Sanremo 2026, the first evening ranking

The first evening of Sanremo Festival closed well after 1am, leaving behind a musical marathon in which all 30 artists competing have finally revealed their songs. A long, dense, at times exhausting evening, which however began to outline the first balance of the competition: the vote was press roomcalled to express a rating from 1 to 10 for each performance. The result is one first partial rankingdeliberately incomplete, of which only the top five positionsbut enough to spark debates, expectations and the first inevitable controversies. Below are the top five positions with the songs and artists most voted for by the press room. Important: these are random positions, they are the most voted songs, but they are not in ranking order.

1 – Arisa – “Magical fairy tale”
2 – Thunderbolts – “Stupid bad luck”
3 – Serena Brancale – “Here with me”
4 – Totonellapiaga – “How annoying”
5 – Fedez and Masini – “Necessary evil”