The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2025. Next we review San Marino, who have chosen Gabry Ponte with “Tutta L’Italia”.
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Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia” (San Marino Eurovision 2025)
Review: Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia”
Tom: Oh, I love a good story and San Marino this year have gotten their pen out and started writing. A brilliant move to steal the theme song from this year’s Sanremo Festival in Italy. People loved it and for good reason. At the festival it was big, fun and exciting! But the question is: At Sanremo, Gabry Ponte had many dancers surrounding the stage and audience, creating a full and colourful musical experience. With only six on stage, will “Tutta L’Italia” have the same energy and same excitement as it did in Italy? It remains to be seen.
Score: 7.5
William: “Tutta L’Italia” is at once nostalgic and contemporary. It harks back to the feel-good euro-dance tunes of yesterday but channels a modern stadium anthem that could get all of the AC Milan and Juventus fandoms on their feet. And while I frequently find myself humming the chorus, I worry the masked singers coupled with a DJ (who understandably does not sing) will struggle on the Eurovision stage. That’s no fault of the producer and songwriter. It’s more about acknowledging that Eurovision is a TV show and not a radio contest.
Score: 5
Jonathan: This feels like a local hit that may not fully translate to an international audience. Most people outside of the region won’t associate with the sentiment behind the song that has helped push this up the charts in Italy. Even if they did understand the lyrics, the performance itself provides no opportunity for viewers to connect with those on stage – Gabry Ponte is stuck behind his decks and the singers are dead behind the eyes (because we literally can’t see them). Admittedly, the Eurovision audience will give this much more energy than the sat-down observers in San Marino. But it still might not be enough to push it across the line.
Score: 4
Ruxandra: This is not just a song; it’s an anthem. First off, I understand that Gabry is the DJ, and I’m absolutely fine with him having additional vocalists, but I’d love for them to be mentioned too, as their contribution is pretty significant. Seeing this performed at Sanremo made me realise that this isn’t about winning or losing—it’s a song about bringing people together. If you’re Italian, it’s about you; if you’re not, it makes you feel like one for those three minutes. It’s all about togetherness. It’s the kind of song that gets stuck in your mind (and in my case, it has been since the first Sanremo night).
Score: 9
San Marino Eurovision 2025 ranking
In the Eurovision 2025 Wiwi Jury, we have 17 jurors but only have room for four reviews. The remaining scores are below:
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Andreas: 2 Antranig: 8.5 Bernardo: 6 Burak: 6.5 Cinan: 5.5 Deban: 5.5 Jordi: 7.5 |
Lucy: 4 Pablo: 4.5 Scarlett: 6 Simon: 5.5 Suzanne: 4 Tomas: 6 |
We have removed the highest and lowest scores prior to calculating the average. This is to remove outliers and potential bias. We have removed a high of 9 and a low of 2.
Wiwi Jury verdict: 5.73/10
What do you think of San Marino’s Eurovision 2025 entry? Share your own score and review for Gabry Ponte’s “Tutta L’Italia” below!
San Marino 7/12
San Marino could qualify with this song. We’ll see what happens in May!
I’m really happy Gabry Ponte is back with another nostalgic dance classic, this time for San Marino. I wonder who is singing the song. (I am still available by the way). This song contains a hidden melancholic bliss, and while it’s definitely rooted in memory and the past, it also calls to the present as well. The key is E-flat minor, which is quite unusual for dance track, since it is a key of melancholy and darkness. The lyrics throughout this song match this mood perfectly too. There has been so much partying going on that “eyes are sad but… Read more »
It’s a nice catchy television jingle. It could have lived on that moment perfectly, but now it feels a bit…. saturated.
Sanremo ruined this for me. Sorry.
I’m still in therapy.
To explain this for those who didn’t watch the Sanremo festival this year: The festival decided to use this song’s Chorus as the “jingle” for its advert breaks as a bit of a joke. So every time the programme cut to advertising or came in from advertising, we would hear “Tutta L’Italia, Tutta L’Italia…” There were also some moments when the presenter would play the jingle to the live audience as well, and the joke just ran and ran and ran. If that wasn’t enough, Gabry Ponte was also invited to the show to perform a special massive performance of… Read more »
I hadn’t listened to it before the San Marino selection, so I didn’t know what to expect. It’s a GREAT song, it’s got really good energy and it captures so well many things about Italians. I hope it will do well come May.
