However, RAI later confirmed during the closing press conference for the Sanremo Music Festival on 14 February 2016 that they were still waiting for Stadio's final decision on whether they would participate at Eurovision.
Emellertid bekräftade RAI senare under avslutande presskonferensen den 14 februari 2016 att de fortfarande väntade på Stadios slutliga beslut om huruvida de skulle delta i Eurovision.