Olly wins Sanremo 2025 with ‘Balorda Nostalgia’

Olly wins Sanremo 2025 with ‘Balorda Nostalgia’

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Young singer and songwriter Olly triumphed with the song 'Balorda Nostalgia' (Foolish Nostalgia) as a successful 2025 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival came to a close, CE Report quotes ANSA.

The much-loved annual music jamboree and song contest attracted an average of 13.427 million viewers to State broadcaster Rai's flagship Rai1 channel on the final night, 73.1% of the overall audience share, after the show presented by artistic director Carlo Conti was a hit with the public on the previous four nights too.

Indeed, long-standing Rai executive Giancarlo Leone said on X that festival attracted an average of 12.5 million viewers each night, 67.1% of the audience share.

He said that was the highest number of viewers in absolute terms since 2000 and the highest audience share ever.

The percentage of the audience share on the final night peaked at 87.3% when Olly's triumph was announced.

The 23-year-old claimed victory over several more established stars, including Giorgia and Achille Lauro, and there were some boos in Sanremo's Ariston theatre when their positions were announced and much criticism on social media at the outcome.

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