Eurovision Song Contest, the grand finale is staged in Turin: the lineup and the guests

Everything is ready in Turin for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest . Great expectations for Mahmood and Blanco , noni to perform among the competitors in the race, but also for the Maneskin , winners in 2021.

"Good morning ... or good evening. In reality we no longer know what time it is, what day it is. We are always busy", say on the eve of Laura Pausini, Mika and Alessandro Cattelan , the three Eurovision musketeers, tired but happy after having already brought home two record nights: 5.5 million spectators on Tuesday and Thursday .

Twenty-five countries competing tonight, the 10 finalists of the first semifinal, the 10 finalists of the second semifinal to which are added the Big Five , namely Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom who have direct access to the final and perform for the first time.

Guests of the evening the Maneskin , winners last year with Zitti e Buoni, with a tribute to Elvis Presley and Gigliola Cinquetti who triumphed in 1964 with Non ho anni. Mika and Laura Pausini will each have their own space at their disposal. Laura Pausini in 5 minutes will retrace 30 years of career , with 5 songs, from 5 different albums. "I wanted to prove that I deserved what I got and put myself to the test." Mika , on the other hand, has prepared a medley with his hits and will also offer his new single Yo Yo for the first time.

THE LADDER - This time the Czech Republic will kick off the race (We Are Domi - Lights Off). Then to follow Romania: WRS - Llámame, Portugal (MARO - Saudade, Saudade), Finland (The Rasmus - Jezebel), Switzerland (Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry), France (Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn), Norway (Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana), Armenia (Rosa Linn - Snap). Ninth in Italy with Mahmood and Blanco with Shivers . And again: Spain (Chanel - SloMo), Holland (S10 - De Diepte), Ukraine (Kalush Orchestra - Stefania), Germany (Malik Harris - Rockstars), Lithuania (Monika Liu - Sentimentai), Azerbaijan (Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black ), Belgium (Jérémie Makiese - Miss You), Greece (Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together), Iceland (Systur - MeÐ Hækkandi Sól), Moldova (Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenulețul), Sweden (Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer ), Australia (Sheldon Riley - Not The Same), United Kingdom (Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN), Poland (Ochman - River), Serbia (Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano), Estonia (Stefan - Hope).

THE VOTE - After the performance of all the singers, each nation assigns two sessions of scores from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points , one entrusted to the spectators via televoting, messaging and Eurovision website , the other to a composed jury by five insiders . All participating nations can vote ( except for their own artist ). The final will be broadcast in prime time from 20.30 on Rai1, Rai 4 (digital terrestrial channel 21) and on the TivùSat platform on channel 110. The live broadcast will also be broadcast on Rai Radio 2 and available on RaiPlay.

(Unioneonline / D)