Vincenzo De Lucia in Sanremo 2026: who is the Laura Pausini imitator

On the third evening of the Sanremo Festival 2026, Vincenzo De Lucia returns to the Ariston stage with his irony. After Tuesday’s monologue as Laura Pausini, in which she compared the event to a “village festival”, the following evening she said to Carlo Conti: “Don’t go so fast, I understand that you don’t care, but…”. Then he added: “I know it’s your last Festival, then pass the package to that other guy over there“. A cryptic joke that many have read as an implicit reference to Stefano De Martino, currently at the helm of Your business and potential successor to Conti at the helm of the Festival. On the evening of Thursday 26 February, De Lucia imitates an unlikely Maria De Filippi intent on delivering her “letters” to Conti and Pausini. But who is the man behind the characters? From its debut on TV in 2010 to the success of Made in the Southhere’s everything you need to know about the Neapolitan comedian.