more, I think.

Artemis – Melody

It’s a pretty alright song, I suppose, but the live performance really brings it down. It’s just meh.

Sonia Nawri – Gato negro

The song isn’t super awful, but the live performance is. I think it’s unfair to blame the singers for everything, considering the production quality, though. So, I’ll throw this a couple of points for potential.

Asia – Magika

I actually found this decent. There was clearly effort put into this, and she sounded pretty nice as well.

Sofia Zaros – Broken Porcelain

Ok, this was actually pretty professionally done and performed. I definitely enjoyed this.

Astrid Nicole – Dancing Without My Shadow

She went on stage and tried to do her best and, in my opinion, succeeded. With work, this could even work on the larger stage.

Snap-Out – Noi diversi

The song is more competitive than most before it, and the live performance is far from the worst I’ve hear even outside of UVPSM, so yeah, not bad.

Beatriz Gouveia – The Voice

The song sounds a bit incoherent and she doesn’t sound very good, but I don’t despise it. It’s definitely not the kind of song that can work in these conditions, though, with the abundance of high notes and an operatic part. Props for trying, though.

Sergio Gómez – Mejor así

Without the annoying backing vocals, I think I would like this a lot more. As it is, I couldn’t even finish listening to it.

Blitz Union – Mr. Guity

This was a train wreck from start to finish, and I’ve never been more entertained than while watching this performance. You’d have to throw everything away and make a song from scratch to make this work, but I liked the costumes.

Salva Ortega – Solo por sus besos

This was actually above average. Not incredible, but he’s a competent vocalist, the song is nice and he even tries to do something live. I’m sold.

Claudia F – Still Here

Well, this was entertaining, which is good, but it wasn’t good, which is bad. Well, at least she’s a pretty good performer and kept my attention throughout the performance.

Romeo Zaharia – Ci troveremo ancora

This was surprisingly enjoyable. He delivered it well and with emotion, even if the song is a little forgettable. But hey, I enjoyed watching it, which is all that matters.

Curli – Juliet

Now I see where all the boybands went instead of Ireland’s Eurosong. I can’t say this was in any way enjoyable for me because I very rarely like boybands, but I guess they objectively weren’t too bad.

Phera – Wild Woman

I like her voice and performance style, but the song is a bit too soft to match it. Still, this was pretty professionally executed, and I enjoyed it.

Aniel – 777

This is pure kitsch and not in a good way at all. The singing is weak, the Spanish pronunciation (because, yes, a guy from Poland is singing in Spanish in the Sammarinese selection ) is pretty poor, and I don’t like the song in general.

Myky – Walking on the Sea

This had no energy whatsoever, which might’ve been fine if the song wasn’t super boring and repetitive as well. I didn’t like this one at all, sadly.

Deneb – Sing It Louder

I don’t think she should follow her own advice. The song is just way too repetitive and feels like it’s made up of the chorus and nothing else. She just goes “sing it louder, sing it louder” over and over again.

Miguel Escobar – Polaroid

I liked his deep voice, but I didn’t find the song interesting. I mostly treated it as background sound with a pleasant timbre.

Mhora – Tornado

I was just bored by this. It didn’t do anything interesting or enjoyable, and I’m glad it ended.

Erisu – The Mighty Walls of Uruk

This was a very cool song, but this production absolutely murdered it. It’s disappointing because they actually have experience with performing live. Also, this song was published in 2021, so whatever.

Libra – Come ti pare

This was super mediocre. Not offensive, just mediocre. It’s competent and performed decently, but it doesn’t do anything for me at all.

Giovanni Brugnoli – Read Me

The song is good, the performance is good, and it’s pretty polished overall. I enjoyed most things about it except for his costume, which is easily changed, so it doesn’t bother me much.

Leonor – Fiori da ricostruire

Ok, this was genuinely good. No ifs, no buts or asides. It was a cute and enjoyable song with a good and enjoyable performance. It sounds like something I could hear on Sanremo Giovani (in a positive way).

Giulia De Sisti – Strana

Ok, the song is really enjoyable, and the performance doesn’t even bring it down that much for me. It’s certainly enjoyable.

Léon The Singer – Where We Belong

Oof, this was a unique kind of bad. We get it: you’re here, you’re queer and you want us to cum come with you. But it was very lifeless and unfun. Of course, it also had a key change.

Giuliette Kris – Respiro

Whoa, this is actually really good. She managed to hit every note and sounded good despite the production. Once again, this wouldn’t sound out of place in Sanremo Giovani.

LD (Le Distanze) – Nothing Could Be Better

Nothing about this worked and it was actively painful to listen to, but at least this entertained me for a couple seconds, so I’ll be just milidly less harsh on this while rating it.

Ibla – Sangue degli dei

Oh, this is a pretty nice girlbop with a nice staging concept. I even liked her singing and the fast scat parts. This was a nice effort.

Ines – Zero assoluto

This is so messy, but in a bit of a charming way, I guess. At the very least, I didn’t think it was totally bad even though the performance was bad even by UVPSM standards.

Artemiz – Por eso brillo

Not bad. Well, not good either, but it was weirdly entertaining. And this definitely wouldn’t be my last place of Benidorm Fest, so they must be doing something right.

Jack Costanzo – Musa

This does one thing well and five other things very poorly and overall comes off an an unenjoyable and unlikeable package. I didn’t even find it ironically funny.

Semi-Final 3

XSkull8 – Voices out of Silence

This is a good start. The performance is good - he even pulled off the screamo, which is important. The energy on stage is there, and the song itself is pretty good, too. I could see myself revisiting this.

Agnieszka Śpiewa – Destiny

I’ve definitely heard worse before, which doesn’t mean that I love this. It was still quite dreadful.

Vicky Navarro – Distopia

This was some dystopic singing. It was so hard to listen that I basically had to turn off my brain for the last second because of how pitchy she was.

