Italy wins 2021 Eurovision Song Contest following tight race
By DW
23 May 2021 |
7:22 pm
"We just want to say, to the whole of Europe, to the whole world, rock 'n' roll never dies," Maneskin's frontman Damiano David has said after winning.
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