The Italian group Måneskin won the 2021 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest – ESC, the largest music competition in the world – with the song Shut up and Good. The Måneskin won by obtaining 524 points, of which 318 received from televoting, decisive to overcome the French Barbara Pravi, who finished second with the song here and 499 points, and the Swiss Gjon’s Tears, finished third with the song The whole universe and 432 points.
Italy is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021!
Watch @thisismaneskin‘s reaction! #Eurovision #OpenUp pic.twitter.com/5Uoe4GgP7n— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 22, 2021
The Måneskin were among the favorites of the competition but their victory came to the last, due to the double voting system of the ESC, which first involves the vote of the National Juries of all participating countries and then the televoting of the public, app or sms. After the vote of the juries, the Måneskin were only fourth, but they reversed the situation thanks to the vote of the public, which was decisive.
Switzerland takes the lead on the scoreboard after the Jury Voting!
Now… let’s see the Public results? #Eurovision #OpenUp pic.twitter.com/iYgiRY0I8A— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 22, 2021
After the announcement of the victory, during the celebrations, Damiano, the singer and leader of the group, took the microphone and shouted “Rock’n’roll never dies!”. During the press conference following the event, members of the group said they were happy to have won the victory for Italy, especially after the very tough year of the coronavirus pandemic.
ROCK’N’ROLL NEVER DIES! ????#Eurovision #OpenUp pic.twitter.com/Uxr2VVQ48U
— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 22, 2021
It is the third time that Italy has won the ESC, the first in 31 years. Before the Måneskin, only Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964 and Toto Cutugno in 1990 had won.
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The Måneskin are formed by Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio. They became quite popular after participating in X Factor in 2017: they came second, but still got a contract with Sony Music. The following year the group released their first album (Moonlight), while in 2019 it came out The dance of life, album that had a great success especially thanks to the singles Back home e I will die like a king.
In March the Måneskin had won the Sanremo Festival, a victory that guaranteed them participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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