Alien Cut feat. Zighi – Vattene

This was just annoying to listen to with that pounding beat. It’s borderline headache-inducing, and I didn’t enjoy a second of it.

Ubi – Incoerente

This might not be “objectively” great, but it’s decently entertaining, so I can’tbe too harsh on this.

Aria – Life

Without the backing dancer, this would be fairly unremarkable. She sings decently well, but the song is just uninteresting. The backing dancer doing some of the weirdest interpretive dance does elevate it though.

The Scurbats – Breakdown

While the performance was one of the best ones of the semi-finals so far, the song just wasn’t strong enough. I wish they brought something a lot better because they managed to overcome UVPSM’s awful production and sounded really well.

Angy Sciacqua – I

There are two good songs stitched together into one here. They both sound good in isolation, but they absolutely don’t sound good together. The Adele-like opening is mysterious and enticing, but then it switches into dance pop with an annoying beat, which I didn’t like at all. But maybe this could be decent with a revamp.

TBO & Co. – Musetta in sol minore

This was a very lovely folky song with a really good performance. I’d go as far as to say that I’d listen to this in my spare time. I really love the woman’s voice especially, she just has the kind of timbre that complements this sort of cute folk rock really well, though that’s not to say that the male was bad - he complimented her well.

Cucco – Meraviglia (Alice)

Good? God no. Funny? Certainly. I’ll have the ah-ah-ah-Alice part stuck in my mind for the rest of the day, I guess. I do prefer funny bad songs over dull bad ones.

Taoma – NPC

Even though he’s a good singer, and the music is alright, too, I can’t get past the cringiest lyrics of the season. It just overrides everything good about the song. Still, I’ll try to be a little less harsh on this.

Delma & Mary Wild – El paraiso

Here’s a classic example of a disaster bop. I think I would’ve liked it more if the singing was more competent, but it was mostly just whispering on the part of the female performer. At least she sounded good during the choruses.

Superguepardo – Baila la la

It’s a bit of fun, but not enough for me to care about this too much. The energy was there though, so I’m fine with it existing.

Eleonora Gangi – È un attimo morire

This is the definition of fine. The song is actually pretty strong, although she doesn’t elevate it to its full potential. Still, it was enjoyable, and I could even imagine hearing it during the first round of Sanremo Giovani.

Stavros Salabasopoulos – Fire in my heart

It’s fine, he’s a good singer, but the song is the definition of a nothingburger. It tries to sound dramatic, but I just feel nothing.

Space Particles – Resta?

This was a total vibe. I would’ve liked to see just a tinge more drama, as well as a better ending that doesn’t ruin the whole song, but the base is solid. I could see myself listening to this.

Federico Martello – Voices of Freedom

Despite the English title, the song is mainly sung in Italian with some French parts. I think it was pretty enjoyable, and he sang well. There wasn’t a lot going on, but I don’t think it needed anything.

Sopratenore – Aria e musica

Even though I rarely like opera, I think this was good because there was a male voice that sang together with her and made it a lot less over-the-top. Plus, it’s rock, which goes with operatic vocals a lot better.

Francesca De Braco – Saturday Night Show

If more notes were sung correctly, I could see myself enjoying this, but not with a vocal as bad as this. I can’t even blame the mixing on this because most performers sounded fine this time around.

Silver feat. Skorie – The Flow

While it was a bit of a disaster, it wasn’t a total trainwreck, and I still thought it was entertaining.

GiambattiSta – Tutta colpa della luna

I don’t have anything to say about this because I totally checked out from this song due to how uninteresting it was.

Sick N’ Beautiful – Hate Manifesto

The lyrics were a bit cringe, but they were great performers. I’m immediately adding this to my Spotify. The vocals were on point, the theming was very memorable, and it was just overall really good. Even the costumes worked.

Kaotika – Ti guardo

This was just bad in every way. I didn’t like anything here, and I’d go out of my way to avoid this until the end of my life.

Questo e Quello – Bella balla

This wasn’t bad at all, but it was quite uninteresting. I’ll just stick it in the middle of my rankings and forget about it.

Magenta#9 – Vittoria

I quite like this song, but I don’t think his voice fits it. Still, not a bad attempt at all.

Polarnova – Alpha Road

The singer completely killed the song and I mean this in a bad way. I hear the potential, but his voice doesn’t work for a song like this - he’s way too pitchy and drifts around.

Mario Nucci – Mali di giugno

This felt like a proper Sanremo ballad. He performed it really well, but the melody was great too. I loved the synth work and how it complemented the more classical instrumentation. I’m seriously adding this to my playlist too.

Nicky Mushin Soda – Just Your Queen

I liked this. It was a good imitation of 1920s music with a charismatic performer. He elevated it live, somehow.

Mescalina – Eccezionale

This was a likeable mess. I don’t have any strong remarks about the song, but I mildly enjoyed it.

Naike – Who Am I?

Oh no, this has Italian verses and an English chorus, which almost never works. Her voice is also too ear-piercing, which is never a good thing.

Milad Fatouleh – Humanity Calls

If you know my opinion about peace ballads, you’ll know that I don’t like them too much. I also don’t like his vocal style.

Nadine Randle – Down

Ew, vocoded backing vocals. Also, ew title repetitis. And also ew 90% chorus. This gets a huge no from me.

Mmara – Impazzire

Another quite dull song that didn’t evoke any feelings in me.

Mr&Mrs – Altalena

Ok, here we go. This is exactly what I expect from San Marino: an absolute disaster bop that entertains me to no end. I definitely can’t hate anything about it.

Ermal Demiri – Moonlight

And we’re ending on a bit of a dull note. It’s another song that makes me feel nothing at all.

Semi-Final 4

Alexander Doghmani – Music (-Is My Babe)

I didn’t enjoy this at all. It was a pure vocal show-off - which didn’t even sound that good to my ears, but it’s opera, so whatever - with a very minimalistic backing track. It’s basically the definition of “not for me”.

