Tonight, The Maneskin return for the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest at the festival that made their career a global success. They do so by presenting their new single Supermodel live for the first time: a song that caused some problems for frontman Damiano, who is now moving thanks to a crutch due to an ankle sprained during filming. However, the singer reassured fans: “Don’t worry, I’ve given concerts in worse conditions, once even with my shoulder stretched out, let alone when I let a small sprained ankle stop me,” he said in an interview with La newspaper today Republica published.
A year after winning the international festival thanks to their Zitti e buona, the Maneskin have described the last few months as “incredible”: “Eurovision was the first chapter of a new career, it guaranteed us something that previously was impossible for us even to think “, they explained, adding, however, that they “never imagined” being able to win. To then give a thought to this year’s participants and wish “whoever wins this edition will be even luckier, than we’ve reached”. Maneskin’s game schedule for tonight hasn’t been announced yet. Here’s what we know about the final program.
The May 14 lineup
The fair starts at 8:30 p.m. and can be followed live on Rai 1 or streamed on RaiPlay. The Czech Republic is the first country to appear We are Domifollowed by Romania with WRS and Portugal with Maro. Then it’s your turn The rasmus from Finland, after that it will arrive Marius Baer for Switzerland. I’m sixth in the lineup Alvan & Ahez for France, followed by the duo Subwoofers from Norway e pink lin from Armenia. Our Mahmoud and Blanco They finish ninth in the lineup, while polls predict they’ll finish fourth in the final standings with a 6% probability of winning. After them, both in the lineup and in the forecasts, we find chanels for Spain. The Dutch singer-songwriter S10 will occur just before eleventh place Kalush Orchestra: the Ukrainian group, which is declared as the winner.
After them it is – in order – their turn Malik Harris for Germany, Monica Liu for Lithuania, Nadir Rustamli for Azerbaijan, Jeremie Makiese for Belgium, Amanda Tenfjord for Greece e.g Sigga, Beta, Elìn for Iceland. They perform afterwards Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov for Moldova, Cornelia Jakobs for sweden, Sheldon Riley for Australia e Sam Ryder for the United Kingdom (which is expected to come second). It will be the last three participants – out of a total of 25 Oh man for Poland, contract for Serbia e Stefan for Estonia. There will also be a medley by Mika, who will conduct the festival together with Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan. The performance of the guests takes place at the end of the performances of the participants, when the televoting has already started.
How to vote
The preferences of the public, together with those of the national juries, form the final votes: again this year it is possible to try, via televoting, to lead your favorite singers to victory. Unless those singers are Mahmood and Blanco if you live in Italy: the regulation actually states that no country can elect its representatives. It will be possible to vote by SMS (to the number 475.475.0 with the two-digit identification code of your choice) or landline (by calling the number 894,222, and then enter the two-digit code of the chosen country), but also via the official app of the event. Rai recalled that “the maximum number of valid votes that can be cast by any phone user, whether fixed or mobile, is 5 (five) for each of the scheduled voting sessions”. Televoting opens after the last song has been played and closes after 15 minutes. The winners’ press conference is scheduled for 12:45 am.
