Sanremo 2026, the revelation Ditonellapiaga: "Glad that a female artist with these sounds and a name like this is on the podium"

"It's a huge satisfaction, I wasn't even expecting to be selected for the Festival, so I'd say my expectations have been massively exceeded, I'm thrilled that a track like mine, a track with sounds that are definitely pop, electro pop, but also acid house, is on the podium - it genuinely feels like a hallucination." So says Ditonellapiaga, who finished third at the 76th edition of the Festival, speaking at the press conference in Sanremo. "I'm thrilled," she adds, "to have shared the stage with Carolina Bubbico, and that she won the arrangement award - it was an incredible team effort, and I'm glad that a proposal as original and quirky as mine was rewarded. I'm happy that a female artist with a name like mine, Ditonellapiaga, which has also been a fairly difficult name to carry, still made it onto the podium alongside these two hugely talented artists. So I'm absolutely thrilled about everything that's happened to me, and thanks to everyone who voted for me, because it really has been a wonderful experience," she concludes.

Ditonellapiaga also won the covers night, dueting with Tony Pitony on "The Lady Is A Tramp", a 1937 song whose most famous duet rendition is the one by Frank Sinatra with Ella Fitzgerald. Their reinterpretation won over both jury and audience with its stage dynamics and vocal chemistry, emerging as the most-voted performance of the night.

Watch below the version of Ditonellapiaga and Tony Pitony of “The Lady Is A Tramp”.

Margherita Carducci, aka Ditonellapiaga, also opened the 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival with "Che fastidio!", now available on radio and digital platforms.

Written and composed by Margherita Carducci together with Alessandro Casagni, Edoardo Castroni and Edoardo Ruzzi, “Che fastidio!” offers up acid house sounds bordering on techno, and its lyrics tackle, with an ironic edge, the small and large constraints of everyday life. The lyrics describe the feeling of being out of place, observing with detachment the situations and dynamics that generate unease in the frenetic environment the artist moves through. The arrangement is credited to maestro Carolina Bubbico. On the Ariston stage, the performance was accompanied by a dance troupe led by choreographer Dalila Frassanito, with six performers reinforcing the song's rhythmic drive.

Set in a hotel during a party that gradually slides into the surreal, the video for “Che fastidio!” follows Ditonellapiaga through eccentric characters and choreography built around deliberately disorienting situations. The screenplay is by Matteo Corradini, direction by Frametank, while production is handled by Mine Studio, which also oversaw the project's creative direction. The video visually develops the theme of disorientation tied to the pressure to conform to models and expectations.

Watch the video for “Che fastidio!” below.

“Che fastidio!” introduces “Miss Italy”, the new album by Ditonellapiaga, out April 10th and already available for pre-order. The album stems from a phase of artistic and personal reflection, driven by the need to redefine her coordinates and language.

Written entirely by Margherita Carducci in collaboration with Alessandro Casagni, who also handled production, “Miss Italy” was preceded by the single “Sì lo so”. The project explores the relationship with aesthetic and social standards and the idea of adequacy, while maintaining a sound built around electronic and pop-dance elements.

This new artistic phase will also be presented live, with a club tour planned for autumn 2026.

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