A few days ago, the list of participants of the 76th edition of Italy’s most renowned music festival was revealed. Today, Carlo Conti, artistic director of Sanremo 2026, announced the titles of the songs of the thirty artists who will compete for the Golden Lion award.

In the list below, you can see the names of the thirty artists and their songs for Sanremo 2026:

Tommaso Paradiso – “I Romantici”
Chiello – “Ti Penso Sempre”
Serena Brancale – “Qui Con Me”
Fulminacci – “Stupida Sfortuna”
Ditonellapiaga – “Che Fastidio!”
Fedez & Masini – “Male Necessario”
Leo Gassmann – “Naturale”
Sayf – “Tu Mi Piaci Tanto”
Arisa – “Magica Favola”
Tredici Pietro – “Uomo Che Cade”
Sal Da Vinci – “Per Sempre Sì”
Samurai Jay – “Ossessione”
Malika Ayane – “Animali Notturni”
Luchè – “Labirinto”
Raf – “Ora e per Sempre”
Bambole di pezza – “Resta Con Me”
Ermal Meta – “Stella Stellina”
Nayt – “Prima Che”
Elettra Lamborghini – “Voilà”
Michele Bravi – “Prima o Poi”
J-Ax – “Italia Starter Pack”
Enrico Nigiotti – “Ogni Volta Che Non So Volare”
Maria Antonietta & Colombre – “La Felicità e Basta”
Francesco Renga – “Il Meglio di Me”
Mara Sattei – “Le Cose Che Non Sai di Me”
LDA & Aka 7even – “Poesie Clandestine”
Dargen D’Amico – “AI AI”
Levante – “Sei Tu”
Eddie Brock – “Avvoltoi”
Patty Pravo – “Opera”

Sanremo 2026 – The structure

Sanremo Music Festival 2026 will see 30 big artists participating for the main prize, while 4 more artists will compete for the Nuove Proposte prize (Newcomers). The competition will  feature five nights with the following schedule:

First evening (February 24): All the 30 participating songs in the “Campioni (Big)” category will be heard for the first time, and journalists in the press room, from TV and electronic media will exclusively determine the first night’s results. The top five will be announced, in no particular order.

Second evening (February 25): The first 15 songs from the “Campioni (Big)” category will be performed on the second night again. The outcome of that night will be decided in equal shares by televoting and the voting of representatives from the Italian radio. During the second evening, the newcomers will compete in two pairs, and following the votes from the televoting the press and radio, the two most voted will advance to the third evening.

Third evening (February 26): The remaining 15 songs from the “Campioni (Big)” category will be performed during the third night and the results will be determined as in the second night. During the third evening, the winner of Nuove Proposte will also emerge.

Fourth evening (February 27th): The 30 competitors will sing a cover of a popular Italian or non-Italian song, and the outcome on that particular day will be decided by a triple vote consisting of 34% televoting, 33% press, TV, and internet jury, and 33% radio jury. The special cover night award will also be given to the winner. The results of this evening will not be added to the final results.

Grand Final (February 28th): The 30 artists will perform again, and a three-way vote will determine the outcome on that night: 34% will be cast by televoting, 33% by the press, TV, and internet jury, and 33% by radio jury.

A triple vote will be used to determine the winner after the top five either performs their entries again or following the recap, as following:

33% press, TV, and web jury
34% televoting
33% radio jury

Italian representation in Eurovision 2026

If any of the 30 competitors (along with their respective record labels) want to compete in Eurovision 2026, they must complete a special form. If the Sanremo 2026 winner has previously signed the interest form, he will be automatically considered Italy’s representative in the Eurovision 2026. Should they decide not to compete in Eurovision 2026, the festival’s organizing committee will select an artist from among those who have signed the interest form based on its own standards, which may or may not include the final score ranking.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Italian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, in Vienna!

Source: RAI