Sanremo 2026, Sal Da Vinci: “This is the victory of a people”

The day after tomorrow. As per tradition, on Sunday, the Festival podium and those who have obtained lateral recognitions, or “bilateral” like the parties denounced by Elettra, present themselves in the press room at the Ariston. “The emotion is great – he says Sal Da Vinci, winner of this edition – I still have all the heat on me. It is the victory of a people, of those who persevere, of those who chase their dreams, between climbs and climbs. I’ve been dreaming of this moment since I was seven years old. Whoever lasts, wins. I want to share this victory with Geolier, who called me this morning. His participation remained a little incomplete (he came second in 2024 behind Angelina Mango, ed.) which is why sharing the prize with him is important for me, it’s a circle that is closing. I got to the Festival in 2009 after thirteen attempts, now I’ve won it, it’s something extraordinary. Will I represent Italy at Eurovision? I say ‘forever yes, I always said that’. It is right that Italy is represented in that great event”.

Sayf, as he often says, is “grateful” for what he has achieved: “Yes, I won in the televoting (it’s one of the three juries, ed.), but I’m not looking for moral support. For me, getting this far, finishing second is a great result. We came here with people who didn’t do this job, we’re happy, we’ve grown. We are like Leicester. Sal’s song is beautiful, I’m happy for him. I wanted my mother on stage because she is the most important woman in my life, we gave each other a photograph, forever, of a moment that we will never forget”.

On the third step of the podium Toe in the sore: “Mine is a strange and bizarre proposal, but you have to believe in your ideas, that’s how you get to the bottom of it.” It’s not over. The Critics’ Award of the Italian Song Festival “Mia Martini”, originally just the Critics’ Award of the Italian Song Festival and, more informally, simply the Critics’ Award, assigned by the Press Office, this year was won by Thunderbolts and his “Stupid bad luck”. The Radio and TV Room Award went to Serena Brancalewhile the Bardotti Prize for best text went to Fedez and Masini and the Bigazzi Prize, for the best musical composition, to Toe in the sore.