Marco Mengoni (34) won Sanremo 2023 last night and today it has been confirmed he will indeed represant Italy at the Liverpool Eurovision song contest with his winning entry Due vite.
Update: There is a chance he might change the song.
Mengoni is no stranger to Eurovision having done that already in 2013, finishing 7th with L'Essenziale. But the situation now is completely different. Back then Italy was just finding out again what Eurovision is all about and would develop a real power house shortly after. And so was Mengoni's career.
Seven of his albums have been #1, three #2. He has collected 68 platinum discs for his albums and singles, scored six #1 singles, 19 Top-10 singles..... He's a true Italian superstar.
Mengoni is no stranger to Eurovision having done that already in 2013, finishing 7th with L'Essenziale. But the situation now is completely different. Back then Italy was just finding out again what Eurovision is all about and would develop a real power house shortly after. And so was Mengoni's career.
He won XFactor 2009 in Italy and participated in Sanremo 2010 with Credimi ancora placing third and winning the Critic's award. The fame and success lasts a couple of years and come Sanremo 2013 he finds his career in Celine Dion like situation in Eurovision 1988: He must win or his career is pretty much over. L'Essenziale, his song had been turned down by several artists but he makes it his own and wins Sanremo and starts bigger career than anyone could have thought.
Between 2013 and 2023 he has collected dozens of awards from local to international including MTV Music Awards Best European act and been nominated for the Worldwide act. He has recorded in Italian, Spanish, English and Portuguese. Seven studio albums, four live albums, nine big tour (and stadium tour ahead of him in summer 2023).
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