«It doesn’t happen, but if it happens…». It happened. After Gigliola Cinquetti who in 1964 won the then Eurofestival with Non hoetà and Toto Cutugno who won the first prize in 1990 with Insieme, the Måneskin with their Zitti e buona last night broke the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. Damiano, Victoria, Ethan and Thomas succeeded in the enterprise that saw Francesco Gabbani fail in 2017, which in 2017 brought the powerful Occidentale’s Karma (the Rai executives moved towards Kiev, headquarters of the ESC and almost certain of our victory they booked the Pala Alpitour of Turin) and two years later also Mahmood who in 2019 seemed to triumph with Soldi (he still came second) beaten on the wire by the Dutch Duncan Laurence with a mediocre Arcade.
Now, with this victory, the voice goes out that glimpsed an anathema on the heads of Italian artists who were always very close to victory but never able to grasp it. And now many are wondering to what extent the Twitter endorsment of Fedez had an influence. Shortly before the performance of the Roman band he wrote: «Tranki raga, as soon as she finishes breastfeeding I unleash the national Chiarona! Charizard Fire type #Exit 2021 ». Now, however, it will be up to Italy to organize the next # ESC2022; at the press conference a few days ago the director of Raiuno Stefano Coletta hinted that Turin will be confirmed as the host city. “There is an urban legend that tells of a Rai opposed to winning the Eurovision Song Contest as it is too expensive for our speakers – said Fasulo -. Not only do I deny it, but we would be happy and cheer for the Måneskin victory ».
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 hosted last night at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam was seen by 180 million viewers in 45 countries. The event, broadcast live on Rai1, with the comment of Gabriele Corsi and Cristiano Malgioglio, saw our Måneskin fighting with another Italian, Senhit, in the race for the colors of San Marino with Adrenalina. And this singer was the victim of a scene accident on Friday night together with the American rapper Flo Rida and the dancers who accompanied her on stage. The rotating platform on which the artists were performing was not stopped by the technician at the right time, thus forcing the artists to get off the platform in motion at high speed, running the risk, once on the ground, of being hit and dragged by the contraption.
At the final 26 singers performed, divided into two rounds; among these the 10 singers-countries who managed to overcome the two semifinals. The order of placement in the two heats saw the Måneskin sing by lottery as third last and in the economy of the ESC had a weight. Like every year, yesterday the winner was decided by televoting and the representative juries of each country assigned scores on a scale from 1 to 12. But there is no Eurovision without controversy. First Russia, which brought Manizha into the race, a candidate far from the Kremlin’s feeling. In fact, her presence at Eurovision must have escaped the keepers of the tradition who became aware of the girl’s Tajik roots late. A feminist and refugee activist.
An editorial was published in Komsomolskaya Pravda, much shared in the conservative world, where it was said that Manizha had no right to represent Russia. Again, the representative of Sweden, Tousin Chiza, known as Tusse, has been a celebrity since he won the “Melodifestivalen” and lives in Tallberg, a small village where the “Nordic Resistance Movement” is located. Had it been for the Swedish Democrats, Jimmie Akesson’s far-right party, Tusse would never have even made it to Scandinavia.