Sanremo 2026: the complete program evening by evening

Here we are. The Sanremo 2026 Festival starts tomorrow. The 76th edition of the Italian Song Festival, hosted by Carlo Conti together with Laura Pausini (and other co-hosts who will alternate on the Ariston stage), will see 30 big artists competing (here are the report cards of our songs) and 4 emerging artists among the “New Proposals”. Here are the names of the big names and, next to them, the titles of their respective songs:

Arisa – “Magical fairy tale”
Rag Dolls – “Stay with me”
Chiello – “I always think of you”
Dargen D’Amico – “Ai ai”
Tononellapiaga – “How annoying!”
Eddie Brock – “Vultures”
Elettra Lamborghini – “Voilà”
Enrico Nigiotti – “Every time I don’t know how to fly”
Ermal Meta – “Stella Stellina”
Fedez & Marco Masini – “Necessary evil”
Francesco Renga – “The best of me”
Thunderbolts – “Stupid bad luck”
J-Ax – “Italy Starter Pack”
LDA & Aka 7even – “Clandestine poems”
Leo Gassmann – “Natural”
Levante – “It’s you”
Luchè – “Labyrinth”
Malika Ayane – “Nocturnal Animals”
Mara Sattei – “The things you don’t know about me”
Maria Antonietta & Colombre – “Happiness and that’s it”
Michele Bravi – “Sooner or later”
Nayt – “Before that”
Patty Pravo – “Opera”
Raf – “Now and forever”
Sal Da Vinci – “Forever yes”
Samurai Jay – “Obsession”
Sayf – “I like you a lot”
Serena Brancale – “Here with me”
Tommaso Paradiso – “The romantics”
Thirteen Peter – “Man falling”

We will see many guests on the Ariston stage during the five evenings, from tomorrow to Saturday 28 February, broadcast in prime time on Rai 1, on the radio on Radio2, and in streaming on RaiPlay. Here is the complete programme, evening by evening:

Angelica Bove – “Brick”
Nicolò Filippucci – “Laguna”
Blind, El Ma & Soniko – “In my DMs”
Mazzariello – “Manifestation of love”

Tuesday 24 February (early evening)

Opening evening (approximately 8.30pm) with performances by all 30 competing Big artists, each with their own unreleased song.
The vote will be entrusted to the Jury of the Press Room, TV and Web with the announcement of the first 5 positions in the ranking (without order).
Tiziano Ferro returns as super guest. And Olly is also back, one year after the victory with “Balorda nostalgia”.
Actor Can Yaman joins the hosts on stage.
Max Pezzali will connect with the Ariston from the ship anchored off the port of the City of Flowers.
Gaia will connect from the external stage in Piazza Colombo to sing “I call you”.

Wednesday 25 February (second evening)

Competition of the big names, with the performance of 15 of the 30 competing artists, and of the “Nuove Proposte”.
15 of the 30 big names are the protagonists, with voting via Televoting (with a weight of 50% on the end-of-evening ranking) and Radio Jury (with a weight of the remaining 50%).
The New Proposals compete in duels: 4 artists, two pairs challenges, with the winners who will advance to the final of the category. The performances will be voted by the jury of the press room, TV and Web (with a weight of 33% on the final outcome), by the radio jury (33%) and by the public at home via televoting (34%). The Nuove Proposte challenge will be led by Gianluca Gazzoli, already at the helm of Sanremo Giovani.
Among the co-hosts of this evening Pilar Fogliati, Achille Lauro and Lillo.
Max Pezzali will return to connect with Ariston from the ship for another performance.
Bresh will connect from the external stage in Piazza Colombo to sing “La tana del crab”.

Thursday 26 February (third evening)

Competition of the big names, with performances by the other 15 of the 30 singers competing), and final Nuove Proposte
The other 15 of the 30 big names perform, with votes via Televoting (with a weight of 50% on the end-of-evening ranking) and Radio Jury (with a weight of the remaining 50%).
The evening will see the final of the Nuove Proposte: the two remaining artists compete for victory. The performances will be voted by the jury in the press room, TV and Web (33%), by the radio jury (33%) and by the public at home via televoting (34%). The Nuove Proposte challenge will be led by Gianluca Gazzoli, already at the helm of Sanremo Giovani.
Among the super guests are Eros Ramazzotti and the international star Alicia Keys: together they will sing “L’aurora”, a hit by the Roman singer-songwriter that the two re-recorded together last autumn.
Russian model Irina Shayk will join the presenters as co-host. Ubaldo Pantani is also with her.
In Piazza Colombo, live show with The Kolors, who will connect with the Ariston to sing “Tu con chi fai l’amore”.

