Feb 27, 2026
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Even on Thursday, February 26, there was no real order.Only the five most voted, in no particular order, were sworn in this time by television and radio.
The third night of the Sanremo Festival 2026, hosted by Carlo Conti with Laura Pausini, Russian supermodel Irina Shayk and comedian Ubaldo Pantani in the role of Lapo Elkann, represents the renewal of the 76th edition of the festival.
For this evening, the audience at home (through televoting with a weight of 50%) and radio (50%) show their preferences, at the end of the evening the 5 artists who have received the most votes among 15 competitions are determined in a certain order according to the tradition of the Festival.
On Friday, February 27, all 30 competing singers will return to sing, each with a new interpretation of a piece of Italian or international music accompanied by one or more guests.At the end of the evening, the winner of the closing night will be chosen and a complete list of features will be created, which, however, does not count towards the official competition.
What you need to know
The next episode is after the third night
The home audience and radio jury cast their votes on the third night of the 2026 Sanremo Festival. Below are the top five singers (out of 15 who performed) in no particular order.
- Serena Brancale
- Sal Da Vinci
Arisa takes to the stage Magica favola, musical biography, with a positive and beautiful view, from a ten-year-old girl who played with dolls and love, to a fourteen-year-old girl at the first kiss, to adolescence and forty years "I want to find a little hand".I love you so much by Sayf, but, after the obvious declaration of love, it hides a set of thoughts about the country's conflict, information for the floods in Emilia and Liguria, for the taxes that are always wasted, the struggle quickly forgotten, Cannavaro's quotes, Lucicorev's life anyway. In 1967, with Labirinto, Luche created a great example of obsessive thoughts and complex ties that intertwine pride, regret and fragility.didHere's a love letter with me from Serena Brancale to his mother Maria De Filippis, who passed away suddenly in 2020.Sal Da Vinci with Per semper si made a declaration of love celebrating the promise of marriage before God, a song for marriage as the final stage of adult love, "not love for life."
A partial sequence after the second evening
On the second night of the Sanremo Festival 2026, the home audience and the radio jury voted.These are (in no particular order) the five singers who received the most votes (out of 15 who performed):
-Tommaso Paradiso
- Akka and I are related
- Fedez by machine
- Ermal Meta
Tommaso Paradiso staged I romantici, a modern ballad that marks his Sanremo debut and is a very sweet dedication to his daughter Anna.The song is about those who still stop and look at the sky and passing trains, about those who choose to remain sensitive even when it would be easier to harden.At the center is the promise of the present danger, which breaks the cold inherited from the past.LDA & AKA 7 even with Clandestine Poems they tell of a physical, visceral and all-encompassing love.The song is about two main characters who live a feeling full of contradictions: they want each other, but they try to really intertwine, they remain suspended between desire and impossibility.With his Prima che, Nayt explores the desire to show the other in the most sincere way, before masks, screens and social conventions destroy the essence of the encounter.Fedez and Masini from Necessary Male bring vulnerability, fragility to Sanremo and the courage to no longer escape from "the silence that is noise".In the center is a reflection on fatherhood and responsibility towards children.Finally, Stella Stella by Ermal Mete is a poignant lullaby dedicated to a Palestinian girl, a victim of the conflict in Gaza.The song, which talks about war and suffering children, ends with a strong message that the performer utters at the end of the performance: "Children should make noise, not silence".
Classification section after the first evening
On Tuesday, February 25, a press conference will be held for the five favorite artists (in no particular order);
- Serena Brankele
- Machine stinks
Arisa, in his eighth participation in the Sanremo Festival, talks to Magica Favola about his childhood, first love, injuries, fatigue and the desire for peace.Fulminacci, in his second participation, brings a song (Stupidafortuna) designed to "travel on the fear of the future".Serena Brankel competes with Cui Con Mi, a sweet and sad song dedicated to her dead mother. Ditonellapiaga, What a nuisance!and, expressing the discomfort and frustration of those who do not identify with social hypocrisy, fashion and convention.While Fedez and Masini, who started their partnership in Ariston, sing about hope in Necessary Male.Resilience.and paternity.
What will happen in the next few evenings
Friday 27 February is the cover change, and separate competitions will take place: televoting, press room and radio jury.will have weights of 34%, 33% and 33% respectively.The winner of the duet night will not affect the overall ranking.On Saturday, February 28, all thirty artists will return to perform: televoting will get 34%, the press room 33%, and the radio jury 33%.The top five classified ads will appear again, and will be subject to televoting by the public, press room, and radio by the same percentage.
