Can Yaman, the new TV Sandokan, will co-host the first evening of the 2026 Sanremo Festival (24-28 February) alongside Carlo Coni and Laura Pausini. «I will bring my sword – said the Turkish actor – it will be a good challenge». Conti himself broke the news by publishing a message on social channels photomontage where he appears as the Malaysian Tigeralong with the short message ‘Co-co’.
Can Yaman co-host of the first evening of the 2026 Sanremo Festival
It was in the air. Can Yaman, the Turkish actor fresh from the recent success of the new TV series dedicated to Sandokanis ready to return to Rai 1 on the occasion of the 2026 Sanremo Festival. He will be co-host of the first evening together with Carlo Conti and to Laura Pausini. The Italian song festival team is getting richer.
On the second evening, as already announced, instead, Achille Lauro will take on the role of co-host of the Festival. The singer could also perform on the Ariston stage bringing his own Unconscious young peoplethe song in the competition last year. Three more names are expected and Carlo Conti will announce them in the next few days. We talked about Tiziano Ferro and Sabrina Ferro.
And Luca Argentero? «I still don’t know anything about my participation in Sanremo – so declared the actor on the occasion of the Netflix series Motorvalley – I don’t want to say inaccuracies. In whatever capacity it comes, the invitation is always welcome. I have been to the Festival many times and I would be very happy to return.”
Can Yaman will return as Sandokan
The Turkish actor’s popularity grew exponentially at the end of 2025 with the airing of the series Sandokan50 years after the cult drama with Kabir Bedi. The Turkish actor plays the Malaysian Tiger. Filming of the second season should begin at the end of the summer.
Now Can Yaman is busy in Spain on the era of the series The labyrinth of the seafarersa romantic thriller, directed by Alberto Ruiz Rojo and Iñaki Peñafiel. The actor had already made himself noticed in Italy with fiction Sea violet, alongside Francesca Chillemi.
The case of the arrest in Türkiye
Lately Can Yaman was in the news for his arrest in Istanbul after an anti-drug operation inside a club, together with other characters from the world of entertainment. The actor was cleared after the tests and interrogations.
The actor wanted to clarify: «The police arrived for a routine check: there were around 75 officers who searched everyone. They stopped me because I’m famous, but they didn’t find anything on me. It’s normal. I have done all the required tests, handed over the phone with password and code, took a hair sample and did blood tests. Then they let me go. There was no arrest.” Drug tests carried out on Can Yaman in Türkiye were negativeas he himself wrote on Instagram.
