The Italian rockers finish in the first place after they received over 500 scores following their performance of 'Zitti E Buoni' at the Grand Final in Holland.
- May 24, 2021
AceShowbiz - Rockers Maneskin have won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest for Italy.
The group's "Zitti E Buoni" was chosen as the best performance at the Grand Final in Rotterdam, Holland on Saturday (22May21), after 26 acts competed for the big prize.
Maneskin won the public vote at the end of the event, leaping past Swiss act Gjon's Tears, who led the jury vote.
Lithuania's The Roop, France's Barbara Pravi, and Ukranian's Go_A were also among the crowd favourites.
Rapper Flo Rida didn't bring Senhit much luck as they represented little San Marino, and singer John Newman's brother, James, was a dud for the United Kingdom, finishing in last place.
Iceland's Dadi og Gagnamagnid, the early favourites, also missed out on a big bid for the top honour after Dadi Freyr's band was forced to pull their live performance when a group member tested positive for COVID-19.
Instead of the band performing their song live as planned, their rehearsal was used during the broadcast.
"A member of @gagnamagnid got a positive test result this morning," the singer previously said. "Unfortunately this probably means that we will not take part in the rehearsal today or live show tomorrow and a recording from our second rehearsal will be used instead."
"We have all been extremely careful the whole trip so this comes as a huge surprise. We are very happy with the performance and super excited for you all to see it! Thank you for all the love."
