🇮🇹 Italy: Sanremo 2026 Night One Running Order

The order in which 30 artists in Italy will perform tonight on the first night of Festival di Sanremo 2026 has been revealed.

The festival, in which the winner has the opportunity to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest if they so choose, begins tonight at the Teatro Ariston.

This Tuesday marks the first night of the competition, which will continue until Saturday when the winner will be revealed. The performances this evening will be voted on solely by a jury composed of professional journalists from television and web outlets. At the end of the night, RAI will announce the acts in the top five of this vote at random.

The order in which these artists will perform tonight is as follows:

1. Ditonellapiaga – “Che fastidio!” (How annoying!)
2. Michele Bravi – “Prima o poi” (Sooner or later)
3. Sayf – “Tu mi piaci tanto” (I really like you)
4. Mara Sattei – “Le cose che non sai di me” (The things you don’t know about me)
5. Dargen D’Amico – “Ai ai”
6. Arisa – “Magica favola” (Magical tale)
7. Luchè – “Labirinto” (Maze)
8. Tommaso Paradiso – “I romantici” (The romantics)
9. Elettra Lamborghini – “Voilà”
10. Patty Pravo – “Opera”
11. Samurai Jay – “Ossessione” (Obsession)
12. Raf – “Ora e per sempre” (Now and forever)
13. J-Ax – “Italia Starter Pack”
14. Fulminacci – “Stupida sfortuna” (Stupid bad luck)
15. Levante – “Sei tu” (It’s you)
16. Fedez & Masini – “Male necessario” (Necessary evil)
17. Ermal Meta – “Stella stellina” (Star, little star)
18. Serena Brancale – “Qui con me” (Here with me)
19. Nayt – “Prima che” (Before)
20. Malika Ayane – “Animali notturni” (Nocturnal animals)
21. Eddie Brock – “Avvoltoi” (Vultures)
22. Sal Da Vinci – “Per sempre sì” (Forever yes)
23. Enrico Nigiotti – “Ogni volta che non so volare” (Every time I can’t fly)
24. Tredici Pietro – “Uomo che cade” (Man who falls)
25. Bambole di pezza – “Resta con me” (Stay with me)
26. Chiello  – “Ti penso sempre” (I’m always thinking of you)
27. Maria Antonietta & Colombre – “La felicità e basta” (Happiness, that’s all)
28. Leo Gassmann – “Naturale” (Natural)
29. Francesco Renga – “Il meglio di me” (The best of me)
30. LDA & Aka 7even – “Poesie Clandestine” (Clandestine poems)

Tonight, the Artistic Director Carlo Conti will be joined by co-host Turkish actor and model Can Yaman, and the show also featured performances from last year’s winner Olly, Tiziano Ferro, Gaia (from the Suzuki Stage), and Max Pezzali (from the Costa Toscana Cruiseship).

The contest is also being broadcast live from 20:40 CET on Rai 1, Radio Radio 2 and RaiPlay, and can be watched internationally in Albania on RTSH, Montenegro on TVCG 2, Romania on TVR1, and in Switzerland on RSI Rete Tre.

Lucio Corsi represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Volevo essere un duro”. He finished 5th, scoring a total of 256 points.

Source: RAI