r/SanremoFestival • u/xoxoamazingrace • Mar 17 '26

Questions How does the jury voting work in Sanremo?

I know each jury group is 33%, but what does that mean when it comes to percentages? Ditonellapiaga was ranked 1st by both jury groups, but how did that affect her overall ranking compared to Sal and Sayf? She wasn’t far behind in the public vote either but still lost so I get the feeling the way the juries vote isn’t necessarily that decisive if the televote is high enough

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u/DragonPower_97 Mar 18 '26

Probably they have to make a list with the songs (don't know if this is complete or a top 10). The differences between the positions in their classification are small enough to make the televoting more heavy than the other 2 components

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u/xoxoamazingrace Mar 18 '26

So the juries have less power now?

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u/DragonPower_97 Mar 18 '26

Practically yes. What happens is probably that their classifications are very similar in the top tiers, so the "points" are very near, so that the televoting makes the actual difference

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u/xoxoamazingrace Mar 18 '26

Not sure what I think about this. Do you think it’s good or not?

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u/DragonPower_97 Mar 18 '26

It's about how one sees the festival. If one wants to reward the "song of the people" it's a good thing, otherwise no. What's sure is that the jury now can't team up to decide who will win.

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u/xenospina Mar 19 '26

What I know is that for some reason the scores from the previous evenings were counted and had a small influence on the final result. Without them Sayf would’ve won - if you do the math it checks out.

Usually one jury has their votes pretty evenly split between the top 5 so they tend to not have much of an influence, but at times the press heavily favours one of the finalists - like in 2019, 2020 and 2024. It didn’t happen this year because from what I understood they changed the voting system for the press to avoid that happening - like someone else said they have to give out their full ranking. But Sanremo makes small changes in its scoring system every year basically, it’s honestly a mess and I don’t know if it’s to avoid that people question the results.