Italian singer Laura Pausini, British-Lebanese performer Mika and Alessandro CattelanItalian television personality, will host Eurovision 2022 which will take place in Turin from May 10 to 14, a year after the Rotterdam edition which saw the group Maneskin won first place, organizers announced on Wednesday.
The announcement was made from the stage of the Sanremo festival and the three future presenters started the countdown to the competition, which will take place in 100 days. “I believe in bringing people together by breaking down the walls that separate us to celebrate what we have in common as well as our differences. We can do this through music, which is the most universal form of expression.“said Mika, who confided watching Eurovision since childhood.”Once a year, more than 40 countries experience the same emotion regardless of history or political situations“, he added. A choice that Mika owes to his work in Italy. Indeed, the coach of The Voice in France has also collaborated for many years for Italian television where he presented his own program between 2016 and 2018 Stasera casa Mika but also as a coach in X factor Italy since 2013.
Eurovision is one of the most watched shows in the world with more than 200 million viewers. “I am happy that Eurovision returns to Italy and honored to present such an event“, for her part declared Laura Pausini. A true icon in Italy for her titles Clear, Welcome or No ho mai smessothe singer had more recently distinguished herself by winning a Golden Globe for best original song for Lo si (seen) in the movie The life aheadalso nominated for an Oscar.
Italy will host the 66th edition of this competition after the victory of the Italian rockers dressed in Maneskin leather. This will be the third Italian edition of Eurovision, after Naples in 1965 and Rome in 1991.