Italian rock band Måneskin won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on Saturday with their song, ‘Zitti E Buoni’. The bookies’ favourites going into the event, they won by a landslide on the public vote.
The UK’s James Newman with ‘Embers’, meanwhile, failed to score any points at all in either stage of the voting process – the jury vote and the public vote – coming dead last.Måneskin came fourth in the jury vote but were rocketed to victory following the tense addition of the public votes, which saw a handful of acts score very highly.
In the end, Italy scored a total of 534 points – 25 more than second place France, and nearly 100 more than jury-voted winner Switzerland, who finished third.“It means everything”, said bassist.
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