Carlo Conti, the presenter and artistic director of Festival di Sanremo 2026 has confirmed the song titles for the competing acts in Italy’s biggest music festival.
🇮🇹 Sanremo Music Festival 2026: Song titles
A total of 30 acts will perform in Sanremo 2026. The winner of Sanremo 2026 will be given first refusal to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. If they decline, Rai will continue down the placement order of the final.
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Arisa | ‘Magica favola’ |
| Bambole di pezza | ‘Resta con me’ |
| Chiello | ‘Ti penso sempre’ |
| Dargen D’Amico | ‘Ai ai’ |
| Ditonellapiaga | ‘Che fastidio!’ |
| Eddie Brock | ‘Avvoltoi’ |
| Elettra Lamborghini | ‘Voilà’ |
| Enrico Nigiotti | ‘Ogni volta che non so volare’ |
| Ermal Meta | ‘Stella stellina’ |
| Fedez & Masini | ‘Male necessario’ |
| Francesco Renga | ‘Il meglio di me’ |
| Fulminacci | ‘Stupida sfortuna’ |
| J-Ax | ‘Italia Starter Pack’ |
| LDA & Aka 7even | ‘Poesie Clandestine’ |
| Leo Gassmann | ‘Naturale’ |
| Levante | ‘Sei tu’ |
| Luchè | ‘Labirinto’ |
| Malika Ayane | ‘Animali notturni’ |
| Mara Sattei | ‘Le cose che non sai di me’ |
| Maria Antonietta & Colombre | ‘La felicità e basta’ |
| Michele Bravi | ‘Prima o poi’ |
| Nayt | ‘Prima che’ |
| Patty Pravo | ‘Opera’ |
| Raf | ‘Ora e per sempre’ |
| Sal Da Vinci | ‘Per sempre sì’ |
| Samurai Jay | ‘Ossessione’ |
| Sayf | ‘Tu mi piaci tanto’ |
| Serena Brancale | ‘Qui con me’ |
| Tommaso Paradiso | ‘I romantici’ |
| Tredici Pietro | ‘Uomo che cade’ |
Sanremo 2026 format and schedule
Next year Sanremo will take place in a later time slot at the end of February from the 24th-28th. This is to avoid clashing with Italy’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina earlier in the month. The structure of the festival is as follows:
- Night 1 – All 30 acts perform. A randomised top 5 of the press voting will be announced.
- Night 2 – 15 acts perform. A randomised top 5 of the combined radio jury and televoters will be announced.
- Night 3 – 15 acts perform. A randomised top 5 of the combined radio jury and televoters will be announced.
- Night 4 – ‘Covers Night’ – All 30 acts perform with a special guest of their choosing. This night is just for fun and does not count to the overall score.
- Night 5 – ‘Grand Final’ – All 30 acts perform. The final voting consists of 33% radio jury, 33% press jury and 34% televoting. This forms a combined average with nights 1, 2 and 3 to create a ranking table of the acts. Only places 26 through to 6 will be shown. The top 5 will progress to another round of voting combined with their previous scores to determine the overall winner of Sanremo 2026.
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