Italy: Mahmood & Blanco win Sanremo 2022 with “Brividi”

The 72nd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival has come to an end with a new winner. Mahmood and Blanco have won the crown and the traditional leoncino — the little golden lion awarded to the sanremese winner.

But will Mahmood & Blanco represent Italy at the Eurovision on home turf in Turin? The confirmation should arrive in the coming hours, during the traditional press conference that usually follows the final of the kermesse. 

In case they refuse, RAI will internally choose another of the 25 singers in the competition, regardless of their grand final ranking.

Sanremo 2022 final results

The overall combined results throughout the week consisted of televoting, the press jury, and the demoscopic poll. All 25 finalists started off with the scores achieved in the four previous evenings behind them when they performed their entries on the night judged by televoting.

After the first round of voting, Elisa, Gianni Morandi, and Mahmood & Blanco advanced to the second and last round. Here all the scores were reset to zero and the demoscopic jury (33%), the press room (33%) and the televote (34%) came back into play. In the end, it was Mahmood & Blanco who emerged triumphant!

Sanremo 2022 initial televote results

1. Elisa with “O forse sei tu”
2. Gianni Morandi with “Apri tutte le porte”
3. Mahmood & Blanco with “Brividi”
4. Irama with “Ovunque sarai”
5. Sangiovanni with “Farfalle”
6. Emma with “Ogni volta è così”
7. La Rappresentante di Lista with “Ciao Ciao”
8. Massimo Ranieri with “Lettera di là dal mare”
9. Dargen D’Amico with “Dove si balla”
10. Michele Bravi with “Inverno dei fiori”
11. Matteo Romano with “Virale”
12. Fabrizio Moro with “Sei tu”
13. Aka7even with “Perfetta così”
14. Achille Lauro with “Domenica”
15. Noemi with “Ti amo non lo so dire”
16. Ditonellapiaga & Rettore with “Chimica”
17. Rkomi with “Insuperabile”
18. Iva Zanicchi with “Voglio amarti”
19. Giovanni Truppi with “Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia”
20. Highsnob & Hu with “Abbi cura di te”
21. Yuman with “Ora e qui”
22. Le Vibrazioni with “Tantissimo”
23. Giusy Ferreri with “Miele”
24. Ana Mena with “Duecentomila ore”
25. Tananai with “Sesso occasionale”

Sanremo 2022 super final results

1. Mahmood & Blanco with “Brividi”
2. Elisa with “O forse sei tu”
3. Gianni Morandi with “Apri tutte le porte”

Who are Sanremo 2022 winners Mahmood & Blanco?

Mahmood will be familiar to Eurovision fans as the winner of Sanremo 2019 and Italy representative at Eurovision 2019. There he placed second with his song “Soldi”.

Blanco is an 18-year-old trap performer who has enjoyed recent success in Italy with albums and singles at the top of the charts, such as “La canzone nostra“. 

What do you think? What do you think about this year’s winner? Would you like to see Mahmood & Blanco on stage in Turin? Tell us your thoughts below!