The five finalists for the 2006 Tenco Targhe have been announced. From today, Monday 29 June, the second round of voting – the run-off – will begin, which will end on 7 July and will decide the winner of each section. In the last edition Lucio Corsi won both the award for best album and best song.
Among the best albums of this year we find Madame and Andrea Laszlo De Simone, Carmen Consoli for the best album in dialect and 6 artists competing (due to a former aqeuo) for the best song, from the Sanremo success of Ditonellapiaga to Emma Nolde and Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi.
The 2026 Tenco Prize will then be held from 22 to 24 October at the Ariston Theater in Sanremo.
Here are the five:
Best album overall:
Erica Boschiero – A place on earth
Caparezza – Orbit Orbit
Andrea Laszlo De Simone – A very long shadow
Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi – And then choose your words carefully
Madame – Disenchantment
Best album in dialect (or minority language spoken in Italy):
Roberto Colella – Ce Sta Sempe Na Via
Carmen Consoli – Amuri lights
Francesca Incudine – Root
Chiara Raggi – Zenta
Daniele Sepe / Captain Capitone & the Brothers of the Coast – 40N 14E
Best debut album (first long-form album by the owner, singer-songwriter or group):
Frankly – Bitte Leben
Sara Gioielli – Black Jewelry
Piji – It's recording audio…
Santamarea – Crooked souls
Satanango – Satanango
Best Performer Album:
Avincola – Avincola sings Carella
Gnut & Alessandro D'Alessandro – Dduje paravise
Olden – Fanigliulo, the artist
PAO – The roots and the moon
Tosca – Feminae
Best single song (the award goes to the authors of the song):
Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi – Zero Years
Toe in the wound – How annoying!
Moni Ovadia, Giovanna Famulari, Michele Gazich – Palestine, land of pain
Tosca – Spring
Emma Nolde – What must be will be
Bianca D'Aponte – Foreigner
Best Project Album (the award goes to the producer of the project album)
80 Happy Birthday Ivan (live in Teramo)
Happy Birthday Elvis Covered
SBAM Collective – Penelope's secret
Jambona Collective – We, Piero
Lazy – Teramo plays Ivan
