Måneskin from Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest 2021

The Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place live from Rotterdam, where 26 countries competed for the trophy, and the honor of hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest

After 3,5 hours of music, performances, entertainment and excitement, Måneskin from Italy was crowned as the winner of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Zitti e buoni".

It's the third time Italy wins Eurovision – Last time was 31 years ago at Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Insieme: 1992".

Italy was the bookmakers' favorite to win Eurovision 2021. Eurovisionworld's users also predicted Italy as winner in our Eurovision Poll.

Eurovision 2021 Results

Italy won by a margin of only 25 points to France. Check out the detailed results, voting and points from Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Måneskin's road to victory

12 October 2020

Italy to pick new artist for Eurovision 2021 through Festival di Sanremo

Italy decides to choose a new artist for Eurovision 2021 after Eurovision 2020 was cancelled.

18 December 2020

Måneskin announces their participation in Festival di Sanremo

The Italian broadcaster RAI reveals the 26 artists who will compete in Sanremo Festival 2021. Among them is Måneskin.

27 December 2020

Bookmakers: Måneskin one of the favorites to win Sanremo

The odds for Sanremo 2021 are launched, and the bookmakers predict Måneskin a 2nd place in Sanremo.

2 March 2021

Debut of "Zitti e Buoni"

Måneskin's song "Zitti e Buoni" debutes in the first heat of Sanremo.

6 March 2021

MÅNESKIN WINS SANREMO 2021

Måneskin wins both the jury and televotes in the final of Sanremo 2021, and later accepts to represent Italy at Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

7 May 2021

8th in the OGAE poll

The Eurovision OGAE fan clubs gives Italy an 8th place in the yearly poll.

13 May 2021

1st rehearsal in Rotterdam

Måneskin is having their first rehearsal on the Eurovision stage, revealing their staging concept.

15 May 2021

2nd rehearsal in Rotterdam

Måneskin is having their second rehearsal on the Eurovision stage, convincing fans and bookmakers that they are serious contenders for the victory.

15 May 2021

Draw: 2nd half

It is decided by draw that Måneskin will perform in the 2nd half of the Grand Final.

21 May 2021

Running Order: 24th

The running order in the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is decided, which places Italy as song number 24 out of 26 in the running order.

22 May 2021

Winner of Eurovisionworld's Poll

More than 344,000 of Eurovisionworld's visitors vote in our yearly Eurovision Poll, and decide that Italy should win Eurovision 2021.

22 May 2021

MÅNESKIN WINS EUROVISION 2021

• 524 points – just 25 points more than France
• 1st in Televoting
• 4th in Jury

Voting

The voting procedure was the same as previous four years. Each country had two sets of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points to give. One set for each country's jury, and one set for each country's televoting.

• Each of the 39 countries participating in this years Eurovision could vote
• Each country had a national jury who gave one set of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points
• Each country had televoting which also resulted in a set of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points
• First the juries points were presented individually by a spokesperson from each country
• Secondly the points from televoting were bundled and given combined
• Televoters and national juries had equal weight in the voting
• The national juries voted the evening before the final (Friday, 21 May) during the second dress-rehearsal
• If two countries had the same points, the best of the two was the song which obtained points from the highest number of countries. If the tying songs had received points from the same number of countries, the highest number of 12-point scores would be decisive. If the winner still couldn't be determined by this procedure, the number of times ten points have been awarded was the deciding factor. If necessary, this method continued until account has been taken of the number of times one point has been awarded

Eurovision Song Contest 2021

The 65th Eurovision Song Contest took place on 18, 20 and 22 May 2021. The contest was hosted by Rotterdam, Netherlands, and produced by the Dutch broadcasters AVROTROS, NOS and NPO.

• Location: Rotterdam Ahoy, Netherlands
• Participants: 39
• Semi-final 1: 18 May 2021 – 16 participants: The 10 best songs qualified to the Grand Final
• Semi-final 2: 20 May 2021 – 17 participants: The 10 best songs qualified to the Grand Final
• Grand Final: 22 May 2021 – 26 participants: Netherlands (host), Big-5 (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and United Kingdom), 10 best from Semi-Final 1, 10 best from Semi-Final 2