Italy wins Eurovision, UK comes last

Italy's oldest and largest music conservatory were always told to move “closer, closer, closer” when they played together.“Because you need to hear each other,'' said Cristina Frosini, director of the Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory in Milan.

Jon Burlingame With today’s release of Ludovico Einaudi’s “Cinema,” Universal Music Group confirms its status as one of the world’s most soundtrack-friendly music companies.Music by Einaudi, the Italian composer and pianist, was featured in recent Oscar winners “Nomadland” and”The Father.” “Cinema” collects 28 pieces featured in those films and such earlier projects as “The Water Diviner,” “The Intouchables” and the miniseries “Doctor Zhivago.”Each of the last seven Academy Award winners for

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ROME -- Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Monday that the lead singer of Italian glam rock band Maneskin tested negative for drug use, putting to an end speculation that had tarnished the band’s victory.“We consider the matter closed,” the European Brodcasting Union, which produces the annual kitsch-filled song festival, said in a statement.EBU said it came to the conclusion after it reviewed all the available footage of the TV broadcast Saturday night and saw the negative results of

Manori Ravindran International EditorItalian metal band Måneskin, winners of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, is under close scrutiny after their off-stage antics went viral during the grand final.Footage shared widely on social media depicts the band drinking and celebrating at their table during the event, with lead singer Damiano David’s head briefly bent over the table.

Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, with the UK picking up the dread nil points – see all the reaction below.3,500 fans were also in attendance for the contest as part of the Dutch government’s trial for the safe resumption of live events.While Eurovision organisers hoped that all 41 competing artists would perform live and in-person this year, a number of entrants, including reigning Eurovision champion Duncan Laurence, pulled out after testing positive for COVID-19.At the show, Italy’s act

competition, which was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the show was cancelled in 2020, was won by Italy with rock band Maneskin’s Zitti E Buoni. They are the first group to win the competition since 2006.

lyrics were changed or deleted for the competition because they were deemed rude.This is the heavy-metal band from Rome’s first win in the contest and the third for Italy, which has been in the competition since its 1956 inaugural.The four band members – David (lead singer), Victoria De Angelis (bass), Thomas Raggi (guitar) and Ethan Torchio (drums) – in 2016 when they were all in high school. The band got its name when De Angelis, who is half Danish, was asked for some random Danish words.

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