Canzonissima 2026: here's who won the final and the entire run of the Rai1 show

"Il mio canto libero", Lucio Battisti's famous 1972 hit, co-written with Mogol, is the winner of Canzonissima 2026: the song was performed by Fabrizio Moro, who triumphed in the final of the show hosted by Milly Carlucci on Rai1, watched by an average of 2.155 million viewers, equal to an 18.3% share.

"It was truly a wonderful experience: I had a huge amount of fun, and above all I appreciated the fact that both Milly and the writers left everything open to interpretation - the arrangements of the songs, the choice of songs. That was the key thing for me, most of all," Fabrizio Moro said in the heat of the moment, in videos posted on the show's social media.

The reboot of the historic variety show, which between 1956 and 1976 saw hosts ranging from Nino Manfredi to Mike Bongiorno, from Raimondo Vianello to Pippo Baudo, has been confirmed for 2027.

The new "Canzonissima" put the focus not on competition between artists, but on a contest between songs. Among the participants were Riccardo Cocciante (who won yesterday's episode with "Margherita"), Arisa, Elio e le Storie Tese, Elettra Lamborghini, Enrico Ruggeri, Fausto Leali, Fabrizio Moro, Irene Grandi, Jalisse, Leo Gassmann, Malika Ayane, Michele Bravi, Paolo Jannacci and Vittorio Grigolo.

On the jury were Simona Izzo, Giacomo Maiolini, Claudio Cecchetto, Caterina Balivo, Francesca Fialdini, Riccardo Rossi and Pierluigi Pardo.

Here are all the winners of the six episodes of the Rai1 show:

• first episode: Fabrizio Moro with “Il mio canto libero”
• second episode: Arisa with “La leva calcistica della classe ’68”
• third episode: Vittorio Grigolo with “Caruso”
• fourth episode: Arisa with "La notte"
• fifth episode: Leo Gassmann with "Un senso"
• sixth episode: Riccardo Cocciante with "Margherita"

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