Rock band Maneskin wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

ROTTERDAM – A four-piece band of Italian rockers received the Eurovision Music Contest in the early several hours of Sunday, providing one particular of the countries strike most difficult in Europe by the coronavirus pandemic reason to cheer.

Maneskin’s earn was only Italy’s third victory in the immensely well-liked contest and the to start with since Toto Cutugno took the honor in 1990.

The new music festival was cancelled last year amid the pandemic but this year’s event in Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena with its routine of tests and stringent cleanliness protocols was seen as a move towards a publish-COVID-19 return to are living entertainment.

“We think that the whole event was a aid. We think that we have been truly thankful … to have experienced the chance to be aspect of this massive event,” Maneskin lead singer Damiano David explained.

“This Eurovision implies a great deal, I think, to the whole of Europe. It is likely to be a lighthouse. So thank you, everyone. Truly,” he extra.

Italy, the bookmakers’ favorite, trailed Switzerland, France and Malta following the countrywide juries delivered their votes but have been propelled to victory by votes from the viewing general public.

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“The audience is the most critical detail, of training course,” explained bassist Victoria De Angelis.

“So the reality that so numerous individuals vote for us, it’s the most meaningful, since that implies that those individuals are coming to our gigs, they are listening to our new music. And this has much additional benefit than a jury”

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