Sanremo (Imperia) 26 February (LaPresse) – According to the Total Audience figures released by Auditel, 9,053,000 viewers, with a 59.5% share, watched the second evening of the 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival. The first part of the evening (from 9.46 p.m. to 11.34 p.m.) attracted 11,531,000 viewers for a share of 58.2%. The second part of the evening (from 11.39 p.m. to 1.10 a.m.) attracted 5,947,000 viewers and a 62% share. As a late-night programme, it is the fourth highest share since 1995, after those of the last three years. In 2025, the late-night programme of the Sanremo Festival was watched by 11.8 million viewers with a 64.6% share, again in Total Audience. The loss compared to last year's late-night programme is 5.1%. The peak share for the second evening of the 2026 Sanremo Festival was at 00:48 with a 66.1% share (at the moment of Lillo's mambo encore). In terms of viewers, the peak was recorded at 21:57 with 13,706,000 viewers (Pilar Fogliati's entrance).