It’s time for Italy’s Marco Mengoni to perform his beautiful ballad Due Vite, Marco is a HUGE star in Italy, and it’s not his first time at Eurovision – he represented Italy back in 2013 too. He’s had multiple platinum albums, in his 13-year career, and won plenty of awards too.

This is a classic and timeless ballad, delivered by Marco Mengoni with heart and soul. Eurovision.tv reports that it is an emotional rollercoaster of a song, taking us all on a musical journey from pianissimo to pounding drums and back again. Marco is a master of vocal light and shade, and he makes this performance look effortless – Due Vite means ‘two lives’, and even in English the lyrics are hopelessly romantic.

Staging-wise, it’s Marco in leather trousers and a silver sparkly vest, backed by swirling clouds on the LED wall and the biggest moon we’ve seen since Spain’s Blas Canto in 2021. Brava Italia.

Stephen Herholdt designed the promo CD single of the Italian entry for ESC Covers and here it is.