It’s one of the biggest musical events of the year. The 65th Eurovision song contest took place in Rotterdam, Amsterdam yesterday in a true celebration of European music. In a nail-biting victory, Italian rock group Måneskin inched past France’s Barbra Pravi with their rock track ‘Zitti E Buoni’ to clinch the this year’s title.
Italy’s victory was their third win at the competition, and their first since 1990. Måneskin wrote the winning song which finished the night with 524 points, 25 points ahead of 2nd placed France.
Finalists from 26 countries performed live in front of an audience of over 3,500 inside the Rotterdam Ahoy, who all had to test negative for COVID-19 in order to attend the show.
Martin Österdahl, the EBU’s Executive Supervisor of the ESC, said: “We made it our mission to bring back the world’s largest live music event this year despite all the challenges posed by the pandemic, and we couldn’t be happier with, and more grateful for, the incredible work NPO, NOS, AVROTROS have invested over the past 2 years.”
He adds “They have provided all the talented artists with the perfect staging in front of the hundreds of millions who have watched across the world. Each artist has brought something unique to the Contest and embodied what this competition is about – diversity, universality and uniting Europe on one stage. We congratulate Måneskin on their win and superb performance. Now we will begin planning for 2022 with next year’s host broadcasters RAI and look forward to bringing the ESC to Italy for the first time in 30 years.”
Listen to Måneskin’s winning single ‘Zitti E Buoni’ here:
