🇮🇹 Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2026 Night One Results

Festival di Sanremo 2026 has kicked off tonight in Italy, with the first top five having been revealed.

Tonight, the 76th Festival di Sanremo began in Italy, with all 30 acts taking to the Ariston stage to perform their competing entries for the first time. The Artistic Director Carlo Conti was 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).

Tonight’s competing songs were:

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)

The performances were voted on by a jury made up of professionals from the press, television, and web media. As will happen every night before the final, the first top five was revealed in a random order:

• Arisa – “Magica favola” (Magical tale)
• Fulminacci – “Stupida sfortuna” (Stupid bad luck)
• Serena Brancale – “Qui con me” (Here with me)
• Ditonellapiaga – “Che fastidio!” (How annoying!)
• Fedez & Masini – “Male necessario” (Necessary evil)

The contest is 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.