Vee Jeck – Ragazzo triste

It’s impossible for me to hate a cute indue guitar song like this, but I won’t be putting it very high either, as it’s still ultimately unimpactful.

Aliens Agree – Digital Collapse

This was a nice techno song. While it probably could’ve been sung better, the music is really good, and I’ll try looking up a studio cut because I actually enjoyed it.

Valleria – A Picture of Myself

I feel for her because this was a nasty technical fault. The backing track (and apparently her in-ear) just cut out and she had to sing the second half of the song entirely acapella. As such, I don’t think I can judge this properly as the performance is clearly not delivered in a way that was intended. But the part without any issues is good, so I’ll only score based on that.

Andrea Costa – Una lettera spedirò

This sounds like an ’80s Italian hit, and I mean this entirely positively. It’s the kind of music I listened to growing up (among many other things), so it works for me.

Timothy Cavicchini – May Day

One more song I find just alright is certainly what I deserve for trying to review this. But hey, it’s better to be pleasant and nice to listen to than horrible. He does have a nice voice for this kind of song, but it’s just too repetitive.

Andromeda – Rumore

It ended up feeling way longer than 3 minutes, which made me feel absolutely bored out of my mind by the end. But it wasn’t awful.

Stefano Ganci – Ritorna a me

I like the accordeon in this song and the energetic backing dancers, but I wish his singing was more energetic to sell this better. But still, not bad.

Sara – Radici

She was very screechy, and the backing track was unpleasant, too. I suspect that some part of this might’ve been the mixing, but since a lot of other artists were mixed fine, that can’t be the only thing to blame.

Romina Falconi – Nessuno ti ama

Her vocals were great, but the song was rather average. Still, I could actually see myself reivisiting this at some point if I remember about it.

Denny Music – Io sto bene, tu?

This was fine. I don’t mind soft pop rock like this and being in Italian slightly elevates it, but it’s still very average.

Plånet – San Marino

What can I say, except that this is iconic as shit? Only in UVPSM could you get a Dutch band with an “å” in their name singing praise to San Marino. Here’s the thing: it’s actually kinda good. Sure, she isn’t singing very well, but this is exactly the kind of joke entry I can totally get behind.

Eleonora Lorenzato – Tears of the Rain

I actually don’t mind this in theory, but I do mind her as a performer. It’s a very challenging song and she isn’t up to the challenge, unfortunately.

Araen – Bleeding out Love

This is one of many songs that evoke no thought or feeling in me. It’s basically the most average song that could possibly exist. Yawn.

PierC – Grattacieli

This was nice and cute. I liked his voice more than I liked the song, but it was a decently enjoyable package overall.

Elisa De Panicis – All for You

This just drags on and on and on despite being upbeat. It just dragged on and on and on.

Side74 – Tutto quello che mi hai dato

The singing is pretty expressive, which elevates the song decently enough. Except it has a key change, so it’s going down down down.

Erika Leto – Niente

I like her voice, I like the melody, but I don’t like the beat that overpowers all other elements, which seriously brings it down for me.

D’Amico – Stardust

This was a struggle to sit through. The melody was too minimalistic to carry the song, while the vocals were too… operatic in a bad way. Except they weren’t even tecnically impressive.

Flyzir – Mondi paralleli

Mid song with a bad performance. No further comments.

Mrtina – Temporale

There’s some ambition here, which is better than a lot of the songs before it. Even if it wasn’t executed that well, at least it wasn’t DAF.

Francesca Pichierri – Sperarci due eroi

This is a song dedicated to her mother, who has ovarian cancer, hence her wearing a cancer awareness ribbon. To be honest, the emotions do come across really well, and the minimalistic piano-based instrumental sets the mood well. I think this deserved to be here.

Marti Puerto – Fuera de ti

This is actually kind of a bop in a good way. He performed it, uh, not really perfectly, but he made the energy come through.

Gianluca Amore – Pray

This song is straight out of a Polish NF in 2017. It’s just a very generic English-language half-ballad/half-pop song.

Rumore – Ora no

This is a song whose existence I don’t mind, but that’s about it. I quite like his voice though.

Giorgina – Madrid-Barcellona

It was kinda nice. I don’t think it’s totally outstanding, but it was a pleasant listen.

Mansutti – Più Di Così

It’s not a terrible song, but it’s a rather lifeless performance. Nothing that offends me sonically, though.

Haymara – Tómame Las Manos

This was good. It was a good performance and a good song with a good flow. Perhaps it was a little forgettable, but not in a bad way.

Lowbrano – Mio padre

He has a great voice. I also loved the modern take on a ballad with a modern synth-based instrumental.

Héctor Mira – Soy como tú

This is also surprisingly enjoyable. There’s a dubstep break straight out of 2012, but this just feels charmingly retro in 2025 instead of annoyingly overused. And he’s a good dancer (not so much singer). But I mostly enjoyed the composition.

Lomas – Give Me a Reason

This was a trainwreck from start to finish, but it was ever so slightly charming, so I don’t think I despised it. I didn’t like it though.

Il Greco – Lo specchio dell’anima

Even though the title is in Italian, they’re actually singing in Greek for some reason, not that I’m complaining. It’s very dramatic but in a good way. I actually think this will stick in my mind after the show.

Kophra – Luci di Milano

This is another song that sounds like it’s from Sanremo Giovani. The guy definitely can sing, though the song lacks a hook to elevate it to greatness.

Inciso – Rockstar

Not a bad song either. He’s a bit too breathy, but he has the right kind of energy for a song like this. I think this was nice.

Semi-Final 5

Alma – Due fiamme

This was moderately enjoyable. She has a very expressive voice and actually sells this song very well. Good job to her for making such an average song into a pretty enjoyable experience.

