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  • December 1, 2025

RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, has unveiled the Sanremo 2026 competing acts. 

The winner of Sanremo 2026 will be eligible to represent Italy at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna!

RAI has unveiled the competing acts in the BIG category

  • Tommaso Paradiso
  • Chiello
  • Serena Brancale
  • Fulminacci
  • Ditonellapiaga
  • Fedez & Masini
  • Leo Gassmann
  • Sayf
  • Arisa
  • Tredici Pietro
  • Sal Da Vinci
  • Samurai Jay
  • Malika Ayane
  • Luchè
  • Raf
  • Bambole di pezza
  • Ermal Meta
  • Nayt
  • Elettra Lamborghini
  • Michele Bravi
  • J-Ax
  • Enrico Nigiotti
  • Maria Antonietta & Colombre
  • Francesco Renga
  • Mara Sattei
  • LDA & Aka 7even
  • Dargen D’Amico 
  • Levante
  • Eddie Brock
  • Patty Pravo

Sanremo 2026

The 2026 Sanremo edition will be held from 24-28 February, with the Grand final set on Saturday 28 February. Sanremo 2026 will be held at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo as tradition has it, with Carlo Conti as the artistic director and host of the competition.

  • 24/02/2026- Sanremo 2026  Serata #1
  • 25/02/2026- Sanremo 2026 Serata #2
  • 26/02/2026- Sanremo 2026 Serata #3
  • 27/02/2026- Sanremo  2026 Serata #4
  • 28/02/2026- Sanremo 2026 Serata #5- Grand Final

Italy in Eurovision

Italy is one of the founder members of the Eurovision Song Contest having debuted in the very first contest in 1956. The country has won the event thrice with Gigliola Cinquetti (1964), Toto Cutugno (1990) and Maneskin (2021).

The country has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by its most celebrated and internationally acclaimed artists throughout its Eurovision history: Ana Oxa, Domenico Modugno, Albano, Romina Power, Franco Batiatto, Umberto Tozzi, Matia Bazar, Marco Mengoni, Emma Marrone, Il Volo, Francesco Gabbani, Raphael Gualazzi, Massimo Ranieri, Ricardo Fogli, Mahmood etc.

Italy withdrew from the competition in 1998 and returned to Eurovision in 2011 after a 13 year hiatus. Since their return to the contest the Italians have enjoyed great success in the event placing 9 times in the top 10 of the scoreboard including a victory in 2021.

The southern European country has partaken 50 times in Europe’s favourite television show..

This year Lucio Corsi represented Italy at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in Vienna with his entry ‘Volevo essere un duro’.

 

 

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Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.

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