Everybody!
Hmmm…
I agree, I don’t understand the hype for this song either. Even though it’s better than Italy’s proposal, it’s still weak.
5.73? Are you serious? If Italy had sent this song, the Wiwi jury would have given at least 7.5 points.
SAN MARINO – The fierce microstate keeps aiming above its belt when it comes to extravaggance, and I have to applaud them for it. Taking a song that is already embedded in people’s consciousness is such a power move! I think that whoever has watched Sanremo this year occasionally had “Tutta l’Italia” stuck in their head rent-free. Besides being super-catchy, the song is also very uplifting. It has a postive message of togetherness between all of Italians, probably extending its joy to the inserted microstates – Vatican City and San Marino. Actually, it manages to bring that sentiment to other… Read more »
I have to admit, after hearing this song 29 times a night for a whole week thanks to Carlo Conti, it totally grew on me. Seriously though, this turned into one of my top party anthems of the year. It lifts my mood every time. The mix of EDM and Italian folk makes for an awesome sound, and the production quality is top-tier. As for the staging: the concept worked really well at Sanremo, especially with the lively crowd and big on-stage presence. Translating that same energy to Eurovision might be trickier. I do enjoy Gabry’s stage presence, and I… Read more »
My third place this year!
3/37
29 times a night, but only the chorus. Over and over and over and over… and over… … … and over and over… and over and over…
That was the beauty of the experience. Stockholm Syndrome
At first I didn’t like it, but it’s a grower. Still I think it will struggle to qualify. DJs often struggle and also it’s San Marino. If Adrenalina didn’t qualify comfortably, than this has less chance
6/10
A fantastic entry but there is a reason why DJ participants fail in Eurovision. You simply cannot make the staging focus all around them and expect the song to suddenly feel less static than it is on live TV.
When I look back, most DJ’s had the problems of having bad singers accompany them on stage (Darude, Gromee, Lumix). That seems not to be an issue with Gabry as his singers do a good job.
But I simply don’t know, if this can attract enough viewers to vote for them. However 12 points from Italy are almost sure due to Gabry’s huge popularity.
I like this song very much and I hope that he will go to the big final.
This is a song that desperately needs a revamp in staging because it’s a great studio cut and so awkward to watch live.
Wiwi Jury rankings
San Marino – I never think DJ acts do well in Eurovision, but I predict that this could very narrowly get into the final… or it could flop entirely. I don’t know. I only really find the chorus memorable and it’s not really a song I go out of my way to listen to a bunch. 5/10
San Marino really needs to start taking quality control seriously when it comes to their national final. The fact that literally anyone can apply, with no real pre-selection filter, results in a line-up that rarely reaches a decent level. And the broadcaster doesn’t seem to be doing anything to improve that. If I were part of the San Marinese delegation, I’d feel pretty uncomfortable with the idea that artists only submit their songs because they weren’t selected in their own country. That’s not the kind of commitment or representation you want when choosing a Eurovision entry. Frankly, about three-quarters of… Read more »
Not qualifying. You can’t put your singers in masks like that and then expect to connect with a TV audience
Norway 2022 did it and they finished in top 10
It’s not the same. DJ acts rarely qualify anyway.
Norway got top 10 with a masked DJ (and a vocalist who showed his face normally but was uncredited) 5 years before two legitimate veteran musicians performed masked and anonymous for them.
12. San Marino – Gabry Ponte – Tutta d’italia – 8/10 – a pleasant toe-tapping folksy floor filler, with classy building EDM production and a fulfilling chorus with memorable instrumentation. There is an air of experience and professionalism yet the track is open and accessible. It is not revolutionary but it very much passes the enjoyability threshold so I’ll be bopping along come May.
When I said I wish San Marino would just send another Sanremo act every year to ESC, this is not exactly what I had in mind. However, it really is such a San Marino move to just pick the cheering mascot of Sanremo. It certainly fulfilled its mission there. San Marino’s mission is getting attention in any way possible so I guess this is a logical choice for them.