Overview
- Carlo Conti announced the audience via Instagram, calling it "an immense joy, a great honor and a great emotion."
- The meeting is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13 at the Quirinale with Conti, Laura Pausini and the Big in competition.
- This will be the first presidential reception for Sanremo in the festival’s 76 editions.
- The 2026 edition is slated to air on Rai 1 from Feb. 24 to 28.
- The reported Big lineup mixes veterans and contemporary acts, featuring Tommaso Paradiso debuting solo at the Ariston alongside names such as Arisa, Elettra Lamborghini, Patty Pravo, Raf, J-Ax, Fulminacci and Dargen D'Amico.