🇮🇹 Italy win the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with Måneskin

Måneskin have won the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Italy. The band won the contest in Rotterdam with a grand total of 524 points. Fellow Big Five member France finished as runners-up, with Barbara Pravi collecting 499 points. It is Italy’s first victory in 31 years, with their last victory dating back to Toto Cutugno in 1990.

Close voting hands Måneskin the win

The exciting voting segment of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 reached a climax when Italy was pronounced the winner. Switzerland won the jury vote with 267 points, followed by France at 248 and Malta with 208 points. Finishing at the bottom there was the United Kingdom. James Newman failed to pick up a single point from the national juries.

As soon as the televote reveal started, there were shocks galore. The United Kingdom record the first ever double zero in the new voting system, which has been in place since 2016. James Newman received a standing ovation from the audience at Ahoy Rotterdam as a result. In a shocking turn of events, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands all finished with zero points in the televoting as well. That result shook the Eurovision world, as four of the six automatic qualifiers finished in the bottom four of the scoreboard.

It didn’t take long for the big televote hitters to emerge. Lithuania, fourteenth with the juries, gathered 165 televoting points. The Roop eventually turned out to have finished in seventh place with televoters. Soon after, Blind Channel from Finland received a whopping 218 televoting points. Their sixth place in the final, with fourth in televoting, is Finland’s second best result ever at Eurovision. Also scoring massively with televoters, finishing second there, was GO_A from Ukraine on 267 points.

At the end of voting, Italy received 318 televoting points, putting them in the lead with 524 points. France then received 251, falling short at 499 points. For the final shots, Gjon’s Tears from Switzerland knew he needed somewhat of a miracle to gather 258 points or more to overtake Italy and Måneskin. They however received 165, the same score as Lithuania, and placed third.

Full result

Below you can see the full result of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. You can find the semifinal results here and the split results of all three shows here.

1	Italy	Måneskin	Zitti e buoni	524
2	France	Barbara Pravi	Voilà	499
3	Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears	Tout l’univers	432
4	Iceland[l]	Daði og Gagnamagnið	10 Years	378
5	Ukraine	Go_A	Shum	364
6	Finland	Blind Channel	Dark Side	301
7	Malta	Destiny	Je me casse	255
8	Lithuania	The Roop	Discoteque	220
9	Russia	Manizha	Russian Woman	204
10	Greece	Stefania	Last Dance	170
11	Bulgaria	Victoria	Growing Up Is Getting Old	170
12	Portugal	The Black Mamba	Love Is On My Side	153
13	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	Sugar	115
14	Sweden	Tusse	Voices	109
15	Serbia	Hurricane	Loco Loco	102
16	Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	El Diablo	94
17	Israel	Eden Alene	Set Me Free	93
18	Norway	Tix	Fallen Angel	75
19	Belgium	Hooverphonic	The Wrong Place	74
20	Azerbaijan	Efendi	Mata Hari	65
21	Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	Karma	57
22	San Marino	Senhit feat. Flo Rida	Adrenalina	50
23	Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	Birth of a New Age	11
24	Spain	Blas Cantó	Voy a quedarme	6
25	Germany	Jendrik	I Don’t Feel Hate	3
26	United Kingdom	James Newman	Embers	0