Sanremo 2026: the Festival's most radio-played songs, according to Radiomonitor

Just days before the start of the 2026 Sanremo Festival, the first consolidated data on radio airplay for the competing songs is starting to come in. Radiomonitor's real-time tracking – based on a panel of around 367 Italian stations – offers a snapshot of a chart that's still evolving, but already indicative of programming trends.

At the time of tracking, the most-played song is Ditonellapiaga's, which tops the chart with 500 spins.

Below are the top five positions by number of radio plays:

1. "How annoying!" – Ditonellapiaga
2. “I romantici” – Tommaso Paradiso 
3. “Stupida sfortuna” – Fulminacci 
4. “Italian starter pack” – J-Ax 
5. “Male necessario” – Fedez e Marco Masini 

The picture remains fluid: play counts are updated continuously and can be checked via the dedicated web app, which lets you track the airplay performance of each competing single in real time.

The bookmakers' odds

After the listening sessions for the competing songs and the announcement of the first Top 5, the 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival has also moved into high gear on the prediction front. According to analysts at Sisal, the race for the final win is currently shaping up as a two-horse affair: the duo of Fedez and Marco Masini, priced at 2.75, have overtaken Serena Brancale, now at 3.25.

Close behind is Arisa, who has climbed back up the odds boards to 6.00 on the strength of “Magica favola”. Further down the field, but with room to grow, are a few names seen as potential surprises, following in the footsteps of what happened last year with Lucio Corsi.

Among them is Sal Da Vinci, who, after the success of “Rossetto e caffè”, is aiming to turn “Per sempre sì” into a new mainstream-pop standard: his odds of winning are set at 9.00. Ditonellapiaga is priced higher, at 12.00, though making the first Top 5 could strengthen her candidacy. Meanwhile Tommaso Paradiso has slipped, now at 16.00.

On the underdog front: Fulminacci is being floated as a credible dark horse. A win for him would pay out at 20 to 1, a sign of cautious but not negligible confidence.

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