Sanremo 2026, the complete setlist for the cover night with duet times
The 30 Bigs in the competition reinterpret classics with their guests. Bianca Balti returns to the Ariston to tell us about "a year of strength and energy"
Edited by Francesco Prisco
Friday 27 February at the Ariston is the scene of the cover, cult appointment of the Sanremo Festival: after three evenings from the not exactly memorable listens, the thirty artists in the competition perform along with their guests, with a song chosen among the songs of the great Italian or international repertoire. It starts at 20:40 with a medley ofLaura Pausini, combining Ritorno ad amare, Immensamente and Io canto. The surprise guest at 21:08 is the Neapolitan comedian Alessandro Siani.
The following is the complete setlist of duets and covers with their release times:
1) Elettra Lamborghini with Las Ketchup, Aserejé 20:51
2) Eddie Brock with Fabrizio Moro, Portami via 20:57
3) Mara Sattei with Mecna, L'ultimo bacio 21:11
4) Patty Pravo with Timofej Andrijashenko, Ti lascio una canzone 21:18
5) Levante with Gaia, I maschi 21:27
6) Malika Ayane with Claudio Santamaria, Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore 21:33
7) Bambole di Pezza with Cristina D'Avena, Occhi di gatto 21:44
8) Dargen D'Amico with Pupo and Fabrizio Bosso, Su di noi 21:50
9) Tommaso Paradiso with Stadio,L'ultima luna 21:56
10) Michele Bravi with Fiorella Mannoia, Domani è un altro giorno 22:02
11) Tredici Pietro with Galeffi, Fudasca & Band, Vita 22:11
12) Maria Antoinette & Colombre with Brunori Sas, Il mondo 22:18
13) Fulminacci with Francesca Fagnani, Parole parole 22:26
14) LDA & Aka 7even with Tullio De Piscopo Andamento lento 22:37
15) Raf with The Kolors, The riddle 22:49
16) J-Ax with Ligera County Fam, E la vita, la vita 23:00
17) Ditonellapiaga with TonyPitony, The lady is a tramp 23:08
18) Enrico Nigiotti with Alfa, En and Xanax 23:17
19) Serena Brancale with Gregory Porter and Delia, Besame mucho 23:29
20) Sayf with Alex Britti and Mario Biondi, Hit the road Jack23:47
21) Francesco Renga with Giusy Ferreri, Lonely boy, lonely girl 23:53
22) Arisa with Il Coro Teatro Regio di Parma, Quello che le donne non dicono 00:00
23) Samurai Jay with Belén Rodríguez and Roy Paci, Baila morena 00:06
24) Sal Da Vinci with Michele Zarrillo, Five days 00:15
25) Fedez & Masini with Stjepan Hauser, Meravigliosa creatura 00:21
26) Ermal Meta with Dardust, Golden hour 00:34
27) Nayt with Joan Thiele, La canzone dell'amore perduto 00:40
28) Luchè with Gianluca Grignani, Falco a metà 00:50
29) Chiello with pianist Saverio Cigarini, Mi sono innamorato di te 01:00
30) Leo Gassmann with Aiello, Era già tutto previsto 01:06
Performances are voted for by the audience with the Televote (34%), the Press, TV and Web Jury (33%) and the Radio Jury (33%). At the end of the evening, the artist with the most votes is declared the winner of the Cover Songs: a rresult that does not affect the final ranking of the festival.



