Today, the participants in the Festival di Sanremo 2026 will be revealed, while in San Marino, one of the Semi-Finalists will be chosen.
🇮🇹 Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2026 – Campioni Artists Reveal – 13:30 CET
The Campioni artists competing in the Festival di Sanremo 2026 will be announced today. The announcement will take place on TG1 on Rai 1 from 13:30 CET. A total of 30 artists will be announced by Carlo Conti this afternoon.
As has been the case in previous years, the winner of Festival di Sanremo will receive the right to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Should the winner decline to go to Eurovision, then it will be offered to the runner-up. Should they choose to decline, it will continue to be offered in order of the final results.
🇸🇲 San Marino: Tour Music Fest 2025 – Final
The first artist to compete in the semi-finals of the San Marino Song Contest 2026 will be chosen today.
The winner of the Tour Music Fest 2025 will receive a prize of €10,000, a concert tour and a place in the semi-finals of San Marino Song Contest 2026. Justine Mayer, the winner of last year’s contest, was selected for the San Marino Song Contest 2025 after winning Tour Music Fest 2024.
The San Marino Song Contest 2026 will consist of two semi-finals and a final. The semi-finals, known as the Dreaming San Marino Song Contest, will take place on March 3 and 4, each with 20 singers competing. A total of five acts from each semi-final will qualify for the final.
The final of the San Marino Song Contest 2025 will be held on March 7. 20 acts will compete, ten from the Dreaming San Marino Song Contest and ten established acts who are pre-qualified for the final. The winner will be determined by a five-member jury.
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