Italy | Mahmood wins Sanremo 2019 with 'Soldi'

Mahmood wins Sanremo and the chance to go to Tel Aviv! He has won the 69th Sanremo festival with the song 'Soldi'!

Give it a listen here:

The winner of Sanremo has the right to represent Italy at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, and it is yet to be announced if he would accept the chance to fly the Italian Flag in Tel Aviv.

Tonight we watched the grand final of Sanremo, internationally acclaimed Italian music festival, and the Italian way of choosing their Eurovision representative.

We saw 24 candidates in the race for Sanremo trophy, including Eurofans favourite operatic trio Il Volo. The best three advanced to the super final: Mahmood, Il Volo and Ultimo.

The winner was decided by televoting, press voting and expert jury deliberation.

1st place: Mahmood

2nd place: Ultimo

3rd place: Il Volo

Here was the full lineup:

1. Paola Turci – L’ultimo ostacolo

2. Simone Cristicchi – Abbi cura di me

3. Zen Circus – L’amore è una dittatura

4. Anna Tatangelo – Le nostre anime di notte

5. Loredana Bertè – Cosa ti aspetti da me

6. Irama – La ragazza col cuore di latta

7. Ultimo – I tuoi particolari

8. Nek – Mi farò trovare pronto

9. Motta – Dov’è l’Italia

10. Il Volo – Musica che resta

11. Ghemon – Rose viola

12. Federica Carta e Shade – Senza farlo apposta

13. Patty Pravo e Briga – Un po’ come la vita

14. Negrita – I ragazzi stanno bene

15. Daniele Silvestri – Argento vivo

16. Ex Otago – Solo una canzone

17. Achille Lauro – Rolls Royce

18. Arisa – Mi sento bene

19. Francesco Renga – Aspetto che torni

20. Boomdabash – Per un milione

21. Enrico Nigiotti – Nonno Hollywood

22. Nino D’Angelo e Livio Cori – Un’altra luce

23. Einar – Parole nuove

24. Mahmood- Soldi

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