{"id":4167,"date":"2022-02-07T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2022-02-07T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:27:56","slug":"mahmood-blanco-triumph-at-record-breaking-sanremo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/mahmood-blanco-triumph-at-record-breaking-sanremo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahmood, Blanco triumph at record-breaking Sanremo"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANSA – Highest audience figures since 2000 for final night<\/p>

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epaselect epa09731113 epa09730907 Italian singers Mahmood (L) and Blanco (R) perform on stage at the Ariston theatre during the 72nd Sanremo Italian Song Festival, in Sanremo, Italy, 05 February 2022. The ‘Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo’ will run from 01 to 05 February 2022. EPA\/ETTORE FERRARI EPA-EFE\/ETTORE FERRARI<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The duo made up of singers Mahmood and Blanco are set to try to defend the Eurovision title won last year by Maneskin after they triumphed at a record-breaking 2022 Sanremo Music Festival at the weekend with a piece entitled Brividi (Shivers) It was the third time Mahmood has prevailed at the much-loved week-long song contest after he won in 2019 with a track called Soldi (Money), having taken the top prize in the festival’s young artists section the previous year. The final night attracted around 13.2 million viewers to Stare broadcaster RAI’s flagship RAI1 channel, 65% of Italy’s TV audience share, the highest level since 2000. The festival, presented for the third year by artistic director Amadeus, attracted an average of 11.2 million viewers each night, over 58% of the share. It brought in 42 million euros in advertising revenue and also did well in terms of attracting younger viewers and generating interest on social media. <\/p>

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Mahmood & Blanco win ‘Festival di Sanremo’ and will represent Italy \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Eurovision<\/a> – Before competing in Sanremo, all contestants are required to tell broadcaster Rai whether they would be willing to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest should they triumph\u2026 shortly after the show, the pair confirmed that they will travel to Turin.<\/p>

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Mahmood & Blanco win ‘Festival di Sanremo\u2019 and with it\u2026 the most fabulous trophy we\u2019ve ever seen!RAI<\/p>

This will be Mahmood\u2019s second Eurovision appearance having already represented Italy with his song Soldi <\/em>in 2019, finishing second in Tel Aviv.<\/p>

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