Zell – Filo di Arianna

I think it’s pleasant, but very forgettable. I didn’t find this offensively bad, but it faild to stick in my mind.

Angy – Amore e veleno (Venere)

This is a different Angy from the one we had yesterday. This Angy’s full name is Angelica De Carolis. As for her song, it’s alright, if a little unoriginal. I found myself nodding to it, which puts it into the good tier for me.

The Rumpled – You Get Me So High

Here’s a song I could consider listening to in my free time. The performers have really good energy and the singer has a raspy voice that fits this song well. It would be far from my last place in most NFs so far.

Siriaz y Malo – Almas en el aire

Their performance is weirdly enjoyable. Sure, the song isn’t something that appeals to me at all, but the live performance elevates it above so many songs that I was surprised myself.

Besa – Tiki

Somehow, this was even less good than TiTAN. It’s very repetitive and musically flat, although Besa performs it better, so I don’t mind it existing.

Bradley Jay – Tongue-Tied

Here’s one of the most boring pop songs I’ve ever experienced. It has absolutely nothinggoing for it and I was so hapy when it ended that I didn’t even notice that the next song started. It really dragged on.

Agata – Flashback

This was nice. The energy was right, and her performance was good. Combine that with a pretty good song, and you will get something quite enjoyable.

Daniela Fiorentino – Todas somos flores

This reminds me of Spain’s 2011 entry, except more lowkey. She also has some very likeable energy that helps her sell the song to me. I found myself bopping along as she was singing it, so I can safely put it into my “like” tier.

Rosetta – Tutto cambia tutto

Wow, this was dreadful. The song sounds like it should have an energetic performance with a lot of choreography, but it had no energy whatsoever. She just stood there and did some hip thrusts, put on sunglasses, took off her jacket, and then just turned around. But I mostly hate the song, which really irritated me.

Delilah Earnshaw – The Price

This was also really bad. First of all, the song is bad. It felt disjointed and annoying, and the performance was bad too. But at least it made me laugh a little bit, so I’ll give it the tiniest amount of credit for that.

Park – Amore che sei verità

This was surprisingly good for an opera song. Like, I didn’t wince once from the fact that it’s opera. Unfortunately, his voice started cracking at the end, which ruined the illusion for me. Still, huge props for actually making me enjoy opera.

Niscetas – Unbreakable

This was so generic, I could barely sit through it. It’s a shame because she’s a good singer and the start was decent, but then it became way too american-sounding.

Neshe – Falling

I actually could get on with this in a way. Her accent is so weird that I just treated it as a conlang, but overall it was a very nice 2000s-feeling girlbop that I could enjoy.

Emanuel – Ragazzo padre (Di me stesso)

This was just kinda dull, but not bad - at least until the key change, at which point he stopped being able to cope with the song and entirely phoned it in. Not good.

Mi La Band – Sayonara

This is a little average, but not bad. They perform it well, and it’s just a nice song. This just shows that good energy is all that’s needed to sell a song.

Farmacy – Bæd

This is super weird, but not bæd. It has a weirdly compelling flow, even though the chorus does come close to annoying me. I’m just happy that it manages to stop just short of that. I also really like the bridge.

Me gustas Fer – Corazón bellissimo

I can’t say this was good, but it wasn’t bad, either. I mostly focused on his costume, which might compete for the Barbara Dex Award of the season. But the song was perfectly forgettable but pleasant.

Gaia Belletti – A volte meglio io

I quite enjoyed this song. It wasn’t too standout, but it was dancey and boppy in a good way, so it was an enjoyable package overall.

Manuè – Fare l’amore

It’s not bad, but it doesn’t stand out either: it’s just alright. It’s just a song.

Geisha – Bella donna

Another boring rock song. It didn’t offend me sonically, but I didn’t think it was anything special at all.

Macclesfield – Mr. Analogue

Look, I do like rock, but I can’t like all the boring Disney channel pop rock on offer. They didn’t even have the decency to perform it well.

Pep Miller – Bongo

This wasn’t terrible. Sure, the vocals went out of the window about a couple of seconds after she started singing, but it made me bop a little, so I was fine with its existence.

Giacomo Voli – Ave Maria

This goes from a quiet ballad to a very screamy ballad, but I didn’t dislike it all that much. And the staging was cool, especially considering the restrictions.

Ludovica – Maracuja

I won’t say no to a decent Spanish-sounding bop like this, although it definitely isn’t a keeper.

Luca Grillo Live Band – Sogno

This is just a very average pop song with a subpar performance. I have no further comments.

GioGala – Dalì

This is a very boring and generic rock song that completely fails to interest me in any way.

Lorenzo Amore – Idee confuse

There’s once again nothing that interests me here, but it also has a very bad key change. I like this even less.

Giorgia Pastori – Mykonos

To the surprise of nobody, I didn’t enjoy this at all. There’s just no energy to it whatsoever, she has an ear-piercing voice and the song has an annoying beat.

Letizia Crincoli – Running in the Circle

I didn’t like her performance of this at all. It was just a bunch of varyingly poor long notes that ended up boring me.

Giuliana – Avanti

The costume change reminded me of Neka mi ne svane, but it’s nowhere near as good. Still, I think it’s quite pleasant and she has a nice voice.

Leonardo Amor – Calling For You

While this wasn’t bad, it was totally boring and indistinct. It just sounds like the most generic Nordic song, which makes sense as that’s what it is.

Ida Elena – Children of the Stars

I’m sure she just got lost on her way to DMGP despite being Italian. It has that classic faux-anthemic DMGP vibe a lot of songs there have. She also has an incredibly annoying manner of singing that puts me off the song even further. This is incredibly not for me.

LaRed – Amore al veleno

The song itself was actually pretty good, but I don’t think her singing brought out the song’s potential at all. Still, I’d be interested to check out the studio recording - it will probably be better.

JB – Come sei

This is the definition of super average and I have no opinion about this song whatsover. It exists, he sings it and that’s it. Whatever.

