Italian-Egyptian rapper Mahmood won the 69th Sanremo Festival with ‘Soldi’ (Money). Ultimo ended in second place with Eurovision alumni Il Volo in third.
The Teatro Ariston audience seemed less than pleased – though this may have had something to do with sitting through a show that ran into its fifth hour. RAI revealed that of the ‘final three’ Mahmood picked up just 14% of the televote. Ultimo scored 46% and Il volo 39%.
Once again, the show was a ratings hit scoring over 56% of the TV audience, some 10.6 million viewers.
The winner of Sanremo gets first refusal on the job of singing for Italy at Eurovision. Following a press conference, the official Eurovision Song Contest Twitter account announced Mahmood will represent Italy in Tel Aviv.
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Sanremo 2019 ranking
- Mahmood – Soldi
- Ultimo – I tuoi particolari
- Il Volo – Musica che resta
- Loredana Bertè – Cosa ti aspetti da me
- Simone Cristicchi – Abbi cura di me
- Daniele Silvestri – Argentovivo
- Irama – La ragazza con il cuore di latta
- Arisa – Mi sento bene
- Achille Lauro – Rolls Royce
- Enrico Nigiotti – Nonno Hollywood
- Boomdabash – Per un milione
- Ghemon – Rose viola
- Ex-Otago – Solo una canzone
- Motta – Dov’è l’Italia
- Francesco Renga – Aspetto che torni
- Paola Turci – L’ultimo ostacolo
- The Zen Circus – L’amore è una dittatura
- Federica Carta e Shade – Senza farlo apposta
- Nek – Mi farò trovare pronto
- Negrita – I ragazzi stanno bene
- Patty Pravo con Briga – Un po’ come la vita
- Anna Tatangelo – Le nostre anime di notte
- Einar – Parole nuove
- Nino D’Angelo e Livio Cori – Un’altra luce
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