Marco Mengoni wins Festival di Sanremo 2023! 

"Due Vite" the Italian entry for Liverpool

For the second time in his career, Marco Mengoni has won Festival 

di Sanremo. He did so with his song “Due Vite”. He will now go on 

to travel to Eurovision to represent Italy.

Mengoni wins the marathon

Mengoni emerged victorious after tonight’s Grande Finale of in Sanremo.

 After almost six hours of television, musical director and main host 

Amadeus proclaimed the 34-year old the winner of the contest. He won 

with the song “Due Vite”, a song he co-wrote himself. The other

 composers are Davide Simonetta and Davide Petrella. The victory was

 not a major surprise, looking at the past few nights.

In the superfinal, Marco Mengoni saw off competition from Lazza, 

Mr. Rain, Ultimo and Tananai. The other 23 competitors had been 

eliminated earlier on the night. For the superfinal, “Due Vite” 

received 45.53% of the total televotes – a landslide victory. You can

 see the full result of Festival di Sanremo below:

1. Marco Mengoni – Due Vite (Superfinalist)
2. Lazza – Cenere (Superfinalist)
3. Mr. Rain – Supereroi (Superfinalist)
4. Ultimo – Alba (Superfinalist)
5. Tananai – Tango (Superfinalist)
   
6. Giorgia – Parole Dette Male
7. Madame – Il Bene Nel Male
8. Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy
9. Elodie – Due
10. Colapesce & Dimartino – Splash
11. Modà – Lasciami
12. Gianluca Grignani – Quando Ti Manca Il Fiato
13. Coma_Cose – L’addio
14. Ariete – Mare di Guai
15. LDA – Se Poi Domani
16. Articolo 31 – Un Bel Viaggio
17. Paola e Chiara – Furore
18. Leo Gassmann – Terzo Cuore
19. Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti
20. Colla Zio – Non Mi Va
21. I Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22
22. Gianmaria – Mostro
23. Levante – Vivo
24. Olly – Polvere
25. Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)
26. Will – Stupido
27. Shari – Egoista
28. Sethu – Cause Perse

As always, the winner of Festival di Sanremo has the right to represent

 Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest. Marco Mengoni previously won

 that right in 2013 and sang “L’essenziale” in Malmö, finishing in

 seventh place. The past Sanremo winners have all accepted the

 Eurovision invitation. The last ones to decline were Stadio in 2016, 

passing over the right to runner-up Francesca Michielin.

The EBU have already confirmed that Marco Mengoni will indeed go

 to Eurovision. The tradition of Sanremo winners accepting the

 invitation therefore remains strong. “Due Vite” will now undergo a

 Eurovision edit to comply with the three minute rule.