21:09 – Marco Mengoni waves the LGTBIQA+ flag
During the parade in which competitors from all countries presented themselves on stage, Marco Mengoni waved not only the Italian flag, but also the progress pride flagrepresenting LGTBIQA+ rights: the flag contains not only the colors of the rainbow, but also brown and black representing various ethnic groups, and pink, white and blue, representing transgender people
21:00 – Off to the final with the Kalush Orchestra
The Eurovision final opens with the performance of Kalush Orchestra, last year’s Ukrainian winners, on the notes of their “Stefania” and then the new single “Changes”, alternating with other artists (including an unreleased Kate Middleton on piano) . Then follows the Flag Parade of this year’s countries
8.31 pm – Mengoni awarded for the best composition
A recognition has already arrived for Italy: Marco Mengoni with «Due vite» was awarded for the best composition, winning the Marcel Bezençon Composer Award, an award given by the composers of the songs in competition in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. This is the second recognition for Italy after that of Mahmood for Soldi in 2019
20:02 – One hour to go
Countdown to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023: tonight great anticipation for Italy as Marco Mengoni takes the stage to benefit from the victory. But our country is also represented by Mahmood who participates as a special guest and plays «Imagine». There are 26 singers in the competition and they can be voted by televoting (Italy, as per practice, cannot vote for the Italian competitor)
