The 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival ends with the victory of Sal Da Vinci and his Forever yes.
A final fought right down to the last vote, with very close percentages that made the proclamation a true photo finish.
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The top five ranking
Second place went to Sayf with I like you a lot.
Third Toe Plague with How annoying!.
Fourth Arisa with Magical fairy tale.
Quinti Fedez & Marco Masini with Necessary evil.
The decisive percentages
The distance between first and second was minimal. Based on overall vote percentages:
Three tenths of a point separated first from second place. A very thin margin that confirms how balanced the race was until the end.
The winning song
Forever yes is a ballad about adult love, dedicated to the artist’s wife. A piece that focused on interpretation and melody, without artifice. Ariston’s standing ovation had already made the outcome clear, but the official result arrived only after the sum of the votes of Televoting (34%), Press Room (33%) and Radio Jury (33%).
Sanremo 2026 thus ends with a victory built on the edge of decimals. And a song that, starting tonight, has already entered the history of the Festival.
Lyrics and meaning of Forever yes
It all started from the beginning
I who was just an unknown man to you
Then he became a king with a loving heart
You a queen now dressed in bridal white
We dreamed of children in a big house
And overcame all the difficulties
Because love is not love for life
If he hasn’t faced the steepest climb
And the music will turn on
And here I will wait for you
The greatest day
I will give you a gift
It will be you and me
Forever
Bonded for life that
Without you
It’s worth nothing
There’s no point in living
With his hand on his chest
I promise you
Before God
It will be you and me
From here
It will always be yes
I know well that the future is a great unknown
But with you it won’t scare me because
We will build everything but we will not raise a wall
Arguing and making love, then what harm is there?
And the music will turn on
For you I will sing
The greatest day
I will give you a gift
It will be you and me
Forever
Bonded for life that
Without you
It’s worth nothing
There’s no point in living
With his hand on his chest
I promise you
Before God
It will be you and me
From here
It will be forever
Yes, only yes
For these days
And a thousand more
A simple yes
Eternity is inside a word
It will be you and me
Forever
Bonded for life that
Without you
It’s worth nothing
There’s no point in living
With his hand on his chest
I promise you
Before God
It will be you and me
Accussì
It will always be yes
The song is a declaration of love built around the image of marriage, but its heart goes far beyond the wedding day. Sal Da Vinci tells an entire story: the beginning as strangers, the growth of the bond, the children dreamed of, the difficulties faced together. Not a fairy tale, but a real journey.
The central theme is the promise. That “yes” pronounced before God is a starting point – a commitment that is renewed every day, even through the arguments, the ups and downs, the unknowns of the future. The love described here has specific weight: it is worth something precisely because it has resisted difficulties.
Musically and textually the song builds an emotional growth that culminates in the finale in Neapolitan — so it will always be yes — a return to the roots that transforms a universal love song into something deeply personal and identifying.
The choice of dialect is not decorative: it is the moment in which the mask falls completely and the artist speaks with his truest voice. As if Neapolitan were the language of intimacy, the one used only with those you truly love.
In summary: a song about adult love, made of conscious choice and daily loyalty. Not naive romanticism, but the solidity of someone who has built something and knows what it is worth.
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