65. The Italian band Måneskin won the international Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Zitti E Buoni”. 65. The Italian band Måneskin won the international Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Zitti E Buoni”. This is the second time in the 65-year history of Eurovision that the laurels of victory have been won by representatives of heavy music. In 2006, the Finnish group “Lordi” won.
Performers from 26 countries entered the Eurovision stage in the final. Unfortunately, Samanta Tina, who had gone to Rotterdam to bring Latvia’s name to the world, was not among them. Samantina Tina’s fight for victory in Eurovision stopped after the semifinals. Her performance was not ranked by the jury and voters among the top 10 second-round semi-finalists.
Italy won thanks to a spectator vote, as they were only fourth in the jury’s opinion.
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France was in second place in Eurovision this year, and Switzerland in third place. Lithuania won 8th place.
Switzerland won the jury evaluation of 39 countries. In second place, the jury ranked France, then Malta, Italy and Iceland. The jury did not award any points to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom also lost points in the public vote. Similarly, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands did not receive a point from the public vote.
The Latvian jury awarded 12 points to Switzerland, 10 points to Iceland, 8 points to Italy, 7 points to Ukraine, 6 points to Lithuania, 5 points to Bulgaria, 4 points to Finland, 3 points to France, 2 points to Malta and 1 point to Russia.
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