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Italy: Sanremo 2026 Results & Highlights - Night 2

  • Writer: Liv Webster
    Liv Webster
  • 5 hours ago
  • 4 min read

Welcome to five days of pure-distilled-Italian-genius which is the Sanremo Music Festival! For those who are unfamiliar - the competition is held in the picturesque town of Sanremo in the North-Western pocket of Italy and functions as a stand-alone festival and also to select Italy's Eurovision artist for 2026.


Another day - another evening of the Sanremo Music Festival! If you missed the opening evening we've got you covered here.


Beginning in 1951, many of the best known names in Italian music took part as competitors, guests or composers. For Italians it is the music event on the calendar and will propel artists straight to the top of the charts.


Need a guide of how to follow Sanremo this year? We've got you covered here.


All 30 entries can be streamed on Spotify and the performances viewed on YouTube.


15 of the artists performed this morning during the show - here are the provisional results for the Top 5 consisting of the televote (50%) and radio jury (50%) votes.



Top 5 Results:

In alphabetical order


Ermal Meta – Stella Stellina


Fedez & Masini – Male Necessario


LDA & Aka 7even – Poesie Clandestine


Nayt – Prima Che


Tommaso Paradiso – I Romantici



Newcomers semi-final


Newconer artists left to right: Nicolò Filippucci, Soniko, Blind & El Ma, Angelica Bove & Mazzariello
Newconer artists left to right: Nicolò Filippucci, Soniko, Blind & El Ma, Angelica Bove & Mazzariello

In addition to the main show this year's festival reverted back to having a separate Newcomers' competition. This is a format seen in previous editions.


The top four artists of Sanremo Giovanni competed today in the Newcomers' section.


The competing acts were:


  • Mazzariello - Manifestazione d'amore

  • Soniko, Blind & El Ma - Nei miei DM

  • Angelica Bove - Mattone

  • Nicolò Filippucci - Laguna


The two to go through to the final were:


  • Angelica Bove - Mattone

  • Nicolò Filippucci - Laguna



Iconic Moments


Co-hosts Laura Pausini and Achille Lauro performed an electrifying duet of 16 marzo with the stage adorned with electric candles, rugs, a sofa, a pouf, and an upright piano




Of course the world has just witnessed Italy host the Winter Olympics just 230km up the road in Turin, some of the medalists were celebrated on stage!




Local broadcaster RAI has very kindly created a compilation video of the best moments of the evening - how every kind!




All five nights of Festival di Sanremo this year will be co-hosted by Laura Pausini, Italian music icon who has earned success not just in her home country, but around the globe.


Pausini won the Newcomers' Section of Sanremo in 1993 with her song La Solitudine. Recently, she has hosted Eurovision in 2022, and sung the Italian national anthem at the open ceremony of the recent Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina.


She will be alongside Conti for the rest of the festival, providing not only her role as a host, but classic Italian music, humour, and charm.



This morning was the second night of the five-day festival - the rest of the week will proceed as follows:


Second Night - Thursday (06:40am AEDT)

  • The night is opened by the Newcomer section head-to-head competition

  • Fifteen of the artists will perform their entries for the second time

  • Voting will be televote (50%) and radio jury (50%)

  • A provisional ranking of the Top 5 acts will be announced at the end of the show

  • Confirmed special guests: Bresh, Arianna Fontana, Francesca Lollobrigida, Lisa Vittozzi, Giacomo Bertagnolli and Giuliana Turra


Third Night - Friday (06:40am AEDT)

  • The remaining fifteen artists will perform their entries for the second time

  • Voting will be televote (50%) and radio jury (50%)

  • A provisional ranking of the Top 5 acts will be announced at the end of the show

  • The night is closed by the Newcomers' final

  • Confirmed special guests: Alicia Keys, Eros Ramazzotti, Virginia Raffaele, Fabio De Luigi and The Kolors


Fourth Night - Saturday (06:40am AEDT)

  • All 30 artists will perform covers of iconic Italian or international songs

  • Artists may perform with an acclaimed Italian or international guest

  • Voting will be televote (34%), combined press jury (33%) and radio jury (33%)

  • The winning cover will be announced, but unlike previous editions, the result will not count towards the overall score at the end of the festival

  • Confirmed special guests: Francesco Gabbani


Final Night - Sunday (06:40am AEDT)

  • All 30 artists will perform their songs for the third and final time

  • At the end of televoting, the final ranking will be drawn up comprised of print and TV & Web media jury (33%), a radio jury (33%) and televoting (34%). The Top 5 ranked acts will perform again.

  • A new vote will then be held. Of the top five in the super final - the winner will be decided by televote (34%), press jury (33%) and radio jury (33%). The sum of the votes of all three components, added to the votes of the previous general classification, will finally decree the winning song of the Festival.

  • Confirmed special guests: Andrea Bocelli and Pooh


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