CHow do you vote for Sanremo 2026? Who are the juries and how much does their vote affect the ranking of the competing artists? When and how is the New Proposals category voted?
The telephone numbers are – 894.001 from landline – e 475.475.1 from mobile. Viewers can cast their vote by sending the 2-digit code associated with each artist and communicated during the broadcast by Conti and the co-hosts. They can do this via SMS or by typing the same code on the keypad if the call is from a landline.
It is important to remember that the maximum number of votes carried out by each telephone user is equal to 3 votes for each voting session.
Sanremo 2026: how and when to vote from home, televoting
There are three juries: TV and web press room, public televoting and radio jury. In the first evening, only the jury from the press room, TV and web will vote, called to vote on the performances of the opening evening (24 February). After the voting, a ranking of the 30 songs will be drawn up. The titles of the songs in the top 5 positions will be communicated to the publicbut not in order of placement.
Second and third evening (25 and 26 February). The winner of the New proposals
On the second evening, 15 competing singers will perform. The performances will be voted by the public through televoting and by the radio jury. At the end a ranking will be drawn up. The first five positions will be communicated to the public, without indicating the order of placing.
On the third evening the remaining 15 competing singers will perform. Voting takes place with the same criteria as in the previous episode: the songs will be judged through televoting and the radio jury.
The young singers of the New Proposals category will also perform. Four artists will compete. The two most voted by televoting, by the press, TV and web room jury and by the radio jury will access the third evening. The two finalists of Nuove Proposte will compete and the winner of the category will be announced.
Fourth evening of the cover (27 February)
The fourth evening is dedicated to covers. The 30 big names, who will sing a song from the Italian or international repertoire, will be judged by all the juries: televoting (34%), TV and web press room (33%), radio (33%). At the end of the episode the winner will be announced.
How to vote in the Sanremo 2026 final (28 February)
On the final evening, all 30 competing artists will perform and will be voted online by the public, by the jury of the TV and web press room and by the radio jury. Conti will announce the ranking with the first five positions (the Top 5) and the results will be added to those of the first, second and third evening.
The five most voted artists will perform again and their performances will be judged by the three juries. The most voted artist will become the winner of Sanremo 2026.
Marco Masini, Sal Da Vinci, Laura Pausini and Carlo Conti. (Getty Images)
Televoting regulations
Televoting by telephone call can only be carried out by fixed users site in Italy of Webcom TLC, Tim, WindTRE, Convergenze, Tiscali, ILIAD and Netoip, while it is not possible to do so from public telephones, mobile phones, or landlines located abroad. This is done by dialing the telephone number 894.001 (eight, nine, four, zero, zero, one), following the instructions given with a specific pre-recorded telephone message (type the two-digit identification code of the chosen song-artist). The cost of each call from a landline (regardless of the distance, the time, the duration of the call and the telephone operator) with which a valid vote is actually expressed will be €0.51 including VAT.
No costs will be charged for calls made by the user beyond the maximum number allowed for each voting session; therefore if the user makes an excessive number of calls or dials an incorrect or out-of-time song-artist identification code, the user will hear a free error message and no votes will be counted as a result.
Televoting via SMS can only be carried out by mobile users of the telephone operators TIM, Vodafone, Wind Tre (with sims/users branded “3”, “Wind” and “WIND TRE”), Fastweb Mobile, PosteMobile (PostePay SpA), Coop Italia (with sims/users branded “CoopVoce”), Iliad, 1Mobile, Kena, Very Mobile, ho.mobile, Optima and Daily Telecom Mobile by sending an SMS to the number 475.475.1 (four, seven, five, four, seven, five, one) with the two-digit identification code of the chosen song-artist.