Semi-Final 6

Allegra – OMG

The song isn’t inherently bad - I’ve heard worse over the course of this selection. The performance is quite meh, but I don’t think it’s bad enough for me to hate the song.

Beatriz Villar – Hasta perder la voz

Not bad. I liked her energy, which is important to sell a girlbop. It’s another one that I didn’t mind at all.

Stad – Show Me Hate

This was overperformed, overstaged and overdone. Nothing came together and it just irritated me for three minutes. I’m really happy it’s over.

Cira Maddaluno – Ancora qui

This was nothing special. Just a fairly unremarkable Italian ballad - though it wasn’t bad at all.

Sedona – Bonsai

This was interesting. I wouldn’t call it perfect, but there’s something compelling about how messy it is. I’ll definitely remember this for some time.

Dana – Cuore libero

This wasn’t good, but still, good for her. She spent 150 euros from her pension (or savings) just to travel to San Marino and have fun. It isn’t a bad holiday idea at all.

Ri-Style – Always

This was flat and charmless. In fact, it managed to be both forgettable and irritating. As some of my fellow reviewers would say, it was totally DAF.

Despaux – The Show

There was something quite intriguing here. I think the studio cut could be highly enjoyable, but even the live was good enough for me to want to return to it. I have to commend him for pulling it off so well under the UVPSM restrictions.

Paula Madero – In My Dreams

Not bad. In fact, this was pretty good too. Maybe I’m in a good mood because I’m enjoying a lot of songs so far.

Energia – Sad Rags

Oh wow, this was really good, especially by UVPSM standards. They sounded good together, the song was good and catchy, and even the (barebones) staging was good enough. I really liked this.

Onyra – Out of Air

If she had more vocal training, I think she could’ve slayed a song like this. She already hit the long note pretty well as is, so yeah. I’ll try to see if there’s a studio cut somewhere because it could be good.

Erjona Qellimi – Mille pezzi

Well, this was flawed but enjoyable. Again, she just needs more training, but this was already pretty solid. I think I could enjoy this.

Olya V – We Ride at Dawn

This is very flawed, but I have to admit: I still liked it, even though it’s a classic example of strong verses and weak choruses. But, to be honest, the pre-chorus was actually the strongest part. Still, I liked it.

Francesco Scagliarini – Io voglio parlare d’amore

There’s a good song here, but I can’t say it was outstanding. Still, I’ll just throw it on the “not bad” pile.

Gelida – Tenevre

Another song that just is. The most interesting part was her outfit - and not for a good reason. Why was she wearing a torn off denim sleeve with a dress?

Mynd – Eclissi

Another typically Italian song that didn’t do much for me. I didn’t hate it though, which is all that matters.

Golden Salt – Step Down

There was a lot of potential here, but the singer’s voice really brought it down. It was just so nasally and annoying that I could barely finish listening to the song. But the melody was enjoyable, which is why it still won’t be entirely at the bottom.

Mirjam – Eternity

She’s from Estonia and, to be honest, this wouldn’t even be my last in Eesti Laul this year. Sure, the song isn’t totally brilliant, but it was pretty enjoyable. I also liked the choreo.

Grace George – Worship You

Well, he didn’t perform it very well, but I didn’t dislike it. I liked her enthusiasm, which made the whole experience considerably more enjoyable.

Matteo De Angelis – Liberatemi

He was a very competent performer performing a good song. This is a song that will definitely make it to my playlist for actually being very interesting.

Sola Avis – Hope

This was incredibly cheesy and unenjoyable, and I don’t even want to bother with a review.

Francesca Lina – Sempre con me

Well, this was surprisingly nice. She just turned 16, which is quite obvious because her performance isn’t polished. Still, she was good for the most part - it was only the big note that she really botched. Still, using UVPSM to practice is a great idea. I’m excited to see her again.

Il Cremlino – Amami

There were some good parts here, but I don’t think the overall result was good. It felt like he was singing too quickly and the verses were mostly spoken, which made me enjoy it even less. But still, there were enough good parts that I didn’t hate it.

Mariva – Baba Vanga

This was weird but in a surprisingly enjoyable way. There was very little energy, but the song made me bop anyway. I’m pleasantly surprised by this.

Ilenya – Silenzi di vetro

She’s one of those very expressive performers, which always helps ballads like this. Plus, I think it’s nice musically. I’d like to check it out in the studio, but I’m sold!

Marco Di Pinto – Out of Time

Yeah, this is a good song. There’s enough energy to keep me engaged for the whole song. It has a bit of a Scandipop feel to it, but not in a bad way either. This is one more song I could imagine myself listening to.

Jorge Del Hierro – No estoy pa ’ti

He was a shit singer, but this was so so so so so fun. I loved every second of it: I loved his shit outfit, I loved his lack of moves, and I loved everything else. This really improved my mood.

Maidomo – Gli amori

Well, this was lovely. I really liked the guitar instrumental, and I liked his performance too. I could imagine myself listening to it when I’m in the right mood. Even the random Italian phrase dropping (this was in English) was cute.

Juliusz Kamil – Under the Blue Sky

I didn’t mind this at all. It was a bit of a generic unity sort of ballad, but he performed it well and it wasn’t janky. I could imagine hearing this in any other NF, to be honest.

Luca Breuza – Quello che conta

It might be quite generic, but it’s a pleasant listen. The staging was a bit weird, but I didn’t really mind it despite that.

Kyma – Dracula

This has enough attitude for me to actually enjoy it. The backing track has some nice musical ideas, and the performance is good. I liked it.

Teslenko – Storm

Well, let’s hear the 11th wildcard entry for Vidbir. I wonder how it would’ve fared there.

To be fair, this is quite nice. The song definitely gets better as it goes on. I liked the short vocal show-off part because it actually fit in with the song. And while it also isn’t the most amazing song ever in the world, I think it’s cute.

