Sanremo 2026: the running order for the final night. The Big Artists in competition and the guests set to perform at the Festival

The fifth and final night of the Sanremo 2026 Festival airs tonight, Saturday 28 February. The live broadcast on Rai 1 kicks off at 8:40pm, closing an edition that has seen 30 Big Artists in competition, all back on the Ariston stage for the decisive performance. At the end of the evening, the winner will be announced.

The final night is hosted by Carlo Conti, joined by permanent co-host Laura Pausini. With them for this last evening are also journalist Giorgia Cardinaletti and Nino Frassica.

The special guest is Andrea Bocelli. Also on the schedule is the final link-up with the Costa Toscana cruise ship, where Max Pezzali is expected, along with the events at the Suzuki Stage in Piazza Colombo: on Saturday 28 February, Pooh take the stage to celebrate sixty years of their career, with Daniele Battaglia hosting.

The final running order will be released this afternoon in pdf format, after the press conference.

The 30 Big Artists in competition (alphabetical order)

Here are the thirty Big Artists who will perform again tonight at the Ariston, for now in alphabetical order (the running order will be announced later)

• Arisa – “Magica favola”
• Bambole di Pezza – “Resta con me”
• Chiello – “Ti penso sempre”
• Dargen D’Amico – “AI AI”
• Ditonellapiaga – “Ditonellapiaga”
• Eddie Brock – “Avvoltoi”
• Elettra Lamborghini – "Voilà"
• Enrico Nigiotti – "Ogni volta che non so volare"
• Ermal Meta – "Stella stellina"
• Fedez & 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”

How the final vote works

The 30 artists perform their song again and are judged by three components:

• Public vote (34%)
• Press, TV and Web Jury (33%)
• Radio Jury (33%)

The result of the evening is combined with the votes from the first night and the joint votes from the second and third nights to determine a new overall ranking.

At the end of the performances, the top five artists are announced, with no indication of their order. The finalists then perform again, and a new vote opens with the same percentages (34% televote, 33% press room, 33% radio). The outcome is added to the previous results to determine the final ranking. The song in first place is declared the winner, and its performer becomes Sanremo 2026 Champion.

During the evening, the Best Lyrics Award, the Best Musical Composition Award and the Critics' Award are also handed out.

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