Friday 27 February (fourth evening)

All the big names perform covers of Italian or international songs, accompanied by guests and musical partners (duets), in performances outside the official charts. The special prize is awarded to the best cover of the evening, without influencing the general ranking. The performances will be voted by the press room, TV and web jury (33%), by the radio jury (33%) and by the public at home via televoting (34%). Here is the list of covers and duets:

Arisa with Coro Teatro Regio di Parma – “What women don’t say” (Fiorella Mannoia)
Rag Dolls with Cristina D’Avena – “Cat’s Eyes” (Cristina D’Avena)
Chiello with Saverio Cigarini – “I fell in love with you” (Luigi Tenco)
Dargen D’Amico with Pupo & Fabrizio Bosso – “Su di noi” (Pupo)
Ditonellapiaga with TonyPitony – “The Lady Is a Tramp” (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, made famous by Frank Sinatra)
Eddie Brock with Fabrizio Moro – “Take me away” (Fabrizio Moro)
Elettra Lamborghini with Las Ketchup – “Aserejé” (Las Ketchup)
Enrico Nigiotti with Alfa – “En e Xanax” (Samuele Bersani)
Ermal Meta with Dardust – “Golden Hour” (JVKE)
Fedez & Marco Masini with Stjepan Hauser – “Wonderful creature” (Gianna Nannini)
Francesco Renga with Giusy Ferreri – “Solo boy, lonely girl” (David Bowie, Italian version of Mogol)
Fulminacci with Francesca Fagnani – “Parole parole” (Mina & Alberto Lupo)
J-Ax with Ligera County Fam. – “And life, life” (Cochi and Renato)
LDA & Aka 7even with Tullio De Piscopo – “Andamento slow” (Tullio De Piscopo)
Leo Gassmann with Aiello – “It was all already foreseen” (Riccardo Cocciante)
Levante with Gaia – “The males” (Gianna Nannini)
Luchè with Gianluca Grignani – “Half Hawk” (Gianluca Grignani)
Malika Ayane with Claudio Santamaria – “You burst inside my heart” (Mina)
Mara Sattei with Mecna – “The Last Kiss” (Carmen Consoli)
Maria Antonietta & Colombre with Brunori Sas – “The world” (Jimmy Fontana)
Michele Bravi with Fiorella Mannoia – “Tomorrow is another day” (Ornella Vanoni, Italian adaptation of “The Wonders You Perform”)
Nayt with Joan Thiele – “The song of lost love” (Fabrizio De André)
Patty Pravo with Timofej Andrijashenko – “Ti lascio una canzone” (Gino Paoli)
Raf with The Kolors – “The Riddle” (Nik Kershaw)
Sal Da Vinci with Michele Zarrillo – “Five Days” (Michele Zarrillo)
Samurai Jay with Belén Rodríguez & Roy Paci – “Baila morena” (Sugar)
Sayf with Alex Britti & Mario Biondi – “Hit the Road Jack” (Ray Charles)
Serena Brancale with Gregory Porter & Delia – “Bésame mucho” (Consuelo Velázquez)
Tommaso Paradiso with Stadio – “The Last Moon” (Lucio Dalla)
Tredici Pietro with Galeffi, Fudasca & Band – “Vita” (Lucio Dalla & Gianni Morandi)

Co-host of the fourth evening will be the model Bianca Balti.
Max Pezzali will connect from the ship, Francesco Gabbani from the external stage in Piazza Colombo to sing “Viva la vita”.

Saturday 28 February (fifth evening)

The 30 big names perform on stage again, voted by the press room, TV and Web jury (33%), by the radio jury (33%) and by the public at home via televoting (34%). At the end of the voting, the final ranking will be drawn up, determined by the average between the percentages of the final evening and those of the previous evenings, which will establish the definitive ranking from thirtieth to sixth position. Final Top 5 announced. A new vote will then be carried out by the press room jury (33%), the radio jury (33%) and the public at home via televoting (34%). The total of the votes of the three components, added to the votes of the previous general ranking, will finally decide the winning song of the Festival.

Co-hosts of the final evening will be Nino Frassica and the Tg1 journalist Giorgia Cardinaletti.
Andrea Bocelli will arrive on stage as a guest, while Pooh will connect from the external stage in Piazza Colombo and Max Pezzali from the ship.