So, would it have qualified from the wildcard round into the Vidbir final? Eh, probably not. Nothing was ever beating Kultura, let’s be fair.

Leimannoia – Virginia

This was a very solid closer and a really nice performance. They can definitely get the crowd going, so yeah,

Semi-Final 7 (Sammarinese Artists)

AlleBasi – Rotta verso il sole

This was one of the rock songs of all time. To be fair, the song wasn’t that bad, but the performance wasn’t really up to snuff. Still, it’s alright.

Why Xes – Fire It Up

The song was just average, but the performance brought it down. I thought his performance last year was better.

Folksonic – O visione, terra mia

At least this was creative. I can’t say I liked the shouty singing too much, but I can appreciate the attempt to do something different.

La Mafy – Different Shape

I liked the mysterious vibe this song had, but the performance didn’t manage to sell it to me. A song like this needs to be very immersive both musically and vocally to work properly.

Kida – Holywood Show

It wouldn’t be UVPSM without Kida in it. I generally always enjoy her songs in some way and this year isn’t an exception. She’s a good performer with nice energy and she always brings nice songs. I found myself bopping to this.

Paco – Until the End

This is genuinely pretty competent. I’m not really sold on the backing dancers or the tap dancing, but it’s a solid radio-friendly pop song with basically no faults. I don’t think it stands out too much, but he performed well, and it makes sense that this won the semi-final.

Kikka – Dimmi che mi amerai

If she was less shrill thoughout the song, I could imagine myself enjoying this more as the song is pretty nice. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy listening to her singing at all.

The Reagents – Echoes of Freedom

This would’ve been my winner if it was just the growler. He’s really good at dirty vocals - he was clearly trained, but the regular singer really brought it down for me. But then, I like dirty vocals, so I can probably appreciate them more properly.

Final

Hooray, it’s time for the final, let’s go!

The Rumpled – You Get Me So High

San Marino always ends up having some high-effort songs, and this is definitely one of them. These people are a lot better in the final, thanks to the improved production. They fill in the “hectic rock song” niche and have already made it on my playlist. In fact, I’ll even try to keep an eye out for their future releases. I especially love the violin solo and the lead singer’s raspy voice.

Angy Sciacqua – I

Her vocals verge on operatic most of the time, which doesn’t really work for me, but also doesn’t sound that awful either. And I actually quite like the epic instrumental, it lifts it up quite a lot.

Haymara – Tómame Las Manos

This is a lovely song. It isn’t flashy at all, but I just like her voice quite a lot. It flows well and makes for a very pleasant listening experience. But it isn’t very memorable overall, that’s true.

Curli – Juliet

I’m just not big on boybands, but this isn’t bad at all. It’s sleek and professional and even a bit fun. It would probably score really well a decade ago.

Elasi – Lorella

Wow, this is worse than most non-qualifiers. It’s probably supposed to be fun, but it ends up being a dull mess with no energy. And she’s supposed to be a big artist.

Besa – Tiki

I didn’t like Titan, but this is even worse. It feels so cheap and boring. I just don’t like anything about this.

Silvia Salemi – Coralli

She has a pretty decent voice, but the song is just incredibly average and boring.

Giacomo Voli – Ave Maria

While it’s very overdramatic, I think it actually works in this song. The instrumental is very suitably epic and helps him sell the drama of the song a lot better. I’m surprised that I like it, but I’m also happy I do.

Teslenko – Storm

I actually like this. It’s danceable and fun, though not something I’d choose to listen to in my own free time. Still, it’s pretty nice. He also spoke in Italian at the end to thank everyone, which is nice.

Vincenzo Capua – Sei sempre tu

I’ve already added this to my playlist simply because it’s so nice. It’s just some nice unassuming soft rock in Italian that just feels very listenable and sincere.

Marco Carta – Solo fantasia

This is simply average and I won’t remember it the second it ends. It’s simply one of many songs that leave no impression. The rasp in his voice is kinda nice.

Bianca Atzei – Testacoda

I might stick this on my playlist to see if it sticks. I’m uncertain because I like the mysterious verses, but the chorus just falls flat. However, she definitely elevates it with her performance.

King Foo – The Edge of the World

There’s some promise in this, but it doesn’t deliver overall. It just never builds up and resolves the slightly interesting parts the song has. The bridge is the best part of the song by far.

Questo e Quello – Bella balla

As far as boybands go, this is pretty good. They have chemistry together and the song is above average by boyband standards. Still not something I’d revisit, but I can respect this song’s existence.

Pierdavide Carone – Ma vuoi sposare?

Yeah, I just like this. It’s very Italian and not very exciting, but I allowed myself to just vibe to this and ended up really enjoying this. He never stops singing, which helps me keep myself suspended in the atmosphere the song creates. I’m definitely going to come back to this.

Gabry Ponte – Tutta l’Italia

Some people have said that this is completely playback. I don’t agree that it’s/fully/ playback, but the use of pre-recorded vocals is definitely excessive here. The verses are definitely sung live, as they sound very different from the studio version, but the choruses are definitely way too perfect to be live. However, I like the song, so I’ll let it off the hook for now.

Luisa Corna – Il giorno giusto

She gives this enough passion for me to like the performance, although I definitely won’t return to the song itself as it’s just incredibly average.

Boosta – BTW

This is fully instrumental, so it wouldn’t have been allowed in Eurovision as is, but the rules SMRTV has put out allow instrumental songs as long as lyrics are added before the submission. There was also a huge break before this song as he’s performing it live, so they certainly needed to do an extensive soundcheck in a show that otherwise relies on backing tracks.

I really like this though. It’s very mesmerising, and I keep coming back to the live performance. There’s a lot of warmth in the overall package, and I genuinely wonder how they would’ve changed this for Eurovision (it would’ve certainly been worse). It’s the least Eurovisiony song I’ve ever seen competing in a Eurovision NF, and we’re all better off for having witnessed it.

