ITALY: SANREMO 2026 - QUARTA SERATA : THE COVER NIGHT

The 76th Sanremo festival continues with the Covers night that no longer (hallelujah!) has no effect directly on the scoreboard but is a separate competition with its own winner and Top-10 announced. The competing Big artists have chosen a song to their liking and invited Italian or international artists to perform together. That brings many Sanremo veterans and regulars back on stage in Teatro Ariston: Morgan, Pupo, Fabrizio Moro, Giusy Ferreri, Gaia, Gianluca Grignani, Brunori Sas, Fiorella Mannoia, The Kolors, Michele Zarrillo, Alex Britti along with international stars like Gregory Porter. Morgan was supposed to be there with Chiello (Remember Dov'è Bugo? Where is Bugo? incident a few years ago?) but after rehearsals he withdraw because he didn't want to shadow the artist with his own talent"... Yeah. Right.

The competition itself sees Arisa, Serena Brancale and Fedez & Masini reaching Top-5 both nights and therefor are in pole position while Sal Da Vinci mania keeps growing. The others that have reached the Top5 one night are Fulminacci and Ditonellapiega who surprisingly didn't reach the Top5 against all odds the second night, Tommaso Paradiso and Ermal Meta as expected while LDA & Aka /even and Nayt may have been minor surprises. Sayf and surpringly Luchè (or then maybe not so surprisingly) also made the cut the second round.

Tonight I will just sit back and enjoy the show. No comments or updates. Back to that tomorrow after UMK final :-)

Nicolò Filippucci won the newcomers ahead of Angelica Bove who collected all the other awards. Nothing against him but Angelica deserved to win already last year and her song this year is maybe my favorite of them all.....

Model Bianca Balti will be co-hosting. Francesco Gabbani will be on Suzuki stage outside Teatro Ariston and Max Pezzali still aboard the cruise ship.

Arisa with choir of Teatro Regio di Parma - Quello che le donne non dicono (Fiorella Mannoia 1987)

Bambole di pezza with Christina D'avena - Occhi di gatto (Christina D'Avena 1985)

Chiello with Saverio Cigarini - Mi sono innamorato di te (Luigi Tenco 1962)

Dargen D'Amico with Pupo & Fabrizio Bosso - Su di noi (Pipo 1980)

Ditonellapiega with Tony Pitony - The lady is a tramp (Mitzi Green 1937)

Eddie Brock with Fabrizio Moro - Portami via (Fabrizio Moro 2017)

Elettra Lamborghini with Las Ketchup - Asereje (Las Ketchup 2002)

Enrico Nigiotti with Alfa - En e Xanas (Samuele Bersani 2013)

Ermal Meta with Dardust - Golden hour (Jvke 2022)

Fedez & Masini with Stjepan Hauser - Meravigliosa creature (Gianna Nannini 1995)

Francesco renga with Giusy Ferreri - Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola (David Bowie 1970)

Fulminacci with Francesca Fagnani - Parole parole (Mina & Alberto Lupo 1972)

J-Ax with Ligera County Fam - E la vita, la vita (Cochi e Renato 1974)

LDA & AKA 7even with Tullio De Piscopo - Andamento lento (Tullio de Piscopo 1988)

Leo Gassman with Aiello - Era già tutto previsto (Riccardo Cocciante 1975)

Levante with Gaia - I maschi (Gianna Nannini 1987)

Luchè with Gianluca Grignani - Falco a metà (Gianluca Grignani 1995)

Malika Ayane with Claudio Santamaria - Mi sei scoppiato dentro al cuore (Mina 1966)

Mara Sattei with Mecna - L'ultimo bacio (Carmen Consoli 2000)

Maria Antonietta & Colombre with Brunori Sas - Il mondo (Jimmy Fontana 1965)

Michele Bravi with Fiorella Mannoia - Domani è un altro giorno (Ornella Vanoni 1971)

Nayt with Joan Thiele - La canzone dell'amore perduto (Fabrizio de André 1966)

Patty Pravo with Timofej Andrijashenko - Ti lascio una canzone (Ornella Vanoni & Gino Paoli 1985)

Raf with The Kolors - The Riddle (Nik Kershaw 1984)

Sal da Vinci with Michele Zarrillo - Cinque giorni (Michele Zarrillo 1994)

Samurai Jay with Belen Rodriguex & Roy Paci - Baila morena (Zucchero 2001)

Sayf with Alex Britti & Mario Biondi - Hit the road Jack (Ray Charles 1961)

Serena Brancale with Gregory Porter & Delia - Besame mucho (Andrea Bocelli 2006)

Tommaso paradiso with Stadio - L'ultma luna (Lucio Dalla 1979)

Tredici Pietro with Galeffi, Fudasca & Band - Vita (Gianni Morandi & Lucio Dalla 1988)

And the Top-10 is:

1. Ditonellapiaga / Tony Pitony

2. Sayf / Alex Britti / Mario Biondi

3. Arisa / Coro di Teatro Regio di Parma

4. Bambole di pezza / Cristina D'Avena

5. Tredici Pietro / Galeffi / Fudasca and band / Gianni Morandi

6. Sal Da Vinci / Michele Zarrillo

7. LDA / Aka 7even / Tullio De Piscopo

8. Nayf / Joan Thiele

9. Dargen D'Amico / Pupo / Fabrizio Bosso

10. Luchè / Gianluca Grignani

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