Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – The selections for Sanremo Giovani 2026 are getting underway. After the first live auditions held in Hall A on Via Asiago in Rome, the first 15 artists who will continue their journey in the competition dedicated to new proposals in Italian music have been announced: Albe (from Manerbio, Brescia) with 'Vuoi o non vuoi', Basim (from Patti, Messina) with 'Distanza', Dubrazil (Milan) with 'Por Favor', Florinda (Naples) with 'Senza 'E Te', Frambo (Arezzo) with 'Non disturbare', Gallas (San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia) with 'Fermo', Lea Gavino (Rome) with 'L'ennesima canzone', Les Votives (Milan) with 'Non importa', Neartica (Benevento) with 'Foto mossa', Occhi (Lodi) with 'La guerra dei bottoni', Petit (Rome) with 'It's you', Plasma (Genoa) with 'Mechanical Energy', Rob (Catania) with 'I Never Learn', Santamarea (Palermo) with 'All This Sea Inside' and Selma (Benevento) with 'I Will Dream'.
Some of them are already well-known: Les Votives and Rob participated in 'X Factor' (the band was a finalist in the last edition of the talent show), while Albe, Petit, and Plasma are from 'Amici'; Lea Gavino, singer and actress, had already participated in the Sanremo Giovani selections last year; Santamarea won Musicultura, while Selma won the talent show 'Dalla strada al palco' and is a contestant on 'Tale e Quale'.
For the 2026 edition, the format of Sanremo Giovani changes face and makes the race towards the Ariston stage even more intense.
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It provides a path divided into several stages in front of the Music Commission which will lead to the choice of six
artists: three from the Sanremo Giovani selections and three from the Area Sanremo competition.
Six artists will advance to the final of the 'Sarà Sanremo' contest, scheduled for prime time on Rai 1 on Friday, December 11th, the final stage of the selection process. At the end of the evening, a single winner will be announced, who will earn a spot among the Big Artists at the Sanremo Festival, as per the rules.
After the auditions for artists from the Rai contest, the process will continue from mid-November with the selection of Area Sanremo candidates, leading the Music Commission to identify the six finalists destined to compete for the only available spot at the Festival.
The commission is chaired by Stefano De Martino, artistic director of Sanremo Giovani, supported by Noemi, Fabio Volo, Carlo Pastore, maestro Pino Perris, Ema Stokholma and Claudio Fasulo, deputy director of Rai Prime Time Entertainment.
“An extraordinary debut for the first live auditions: a burst of talent and energy that demonstrates how much the new musical generation needs spaces and opportunities like Sanremo Giovani,” underlined Stefano De Martino.
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