Rights & policy
At the Ariston Theatre, Sanremo 2027 Draws Its Line on Human Songwriting
The reported festival rule centers on human creative contribution. It is not a published list of approved AI plugins.
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Every winter at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Italian pop music treats the three-minute song as a public civic ritual, complete with a live orchestra, baton-waving conductors and late-night television debates over a bridge modulation. On 22 September, Digital Music News reported on the AI eligibility rules set for the 2027 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Rather than issuing a blanket ban on every piece of modern studio software, the reported rules draw their boundary around substantial human creative input. Entries may not use artificial intelligence to replace, alter or distort the core human authorship of a competing song, and festival organizers reserve the right to subject submitted tracks to technical screening.
That distinction matters for working producers. The quoted wording is a test of the human creative contribution, not a published whitelist of studio tools. It does not establish that a particular AI-assisted EQ, restoration process or vocal workflow will be accepted; that depends on how the organizers apply the rule.
Because the 22 September article summarizes the festival’s stance rather than reproducing the full Italian legal appendix from broadcaster RAI, prospective entrants and publishers preparing songs for the 2027 competition should inspect RAI’s official Italian regulation document for their specific category before submitting a master.