Olly wins Festival di Sanremo 2025 with “Balorda nostalgia”

Tonight, Carlo Conti hosted the show alongside Italian TV presenter Alessandro Cattelan as well as actress and TV host Alessia Marcuzzi. The evening’s guests include Italian musician Gabry Ponte, actress Vanessa Scalera, football player Eduardo Bove, and singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti. Meanwhile, on the Suzuki Stage in Piazza Colombo, Tedua took the spotlight.

The stage of Teatro Ariston, as always, hosted well-known artists, former Eurovision participants, and newcomers, all performing with an orchestra.

All performances from the grand final are available to watch on RaiPlay. 

Festival di Sanremo 2025: Night 5

Winner

According to the format of the show, Olly performed on four out of five nights. Speaking about the rankings, he was in the top five on the third night. Tonight, the vote was split between 33% radio jury, 33% press jury, and 34% televote. After successfully entering the Superfinal, Olly came first and won with Balorda Nostalgia out of the five contestants in the Superfinal.

The winning song speaks about the longing one feels for the past, contrasted with the realization that they must move forward. Olly performs it with all his soul, making it deeply relatable to the audience. It explores the emotions of reminiscing about old memories, relationships, and moments that have shaped him. 

Top 5 of the previous nights

Night 1 (in random order)

• Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci”
• Giorgia – “La cura per me”
• Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro”
• Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola”
• Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani”

Night 2 (in random order)

• Giorgia – “La cura per me”
• Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro”
• Simone Cristicchi – “Quando sarai piccola”
• Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani”
• Fedez – “Battito”

Night 3 (in random order) 

• Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini”
• Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci”
• Irama – “Lentamente”
• Olly – “Balorda nostalgia”
• Francesco Gabbani – “Viva la vita”

After Night 4 (Cover Night), the winner was Giorgia in duet with Annalisa, but this did not affect the final result, as this year, the Cover Night had an independent winner.

Night 5

The top from 6 to 29: 

6. Giorgia – La cura per me

7. Achille Lauro – Incoscienti giovani

8. Francesco Gabbani – Viva la vita

9. Irama – Lentamente

10. Coma_Cose – Cuoricini

11. Bresh – La tana del granchio

12. Elodie – Dimenticarsi alle 7

13. Noemi – Se t’innamori muori

14. The Kolors – Tu con chi fai l’amore

15. Rocco Hunt – Mille vote ancora

16. Willie Peyote – Grazie ma no grazie

17. Sarah Toscano – Amarcord

18. Shablo feat Guè, Joshua e Tormento – La mia parola

19. Rose Villain – Fuorilegge

20. Joan Thiele – Eco

21. Francesca Michielin – Fango in paradiso

22. Modà – Non ti dimentico

23. Massimo Ranieri – Tra le mani un cuore

24. Serena Brancale – Anema e core

25. Tony Effe – Damme ‘na mano

26. Gaia – Chiamo io chiami tu

27. Clara – Febbre

28. Rkomi – Il ritmo delle cose

29. Marcella Bella – Pelle diamante

Superfinal

The winner of Festival di Sanremo 2025 was decided in this round through the following split vote system: 33% radio jury, 33% press jury, and 34% televote. The result was:

1. Olly “Balorda nostalgia”

2. Lucio Corsi “Volevo essere un duro”

3. Brunori Sas “L’albero delle noci”

4. Fedez “Battito”

5. Simone Cristicchi “Quando sarai piccola”

Night 5 running order

1. Francesca Michielin “Fango in paradiso”
2. Willie Peyote “Grazie ma no grazie”
3. Marcella Bella “Pelle diamante”
4. Bresh “La tana del granchio”
5. Modà “Non ti dimentico”
6. Rose Villain “Fuorilegge”
7. Tony Effe “Damme ‘na mano”
8. Clara “Febbre”
9. Serena Brancale “Anema e core”
10. Brunori Sas “L’albero delle noci”
11. Francesco Gabbani “Viva la vita”
12. Noemi “Se t’innamori muori”
13. Rocco Hunt “Mille vote ancora”
14. The Kolors “Tu con chi fai l’amore”
15. Olly “Balorda nostalgia”
16. Achille Lauro “Incoscienti giovani”
17. Coma_Cose “Cuoricini”
18. Giorgia “La cura per me”
19. Simone Cristicchi “Quando sarai piccola”
20. Elodie “Dimenticarsi alle 7”
21. Lucio Corsi “Volevo essere un duro”
22. Irama “Lentamente”
23. Fedez “Battito”
24. Shablo feat. Guè, Joshua and Tormento “La mia parola”
25. Joan Thiele “Eco”
26. Massimo Ranieri “Tra le mani un cuore”
27. Gaia “Chiamo io chiami tu”
28. Rkomi “Il ritmo delle cose”
29. Sarah Toscano “Amarcord”