Italy: “Festival di Sanremo 2026” Duets Revealed

The 76th edition of the traditional Italian music festival, “Festival di Sanremo”, will be held between February 24th and 28th, 2026.

Carlo Conti has announced the duets and covers to be performed by the 30 big artists.
The covers will be performed on the 4th night of the festival (Friday, February 27th, 2026)

  1. Arisa & il Coro Teatro Regio di Parma — “Quello che le donne non dicono”
  2. Bambole di Pezza & Cristina D’Avena — “Occhi di gatto”
  3. Chiello & Morgan — “Mi sono innamorato di te”
  4. Dargen D’Amico and Pupo & Fabrizio Bosso — “Su di noi”
  5. Ditonellapiaga & TonyPitony — “The Lady Is a Tramp”
  6. Eddie Brock & Fabrizio Moro — “Portami via”
  7. Elettra Lamborghini & Las Ketchup — “Aserejé”
  8. Enrico Nigiotti & Alfa — “En e Xanax”
  9. Ermal Meta & Dardust — “Golden Hour”
  10. Fedez and Masini & Stjepan Hauser — “Meravigliosa creatura”
  11. Francesco Renga & Giusy Ferreri — “Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola”
  12. Fulminacci & Francesca Fagnani — “Parole parole”
  13. J-Ax & Ligera County Fam. — “E la vita, la vita”
  14. LDA and Aka 7even & Tullio De Piscopo — “Andamento lento”
  15. Leo Gassmann & Aiello — “Era già tutto previsto”
  16. Levante & Gaia — “I maschi”
  17. Luchè & Gianluca Grignani — “Falco a metà”
  18. Malika Ayane & Claudio Santamaria — “Mi sei scoppiato dentro al cuore”
  19. Mara Sattei & Mecna — “L’ultimo bacio”
  20. Maria Antonietta and Colombre & Brunori Sas — “Il mondo”
  21. Michele Bravi & Fiorella Mannoia — “Domani è un altro giorno”
  22. Nayt & Joan Thiele — “La canzone dell’amore perduto”
  23. Patty Pravo & Timofej Andrijashenko — “Ti lascio una canzone”
  24. Raf & The Kolors — “The Riddle”
  25. Sal Da Vinci & Michele Zarrillo — “Cinque giorni”
  26. Samurai Jay & Belén Rodríguez and Roy Paci — “Baila morena”
  27. Sayf & Alex Britti and Mario Biondi — “Hit the Road Jack”
  28. Serena Brancale & Gregory Porter and Delia — “Besame mucho”
  29. Tommaso Paradiso & Stadio — “L’ultima luna”
  30. Tredici Pietro & Galeffi and Fudasca & Band — “Vita”

The Festival Line-up

  1. Arisa – Magica favola (Eng: Magical Fairy Tale)
  2. Bambole di pezza – Resta con me (Eng: Stay with Me)
  3. Chiello –Ti penso sempre (Eng: I Always Think of You )
  4. Dargen D’Amico – Ahi ahi
  5. Ditonellapiaga – Che fastidio (Eng: How Annoying)
  6. Eddie Brock – Avvoltoi (Eng: Vultures)
  7. Elettra Lamborghini – Voile
  8. Enrico Nigiotti – Ogni volta che non so volare (Eng: Every Time I Don’t Know How To Fly )
  9. Ermal Meta – Stella stellina
  10. Fedez & Marco Masini – Male necessario (Eng: Necessary Evil)
  11. Francesco Renga – Il meglio di me (Eng: The Best of Me)
  12. Fulminacci – Stupida sfortuna (Eng: Stupid Misfortune)
  13. JAx – Italia Starter Pack
  14. Lda & Aka7even – Poesie clandestine (Eng: Clandestine Poems)
  15. Leo Gassmann Naturale (Eng: Natural)
  16. Levante – Sei tu (Eng: It’s You)
  17. Luchè – Labirinto (Eng: Labyrinth)
  18. Malika Ayane – Animali notturni (Eng: Nocturnal Animals)
  19. Mara Sattei – Le cose che non sai di me (Eng: The Things You Don’t Know About Me)
  20. Maria Antonietta & Colombre – La felicità e basta (Eng: Happiness and That’s It)
  21. Michele Bravi – Prima o poi (Eng: Sooner or Later)
  22. Nayt – Prima che (Eng: Before)
  23. Patty – Pravo Opera
  24. Raf – Ora e per sempre (Eng: Now and Forever)
  25. Sal Da Vinci Per sempre si (Eng: Forever Yes)
  26. Samurai Jay – Ossessione (Eng: Obsession )
  27. Sayf – Tu mi piaci tanto (Eng: I Like You So Much)
  28. Serena Brancale – Qui con me (Eng: Here With Me)
  29. Tommaso Paradiso – I Romantici (Eng: The Romantic )
  30. Tredici Pietro – Uomo che cade (Eng: Falling Man)
  31. Angeline Bove – Mattone
  32. Nicolo Filippucci – Laguna
  33. Blind El Ma & Soniko – Mei Miei DM
  34. Mazzaeriello – Manifestazione D’amore (Eng: Manifestation of Love)

“Festival Di Sanremo 2026” – Known Details

  1. The festival will last 5 days, between February 24th and February 28th, 2026.
  2. As always, 2 categories of artists will take part in the festival: big artists and newcomers.
  3. Night 1:
    • All big artists (“Champions”) will perform their songs.
    • The results will be based on web and TV journalists
    • At the end of the night, the top 5 will be announced in a random order.
  4. Night 2:
    • 15 of the big artists (“Champions”) will perform their songs
    • The results will be based on 50% public votes and 50% radio journalists.
    • The top 5 will be announced in random order.
    • In addition, the 4 “Newcomers” will perform their songs and will compete in 2 duels. Two of them will qualify for the “Newcomers” final.
  5. Night 3:
    • The remaining 15 artists will perform their songs
    • The results will be based on 50% public votes and 50% radio journalists.
    • The top 5 will be announced in random order.
    • In addition, the “Newcomers” winner will be announced.
  6. Night 4:
    • The artists will perform covers and/or duets.
    • The covered songs will be either Italian or international (as well as duet partners).
    • The results will be based on a 34% public vote, 33% professional jury vote, and a 33% radio jury vote.
    • The winners of the night will be announced, but the results won’t impact the festival’s final results.
  7. Night 5:
    • All participants will perform their songs.
    • The results will be based on the average ranking of the first 3 nights and the final night (based on 100% public votes)
    • The Top 5 artists (based on the combined ranking of nights 1-3 and night 5, based on jury and public) will advance to the super final.
    • Super-finalists will perform their songs again.
    • The results of the super-final will be based on a 34% public vote, a 33% professional jury vote, and a 33% radio jury vote.


Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.

Doron Lahav is 30-year-old, who lives in Israel. Doron has been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since early 2000s. Doron works as a Data Scientist and shows interest in singing and writing.

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