Sanremo 2026, the ratings of the final on Saturday 28 February, the comparison

The final evening of Sanremo Festival 2026 was seen on average by 11,022,000 spectators with a 68.8% share in total audience, last year the average was 13 million and 427 thousand spectators with 73.1%, again for the total audience (which also includes viewing on other devices besides TV). Hosted by Carlo Conti and Laura Pausini, the final saw the participation of Giorgia Cardinaletti and Nino Frassica as co-hosts and Andrea Bocelli as guest.

final ratings sanremo 2026

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Going into detail about the final of Sanremo 2026which saw Sal Da Vinci triumph, was seen by 11,757,000 spectators with a 53.25% share in the segment Start from 8.43pm to 9.40pm, while the first part of the Festival (9.45pm-11.33pm) obtained 13,299 million and a 64.4% share and the second part from 11.39pm to 2am reached 8,777,000 spectators with a 74.4% share. The final was the most watched of the five evenings with a growing trend, on the evening of Friday’s covers the average was 10 million and 789 thousand spectators with a 65.6% share. The mission of the future artistic director and host Stefano De Martinoannounced during the final evening by Carlo Conti himself, will be to maintain the numbers obtained in this edition while trying to increase the number of total spectators again, which fell in this edition thanks to a general move away from television viewing.

listening to the past

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Precisely the reduction of the overall television audience, as well as the change in data measurement, makes comparison with the past complicated. Just observe how the total number of viewers was higher but with a lower share percentage than today. In the 2024 the average of the Sanremo final was 14 million and 301 thousand spectators with 14.4 million and 62.7% in the first part and 9.4 million and 73.65% in the second part. In the 2023 the average audience of the final evening was 12,256,000 with a 66% share. In the 2022 the average was 13,380,000 spectators with a 64.9% share, in 2021 the final had obtained 10,715,000 spectators with a 53.5% share while in the 2020 the figure was 11 million and 476 thousand spectators with a 60.6% share.

Carlo Conti’s editions

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Looking at editions by Carlo Conti In the 2015 the final was seen by 11,692,000 spectators with a 52.7% share, in 2016 from 11,124,000 and a 51.1% share and in 2017 11 million and 908 thousand spectators with 57.1%. The Sanremo final most viewed ever was in 1987 with 18.3 million viewers and a 77.5% share but it was another world, as demonstrated by the fact that the total television audience today has dropped to 18-19 million viewers.