Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Sanremo Music Festival 2021 | |||
Selection date(s) | 6 March 2021 | |||
Selected entrant | Måneskin | |||
Selected song | "Zitti e buoni" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 1st, 524 points | |||
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Italy participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Italian broadcaster RAI announced in October 2020 that the winning performer(s) of the Sanremo Music Festival 2021, later turning out to be Måneskin with "Zitti e buoni", would earn the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1] Måneskin eventually became the sixty-eighth winner of the Eurovision Song Contest and the first Italian entry to win the contest in 31 years. Italy received a total of 524 points, winning the public vote with 318 points and coming at fourth place in the jury vote with 206 points.