Paco – Until the End

It’s alright, but not very remarakle. The sung English parts are also much worse than the rapped Italian parts. There was literally no reason for the language changes here and it would’ve been much better off fully in Italian.

Taoma – NPC

SMRTV decided to finish us off with some good old cringe. This just tries to be too edgy but comes off as incredibly tryhard and annoying. This is literally the kind of music I was listening to in 2014, and I thought that it was cool.

General thoughts

While yes, there production wasn’t perfect, it was much better than last year. The audio in the semi-finals was actually audible and the finals were pretty nice too. More than that, there were plenty of songs I actually found worth keeping.

The interval acts were also pretty nice. They were integrated into the show much better than last year. Now, I did skip the opening act from Al Bano due to personal biases, but I was happy to see La Rappresentante di Lista performing in the final after all the songs. They immediately went to the results after that. In the end, Gabry Ponte won, and I have to say that it was deserved. I hope San Marino can now qualify in Basel.

Results

Sorry for the long list, but I can’t do it any other way.

  1. Sick N’ Beautiful – Hate Manifesto
  2. The Rumpled – You Get Me So High
  3. XSkull8 – Voices out of Silence
  4. Gabry Ponte – Tutta l’Italia
  5. Boosta – BTW
  6. Catch the Giant! – Eclipse
  7. Vincenzo Capua – Sei sempre tu
  8. TBO & Co. – Musetta in sol minore
  9. Pierdavide Carone – Ma vuoi sposare?
  10. Matteo De Angelis – Liberatemi
  11. Mario Nucci – Mali di giugno
  12. Energia – Sad Rags
  13. Giuliette Kris – Respiro
  14. Francesca Pichierri – Sperarci due eroi
  15. Leonor – Fiori da ricostruire
  16. Luisa Corna – Il giorno giusto
  17. Haymara – Tómame Las Manos
  18. Despaux – The Show
  19. Sopratenore – Aria e musica
  20. Lowbrano – Mio padre
  21. LeBlond – Di go go
  22. Bianca Atzei – Testacoda
  23. Valleria – A Picture of Myself
  24. Angy Sciacqua – I
  25. Il Greco – Lo specchio dell’anima
  26. Federico Martello – Voices of Freedom
  27. Giacomo Voli – Ave Maria
  28. Romina Falconi – Nessuno ti ama
  29. Lenni-Kalle Taipale & Andrea Brosio – I’m on Fire
  30. Aliens Agree – Digital Collapse
  31. Space Particles – Resta?
  32. Kophra – Luci di Milano
  33. Cecilia Herrera – Bandida
  34. Nicky Mushin Soda – Just Your Queen
  35. Marco Carta – Solo fantasia
  36. Marco Di Pinto – Out of Time
  37. Héctor Mira – Soy como tú
  38. The Scurbats – Breakdown
  39. Giovanni Brugnoli – Read Me
  40. Plånet – San Marino
  41. Teslenko – Storm
  42. Andrea Costa – Una lettera spedirò
  43. Salva Ortega – Solo por sus besos
  44. Olya V – We Ride at Dawn
  45. King Foo – The Edge of the World
  46. Daniela Fiorentino – Todas somos flores
  47. Marti Puerto – Fuera de ti
  48. Onyra – Out of Air
  49. Eleonora Gangi – È un attimo morire
  50. Carson Coma – Daddy said no
  51. Narbera – Credere in me
  52. Siriaz y Malo – Almas en el aire
  53. Blitz Union – Mr. Guilty
  54. Mrtina – Temporale
  55. Jorge Del Hierro – No estoy pa’ ti
  56. Park – Amore che sei verità
  57. Giulia De Sisti – Strana
  58. Francesca Lina – Sempre con me
  59. Questo e Quello – Bella balla
  60. Kida – Holywood Show
  61. Farmacy – Bæd
  62. Erisu – The Mighty Walls of Uruk
  63. Mansutti – Più Di Così
  64. Angy – Amore e veleno (Venere)
  65. Mescalina – Eccezionale
  66. Sedona – Bonsai
  67. Gaia Belletti – A volte meglio io
  68. Artemiz – Por eso brillo
  69. Paco – Until the End
  70. Kyma – Dracula
  71. Curli – Juliet
  72. Sofia Zaros – Broken Porcelain
  73. Giorgina – Madrid-Barcellona
  74. Ilenya – Silenzi di vetro
  75. Timea – Born to be Free
  76. PierC – Grattacieli
  77. Agata – Flashback
  78. The Reagents – Echoes of Freedom
  79. Magenta#9 – Vittoria
  80. Erjona Qellimi – Mille pezzi
  81. Romeo Zaharia – Ci troveremo ancora
  82. Ibla – Sangue degli dei
  83. Timothy Cavicchini – May Day
  84. Vee Jeck – Ragazzo triste
  85. Snap-Out – Noi diversi
  86. LaRed – Amore al veleno
  87. Mirjam – Eternity
  88. Silvia Salemi – Coralli
  89. Leimannoia – Virginia
  90. La Mafy – Different Shape
  91. Denny Music – Io sto bene, tu?
  92. Cristina Macchiavelli feat. Nymos – Psiche e amore
  93. Astrid Nicole – Dancing Without My Shadow
  94. Mi La Band – Sayonara
  95. Polarnova – Alpha Road
  96. Phera – Wild Woman
  97. Alma – Due fiamme
  98. Beatriz Villar – Hasta perder la voz
  99. AlleBasi – Rotta verso il sole
  100. Rumore – Ora no
  101. Mariva – Baba Vanga
