Sanremo 2026: the first night's running order in order of appearance. Here are the competing singers and the guests performing at the Ariston

The Sanremo Festival kicks off this evening, Tuesday 24 February, from the Teatro Ariston. The first night will be broadcast live on Rai 1 starting at 8.40pm. This marks the opening of the 76th edition of the event, with all 30 Big artists in competition making their debut. After weeks of previews and press-only listening sessions, the Ariston stage will for the first time host the competing songs in front of a television audience. Each artist will perform their own track, which will be judged exclusively by the Press, TV and Web Jury. At the end of the evening, the five most-voted songs will be announced, without indicating their exact ranking, sketching out a provisional first standings.

The show is hosted by Carlo Conti, alongside Laura Pausini and Can Yaman.

The first night's running order

Here is the running order for the first night. Ditonellapiaga will open the competition. Closing the long musical marathon will instead be Lda & Aka 7even, who will perform last. Here is the stage running order at the Ariston:

• Ditonellapiaga
• Michele Bravi
• Sayf
• Mara Sattei
• Dargen D'Amico
• Arisa
• Luchè
• Tommaso Paradiso
• Elettra Lamborghini
• Patty Pravo
• Samurai Jay
• Raf
• J-Ax
• Fulminacci
• Levante
• Fedez & Masini
• Erman Meta
• Serena Brancale
• Nayt
• Malika Ayane
• Eddie Brock
• Sal Da Vinci
• Enrico Nigiotti
• Tredici Pietro
• Bambole Di Pezza
• Chiello
• Maria Antonietta & Colombre
• Leo Gassmann
• Francesco Renga
• Lda & Aka 7even

The 30 Big Artists competing and their songs

These are the artists and songs performing on the first night:

• Arisa – “Magica favola”
• Bambole di Pezza – “Resta con me”
• Chiello – “Ti penso sempre”
• Dargen D'Amico – "AI AI"
• Ditonellapiaga – “Che fastidio!”
• Eddie Brock – “Avvoltoi”
• Elettra Lamborghini – "Voilà"
• Enrico Nigiotti – "Ogni volta che non so volare"
• Ermal Meta – "Stella stellina"
• Fedez & Marco Masini – “Male necessario”
• Francesco Renga – "Il meglio di me"
• Fulminacci – "Stupida sfortuna"
• J-Ax – “Italy Starter Pack”
• LDA & Aka 7even – "Poesie clandestine"
• Leo Gassmann – "Naturale"
• Levante – "Sei tu"
• Luchè – "Labirinto"
• Malika Ayane – "Animali notturni"
• Mara Sattei – "Le cose che non sai di me"
• Maria Antonietta & Colombre – "La felicità e basta"
• Michele Bravi – "Prima o poi"
• Nayt – “Prima che”
• Patty Pravo – “Opera”
• Raf – “Ora e per sempre”
• Sal Da Vinci – “Per sempre sì”
• Samurai Jay – “Ossessione”
• Sayf – “Tu mi piaci tanto”
• Serena Brancale – “Qui con me”
• Tommaso Paradiso – “I romantici”
• Tredici Pietro – “Uomo che cade”

The guests

The main guest of the first night is Tiziano Ferro, who returns to the Ariston 25 years after the release of the single "Xdono" and the album "Rosso Relativo". During the evening he will also present his new album "Sono un grande", performing the title track live.

There will also be remote link-ups and performances outside the theatre: Max Pezzali will perform from the ship moored off the coast of Sanremo, while Gaia will headline the live show in Piazza Colombo.

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