February 6, 2022

photo credits: Rai Good news for the fans of Mahmood and Blanco: they confirmed that they will be happy to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. Yesterday evening, or better, this night, the duo won the famous Festival of Sanremo. The winner of the contest is always the first choice for Eurovision. It was Mahmood who caused the rule that, before the contest, artists already have to tell Italian broadcaster RAI whether they wanna go to Eurovision or not. In 2019, Mahmood also won the festival of Sanremo. Enthousiasticly he said yes to Eurovision at the winners’ press conference. Later he started to doubt and wanted to think about it. The hashtag #Mahmood4Eurovision became trending topic in Italy. Mahmood and Blanco said that the decision about singing entirely in Italian or partly in English has not been made yet.

Mahmood and Blanco have won the festival of Sanremo 2022 with the song “Brividi”. That means that they will be first choice to represent Italy in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. Mahmood and Blanco will tell the press whether is going to represent Italy or not in the winners press conference. However, it has been said that they are going to say yes. We will keep you updated about that. Meanwhile, here is the full result: Mahmood & Blanco, “Brividi” Elisa, “O forse sei tu” Gianni Morandi, “Apri tutte le porte” Irama, “Ovunque sarai” Sangiovanni, “Farfalle” Emma, “Ogni volta è così” La rappresentante di Lista, “Ciao ciao” Massimo Ranieri, “Lettera al di là del mare” Dargen d’Amico, “Dove si balla” Michele Bravi, “Inferno dei fiori” Matteo Romane, “Virale” Fabrizio Moro, “Sei tu” Aka7even, “Perfetta così” Achille Lauro, “Domenica” Noemi, “Ti amo, non lo so dire” Ditonellapiaga con Donatella Rettore, “Chimica” Rkomi, “Insuperabile” Iva Zanicchi, “Voglio amarti” Giovanni Trupi, “Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia” Highsnob e Hu, “Abbi cura di te” Yuman, “Ora e qui” Le Vibrazioni, “Tantissimo” Giusy Ferreri, “Miele” Ana Mena, “Duecentomila ore” Tananai, “Sesso occasionale”