  102. Alexis Strum – If You Think I’m Too Much (You Should Go Find Less)
  103. Ubi – Incoerente
  104. Effemme – Fuori di me
  105. Side74 – Tutto quello che mi hai dato
  106. Miguel Escobar – Polaroid
  107. Giuliana – Avanti
  108. Allegra – OMG
  109. Il Cremlino – Amami
  110. Pep Miller – Bongo
  111. Superguepardo – Baila la la
  112. Claudia F – Still Here
  113. Zell – Filo di Arianna
  114. Milad Fatouleh – Humanity Calls
  115. Francesco Scagliarini – Io voglio parlare d’amore
  116. Timo – Suena
  117. Inciso – Rockstar
  118. Juliusz Kamil – Under the Blue Sky
  119. Stavros Salabasopoulos – Fire in my heart
  120. Stefano Ganci – Ritorna a me
  121. Neshe – Falling
  122. Taoma – NPC
  123. Luca Breuza – Quello che conta
  124. Gianluca Amore – Pray
  125. Asia – Magika
  126. Manuè – Fare l’amore
  127. Folksonic – O visione, terra mia
  128. Maidomo – Gli amori
  129. Delma & Mary Wild – El paraiso
  130. Vimoksha – Find You
  131. Luca Grillo Live Band – Sogno
  132. Libra – Come ti pare
  133. Davide – Solo
  134. Mmara – Impazzire
  135. Why Xes – Fire It Up
  136. Beatriz Gouveia – The Voice
  137. Paula Madero – In My Dreams
  138. Leonardo Amor – Calling for You
  139. Cucco – Meraviglia (Alice)
  140. Andromeda – Rumore
  141. Mhora – Tornado
  142. Geisha – Bella donna
  143. Gelida – Tenevre
  144. JB – Come sei
  145. Aria – Life
  146. Artemis – Melody
  147. Araen – Bleeding out Love
  148. GioGala – Dalì
  149. Mynd – Eclissi
  150. Kikka – Dimmi che mi amerai
  151. Unico – Scusa se ti voglio amare
  152. Evdokia Moisidou – A Dream Come True
  153. Erika Leto – Niente
  154. Tadeni – Quicksand
  155. Ermal Demiri – Moonlight
  156. Me gustas Fer – Corazón bellissimo
  157. Ludovica – Maracuja
  158. Chazza – Protagonist
  159. Cira Maddaluno – Ancora qui
  160. Latente – Più grandi
  161. Emanuel – Ragazzo padre (Di me stesso)
  162. Silver feat. Skorie – The Flow
  163. Grace George – Worship You
  164. Justine Mayer – Love Me
  165. Elisa De Panicis – All for You
  166. Ines – Zero assoluto
  167. Mr&Mrs – Altalena
  168. Naike – Who Am I?
  169. Golden Salt – Step Down
  170. Joanna – I Wish to Be Me
  171. Lorenzo Amore – Idee confuse
  172. Elasi – Lorella
  173. Sola Avis – Hope
  174. Atwood – Evil
  175. Sara – Radici
  176. Francesca De Braco – Saturday Night Show
  177. Flyzir – Mondi paralleli
  178. Max Lain – Linee parallele
  179. Macclesfield – Mr. Analogue
  180. Fabio Imperatrice feat. Cambra – Serate incerte
  181. Iuna – Non mu bagno mai
  182. Sergio Gómez – Mejor así
  183. Dana – Cuore libero
  184. Myky – Walking on the Sea
  185. Agnieszka Śpiewa – Destiny
  186. Galen Borson – Medicine Man
  187. Stad – Show Me Hate
  188. Sonia Nawri – Gato negro
  189. Niscetas – Unbreakable
  190. Lomas – Give Me a Reason
  191. Edea – L’amore non si giudica
  192. GiambattiSta – Tutta colpa della luna
  193. Besa – Tiki
  194. Giorgia Pastori – Mykonos
  195. Il Solito Dandy – Millennial
  196. Aniel – 777
  197. Nadine Randle – Down
  198. Kian Butler – If You Dare
  199. Natalia – Uomo cosmico
  200. Deneb – Sing It Louder
  201. Ri-Style – Always
  202. Alien Cut feat. Zighi – Vattene
  203. Dramalove – Supernatural
  204. Alexander Doghmani – Music (Is My Babe)
  205. Letizia Crincoli – Running in the Circle
  206. Eleonora Lorenzato – Tears of the Rain
  207. LD (Le Distanze) – Nothing Could Be Better
  208. Vicky Navarro – Distopia
  209. Alessio’s Mind – Carpe Diem
  210. Ida Elena – Children of the Stars
  211. Léon The Singer – Where We Belong
  212. Jannike – Goldylicious
  213. Marco Urbinati – X Agosto
  214. The Leaf – I Ching
  215. Kaotika – Ti guardo
  216. Bradley Jay – Tongue-Tied
  217. Vincenzo Bles – Hola
  218. Delilah Earnshaw – The Price
  219. Jack Costanzo – Musa
  220. The Unknown Voices – My Name Was Hamilton
  221. D’Amico – Stardust
  222. Valis & Polczi – Never Alone
  223. Rosetta – Tutto cambia tutto

2025 winners

  1. Albania – Zjerm
  2. Armenia – Survivor
  3. Belgium – Perfectly Imperfect
  4. Croatia – Južina
  5. Denmark – Air
  6. Estonia – Külm
  7. Finland – Aina
  8. Germany – This Bliss
  9. Greece – Sirens
  10. Iceland – Aðeins lengur
  11. Ireland – Fire
  12. Italy – Anema e core
  13. Latvia – Sadzejot
  14. Lithuania – Tavo akys
  15. Luxembourg – Stronger
  16. Malta – LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum
  17. Montenegro – To ljubav je
  18. Norway – Human Fire
  19. Poland – Lusterka
  20. Portugal – Cotovia
  21. San Marino – Hate Manifesto
  22. Slovenia – Frederick’s Dead
  23. Spain – Raggio di Sole
  24. Sweden – Den känslan
  25. Ukraine – Sil'