Francesco Gabbani will represent Italy at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with Occidentali’s Karma. He is the hot favourite to win the contest this year and today he had his first rehearsal and later had a meet and greet with the press.
He was in a jolly and buoyant mood and was asked to demonstrate the choreography with the monkey on stage for fans.
It was also revealed that Francesco’s brand new album has gone straight to number one in the Italian charts today.
Francesco Gabbani has won the 2017 San Remo festival and has accepted the invitation to sing for Italy at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
Francesco won the San Remo festival with the song Occidentali’s Karma. You can see the video for his winning song below. A dancing gorilla is even involved.