Italy: How to watch Festival di Sanremo 2021 online

Italy’s iconic Sanremo Music Festival 2021 starts on Tuesday 2 March and continues for five nights until the final on Saturday 6 March. Local fans can catch the festival by switching their televisions to RAI 1 while international viewers can watch online.

Here’s when and how you can watch Sanremo online.

Watch Festival di Sanremo 2021 online

RAI will stream all five nights of Sanremo on RAIPlay.

Typically, the on-demand player is geo-blocked for viewers outside Italy. However, RAI usually lifts restrictions during the live shows.

Watch Sanremo 2021 on RAIPlay.

All performances are uploaded to YouTube immediately after the broadcast. Alas, RAI usually removes them shortly after the last night of the Festival.

Watch Sanremo 2021 performances on YouTube.

First evening — Tuesday 6 March

Time: 20:40 CET to 01:30 CET

Thirteen of the 26 acts will perform tonight. They are:

• Aiello “Ora”
• Annalisa “Dieci”
• Arisa “Potevi fare di più”
• Colapesce e Dimartino “Musica leggerissima”
• Coma_Cose “Fiamme negli occhi”
• Fasma “Parlami”
• Francesca Michielin e Fedez “Chiamami per nome”
• Francesco Renga “Quando trovo te”
• Ghemon “Momento perfetto”
• Irama “La genesi del tuo colore”
• Madame “Voce”
• Måneskin “Zitti e buoni”
• Max Gazzè e La Trifluoperazina Monstery Band “Il farmacista”

Four of the eight newcomers will also perform. There is also due to be guest appearances from:

• Loredana Bertè
• Diodato
• Alessia Bonari
• Banda musicale della Polizia di stato con Olga Zakharova e Stefano Di Battista

Second evening — Wednesday 3 March

Time: 20:40 CET to 01:30 CET

The rest of the 26 sing tonight. They are:

• Bugo “E invece sì”
• Ermal Meta “Un milione di cose da dirti”
• Extraliscio feat. Davide Toffolo “Bianca luce nera”
• Fulminacci “Santa Marinella”
• Gaia “Cuore amaro”
• Gio Evan “Arnica”
• La Rappresentante di Lista “Amare”
• Lo Stato Sociale “Combat Pop”
• Malika Ayane “Ti piaci così”
• Noemi “Glicine”
• Orietta Berti “Quando ti sei innamorato”
• Random “Torno a te”
• Willie Peyote “Mai dire mai (La locura)”

The remaining four newcomers will also perform. There is also due to be guest appearances from:

• Negramaro
• Laura Pausini – Io sì (Seen)
• Gigliola Cinquetti
• Fausto Leali
• Marcella Bella

Third evening — Thursday 4 March

Time: 20:40 CET to 01:30 CET

Thursday is covers night! Most of the 26 acts will pair up with a non-competing artist to duet on a cover of an Italian classic, most of which will be linked to Sanremo.

• Aiello with Vegas Jones – Gianna (Rino Gaetano – 1978)
• Annalisa with Federico Poggipollini – La musica è finita (Ornella Vanoni – 1967)
• Arisa with Michele Bravi – Quando (Pino Daniele – 1991)
• Bugo with i Pinguini Tattici Nucleari – Un’avventura (Lucio Battisti – 1969)
• Colapesce e Dimartino – Povera patria (Franco Battiato – 1991)
• Coma_Cose with Alberto Radius e Mamakass – Il mio canto libero (Lucio Battisti – 1972)
• Ermal Meta with la Napoli Mandolin Orchestra – Caruso (Lucio Dalla – 1986)
• Extraliscio feat. Davide Toffolo with Peter Pichler – Medley Rosamunda (Gabriella Ferri)
• Fasma with Nesli – La fine (Nesli – 2009)
• Francesca Michielin e Fedez – Medley Del verde (Calcutta – 2015)/Le cose in comune (Daniele Silvestri – 1995)
• Francesco Renga with Casadilego – Una ragione di più (Ornella Vanoni – 1969)
• Fulminacci with Valerio Lundini e Roy Paci – Penso positivo (Jovanotti – 1994)
• Gaia with Lous and the Yakuza – Mi sono innamorato di te (Luigi Tenco – 1962)
• Ghemon with i Neri per Caso – Medley Le ragazze/Donne/Acqua e sapone/La canzone del sole
• Gio Evan with i cantanti di The Voice Senior – Gli anni (883 – 1995)
• Irama – Cirano (Francesco Guccini – 1996)
• La Rappresentante di Lista with Donatella Rettore – Splendido Splendente (Donatella Rettore – 1979)
• Lo Stato Sociale with Sergio Rubini e i lavoratori dello spettacolo – Non è per sempre (Afterhours – 1999)
• Madame – Prisencolinensinainciusol (Adriano Celentano – 1972)
• Malika Ayane – Insieme a te non ci sto più (Caterina Caselli – 1968)
• Måneskin with Manuel Agnelli – Amandoti (CCCP – Fedeli alla linea – 1990)
• Max Gazzè e La Trifluoperazina Monstery Band with Daniele Silvestri e The Magical Mistery Band – Del mondo (C.S.I. – 1994)
• Noemi with Neffa – Prima di andare via (Neffa – 2003)
• Orietta Berti with Le Deva – Io che amo solo te (Sergio Endrigo – 1962)
• Random with The Kolors – Ragazzo fortunato (Jovanotti – 1992)
• Willie Peyote with Samuele Bersani – Giudizi universali (Samuele Bersani – 1997)

Fourth evening — Friday 5 March

Time: 20:45 CET to 01:30 CET

All 26 acts will perform their songs once more.

The last four newcomers — top two from Tuesday and top two from Wednesday — will also sing their entries.

Fifth evening: The final — Saturday 6 March

Time: 20:45 CET to 01:30 CET

The 26 acts will perform their songs one final time. By the end of the night, we will have a new Sanremo champion.

Unlike other Eurovision-related festivals, the winner will not necessarily be the act that goes to the song contest. Before the contest, acts are required to tell the broadcaster whether they would be willing to represent Italy at Eurovision or not. If the Sanremo winner has agreed to do Eurovision, they’ll get the ticket to Rotterdam. If not, RAI will internally select one of the other competitors.

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