Sanremo Music Festival 2027
| Sanremo Music Festival 2027 | |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Italy |
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| Broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Artistic director |
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| Presenters | Stefano De Martino |
The Sanremo Music Festival 2027 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 2027), officially the 77th Italian Song Festival (77º Festival della canzone italiana), is set to be the 77th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). It will be held between 16 and 20 February 2027, and will be presented by Stefano De Martino, who will also serve, together with Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, as the artistic director for the competition. The winner of the fourth night will represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.[1]
Format
The 2027 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival will take place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organised by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. Following a long dispute between RAI and the Sanremo municipality ahead of the preceding edition, an agreement was finally reached to keep the contest in Sanremo until 2029.[2] A special "permanent observatory" was constituted by mutual agreement of both parties, which held its first meeting on 23 April 2026.[3]
On 6 June 2026, RAI announced that the contest would be held from 16 to 20 February 2027.[4][5]
Presenters
In January 2026, Carlo Conti, Sanremo's host and artistic director from 2025, announced that he would step down from his position after 2026.[6] On 28 February 2026, during the final night of the 2026 edition, he announced Stefano De Martino as the artistic director and main host of the Sanremo Music Festival 2027.[7][8]
Selections
Sanremo Giovani 2026
The Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Festival was scrapped, with a single entrant to the main competition being determined through the Sanremo Giovani format. The contest will be held across six episodes, with the final at Sanremo Casino airing live on Rai 1 on 18 December 2026.[9]
Online submissions for the selection are open from 17 August 2026. Among these, 60 acts will be selected by a musical committee – comprising artistic director De Martino – to take part in an initial audition round in Rome, where 15 of them will advance to a second audition phase in Sanremo, along with 15 entrants from the separate Area Sanremo selection; there, six acts (three from the standard selection and three from Area Sanremo) will advance to the televised stage.[9][10]
Shows
First night
Half of the competing artists will perform their competing songs.[1]
Second night
The remaining artists will perform their competing songs.[1]
Third night
The artists will perform an Italian or international song from the past, duetting with one or more guest performers.[1]
Fourth night
All artists will stage a Eurovision Song Contest–style performance of their competing songs. The winner of the night will be selected to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.[1]
Fifth night
All artists will perform their competing songs.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sanremo, De Martino: 'Sto già costruendo il mio Festival internazionale'" [Sanremo, De Martino: "I'm already building my international Festival"]. Adnkronos (in Italian). 3 July 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "Il Festival di Sanremo resta a casa? Il nuovo accordo tra Rai e Comune dovrebbe coprire dal 2026 al 2029". All Music Italia (in Italian). 16 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Rai-Comune di Sanremo, primo incontro dell'Osservatorio permanente sul festival" (in Italian). ANSA. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Sanremo 2027, le date della 77ª edizione" (Press release) (in Italian). RAI. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ Shepherd, Em (6 June 2026). "Italy: Sanremo 2027 Dates Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Costabile, Ilaria (23 January 2026). "Carlo Conti: 'Non farò Sanremo 2027. Sappiamo che La Ruota della Fortuna sarà un competitor'". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Di Lorenzo, Paolo (28 February 2026). "Stefano De Martino condurrà 'Sanremo 2027'. È ufficiale". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (1 March 2026). "Italy: Stefano De Martino Announced as Artistic Director for Sanremo 2027". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Sanremo Giovani cambia formula: un solo vincitore, sarà tra i Campioni del Festival 2027". RaiNews (in Italian). RAI. 8 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ Shepherd, Em (6 August 2026). "Italy: Rai Confirms Format Change for Sanremo Giovani 2026". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
External links
- Official website of the Sanremo Music Festival (in Italian)
