Lucio Corsi, who came in second at
the 75th edition of the Sanremo Song Festival earlier this
month, will represent Italy at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest
scheduled to take place in Basel, Switzerland.
A total of 37 nations take part in the international contest,
including the 'big five' such as Italy, with two semi-finals set
to be broadcast on May 13 and 15 by Rai 2, and the so-called
Grand Final in which the Italian artist will perform his Sanremo
hit "Volevo essere un duro" (I wanted to be tough), to be aired
on May 17 by Rai 1, Raiplay and Rai Radio2, the State
broadcaster announced on Saturday.
Meanwhile young singer and songwriter Olly, who triumphed with
the song 'Balorda Nostalgia' (Foolish Nostalgia) in the early
hours of Sunday, February 16, at the successful 2025 edition of
the Sanremo Music Festival, said in an Instagram post Saturday
that he was skipping the event.
Olly said he has decided to "forego the opportunity of taking
part in Eurovision, aware that it is one of those things that
perhaps happen once in life", explaining that he needed to
"connect with everything that is happening, before looking ahead
and continuing with my beloved live apprenticeship".
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